Zariel

[Corwin]

22:35 <Lucille> roll 1d20+48+4+15
22:35 <Kobot> Lucille rolled 1d20+48+4+15 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{73}

[Anastasia]

It's not quite like any solar you've heard about. Something about it was different, for a lack of a better word.

[Ebiris]

"Good," Alicia echoes. "Do you know who that solar was?"

[Anastasia]

"A servant of Zaphkiel's," Ilmater says, blisters and pain endured, stabs and crushings healed. "I know not his or her name, only that it serves his will when he wishes for a more obvious hand in affairs. It is a sign that all the Hebdomad approves of our efforts, a rarity and supremely good omen."

[Ebiris]

Alicia smiles at that. "Good. In the stories we heard of the war against the God King, Zariel's fall always touched Seira and I with how unjust it was. Let us try and make right what went wrong then."

[Anastasia]

"Then we will triumph," Antenora vows, "Let us begin."

Are the two of you up on the ritual and all this will require?

[Ebiris]

"It is beyond magic," Ilmater concurs, "Your idea has merit Seira, but with the state her soul is in, she could not handle being a proxy of anything but an evil power. Unless she repented sincerely before it and began to atone." Looking down at Zariel as she rests, still as a statue, "Additionally, the proxy spark used will be consumed to restore Zariel. No, you would need the proxy spark of an evil deity. Additionally, you would need to be able to restore her soul at the same time."

"Then I will explain it." Ilmater begins, "It is a three part system: The man, the woman, and life itself. On conception, part of the man and woman's spirit is drawn in as a tiny amount of positive energy is generated by the act. A tiny sliver of soul, a harmless loss, combined with this to form a soul. This soul sleeps and grows within the child who sleeps within his mother. To repair the soul you need the same three part act, but different. You need a portal to the Positive Energy Plane, modified carefully to provide exactly the right amount of energy to the ritual workings. Too little and it will fail, too much and it will consume the heavily damaged soul."

Ilmater's form shudders grandly, as if a great spasm of pain was wracking him. Nonetheless he does not stop nor does his voice shake.

"You must combine that with two donors, who will give a tiny fragment of their soul. It must be done willingly and it must be done by creatures who have a deep similarity to the damaged soul. It need not be any one thing, but it must be a strong resonation. An artist to repair an artist, a celestial to repair a celestial, a young man to repair a young man. It need not be a man and woman, unlike typical mortal conception. With the proper donation, the portal and the ritual, the proxy spark must be pushed into Zariel at the same time. The ritual to repair the soul must be modified to account for this, so that such a thing does not destroy it - impossible but to one of us, no mortal would have the understanding of the divine to do so."

Relevent exposition from Ilmater there.

So Alicia just provides the spark. Seira and Antenora are going to do the soul-donor part. And Sulia/Ilmater will handle the positive energy portal.

That sound right to you, Cor?

[Corwin]

Yep. Since I'm assuming that Seira and Amaryl have used a similar process off-screen for their kids it shouldn't be particularly hard to work with here.

[Anastasia]

That's a very good point, Cor. Okay.

Seira, give me an K:P check with a +20 circumstance bonus.

[Corwin]

As expected!

19:21 <Lucille> roll 1d20+53+4+15+20+13+20
19:21 <Kobot> Lucille rolled 1d20+53+4+15+20+13+20 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{126}

[Anastasia]

With that Antenora's roll is irrelevant, Alicia doesn't need one since she has the spark and Ilmater can't fail his and that's enough.

Before you, the destroyed figure of Zariel begins to regrow. Legs and flesh regenerate, the spark absorbed into her. Positive energy flows into the fallen angel, rebuilding her from the ground up. What is left is a bald, black skinned angel sans any wings, Zariel lying there, unclad and slumbering.

"It is done," Ilmater declares, "She is whole once more and should awaken soon." For once his body is unbroken and unpained, "Awaken, Zariel. Awaken once more."

[Corwin]

"It would be nice to meet you properly outside mortal danger, Zariel," Seira admits.

[Ebiris]

Alicia is silent for the moment, watching Zariel for motion and awareness to see how she responds before they settle in for a friendly chat.

[Anastasia]

Antenora waits, spear in hand but not advancing.

Empress Sulia watches, standing next to Ilmater, "Return to us, Zariel. There is still hope."

Slowly, ever so slowly, Zariel's eyes open. She looks up and blinks once, twice. "I am whole," she intones, voice rough hewn, perhaps once beautiful and now ragged stone. A look at Alicia, Seira, Sulia, Antenora. But is when she sees Ilmater that she freezes, a long moment before she whispers, "Why?"

"The see hope in you and they believe in mercy," Ilmater says, his body blistering, burning (the flames do not touch her, the inquisitors scream as rays of purifying light erase all the wicked). "They seek to undo the tragedy of Daa-vid, one step at a time."

[Corwin]

"We think it's the right thing to do, cliche as that might sound," Seira agrees with Ilmater. "I'm Seira Aryn, and it is nice to meet you properly, Zariel."