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[h2][color=C24641]Zak[/color][/h2]
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Anguish and suffering quickly numbed away, replaced by the gentle kiss of warming light washing over Zak's naked body and mind, making him whole again. Ethereal tides of energy swirled in a luminescent vortex on all sides, carrying the angelic soul towards a glimmering eternity. Faint Hymns bled through the roar of whirling essence guiding Zak forward. A looming silence crept over him as he gazed into the lustrous sea of light. He was hesitant. The opportunity to escape this reality was before him. Thoughts ran through the ever contemplating mind of the angel as he began to think critically. Something he hadn't done in eons. War, long and unending, made him jaded to the universe. Yet there was still more left for him to do. More left for him to see. To learn. To grow. 

Zak took a hold of his line to resurrection, and took a hold of his fate. He was going to gain more power. More knowledge. After millennia of thought hidden behind indifference, the archane fool was ready to take the universe that flung him around like a kite in a storm more seriously, and map the chaotic flow of the Nexus. He started by accepting his role amongst his brethren of angels, following the light and will of Imperator Deva to strike down her enemies. The first would be the demon pest who tore into his flesh. Fire burned in Zak's soul as he was enveloped in light and pulled back into existence. 

As he opened his eyes, Zak saw the pearly marble pillars and shining citadels of heaven around him, and the alter of resurrection glowing beneath him. A new determination filled the angel, though he dared not let it show. Not yet. For now, he thought only of gaining knowledge and interesting objects just as he always had. Only instead of simple entertainment to distract him from the triviality of the universe, he now had purpose to his quest. Clothes were born from a brief shower of flames that engulfed Zak's body before dispersing. Walking off the alter, Zak made his way through the familiar halls of the holy citadel, stretching the tenseness out of an arm. [color=C24641]"Time to be gettin' back to work then."[/color] 

Before long, after a while of walking the lengths of the pale bricked walkways and pearly corridors that snaked across the radiant landscape winding through imposing architecture and towering buildings, Zak eventually arrived at the foot of large wooden doors decorated in angelic carvings and rosaries. Pushing his was inside, the fiery haired angel found himself surrounded by the great celestial library. Rows upon rows of books lined the towering shelves that reached into the rafters and lined the walls. Dim lighting filled the maze like lanes peppered with the occasional ladder or set of stairs leading to raised floors that ascended to multiple levels over head. Zak made it a point to visit this place decades ago, but he kept putting if off til later. Since he happened to be in the area, and his lunch plans were ruined, he figured now was as good of a time as any.

Zak roamed around for a while, picking up and browsing through random tomes before tossing them in a disorderly fashion back onto random shelves. He was hoping to find something related to empowering runes that might unlock hidden potential, or perhaps a map to some relic which bestows abilities, or maybe information on finding some ancient powerful weapons. At this point the angel was open to anything. Soon he stumbled passed a brief interaction between a young woman and a man with pale silvery hair. Zak reversed, pulling his head out of a book on the significance of paradigm shifts in battered warriors, and peeked in on the conversation between the librarian and Saef Harken from then end of the lane with poorly hidden interest.


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