Angels

Angels are, in many ways, the older siblings to mortals. Celestial gods created humanoids in their image as children who would fawn over their omnipotent parents. So first, they wanted to create beings who could protect and guide the nascent mortals through their early life. And so Verilean, the Earth Mother, happily birthed the Protectors, Devas, Solars, and more. They were her first children and inherited her desire to take care of their soon to follow little siblings; mortals. They carried great divine power in order to fend off elementals and fiends alike. They did their job well no matter what conflicts came up.

However, when the Great Event gained momentum, their job changed. Against Verilean's wishes, the gods decided to make use of the divine power contained in the angels. And the winged Celestials were thrilled to fight for a just cause, weaponizing their gifts and becoming stalwart soldiers and a relentless force for good. Their involvement was a turning point in the fighting and helped to keep mortals from being wiped out on many occasions.

So none of them could understand why their mother goddess, the woman who birthed them and gave them such power, would suddenly put her life on the line, begging them to stop their attacks against evil. They were moved by her words and stunned by her tears, but were confused by her logic and annoyed at her insistence. That confrontation, so high above Ashenland, was the last they saw of her as she diverted the joint radiant energy of the angels and fell from grace, down to the world below. The angels fought the Primordials and fiends through tears of frustration and regret throughout the rest of the Great Event, wishing to undo what they did, and now desperately search every realm for their missing mother. But after 300 years without any sign of her, there is only one conclusion they can can come to; Verilean is hidden away in the depths of the Lower Planes where no Celestial can reach her.