During the Purity Crusade Laurence in the Greek Underworld Dream Realm along with the Core of Uriel's other elite corps were tracking down Hades and the other Ethereals. Uriel as usual going for the big fish in Hades while sending his core to do the rest of the group in. While there Laurence encountered a Seraph, not of Purity, who was leading Dream Shades away from Uriel's purge to Heaven where they could take their place as souls of God.
Laurence questioned the Seraph immediately as he had orders to destroy these shades and wanted to know exactly why a fellow servant of heaven was hiding these heathen blasphemers (I think those were his exact words at the time). The Seraphim replied that it was not for Uriel to judge who was to be purified and for what reasons but merely it was his place to carry it out....God's purification *and* love was upon them and as such they were not for Laurence.
Terrified and shivering and stricken by doubt Laurence broke for the first and only time his holy vow as a Malakim to obey his superior in all things by allowing them to go in a willful violation of his oath by omisson. Uriel flush from victory was extremely annoyed with his servant and sent him to his cathedral for pennance....even as he was summoned to Heaven for trial...and ultimately to God.
Laurence prayed for understanding of God's will and forgiveness (though he was torn over the decision as whether or not he had done the right thing). As he kneeled there alone in the cathedral light shined down through the stain glass windows of the Cathedral down on Laurence while he prayed and angels following the light came upon him kneeling with his sword....following the light and discovering that Laurence's wings were now that of an Archangels and his armor of that of commander of the Heavengly host.
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