User blog comment:Guildmaster Grovyle/JLE Role Play, Winter 2014-2015/@comment-7562999-20150111233551

''Dazzling gallops to her room and pushes open the door. She looks at herself in her mirror. ''Paladin...Holy Warrior...Virtuous. ''She slams a hoof into the mirror, shattering it. ''They choose wrong...I'm none of those things...Not virtuous, not a warrior, and not a Paladin. ''She tears off the mask and the rest of her armor and throws it to the floor. They choose wrong...Dazzling looks at the golden armor, and blows white-hot fire at the armor. After the flames clear, the armor is left, unsacthed. ''

''Gabriel's voice echoes off the wall. ''I agree, Dazzling Light. But I had no word in the matter. I was outvoted.

DL: Glad someone agrees with me...''Dazzling sulks over to her bed and lays down on it. ''I was given this responibilty wrongly. I'm sure some other angel could have filled the position.

Gabriel: I said the same. No offense, but I knew you weren't ready. You still have to learn how to contain your powers and your anger. I'm sure you will figure out how to supress your....unvirtuous emotions. Dazzling, once again no offense to you, had no right to call Ironworks unvirtuous. You are almost worse. The only reason the armor didn't burn you to ashes was because of your angelic blood. You should have been fried, but you got a free pass.

DL: Thanks....That makes me feel better...

Gabriel: Now, the reason for your promotion was because of the origin of the Paladin's power.

DL: What do you mean?

Gabriel: You see, the angels did not create the Paladin. We stole the power. It was original a hellish power. We sent a team in and stole it from the demon lords before it could be used. We then took the power and bent it to our will, changing it from hellish to heavenly. But it wasn't a perfect transformation. If it detects too many sins in the bearer's heart, it will consume them. It will amplify these sins and drive the bearer on a murderious rampage. The first Paladin's bore the burden well enough. But a few centuries ago, one angel bearer fell off the wagon. He killed an unarmed stallion over a disagreement. The power fed off his sins and took over his mind. It took multiple of our best angels to finally stop his killing spree. I forget what his name was....somethingheart....I can't remember. Anyway, the angels then voted to lock up the armor, thus locking up the power. It wasn't until the recent Blackheart attacks that we begin to wonder what bringing the armor out of retirment would do. So we voted to do just that. I voted that we could use it. Then they voted for the angel to wield the power. They all voted for you. The voted for you because you are expendable. Not because they think you are strong. Remember that Dazzling.

''Dazzling lays, speachless. She finally speaks. ''W-was Lamentations part of the vote.

Gabriel: Yes, he was.

DL: He voted yes for me didn't he.

Gabriel: Yes...

DL: So I'm just a lab rat...an expirment. I thought I was a chosen soul. The very first angel to not have to die to become an angel. A Blest...Why?

Gabriel: Because you are an angel that is poorly disiplined. You commited adultery for Celestia's sake. They see you as a comprimised angel. They think that the power overwhelming you and burning you up will cleanse you. Leaving your sins behind on the surface.

''Dazzling looks at the armor that she discarded. I'll show them....I'll show all of them...Dazzling walks towards the amor and begins to put it back on. ''

Gabriel: Where are you going?

''Dazzling looks at the ceiling of the room. ''I'm going to slay a demon. ''Dazzling storms out of the room. ''