Editing Ardarvia (section)

===Planar Followers===

An ever growing number of angels and other celestial beings continue to voluntarily come into Ardarvia´s service, either driven by their own desires, or by a need for cleansing and purifying rituals of penance. Many archons find comfort in Ardarvia's strict service, their immortal natures allowing them to endure extended periods of time in complete, immobilizing bondage to show Ardarvia the eagerness of their service, making for heavenly beautiful, living sculptures that line up the halls and gardens of Ardarvia´s homes and temples in the upper realms.

Among the most famous of Ardarvia's angels is the planetar warrior, Exquisite Lament. This statuesque, green-skinned angel is well known among the faithful for her tireless devotion to her goddess and to the mortals under her protection. This defender of the church has also been noted for her incredible compassion, and particularly for her eagerness to instill confidence in the meek. It has also been chronicled that she has often offered herself a slave to mortal masters, for a short time at least by the way beings such as her perceive time, in order to help him or her grow in expertise and understanding of both the submissive and dominant aspects of the faith.

The angels who have sworn themselves to Ardarvia can seem frightening to some, yet they are as benign as any of their more conventional kin.

Ardarvia also counts a number of risen fiends amongst her servants' ranks, each of them saved and fully sanctified by the arduous rituals of penance that carried them from their damned state to one of elevated salvation. The most notable being the marilith Urnsanei. Her leather-bound form, with her lower arms bound behind her in permanent prayer, her upper set missing, has become an icon of religious significance not only to repentant, formerly evil mortals, but also to those who hear the siren song of one of the most controversial of Ardarvia's sacraments, the Sacrifice.