What's a Solar, Whats an Archon?

[T'Holoth Shadowborn]

I didn't know this myself. When an NPC solar appeared I didn't know the difference between them and a Planetar or how to RP the difference. These beings appear often enough in plots so here are the definitions.


Angels

Angels can be of any good alignment, and can live any of the Upper Planes instead of being limited to just one. Many subspecies of angels exist, including Astral Deva, Solar, and Planetar[original research?].

Astral Deva
These angels watch over lesser beings from the heavens and, in turn, are symbols of sentry and looked upon as messengers from Gods. Although avoiding combat whenever possible, it loves to strike down evil with a passion, preferring blunt weapons such as maces over blades and staves.

Planetar

Planetar angels are legendary warriors and guardians, serving as captains and commanding legions of celestials to war with anything that would threaten the destruction of the cosmos. Like all other celestials, they will attack fiends and demons before anything else, and prefer to mix their vast array of heavenly magic with their mighty greatswords and massive charges.

Solar

When the mightiest of the demons, the most hell-bent destructor fiends and the evil deities themselves crawl from the pits of Baator to challenge good, the Solar angels will always be among the defenders. Solar angels are the elite fighting force of justice in the planes, and when not fighting evil, they are in the direct service of the good deities.

Archons

Archons are lawful good and found on the plane of Mount Celestia. They consider fiends their sworn enemies and devote their existence to protecting all the free peoples against the tyranny of evil.


Types of Archons

Italicized entries are (dm controled) archons commonly seen in Ysgard

* Hammer Archon - Hammer archons strive to root evil out of its hiding places within the earth.
* Hound Archon - Canine-headed defenders of the innocent and the helpless against evil.
* Justice Archon - Menacing angels resembling radiant warriors clad in bright full plate, wielding glowing greatswords. They consider themselves the purest champions of justice in Celestia. While they do not attack without provocation, they are easily incensed by the mere sight or suspicion of evil.
* Lantern Archon - Floating balls of light that give what assistance they can.
* Owl Archon - Airborne scouts, messengers, spies, infantry, and protecters of lesser celestial creatures.
* Sword Archon - Enforcers of the heavenly laws, its forearms can transform into holy flaming longswords.
* Throne Archon - Commanders of the cities of Celestia and the judges of the Heavens, occasionally tasking themselves with meting out justice to the particularly vile or corrupt.
* Tome Archon - Prior to changes in the 3.5 BoED these appeared as humanoids with arms and feathered wings protruding from their back. They have very hawk-like heads. They are aloof and dignified creatures who possess powerful intellect, magic, and physical might. There are only seven of these beings, one residing on each of Celestia's layers. They record all things that happen in the Heavens with passionless accuracy and total indifference. As of the 'Book of Exalted Deeds' the nomenclature of Tome Archons was ignored and their descriptions changed.
* Trumpet Archon - Celestial messengers and heralds with considerable martial skills.
* Warden Archon - Guardians of the gates of the Seven Heavens, and observers of the affairs of the Material Plane.
* Word Archon - Using the power of truenames, they ensure such words inspire the good-hearted everywhere.

[Daecon]

Thanks T

[miyafawyn]

wow! thanks! (I had no idea )

[Verandis]

Don't forget Guardinals as well. Couple of those floating around- well, usually it's players that take their forms, but they seem to be around.