Lord Of Souls

The Lord of Souls is a position of divine power currently held by Aesturex, the archangel of fire, after his predecessor [Unnamed] betrayed the gods and caused The Shattering, losing his life (and, by proxy, position) in the process. The Lord of Souls is perhaps the single most important entity in the Emdes Universe aside from God or Mors themselves. He holds the sole right to use the [Soul-Forge] (name) and, in the hierarchy of power holds the third place, below God (2nd) and Mors (1st).

His unique ability to command the Soul Forge allows him to control sparks and distribute them among mortals, and even to create entirely new sparks from scratch, using vast amounts of mana in the process. Allegedly, he is even able to return souls into the fire's of the forge to reshape or even destroy them, however, such uses of his power are rare and strictly monitored by the other divines - furthermore, Aesturex himself finds the process of destroying a soul for the sake of regaining mana to be an act of irredeemable evil. Without a good reason, he would never destroy a soul, and even just reshaping it is repulsive to him - although that is something that he has performed on some occasions.

The current Lord of Souls holds powerful positions both in the underworld Heirir (as the head of the demonic council) as well as in Heaven, where he is the highest divine and closest to God. This simultanous rule allows him to act as a mediator between the demonic and the divine world, keeping the peace. However, his position as the ruler of the underworld is intended to be one day absolved by his son, Fax - although that child still has a lot of growing up to do to arrive at that point.