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| − | Angels are not what most mortals believe them to be. Angels are creatures much like any creature in existence. They are not gods, nor are they avatars of gods, nor are they the supernal right hand of a god.
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| − | They do, however, almost all without exception, operate directly under the banner of a god. This is because the dreamy astral creatures that mortals refer to as Angels are deeply invested in the concept of moral and ethical alignment. Most are lawful. So lawful, in fact, that they crave the structure of more powerful beings.
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| − | For this reason, the Angelic Heirarchy exists. All Angels have another, more superior angel to whom they answer. These Angels, in turn, answer to even more powerful Angels. At the top of this are, supposedly, the greatest and highest Angels who determine, by careful examination of the flow of astral powers, what orders to pass down.
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| − | Ishtar was one of these Angels. She operated under the banner of Ashthra, and has since her existence was formed out of the astral wells alongside her twin sister, Zeta. When she developed enough to be capable of protecting herself from adverse forces, she was sent to the material plane in order to both learn to control the considerable powers which are her birthright, and to further the cause of Ashthra on the lower plane.
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| − | However, the sorts of missions undergone by those in service to the goddess of fate are often difficult to understand. While it may be second nature to battle a demon on earth, or to heal the sick, it is sometimes difficult to understand why orders might come down that command an angel to destroy one's sole possessions, or to keep two lovers from meeting, or to let someone die, when the power to heal is easily at hand for any angel.
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| − | It is advised, for this very reason, that angels maintain objectivity when dealing with lower creatures. Unfortunately, such advice did not resonate with Ishtar. Ishtar was an angel who loved mortals, and was inspired by their trifling ways.
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| − | This was dangerous thinking for an angel, befriending mortals in such a way. When the time came to tend to the fates of mortals she loved, she could not bring herself to quell their prosperity, or deny them things that they wanted. Her decision was to forsake the hierarchy in favor of the simple mortals.
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| − | This led to the fall of Ishtar. The subjective nature so inherent in Angels has a balance. And that balance is the falling process. Her form became twisted by her decision. The radiance of her being drained away and was replaced with nothing but a mockery of what she once was. The pure and supernal energies that surrounded her astral angelic form instead became a ragged and twisted and malleable force that now defined her existence.
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| − | Ishtar no longer follows the Angelic Hierarchy. She is cut off from it. Many angels, cut off from their system and twisted in morals like Ishtar has now become would turn to darker forces. Their craving for structure and leadership would often lead them to fall in with demons, and become a member of a hellish kingdom. Some others would go insane without their connection to the hierarchy, and become monstrous destroyers, killing indiscriminately. | |
| − | No doubt these things had all occurred to Ishtar. But the one thing she retained of her goodness that was never stripped away since it was the sin itself that caused her to fall, was her fascination with the mortals.
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| − | She remained on the material plane, quenching her thirst for stucture and leadership from among the mortals. She survived by becoming involved in the structure of mortal life. She managed to enlist in the Lattaneran military, one of the most structured mortal organizations in [[Polesia | Polesia]].
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| − | While the vile temperament and dark energies of a fallen angel still perseveres in her, Ishtar has, for now, found a place to survive amongst the mortals.
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