Archon

About

Tireless agents of Heaven, archons embody virtues and strive to guide mortals while battling the evil forces of the fiendish realms. Heaven’s seven-tiered mountain is generally known as a place of contemplation and philosophy. But the archon denizens of Heaven’s threshold and the second level, concern themselves with defense and mustering armies for the endless battles against Hell and the Abyss. However, whereas devils and demons take pleasure in harming the innocent, Heaven’s wardens reserve their blades for only the truly wicked and irredeemable. Among mortals, they prefer to guide and nurture a rule of law that looks out for the weak and powerless, leading mortal agents to overcome mortal threats rather than solving those threats themselves.

When a spirit becomes an archon, they usually start as a lantern archon, the lowliest of archonkind. As they perform noble deeds and bolster their pureness of heart, an archon evolves into greater forms, possibly skipping stages or remaining in others for long spans of time, depending on their particular strengths and personality.

Archons are guardians of Heaven and enemies of chaos and evil. They openly fight back the spread of fiends but also quietly nurture the seeds of virtue within mortals, teaching the denizens of the Material Plane how to act with honor and integrity, enact just laws, and cast off sin and temptation.

Archons live in the immense seven-tiered mountain of Heaven. They manifest from mortal souls who answer a mysterious voice and swear to forever serve the cause of justice and transform into their new archon forms. Intensely orderly in their metamorphosis, new archons begin as lantern archons or other lesser forms, transforming into ever-greater archons as their virtue and achievements grow. Each archon represents a particular virtue, such as hope, charity, justice, or courage, and they gain strength in the presence of mortals who exemplify this virtue. Due to their extremely lawful nature, archons sometimes find themselves at odds with azatas.