The Aethons
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The Aethons are celestials, native to the heavenly realm of Yrion, and they are its appointed guardians and inheritors. Like many other celestial beings, the Aethons are passionate embodiments of ideals, virtues and heroic traits. They are, themselves, descendants of the divine Ashar, Ancients that existed since the dawn of creation. Most of the Ashar perished during the War of Light and Shadow, while protecting Yrion from their sworn foes. They were later miraculously reborn as Aethons from the Pillar of Eternity, an axis of divine flame that runs vertically through Yrion. Although most of them have no recollection of their past lives, they keep them within, while using their rebirth as an opportunity to learn and build anew rather than dwell on the past. Yrion, the home of the Aethons, consists of multiple divine realms, divided according to the Celestial Spheres. The Aethons are often likewise divided from one another according to the Spheres they follow, but also according