The Helvault
Created by the vampire Sorin Markov as part of his deal with Avacyn to seek peace for his broken land, and blessed in a series of rituals over the course of hundreds of years, the Helvault is a pinnacle of magical artifice. It acts an amplifier of divine energy, a prison for all bound within, and an anchor for arcane wards of immense complexity…though most have little knowledge of it’s myriad functions. To the populace at large, it served perhaps it’s most important function, as a beacon of hope and a light in the darkness.
As humans have short lifespans and shorter memories, stories say it and Avacyn first appeared on the same night, and it remains the most holy object on Innistrad after Avacyn herself. Said to be a piece of Innistrad's silver moon, the Helvault sits in the cathedral yard in the High City of Thraben overlooking a cliff's edge and the sea beyond.
With the proper incantations and rituals, Avacyn and her angelic host could cause wicked creatures to be drawn into the Helvault. One by one, Avacyn and her host of angels captured increasing score of fiends that once plagued the land unceasingly. She trapped so many demons within the Helvault that only a handful remained. To the relief of all but the demon-worshipping Skirsdag cult, demons and devils were largely out of human life.
It was only a short time ago that the demon Griselbrand, one of the most powerful of his kind and one who had never become imprisoned, committed an act of unprecedented boldness and heresy: he landed on the Helvault itself, under a full moon, and challenged Avacyn to combat.
Avacyn and Griselbrand battled for days, out of view of all but Avacyn's host; the Lunarch, Mikaeus; and his most trusted bishops. Finally, in an act of desperate effort, Avacyn used all of her remaining strength to drive Griselbrand into the Helvault.
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Monument / Statue, Large
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