Celestial

The Celestials were astral beings that possessed heavenly qualities, living on universal balance and peace. Though now extinct, their divinity has been passed down to the Santulan Movement.

Characteristics
Celestials take the form of haired draconic creatures with two wings and a singular eye, radiating a glowing aura. These traits are not absolute, as they may adapt to their ever-developing personalities. They can be compared to that of a Chinese dragon. With the strength and resilience of their bodies, it would not take much brawn for a Celestial to defeat a foe.

Naturally, they are mentally powerful and intuitive, tolerant to all sorts of mystical energies and are believed to strive towards bodhicitta with the union of such energies. Mental potent has also lead to psychic sensory perception. With enough energy drawn, a Celestial could 'breathe life' into astral objects such as wisps, hence the birthing and maturing of their nurturing kind, the Devata.

Unfortunately, Celestials are not immortal and are incapable of reproduction. For this, this was the reason why they had gone extinct. The only way for a Celestial to carry on after death is to give up their power in order to reincarnate and transcend into a just-birthed physical body. Santulan was the only Celestial to realise this power.

History
The Celestials were birthed upon the astral plane, hovering above the eastern regions of Earth as a metaphysical bubble. As majestic as they were, they struggled against the malicious and corrupting forces that also inhabited the plane. To rid of the dangers, Santulan, one of the Celestials, cooperated with his kin to construct the Celestial Kingdom as a sanctuary of harmony against the astral dangers. From the sheer presence of the heavenly constructs and mighty abodes, an aura of protection would force the malicious enemies of the Celestials to retreat. Thus, the kingdom would continue to thrive in peace.

Time passed and the Celestials were still intact with their harmonic place. Unfortunately, they were self-conscious of their upcoming death and had to take action. By breathing life forces into wisps, they began to raise the Devata, teaching them their values of compassion, awareness and definitely harmony. The Devata would become loyal children to their parent figures.

When the gradual deaths of the Celestials came, Santulan gifted their power to his fellow Devata, Trung. Santulan would then realise the ability to transcend beyond death and pass into the physical world. The traces of Celestial power now remained in Trung and the reincarnations of Santulan.

Culture
Although Celestial culture is enigmatic, their architecture was believed to be quite beautiful. The values they developed made up of freedom, virtue and union, all of these supposedly leading to a harmonic state amongst their kind.