Seraphs

This article, **Seraphs**, contains information that is far beyond the reach of any mortal in Esria. Most characters simply do not know these truths.

**Seraphs** were the lowest order of celestials that existed within the Kingdom of Heaven. They were created by the four Archangels to serve, and swore eternal loyalty in doing so. With only a fraction of the power granted to Angels, they did not possess the power of creation and could not influence the mortal realm like those that came to be revered as deities. Instead, they served away from the eyes of mortals, never revealing their existence.

Their comparative weakness to the powerful celestials in Heaven, however, allowed them to descend to the mortal realm of Esria with relative ease. This made them powerful tools for Angels and Archangels alike to keep a close eye on the business of mortals, and in rarer cases they could become agents by which Heaven directly and secretly shaped events. When the Archangels largely became disinterested in the plane, however, this practice became virtually non-existent.

They were typically not subject to worship, although many were mentioned within the Old Tome.

## List of Seraphs mentioned in the Old Tome

### Servants of Aethidus

* **Raphael** was the first seraph to be created by the Archangels, brought into existence long before the mortal realm of Esria came to be. Although all five Holy Lords had assisted in her creation, she was sworn to serve Aethidus and became his first and most trusted servant. She was arguably the most powerful of her kind and possessed a purity of grace far beyond that of her descendant kin. During the Arcane Era, she was able to defeat both of Netheriel's dark servants **Zuriel** and **Raziel** while fighting on the mortal realm.Despite this potency, however, The Old Tome described her as an incredibly kind and caring angel, frequently departing the Heavens to walk among mortals and keep them safe.

### Servants of Israphel

* **Lazarus** was Israphel's very first servant, and a seraph created for war during the chaos of the Era of Discord. Although he had been destroyed by Netheriel's corrupt servants long before Aden would write the Old Tome, his story was recounted to the prophet and can be found in many scriptures. Interestingly, Lazarus' name was attributed to a large golden sunsteel spearhead that had been unearthed on Esria as an artefact of the Alvyri Vandryl, though its true origins remain unclear to this day.
* **Cassia** was originally no more than a human whose life had been cut short on the mortal plane, but her pure heart had caught the Archangel's attention. She would go on to serve as his most trusted servant, defending the Heavens at this side. In the scriptures of the Old Tome, she is often referred to as the **Spear of Israphel**, although in actuality she was the second to take this title, after Lazarus.

## Other Seraphs

### Servants of Israphel

* **Juriel** was a seraph who was created to watch over the mortal world of Esria, long after the benevolent attitude of the Heavens had changed. At the time she came to exist, she was the youngest and perhaps the most naive of all the seraphs. Against the advice of his kin, Israphel dispatched her to live in secret among mortals and report to him all that she could uncover during the tumultuous years of Esria's Common Era. She would eventually go against the will of Heaven during the Heartstone Crisis, descending to the mortal realm to help fight Netheriel's forces despite direct orders to abstain. Although successful in falling to Esria, her actions resulted in her exile and subsequent loss of most of her powers. After returning to Heaven, she faced castigation at the hands of her Holy Lord and was destroyed.