Alamascan Seraphs

The Fourth Pentacles

The New Order of Alamascan Angels as Created by the Demigod of Harmony, Alamas, to serve in Haman

Note: Among these beings the Order of Swords have no souls or wills of their own where once all Alamascan were soulless. The rest are 'ensouled' and have minds and wills of their own.

The Morning Star's proxy Malachai hunted the Alamascan down one by one and at times in small groups to bring to each Alamascan their soul. After ensouling the first two without their consent, and seeing the dire repercussions of doing so, the rest he convinced through his counsel to permit him to join them with the souls, emotions, and wills they had been deprived of through their making. Only the Order of Swords refused this chance to feel, think and act for themselves, having the soldier mentality they had no wish to attain the ability to defy the divine commands of their superiors. Indeed they believed it to be dangerous to return the higher orders their souls.

Stats:

Levels 5-40.

☆ Alamascan Blades: Every Alamascan has one of these heritage swords. If lost their weapon set will find its way back to its owner.
☆ These weapons vary in style and type, from swords, shurikans, or pole-arms to bows and arrows.
☆ Soul Splinters of Alamas: +10% dmg per day, at 0% the soul and its energies are captured by the weapon the splinter originated from. Double damage to shadow, undead, or abyss types.
☆ A captured soul is still linked to the now mortal being it belongs to. The soul can otherwise, depending on alignment, be plunged into either Acheron or Raised into Haman whereby the mortal husk perishes. If the weapon holding a soul is destroyed the being is restored. Splinters are god level hard to detect or remove.
☆ These weapons all have one thing in common, tiny pieces of metal shed from their blades into the flesh of anyone they pierce. The shards are highly resistant to detection and removal. Divine by nature but insidious to immortal beings not of Alamas. Within each splinter is a void of pure light which drinks energies of all spectrums... arcane, elemental, essence, soul, and most hungrily consumes forces of the shadow and abyss. Void eating void. The immortal becomes completely mortal when the process completes.
☆ Channeling: harnessed powers can be channeled through these swords with greater effect (+3 d6).

Paths: Choose four inborn paths from any spell book as limited paths, 1 spell from each stamina level. Choose three full paths from any spell book. Paths not allowed are; Abyss, Dead Realms, Blood Sorcery, Mind Walking, and Acheron.
Virtues add +1 paths.
Second Hierarchy Angels add + 2 paths.
Thrones add +3 paths.
Cherubim add +4 paths.
Seraphim add +5 paths.
First Order Seraphim, unlimited paths.

Traits: Take traits, Disadvantages, and WoD from Angel Powers page but do not take innate power or paths of power.

First Hierarchy
Order of Seraphim
Order of Cherubim
Order of Thrones

Second Hierarchy
Order of Dominations
Order of Principalities
Order of Powers

Third Hierarchy
Order of Virtues
Order of Arch-Angels
Order of Swords

Alamascan Logic:
Alamascan Swords think with a very straight sense of logic, and act only on what they are commanded to do, and on the best way to attain their goal. They do not think for themselves, are creatures of logic not emotion, for they have no souls.
The remaining orders are ensouled and can break away from the will of their god or superiors, but even though they can manage to attain their own free will, most are still creatures of logic, bent on controlling their emotions, despite the passions which stir now in their souls. The exceptions? There was no telling where their questions and curiosity would take them.

Orders of the Alamascan

Character Status

First Order of Seraphim

Second Order of Seraphim

Order of Cherubim

The Cherubim and Seraphim are Guardians of the Seven Gates, into Haman, and they are also messengers, and keepers of wisdom. They are also the keepers and Authors of the sacred Book of Apostals. Alamas created the Seraphim to serve Yajmha as warriors, the Swords of Wrath, in Haman. These two Orders are the highest ranks in Haman.

Order of Thrones

These angels are the Order of Thrones, who served as the eight judges and Arch Guardians each over a domain and its people which Yajmha created.

Order of Dominations

They are the Guardians and collectors of Haman bound souls who worship Yajmha faithfully, and who influence others to embrace Yajmha. They are also advisors to the other angels and protectors against demons.

Order of Principalities

These are the Order of Principalities, the Twelve steward Apostals, created to serve under and protect the higher orders, and to fight The Morning Star and those who serve him.

Order of Powers

These Angels are the defenders of Haman and the Upper Kingdoms, the Diplomats, and are the keepers of Yajmha's wisdom.

Order of Virtues

Like the Order of Powers, these Angels are the defenders of the Upper Kingdoms, of riteousness and are the keepers of Yajmha's wisdom.

Order of Archangels

These are the Arch-Angels of the sword, the swords and harbingers of Yajmha's wrath, the slayers of demons and hammers of justice.

Order of Swords

These Angels are the Regents of the Sword, and serve as Yajmha's army of Angels.

