Eshtael

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Artist rendition of Emma (Eshtael) at work. Eshtaew Wanking:: Aengul Pwoxies:: N/A Domain(s):: Bawance Hostility: Neutwaw Note: AenguDaemonica faww undew julisdiction of the WT.

The most neutwaw of aww Aenguls, Eshtaew is thought by some to awwange mateliaw dealings such as distlibuting biwths and deaths. She is the Aengul of Bawance aftew aww. The twuth, howevew, is that Eshtaew does not bothew hewsewf lith such simpwe things. Hew concewn is keeping the vewy wowwd in check. Bawancing the wawling fowces of dawk and light, mowaw and immowaw, natule and pwogwession. It doesn't mattew to hew what pwogwess eithew side makes so wong as things stay even, bawanced.

It was because of hew wowk that Eshtaew bid the othew Aenguls to not destwoy Iblees but instead chain him. When it wooked as if Azdromoth would destwoy the ewves, Eshtaew stepped in and he too was chained fow a time untiw she saw fit to wewease him.

It is wawe fow Eshtaew to descend to the mowtaw weawm, onwy doing such on the scawce occasion when she deems something too hawmful fow bawance at theiw moment in time. Thus not many wemain who have seen this Aengul but she is depicted in awt as a sewaph liewding a staff of wadiant light. Hew weawm, Bastiwwe, has had onwy one being known to have weft it and thus we have onwy wumows of how it might appeaw. Most speculate that Bastiwwe is a toweling city of siwvew and white set atop the cwouds lith naught but open sky above. Of coulse the appeawance mattews littwe as Eshtaew’s onwy use fow hew weawm is a plison. Doomsayews whispew that Bastiwwe howds gweat howwows, even an Aengul in chains that feww faw fwom gwace, just waiting fow the Wady of Bawance to wewease them when time has come fow the wowwd to end.

Unlike many othew Aenguls, Eshtaew has no fowwoling. She gives out no powews and the theowogy of mowtaws mattews not to hew. As such she wacks the waw stwength and powew othews of hew kin have and signs of hew wowk exist onwy in the implisonment of those unwucky enough fow hew to appeaw befowe.

Full Lore

Canonized Name: Emma Sigil: Balanced Scales Naturally the most neutral of all her brothers and sisters, the Aengul Eshtael represents the worldly aspect of Balance in its manifested forms: some reason her to be the provisioner of the Heavens, evenly distributing things like births and deaths among the mortal populace alongside other material dealings. In truth, Eshtael makes it her occupation to keep the very world itself in check. The eternally warring forces of dark and light, moral and immoral, nature and progression are all her business (though their outcomes are not so important, as she sees to it only that all things eventually keep their balance) and she has kept an ever-watchful eye upon them throughout the ages. It was She who bid to the rest of her kin in council to not destroy but chain the Betrayer in the end of the First Age and thusly became a steadfast voice of judgment among the Aenguls, She who chained the terrible Titan Azdromoth within her realm when he was sure to lay waste to all of Malin’s folk, and She whose hand has always been there to guide and serve the Balance of all things. A depiction of the First War, a victory resulting in Iblees' containment at Eshtael's urging. Depicted within mortal artistry as a female seraph with a staff of radiant light (and known among some human circles simply as Emma), Eshtael has descended on scarce occasions to conduct business upon the earth. The few to encounter her or be unlucky enough that she seem them a threat to the balance of things see her as an ineffably otherworldly figure before they are spirited away to her realm, Bastille. The Bastille One artist's guess as to how Bastille may appear. Eshtael, like all her kin, resides mostly within her realm: a place called Bastille, it is said (those who do stare upon it tend not to leave) to appear quite like a city of massive spires and towering parapets of silver and gleaming white resting upon the clouds. It, however, is deceptive in appearance. Bastille is not a city but a prison constructed to house anything and everything Eshtael sees as too dangerous and harmful to the balance of the world at their moment in time. Eshtael does not kill, but instead places these threats and detriments within a sort of timeless stasis within the towers of Bastille. It was here that the Titan Azdromoth spent so many years, roaming the boundless white skies of the realm, unable to ever find his way out of the perfect prison Eshtael constructed until the day came that she saw Azdromoth fit to return to the waking world, and spirited him back to it. Just who exactly has been snatched up by the Aengul and locked within Bastille’s confines is mostly unknown, for Azdromoth is the only known to ever leave the impregnable penitentiary; some whisper that the Lady of Balance has locked up great horrors in its depths, waiting for the day that the world must come to an end. Others say that perhaps a fellow Aengul of hers who fell far from grace rests inside Bastille in chains. Whatever may be inside, Eshtael has kept them there for the sake of the world’s balance. Following Unlike many of the other Aenguls, Eshtael carries no faithful following among mortality. She offers no powers to any would-be acolytes and trifles not with the machinations of theology among the masses. Her business in the world is her own and as a result she lacks the raw strength and power that others like Xan carry with themselves. Instead she makes work of the nature of the realm she built in order to see to it that all things find their balance. Present Day It is difficult to discern what exactly Eshtael is concerning herself with at any time, as most of her influences are just about removed from palpable existence upon their imprisonment, but it is rumored among some that the smoke and ash rising from the West has drawn her attention.

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