Pain and suffering. It is all you have ever known. Where you currently reside on one of the infinite layers of the Abyss, for sins and crimes you have long since forgotten. Your true names, memories, features, skills, have all since eroded away in centuries of pain, trying to recall your former self's only brings you pain and suffer as you wrack your minds in an anguish filled madness.You had completely resigned yourself to your fate hoping one day your existence would just end. Demons have tortured you for eternity, its all you've known.
But sometimes, the fates have plans that span eons. Can one say this was some great machination? or just a complete random act created by the universe, one cannot tell.
Some where above you in the Air, above the screaming and wails of the damned, a crack opens the sky, and a stream of silver, white, and gold beings pour forth and strike a path to the ground, a battle ensues and one particularly large and equals part magnificent and terrifying five winged angel, makes his way for the three of you. As you look up to see his epic visage, you are over come by an emotion you feel like you've never felt before, Hope. He lands in your presence and begins to slay the demon handlers around you, he looks at you and points to a bridge over a pool of lava and his voice rings not only in yours ears but in your mind "Grasp my hand tortured beings and be restored to your former's self's glory, and by the Emperyal lords i have been sent from i demand you fight to that Gate if you wish to be free from eternal damnation!" and with that you feel compelled to grab his hand.
You grasp his hand and a rush of incredible power surges through you. your skin restores, your body becomes healthy and full, and your body is covered in beautiful plate armor that seems made from the Heavens themselves. Your skills, in what ever past life you had are restored.You never remember feeling this good, and all your memories are restored to you, your past life, the crimes of your past, but before you can feel any feelings of remorse and sadness about the fate that you deserved and the second chance you've been given, you first must fight for the chance to use this moment to redeem yourself, and so you must fight to the GATE! The five winged angel holds his ground and turns to you and shouts "Run you fools to the gate!!!!! Do not let the Angels that died today be in vain!!"
commence combat, epic 20 lvl stuff, running through being badass, give the players a taste of power
As the last demon falls dead to the ground, you finally enter the portal and as you walk through it, like stepping through a window are in the land of heaven. Gold and alabaster towers and gardens float in all ways around, on top of clouds of silver and pearl. You fall to your knees in reverence and awe to the wonder of heaven. Both large and small angelic beings make there way around you about there business, no doubt pertaining to some sort of cosmic importance. You start to fall into unconsciousness from shock at the series of events that have happened.
After a flurry of dreams, and memories lost since gone, both good and bad, you have time to reflect on a life that ultimately led you to your centuries of torment. Unsure if these feelings are some sort of true need for a change in action, to forsake your old evil ways and take up a mantle of good and justice, or an Angels indoctrination attempt to turn a once powerful evil being into a tool, a mere pawn of good is to be uncertain, and ultimately for you to decide.
You awake inside a Golden transparent egg of energy to find yourself in an audience with three angelic being of extreme stature and inspiring awe. You are lowered to the floor on a soft ray of light as the egg opens, and stand before the beings. The one in the middle a site you've seen before but no less magnificent. Now with proper time to look at him, his eyes glow with a burning gold, his wings placed around him as a mantle and coat, covering a dark golden plate armor covering his body, with a golden light emanating out of his collar and showering his face in golden light. tan of skin and black of hair, with voice that speaks of eons of power and a molded rage, he speaks.
" Saved souls. I am Ragathiel, General of Vengeance, Angel and Empyreal lord of Chivalry, Duty, and Vengeance and one of The council of Heaven. Know that today, all is not forgotten of your crimes against the world you lived, nor should they be forgotten, but let memories you have be a fuel for change in your life, and know that a call to arms has been placed upon you, not just for the fate of the mortal realm, but the fate of the multiverse."
