Chronias

[Anastasia]

"The One created us - far more than the Three - and cast us out." Zaphkiel states, "It matters little and less, for One decreed we are all to pursue our own natures and once any of us gather together who wished to, we are not to cross paths nor return, unless One wills it so. I believe One is the perfect being and is free of any limitations at all. The same thought once crossed Io's mind, and yet in all his time away, he did not find another creature akin to us. Perhaps you would find success where he failed, but in our limited time I do not believe it likely."

[Corwin]

"Is our time limited?" Seira asks, dabbling in heresy. "The Temporal Compact is an artificial one, and several of the sponsors can work together to subvert it. All it would take is a step back before the moment either of you were defeated by Ao and letting you know, and that's no longer a future to you but the present."

[Ebiris]

"How does one truly navigate in the Beyond rather than simply drifting as we do?" Alicia asks as Zaphkiel lets them know that the three incarnations are part of a much larger group with one above even them. "What else is out there? I admit I fancied the idea of finding something like an abandoned proto-Creation or something like that, no telling if anything in it could aid us but... well there has to be more out there, more tangible things than just strange and hostile existences that defy our comprehension."

[Anastasia]

"The way we broke does not allow it - our natures are not as your own in that respect," Zaphkiel says, "Unless we have an Answer, it will not save us. Deities themselves are immune to temporal paradox, we are far more. Worse, we would all know of the effort, even if you were able to reach an Incarnation."

"Will." Is the simple answer from Zaphkiel. "Chronias is similar. Space has no true meaning here. All are where they wish to be and need to be."

A blink.

Again you are before Eblis as he sleeps.

"To move forward is a question of Will. A simple concept that is difficult to master, because you are still creatures of Creation, bound to think in space, dimensions and reality." Zaphkiel continues. "There are things we left behind and what remains of them, but they were insufficient. Were you to become sufficient enough - perhaps one day you would find something like Creation, but under the rule of another."

[Corwin]

"How do you choose the destination, though? I think the better question is how you look far into the distance in the Beyond and plot your course. Is it the same as Astral travel?"

[Anastasia]

"It is similar and different," Zaphkiel says - and stops.

"...father..." Eblis murmurs in his sleep.

"My son." Zaphkiel goes to him. "What stirs you in your rest and first atonement?"

"Give them...my sword and bow....to worthy...warriors amid them." Eblis murmurs, barely heard, and then goes still.

[Corwin]

Seira glances over at Amaryl, unsure of what to say here. Then again, she's mostly done with her questions for now and she certainly has enough information to proceed.

[Anastasia]

"It will be done," Zaphkiel states, sword and bow before you in an instant. Both are the weapons of a giant, yet shrink down before your eyes.

"Clarenyre," Zaphkiel's hand rests on the blade, a greatsword forged of what looks to be platinum. It shines with an inner light - an inner flame. "A sword of redemption and restoration, reborn from the flames of hate." Then to the bow, "Heaven's Joy, a bow that never ceased to save souls, even when in the darkness of Eblis's fall. Will any of you or yours bear these weapons?"

[Corwin]

Seira's mercantile nature shines through as she studies the weapons.

[Nephrite]

"We just received a weapon." Moore says. "And no one of ours utilizes bows very well, so please, feel free." He says to the rest of them.

[Ebiris]

"I know Amaryl at least is a great archer. I don't know that any of us use greatswords... Marie could use any weapon equally well..." but also equally worse since she's just not really specialised for melee combat so it feels rather wasted on her.

[Anastasia]

Heaven's Joy

This is a longbow+12. Any arrow shot from it defeats any damage reduction that has evil as a component of it, save for deities who have the Supreme Damage Reduction salient divine ability. Any fiend or similar creatures injured by the bow must make a Will save (DC 70). Failure results in any souls they have a claim on and have not yet collected being freed of this claim. Any souls they hold, such as inside of a gemstone from a trap the soul spell, are instantly freed. Any soul freed by this will travel onto their proper afterlife, this cannot be diverted by any means short of a greater deity's direct intervention. Deities are not subject to this ability, but evil deities instead suffer an extra 21 points of damage per attack with Heaven's Joy.

Clarenyre Reborn

This greatsword is made of a metal similar to platinum, but far stronger. It is treated as being made of adamantine, but triple the normal hardness and fourteen times the hit points of adamantine. It is a greatsword+10 that bursts into flames when it strikes. It deals a base of 7d6 fire damage.  As divine fire, the damage from this blade ignores damage reduction, resistance to fire and immunity to fire. Once per round, the wielder can sacrifice the damage done by this sword to instead afflict the target with the effects of a vision of heaven spell (DC 70), except that it lasts seven rounds. This ignores immunity to mind affecting, though creatures normally immune to mind affecting gain a +10 bonus to the saving throw.

[Corwin]

Seira's eyes widen almost comically. "Heaven's Joy is meant to be used, as frequently as possible! Amaryl, it could save so many through such direct means...."

[Anastasia]

Amaryl comes forward, a shaking hand placed on it. "How was such a thing even made? I can't imagine the magic to make it."

"I forged it for my son," Zaphkiel states, "Within Chronias, within the river that sings with joy."

[Nephrite]

"Cresiel would likely be honored to use that sword, but I'd feel selfish to just take it when we have Frozen Oath from the other trials." Moore says.