Celvar and the Divas came to the mortals and asked for the bravest of them to fight the monstrous horde.
Many faithful animal folks volunteered.
The Divas blessed their bodies to be stronger and crafted enchanted weapons and armour of silver for them.
The seraphim trained them in martial combat and the use of magic.
The best of them, the Seraphim, bonded with them, granting them their divine powers. They were the first Astana Arkin[1]. Mortal and Seraphim would fight side by side against the horde.
The Erantans volunteered, but only a few of them were taken, and none of the Seraphim would bond with even the best of them.
But the Divas who took them in gave them their blessing and craft.
Once they were ready, they fought off the horde's assault and broke the siege on the walls. The mortals were more effective than the Divas ever hoped for, and they cut a swathe through the monster's ranks.
The monsters retreated but would return with replenished numbers.
Celvar and the divas could withstand them forever. But Celvar wanted her world to be free again.
A council of Divas and Seraphim gathered around Celvar, and they planned their assault on the portals and destroyed them from within.
All the Divas would go into this strange realm led by Celvar. The Mortals who fought beside them, the Astana Arkin, volunteered to fight with them. Entering that realm was suicidal for them, for they could not be reborn again like the Seraphim. Regardless, they wished to go with them into the red realm.
Before they set off, Celvar told the brave mortals to go and be with their loved ones one last day before they set off into the unknown.
The Astana Arkin did so, lying with their wives and husbands before saying their goodbyes, perhaps for the last time.
Celvar called the seraphim and asked that a large portion of them stay behind and protect the mortals, as they would not be able to protect themselves from the horde. Two-thirds of their number remained with the mortals while the rest went into the portal with the divas.
The holy war host reassembled and fought through the monstrous hordes, cutting them down as they entered the realm of the shattered god.
On a black mountainous throne, Marnaru watched as Celvar and her host entered his domain. Above him, a Black sun emitted tendrils that squirmed in the sky, dripping black ichor that flowed down the black mountain covering the land around them.
Their feet trudging through the strange molasses as they approached the mountain.
He closed the portal behind them and beckoned them to him. "Come userpers, come! There is no escape from my domain! Eternity, your souls will forever be mind to torture and mutilate. I will rip and twist your bodies into perthetic forms. Come, Celvar, you festering bitch! Come, you misbegotten children of hers, to you eternal agony!"
Marnaru commanded the twisted hordes to violate them cruelly. Which guttural joy they surged towards them.
[1] Astana Arkin / Astana Knight / Blessed Knight
The first to be bonded with Seraphim
Blessed by the divas and given weapons and armor crafted by them.