Angel

Beings of extreme beauty of divine power they work on behalf of their god until the day they die or the day they betray them. There are several different types of angels to carry out the tasks for the which the gods cannot do themselves or cannot simply get their lesser gods to do on their behalf, though there have been times which an angel refuses to serve their deity; typically after several centuries of unwavering service; when this occurs, depending on the severity of the lash out, the angel might be cast into the dream or nightmare planes, killed, or stripped of their divinity. The final of the three is seen as the most dishonorable way for an angel to go, a punishment worse than death even to the most rebellious.

## General Information

### Subspecies

* Oavii
* Ethereals
* Astrals
* Deva
* Solars
* Titans

## Physical Information

### Resistance

* Acid
* Cold
* Fire
* Electricity
* Petrification
* Paralyzation
* Poison

### Vulnurability

* Necrotic damage
* Necrokinetic magics

## Sociocultural Information

### Distinction(s)

* Divine aura
* Glowing eyes
* Typically has wings

## Description

All angels are beautiful as if cut clean from a marble or painted onto a canvas, this beauty is often difficult for mortals to comprehend, the sharpness of their face the pure perfection in their gaze and raw symmetry of their whole make is otherworlding and godly to a T. While all are the definition of beauty they all have a varity of appearances across the different kinds as there are different definitions of perfection, though most of the time they will have a divine aura and a pair of wings which provided evidence of their divinity.

## Abilities

While all angels have a difference in abilities depending on the task for which they were crafted to complete, all have a base set of resistances, immunities, vulnerabilities, and magical spells or the capcity for a number of magical affects. These are the abilities which have been recorded to appear in a number of angels by their priests, scholars, or clerics: preform auguries, change their appearance, understand and speak any of the known languages, heal grievous injuries, detect evil and the use of magic, read magic spells, teleport at will with no error, and simply look at a creature to know their moral and ethical alignment.

An angels aura is said to expand from their body in the form of a glowing light which protected them and all who are within it from good and evil as well as provide bright light 5 feet out from them and dim light 10 feet out from them. Angels were also said to have a sort of power over mortals to invoke reverence simply through a gaze or smile which paralyzed mortals with either love or fear.

Angels are immune to a number of effects including: acid, cold, fire, electricity, petrification, and poison. Additionally, angels can see in low-light and darkness, are capable of speaking the language of any creature they come across even if they don't know it inherantly. They are immortal and as such they do not need to eat, sleep, or drink but can do so if they wish with many angels favorite foods being produce. Angels, like all other celestials, have the inherant ability to send out a distress call which can be heard as far as the plane they are on by creatures of a Good alignment type with quieter distress call being sent out to all angels; the distress call appears as either a beautiful song, stark silence, or a barage of images from the angels mind.

## Creation and Ascention

Angels are believed to be crafted by small pieces of the gods, their sweat, nails, or spit, or by the will of their deities from the spirits of their worshippers. The deity would simply make a new body for their chosen followers in their afterlife, making them into Odaelion; the lesser of the angels and the first stage in their ascention process.

Odaelion's who served their creators faithfully as warriors in the holy army or as servants in their deities estate could be promoted and transformed into Oavii through the process known as ascendance. This promotion would transform the angel's appearance, enhance their magical abilies, and elevate their status in the celestial world. The first step in the ascendance is oavii, then ethereal, astral, and finally solars. An angel retained all their memories when ascending it is simply their physical form and magical power that would be changed. Titans are crafted from the very elements themselves, through the use of a willing fallen giants soul and the various elements is how a titan could be made, and deva were made through the betrayel of a angel in which they were de-elevated in status and banished to the dream and nightmare realm where they will serve out their sentance.

Ascendance was always offered, not required. If an individual angel desired to remain in their current form rather then transform into a higher being, there was no shame attached to this decision. Nevertheless, the great majority of angels accepted promotion, seeing it as a chance to obtain an even more virtuous state of existence.

## Fallen Angels

Although they are idolized as the best of society always good and never bending to the forces of evil, they were immune to the forces of corruption. Despite this they often viewed themselves as infalliable and, in most cases, this was what led to their corruption along with their strong sense of loyalty and honor and their refusal to lie even to the most corrupt of foes which would lead to them being manipulated or corrupted. Good intentions did not guarentee that an angel would always act in true righteousness.

Any angel that had commited an evil deed, unless the deed was egregious enough, was given a chance to see the error of their ways and repent against the evil they have wrought, often this repention came with what most angels call a Deva sentence in which they are striped of most of their powers and are tasked with protection the dreaming world against evil. If the angel continued down the path of evil, a celestial court was gathered through which the angel would be tried and charged by angels and perhaps even lesser deities who did not personally know them. Always the angel was given the chance of having an advocate that would attempt to appeal the court and gain the angel a lesser sentance (as this senctance was often the removal of the angels powers).

The punishment of an angel typically involves the revoking of powers and/or descendance to a lowered position in the angelic hierarchy (often back down to the position of an Odaelion where they would serve several centuries before regaining their deities trust). An unrepented angel was typically stripped of all their powers and cast into the lower planes. These are the "fallen angels" we know of today, and their names are neven spoken in the upper planes again.

Alternatively, angels were exiled. These fallen angels kept their powers, at the loss of their wings, but were never allowed back into the Upper Planes. These outcasts often go to the planes of Xaekla, Neraida, or Kyris to live in secret as hermits, hoping to someday be redeemed. Other banished angels took their punishment personally and became truly evil and unrepentant, even seeking a place of power among the hierarchies of the Lower Planes.

## True Angels

\*Glowing eyes
\*Divine aura
 Ethereals | \*Divine aura
\*Large white wings
\*Undeterminable features
 Astrals
\*Divine aura
 Deva
\*Wings which are see-through
\*A massive net
 Solars
\*Star speckled skin
\*Glowing eyes
\*White wings
 Titans
\*Dark skin lined with ancient celestial
\*Largest of the Angels

### Half-angels

Half-angels are typically called Aasimar, there are a variety of types of Aasimar depending the type of angel parent, though the most common is the Oavii as they are the ones which are permitted to traverse the realms most out of all the angels.

\*Metallic/Gem colored skin
\*Larger and stronger than average humans
\*Titan
\*Solar
\*Astral
\*Deva
\*Ethereal