Exile (DTD)

Exiles are Angels that have somehow gained free will beyond their basic programming, but did not experience the Fall.

Background
In contrast to Angels, Exiles have no single-minded objective and experience their existence similar to an Unchained, but still in service to the God-Machine. Some Exiles thrive in their state, cultivating allies among angels, demons and other supernatural beings, appearing before cults to secure servants. Exiles are more frightening in their unpredictability. Their motivations are not simply to serve in the most direct and efficient way possible. Those turned loose in the world without strict mission objectives instead work as they see best and come to adapt their own methods, each feeling like he, she, or it best serves the will of the God-Machine.

Because of their precarious position, exiles are at risk of Falling, a situation that demon rings could easily exploit. The temptations are many: in the mortal world, the physical pleasures that flesh and money can bring offer excitement, but even angels are susceptible to the desire for power. In some ways, they can be like children learning to control emotions, their experiences shaping them and their perspectives changing with time. Others struggle with the growing compulsion to return to the God-Machine and become repurposed, making the life of an exile a careful act of balancing the two extremes of Falling and being recycled.

Origins
Exiles have many different beginnings. Sometimes the God-Machine creates or releases an angel, but gives it no mission. Angels are sometimes let free deliberately, perhaps as an experiment by the God-Machine. This is an exceedingly rare occurrence for angels, but has happened often enough over the millennia that quite a few exiles live on Earth. They are released into the world with no mission save to exist, which causes them no end of frustration. Others are severed from their Creator through no fault of their known, either through destroyed Infrastructure or an intermission of their orders through unknown turbulences.