Light and radiance is all you see.  In the throne room of the Lord on high, purity and beauty is the only description one can use. These are the thoughts of Antonius as he departs from the presence of his Lord. It always fills him with anguish to leave but he knows he must do his duty to the Lord and that means being away from his presence. Though this day, was momentarily marred by the presence of one of the fallen. He was already there when Antonius arrived shrouded in a cloud of smoke fore the glory and radiance of the Great Lord was painful to him. He had come asking the Lord’s permission to test the humans again. Many of the fallen had come in the past to ask the same and on occasion it was granted. While the Lord allowed him to do so he required that one of us be there as well to grant the humans a choice, he begrudgingly agreed. Antonius was the first to step forward. The fallen one departed in the same cloud of smoke he had been standing in… smoke from the fires of hell.<br/><br/>Spreading his great wings Antonius rises from the steps of pearl and gold, rising high above the shimmering edifices and streets of heaven. Below is the great and glorious river of life glittering brightest against all other things. To follow it to its source is to return to the throne room of the Lord and look upon the only thing in the room not blurred by the radiance of the Lord, the Tree of Life. A moment of reverie reminds Antonius of the ages past when the fallen forsook all this beauty in the name of power, the words of his Lord came to him then calming his rising anger and reminding him of his new task.<br/><br/>One thrust of his mighty wings hurled him to his destination, here in the war quarters did he find himself. Great towering columns held aloft the roof each of the column’s faces carved with the visage of those who had fallen in service to the Lord God. They were not gone forever but awaited in a special place known only to the Lord until such a time that he deemed they need to return. Inside he quickly found his offices and called to one of the many cherubim under his command, “Summon to me the best of my soldiers, our Lord has given us a great task that requires the utmost attention. Also locate and summon the one called Zefiriel our task lands us in the mortal realm that she presides over a portion of.” The cherubim nods and hurries away, this would take time several of his best already had duties to attend to. The Lord had known his concern and told him they would relieved soon by others just as capable.<br/><br/>While waiting for the first members to arrive Antonius went to his armory and began readying for war.