Passages from the 'Book of Apostals'

Wrote Gehennor in the sacred Book of Apostals, a fortnight before he was cast down. "Yajmha's pious ally Alamas hath corrupted his goodly soul to steal the Morning Star's secrets of Malkarian genesis from the gateways of the past, hence to bring forth from the light a New Order of angels. All that the Morning Star created before his fall shall be cast down from Haman, and those on the earths of his creation shall be banished into the halls and dark places of Acheron. Malkeom and Abraxas grow strong with the influences and corruption of darkness, and their 'Coming into Power' as the TRUE Destroyers of Faith, and shall not be stopped whither they are no longer within grasp of ascension. The new order of angels cometh to battle those who would bring about the beginning of the end of Haman and Acheron as the soveriegn Kingdoms in the Universe. It was written, that to prevent this fall in the Celestial order, the key figures fallen must be brought into Ascension or be destroyed. It woes me, for as the light forsakes Malkeom and Abraxaus that their ascensions have failed, heretofore they must be hunted and destroyed. How hath it come to this, that my eyes must suffer my soul to see all my brothers fall into darkness and slavery? We who embrace the light still are forsaken by it for who fathered us out of the light all those ages ago. This war, as all wars, is folly. Power corrupts all, even my Father in Haman. Peace is the only path to the light, so perhaps we all are forsaken, but for those few...those dear few, who know only peace in their hearts. Rhannor.. Amhenru.. I pray for them, for their pure, untouched souls never to be poisoned by hate and avarice, by greed and bitterness, by crushed hopes and despair. Faith protect us all. My faith shall rest forever more in the TRUE creator, the light which is mercy, TRUE forgiveness, and peace. God have mercy on us if the Anduain should fall."

Oh what secrets Gehennor guarded which could not be written in the sacred book, or so much as breathed as a thought in Haman. Yes...Alamas had harnessed the knowledge to create a New Order of Angels, but he had not not given them souls, nor did he split the light which they had been created from, to filter out the dark energy which was a rudiment within all powers of creation ... Undectable. He had not cloven that mighty source of life to create the antithesis of each angel spawned out of the eternal light of creation. The Morning Star had been most secretive about how he had engendered the Omegan Demons out of the Alpha angelicans. Always darkness was more dominating than the light, and yet it was the light which gave life to all things.

The New Order of Angelicans was flawed from the beginning, inasmuch as they were not creatures pure of the light, their spiritual and holistic integrity was corrupted by small degrees which could become immense depending on circumstances. They were emotionless, and logic driven, had no will of their own, no souls, whereas the angels of the Morning Star's creation were creatures of emotion, compassion, passions, of will, and empathy, and were every so good until they were corrupted, and forsaken by the light, and even then, their goodness was hard to corrupt. Indeed the New Order had no TRUE souls, no free will, their only will the Word of Yajmha. One might too easily call them angelic zombies.

Gehennor: "I have lived now to see the day that all my brethren were cast down from Haman to the last. I know not to what hemispheres they have fallen, or were reborn on as mortal children, their power and immortality sleeping deep within them, waiting for death to return them to themselves. Those who fall and are not reborn shall wake to find themselves confused, afraid, naked and ignorant of the world they had found themselves on. for the first time, they shall feel physical pain, hunger, the heat and the cold in their mortal embodiments. Worst of all, if the Alamascen Angels hunt them, they are poorly equipped in their early days, months or years to defend themselves. I fear many shall seek their dark father for protection, for the Morning Star guards his own jealously. Is it time we all gave ourselves to the Morning Star's embrace, to Acheron? I wish ... I knew what to do." -He wrote in the 'Book of Apostals' which he was the keeper of, and had carried with him from Haman to Morashtar in his own fall.

A new era had dawned in Haman. The seemingly impossible had happened, only few in Haman had even realized it. Gehennor knew, but he wasn't writing it down. Lucifer had risen and reclaimed the half of himself from which he'd been cast out so many millennia ago. The Morning Star had reclaimed Haman, Yajmha, Gaiah, Nuni, Aegores, Leviathan wholly, at last. He had fused with them, then recreated Yajmha as HIS proxy that no one would be the wiser. In time the truth would out but not right away.
A few were aware. Gehennor because Lucifer reinstated him. Plunked him right down in Haman and explained a few thousand things. Mostly how Haman was going to be different. Those Tsetar who wished to return could achieve doing so for one. They had to earn their way back if they'd fallen too far but the opportunity was theirs to grasp at. The rest had only to choose to return. Yajmha would send word to them.
The oracles also knew. They weren't telling either for they had seen what should happen if they did. The Alamascan, the swords in particular, would rally to kill Lucifer in an attempt to free Haman. It didn't work that way but try telling an army of Alamascan soulless soldiers that. An all out war between the people of Haman and Acheron would ensue were the Alamas to declare war on Lucifer. No. The oracles didn't wish to see that possibility come to light. Neither did Gehennor, keeper of the Book of Apostles.

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Alamascan Seraphs

The Fourth Pentacles

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Orders of the Alamascan

Passages from the 'Book of Apostals'