the angel to the left, your right, of Ragathiel, is cover in bandages, to which the ends seem to float around her body in a flowing fashion. Smaller than Ragathiel, she floats in the air, adrift on her wings that span out such an extreme length, to which the feathers are a dark blood red, and it is only now you notice that she wears a red blindfold and her body is covered because of all the many wounds she has on her body. With a resolute and sharp voice, with determination youve never heard before she speaks
"I am Vildeis, Angel and Empyreal lord of Devotion, Sacrifice, and Scars and one of the Thirteen council of Heaven, and the Cardinal of Martyrs. You have been saved from Damnation because you 3-4 Alone have the capability to succeed in a task that is beyond anything any mortal has ever known. The trials before you will not be easy, and most likely filled with horror. The pantheon of gods has raised you for a purpose"
At the right of Ragathiel is an Angel with A shorter but stouter stature than Ragathiel, With a a dark blue cloak and what looks like Brown wings underneath neatly Folded, with a gemmed monocle and a slightly Dwarven appearance, but no less beautiful than other angels. With a voice filled with rumbles and resonating like a rock slide, he softly speaks
" lo it should be noted that Ragathiel and Vildies have been quite resolute of purpose and heart, but sometimes forget the limited span which mortals have, please allow me to introduce myself, I am Benorus, Angel and Empyreal Lord of Hidden Wonders, Mines and Subterranean Creatures, Seaker of Heaven and Angelic Scholar, and it is I whom Found you in the Abyss, no easy Task." He smiles at you and you feel he is sincere about his content of finding you. " You dont know it yet, but you will do great things, and save all of goodly creation. You will becomes legends"
Ragathiel speaks
"If you are willing to take this Mantle"
Vildeis Speaks
"And follow us there is still one last Empyreal lord you will meet and all with be Explained"
With that you begin to Float in accompaniment of the three angels out of the room and down golden alabaster halls with ornate statues of gold and yellow gypsum and diamond. You Eventually end up in a Room filled with texts and scrolls, that spiral up and out of site, as well as scrying devices and other magical and divine tools around the room. Some one stands in the middle of the Room.
"This is Chadali" Benorus says in a light and informative tone.
Chadali speaks
"Hello raised mortals, i am glad to see that you are well. What youve experienced in none like one could ever know, and to see you standing here in your former glory with no apparent mental fracturing is a testament to your fortitude and will. I am Chadali, Azata and Empyreal Lord of Elysium, Lord of Fate, Safety and Serendipity, and today is the most amazing convergence of fate i have ever seen."
She looks up to the three other Empyreal beings
"please brothers and sister, could i please have a private audience with these chosen mortals"
And with that the other angelic beings part through the door making no sound except the opening and closing of the door.
" I apologize if my brethren have dismayed you in anyway, but in honesty their words ring true. You are our hope embodied. About 100 mortal years ago, i was gifted with a horrible image.The burning of heaven. Demons poured forth from gates that sprang everywhere, whilst a contingent of Daemons, led by none other than the fallen one, writer of the laws we all abide by, Asmodeus. Within his hands he held a vile and corrupt tool of destruction, The Completed work of The exiled scholar Angel Tabris, The Book of the Damned. Do you know of Tabris?"
Religion Check, nat 20 gets the prize.
relay the story of tabris from chronicles of righteous campaign setting
"That is until in my vision i saw the book completed. When in its complete form it bestows upon anyone powerful enough to wield it, Dominion over all the evils. A mortal could maybe control a slightly powerful demon, but a deity like Asmodeus, his powers would be limitless. But i also saw hope. i was gifted by another vision, in which three saved sinners turn heros, rise to mythic power, and help fight the hoards of evil and win. You are those three i saw, and this is known because of divine providence. A whole century it took to find you, and that was using the enlisted aid of Benorus. You see, every Empyreal lord came together in an Accordance, and judged finding you three a top priority, tasked to the four of us that you met today, i wish i could introduce you to all that heaven, elysium, and nirvana have to offer, but your presence must be made secret, for even though this is heaven, enemy eyes lie everywhere, and we four are the only ones who can be trusted. No one can know your true identity. You have been dead for far to long and your bodies have been withered away. So you must be reincarnated. Do not be alarm, for your minds will still be intact and all your memories and self awareness, you will have to grow again and anew. This is a second chance at life, at a place in heaven, as a savior of not only the material plane but all of the good outer realms. You will be reincarnated in the city Magnimar, to which parents and species i have no inkling. You will seem as savant children, but for your sake do not draw attention to yourself at a young age. Once reincarnated, no angel will know who you are, and thus we will not be able to aid you in your endeavors, but you wont be alone. On your 15th name day, you will travel to sand point and meet a man named Father Zantus, he will help you and he will know why. The Rest will be explained by him. Now hold hands in a circle and i will begin your new life"
She offers her hands, outstretched to her sides and awaits for you to grab them.
