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LucasWrath — Heaven's Stairway Day 27: Patience

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Description “The fourth member of the Seven, the de facto leader of the Council, Patience.”
“Strategic as Temperance and relentless as Diligence, Patience is easily the strongest of the Seven Heavenly Angels. Their only fault being their morality, which is questionable to say the least.”
“The Virtue of Patience is the counter to the Sin of Wrath and the Big Reds who embody it. Patience Angels are known for their frightening intellect and planning. Although they aren’t as physically powerful as their wrathful counterparts, Patience Angels have unbelievable endurance and defense. Renowned for their ability to wade through any tedious or outright painstaking act to reach their goal, these Virtues are by far the worst to make your enemy. As they will simply wait……”
“Before striking a fatal blow.”

“Sentries are the most common Virtue of Patience. A Sentry has an average height of 5 feet and 10 inches, with a fairly slim build with broad shoulders. Similar to Monoeyes, they have a single eye. Physically scrawny, Sentries have needle-like arms, with nothing more than stabbing as their method of close combat. To counter this, Sentries are masters of Psionic and Divine Magic, excelling in ranged combat. Moreover, Sentries are capable of firing blasts of holy energy from their eyes. Sentries have several orbs orbiting around them, these orbs act as additional weapons, capable of firing Divine Spells and dealing moderate blunt attacks. Most interesting is their endurance, not only having great defense, Sentries have exceptional tolerance to pain. Only vulnerable to Abyssal Magic and demonic energy. Socially Sentries live in large groups, with individuals having an upbeat yet calm demeanor. Often Sentries are used as record keepers up here, as their virtue allows them to work incredibly well as bookkeepers.”

“Headmasters have to be the strongest of the Patience Angels, or even the Seven Heavenly Angels themselves. The rarer variant of Patience Angels, a Headmaster has an average height of 40 feet. Physically, Headmasters have a similar body structure as Temperance Golems, both being broad in build. Similar to the Sentries, Headmasters have only one eye. However they are much stronger than their other variant, bearing sword-like arms and optimal physical strength. Nonetheless Headmasters excel in ranged combat, boasting mastery in Divine, Psionic, and Ancient Magic. Their orbiting orbs deal much more damage through their holy blasts, but the Headmaster’s eye deals the most damage in total. With their holy beam being so powerful that it could evaporate Imps instantly, luckily this deadly beam has quite the cooldown. Unluckily Headmasters are the embodiment of Patience, not only boasting unbelievable defense and endurance, but Headmasters do not feel the passage of time at all. These Angels could stand still and allow weeks to go by as if they were minutes. This mastery of waiting is quite boring on the surface, but the strategic skill Headmasters have make it a devastating ability. These Angels would plan the deaths of their targets months in advance, to maximize efficiency and impact of the plan. Their cold and calculated plots are quite gruesome however, with innocent casualties common parts of their plan. Which makes most of their plans denied by the rest of the council. Socially Headmasters live in isolation, only rarely seen with several Sentries at their side. Like their plots, Headmasters are cold, cunning, and calm Angels, with their demeanor demanding fearful respect from others.”

“By nature Patience Angels are calm beings, sometimes too calm. With crises overlooked as they have no temporal ties to what is currently happening. Luckily their strengths are undermined by their personalities, with many having abysmal reputations. This social view of them keeps them in check, with the more ethical Virtues enacting the plans with Patience Angels as their influence.”
“As a Virtue, Patience boasts their own ability to use whenever they please. This ability is called “Practice Patience” and is a minor ability with temporal alteration. The ability has different effects that generally perform the same function. It will stop an individual target in time temporarily with the target gleefully aware of their locked situation. The other option the caster could choose from is the ability to slow down time in a limited area. This temporal bubble is fairly small, but can be devastating if planned correctly.”
“Patience’s representative and ruler is chosen through a gruesome series of tests, with their title known as “The Keeper.” This ruler is in charge of keeping the forbidden texts safe from prying eyes and is the final guardian of Index’s temple.”
“As powerful as these beings are, they are limited to their plans. As these dumbfucks don’t understand that their plans rely on the entire universe falling in line for it to work. Remember when I said they form them months in advance? Yeah did I forget to mention that it's rare that those plans work? Zero out of ten, snobbish, uptight and has a moral compass worse than Hell itself.”
-Daydream
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