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Since our creation, we've been given many rules, but only one that we've given ourselves. 'Watch out for one another, for we are all we have.'
Within the Hierarchy of Heaven, the Exorcists were often considered a separate and distinct entity.
They weren't regular souls, born and raised on Earth. Nor were they on the level of a Seraphim, despite having been created by them.
The purpose of their creation was to serve as soldiers within Adam's army, to maintain the Order through the slaying of those who had fallen into hell. To keep the population down.
The Exterminations.
Their relationship with the rest of Heaven was strained. Their very existence was fundamentally different, their purpose obscured. While not strictly forbidden, it was simply…. Easier, to keep to themselves.
And that was fine. They were created to defend Heaven, not to interact with it. And they had each other! For all intents and purposes, they were sisters. Their own family.
While they were created fully grown, they still needed time to 'grow up'. Not physically, but emotionally and intellectually. Thus, each generation, as new Exorcists were created, the older generation would take a younger batch of sisters under their wings.
There were easily enough Exorcists to create their own community. It wasn't like Sinners could hurt Exorcists, so they didn't even have to worry about losing anybody either.
There were issues of course. Problems. Arguments. But they never lost sight of one simple fact:
No matter what happened, they would always have each other.
It was a simple fact, drilled into each and every Exorcist, from generation to generation. A comfort and a blessing. It was a part of the foundation of their belief, something that could never be violated.
Until the day it was.
The day an exorcist was cast out from Heaven by one of their own, their halo and wings ripped away. By their leader, who they'd been trained from birth to obey and revere.
That day, the foundation of the exorcists' belief cracked, and nothing would ever be the same.
Thus marked the beginning of the end of the Exorcist Army.