Team Imperial Lord of the Battleground

Team Imperial Lords of the Battleground is the team formed by Verethragna to participate in the international Rating Game tournament that is called the Azazel Cup.
== Summary ==
Team Imperial Lords of the Battleground was created by the Persian God of War Verethragna to participate in the international Azazel Cup, with the original members being him, Ares, Athena, Anahita, Rushna, and the spirits of several heroes from mythology.
Due to the team being consisted of many powerful war deities and mythological heroes, they are very popular to the mythological sides of the fan, with their fanbases located in the Persian and Greco-Roman Cosmologies being the biggest. This isn't only because of how charismatic each member of the team could be when interacting with fans, but also because of their overall skills and talents on the battlefield which greatly boost their chances to victory.
Due to the Aveshta Ambush led by the Asmodean Devils that greatly devastated the Zoroastrian Pantheon and the Persian gods in Chapter XXX, two members of the team - Anahita (Queen Piece) and Rushna (2 Pawn Pieces) - were forced to retire in order to heal themselves from the miasma inflicted by the Devils.
In Chapter XXX, two new members of the team were introduced, entering the Azazel Cup as replacements for the retired members, as Enyo, Ares' twin sister and the Greek Goddess of Carnage, and the Morrígan, the Celtic Goddess of War and Death.
While it is unknown what is the team's collective wish for the Sacred Grail, it's widely belived that their wish might be a collective peace treaty between all supernatural Factions and mythological Pantheons, mainly because of the sheer amount of paperwork generated by the recent international events, such as the Evil Dragon War, Awakening of the Beast of 666, etc., which many death deities and war deities have been complaining of.
== Emblem ==
The emblem of the team is the symbol of a golden circle, representing the sun, surrounded by a wreath of laurel with a pair of bloodied sword crossed underneath.
Their base of operation is Verethragna's main temple in Avestan, mainly because of the Greco-Roman Pantheon and the Celtic Pantheon each has their own teams that use their cosmology as the bases of operation. It is described in Chapter XXX as a modern villa made out of gold and ivory, with countless weapons decorated its walls.
==Matches==
===Prelimary Rounds===
*Azazel Cup: Team Imperial Lords of the Battleground vs Team Seekvaira Agares - Result: Win
===Main Stage===
*Azazel Cup: Team Imperial Lords of the Battleground vs Team Wild Hunt - Result: Win
*Azazel Cup: Team Imperial Lords of the Battleground vs Team Vajra - Result: Drawn (Interrupted)
*Azazel Cup: Team Imperial Lords of the Battleground vs Team Spear of Heavenly Emperor - Result: Win
==Current Members==
Known members of Team Imperial Lords of the Battleground:
Name 	Evil Piece	Information
Verethragna 	King 	The God of War from Persian Mythology who was known for defeating evil spirits to protect mankind. He was chosen to be team's captain because neither Anahita nor Athena wanted the position.
Athena 	Queen 	The Goddess of Strategic Warfare from Greek Mythology, she is one of the commanders of Olympus' divine army alonside her half-brother Ares. She is a long time friend of Verethragna through her past relationship with Mithras.
Ares 	Rook x2 	The God of Violence from Greek Mythology, he is one of the commanders of Olympus' divine army alongside his half-sister Athena. He is a long time friend of Verethragna.
Enyo 	Knight x2 	The Goddess of Carnage from Greek Mythology, she is also known as the goddess Bellona to the Romans. She is the twin sister of Ares and possesses a gleaming great sword that symbolizes destruction.
 
She joined the team after both Anahita and Rashnu were incapacitated during the Aveshta Ambush as a favor from Verethragna.
The Morrígan	Bishop x2 	The Goddess of War from Celtic Mythology, she is often associated with the domains of Fate and Death, as well as being depicted under the form of a crow. She possesses the power to split herself into three separate beings, named Badb, Macha, and Nemain. 
She joined the team after both Anahita and Rashnu were incapacitated during the Aveshta Ambush as a favor from Verethragna.
Siyavash 	Pawn 	A famous figure from the Persian epic - the Shahnameh. Unlike how it was described in the epic, however, he was saved and turned into a spirit-like entity of vegetation by an unnamed Fallen Angel. He possesses the Sacred Gear Nocturnalis Steed, which allows him to summon a giant steed from pure shadow. He joined the team under Verethragna's request.
Fereydun 	Pawn 	A famous figure from the Persian epic - the Shanameh. He was an Iranian mythological king and hero of the Pishdadian dynasty, and is known as an emblem of victory, justice, and generosity. He is the wielder of a fiery Enochian sword, which he used to slay the Evil Dragon Azi Dahaka. He joined the team under Verethragna's request.
Keveh 	Pawn x2 	A legendary Nephilim born of Azazel and a mortal woman, he was one of the thirteen Nephilim who survived the Deluge and still living to this modern era. He was also known and worshipped by the ancient Ossetians under the alias - Kurdalægon, a heavenly god of blacksmiths.
Patroclus 	Pawn x2 	A legendary hero from the Ancient Greek epic, the Iliad. He was one of the first wielders of the Holy Spear Rhongomyniad. He was formerly a spirit residing in Elysium but was given the permission to leave to enter the Azazel Cup under Athena's request.
Achilles 	Pawn x2 	The most powerful and legendary hero from Greek Mythology, he is a main character of the Ancient Greek epic, the Iliad. He was the first and original bearer of the Achilles' Curse, a famous blessing which grants its bearer pseudo-invulnerability. He was formerly a spirit residing in Elysium but was given the permission to leave to enter the Azazel Cup under Athena's request.
==Former Members==
Name 	Evil Piece	Information
Anahita	Queen 	The Goddess of Water and Healing from Persian Mythology.
She was incapacitated during the Aveshta Ambush and her position of Queen was given to Athena.
Rashnu 	Bishop x2 	The Goddess of Justice from Persian Mythology.
She was incapacitated during the Aveshta Ambush and her position of Bishop was given to the Morrígan.
==Trivia==
*The team's name "Imperial Lords of the Battleground" is a reference to the number of war-related spirits or deities the team has.
*Because of the team's overall talents, they are considered one of the potential champion of the Azazel Cup.
*The three forms of the Morrígan - Badb, Macha, and Nemain - are still considered a same entity, thus still allowed to enter the championship under the rank of Bishop x2, much to the protest of other teams.
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