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| name={{{name|{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}}}}
| faction_yearstart=Unknown<br/>Era 3 <span style=font-size:80%>(first angelics in the Mazes)</span><br/>E5-1 <span style=font-size:80%>(rebranding as Heaven, Ltd.)</span>
| faction_hq=[[Cloud Ten]]
| faction_activities=Promoting Angelic faith and values<br/>Fighting [[Hell, Inc.|demonics]]
| faction_boss=The Unnamed Angelic God<span style=font-size:80%>(de jure)</span><br/>The Elder Council <span style=font-size:80%>(de facto)</span>
}}
'''Heaven, Ltd.''' (pronounced ''Heaven, Limited'', also simply referred to as '''Heavens''' or more generally '''the angelic faction''') is a major faction in the Mazes and one of the major religious organizations in the Mazes.
* '''Kindness''' and altruism
* '''Humility''' and modesty
In practice, all angelic creatures have the same basic objectives: to provide company, guidance, and protection to sapients in need. More than being mere combat companions, Angelics operate on the principle that by being in contact and serving as protectors, they can teach Heaven's values to those they protect, in turn increasing their influence over sapients. Their other major objective is to oppose demonic influence and fight demonic creatures at every opportunity. They frequently roam through the Mazes in search of people to protect, as every person they defend (and every Demonic creature they defeat) increases their Angelic Energy, which allows them to perform their various Angelic powers.
The angelic place of worship is the [[shrine]], located in each one of the seven towns under the faction's control.
''See also: [[History of the Mazes]]''
=== Medieval era eras === An early form of Heaven existed during the medieval times. The unnamed angelic organization at the time was providing military and religious support to the White Kingdom of Era 3. After their victory over the Black Kingdom and their transition into the Silverlight Kingdom, the angelics continued to assist, though in a much more reserved way, focused on the spreading and teaching of angelic faith. The angelics departed briefly from the world right before the plague that ended most of humanity at the end of Era 4. === Return and rebranding === On E5-1, the angelics rebranded themselves as ''Heaven, Ltd.'' and re-established a presence in the Mazes, with the foundation of their first town, [[Cloud Ten]]. They were shortly followed by their old rivals in E5-2, when [[Hell, Inc.|Hell]] also returned to the Mazes with the foundation of [[Gehen]], all but guaranteeing that the rivalries of old would return as well. Throughout Eras 5, 6, and the first half of Era 7, Heaven remained uninvolved with warfare or armed conflicts, keeping themselves out of the game of alliances and rivalries between other factions and only protecting their towns and assets whenever necessary, focusing instead on fully developing what they refer to as the "faith business"; spreading the Seven Virtues, sending angelics and shrine maidens on missions to educate, teach, provide moral and psychological assistance, and generally serve as a moral and social cornerstone instead of a more territory- and military-oriented faction. === The Almost Divine War === In E7-360, Heaven announced the '''Faith-Driven Expansion Plan''', forming four settling parties between E7-360 and E7-363 and founding the towns of [[Caminus]], [[Alba Radium]], [[Divus Nitor]], and [[Beatus]], increasing the number of towns under angelic control from 3 to 7. Hell's response was the '''Demonic Super-Special Enlargement Operation''', resulting in the foundation of five new Demonic towns. As both factions began expanding their reach and influence, the number of angelic and demonic entities in the Mazes also sharply rose. Inevitably, tensions between the two factions also increased. One of Hell's new towns, [[Abakash]], had been settled uncomfortably close to the older angelic town of [[Ventis]]. A new UA route between both towns had been established, and quickly became the new flashpoint of the angelic-demonic rivalry. Everything to a near breaking point in E7-368, when a group of Angelic creatures met a group of Demonic creatures on the Ventis-Abakash road. Both parties refused to let the other pass, the encounter devolving rapidly into a shouting match, and finally into a fight. Over the hours that followed, each side continued to send reinforcements to the UA room where the fight was taking place, with new forces replacing the eliminated on each side. The battle is virtually constrained to one room, with a few unsuccessful attempts by both sides to gain ground towards the rival town's direction. After 13 hours of sustained conflict and 298 casualties (through a sheer display of coincidence, the casualties are evenly split; 149 angelics and 149 demonics), both sides agreed to let representatives meet with each other to discuss ending the conflict. Ventis sent a shrine maiden while Abakash sent a dark maiden; the two met, briefly discussing terms and conditions on how to end this senseless waste of personnel for both sides. After 3 hours of unsuccessful debating, the rival representatives agreed to play a round of rock-paper-scissors to determine which side would meet the other's demands. 45 minutes and 1047 rounds of perfect ties later, the two representatives grew fatigued of further debating, finally agreeing on the terms of a truce; both sides shall present official apologies for the other, both sides shall confirm that war has not been declared and that this incident shall remain isolated, and both sides shall use other roads than the Ventis-Abakash for a little while because it all got quite ridiculous. Although the casualties declared are, by Maze standards, enormous, officially this incident was not a war and did not spark further violent conflict. However, it is widely believed that both sides have grown emboldened to engage in combat with one another in various parts of the UA, so long as the fights remained small, short, and sporadic. Nevertheless, the rivalry had finally and officially been reignited, and more active measures to influence and sway the populations of the world were now underway on both sides. === Today ===
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