And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can. --Elizabeth Barrett Browning Laurence, Malakite Archangel of the Sword, is a sharp-eyed young sort with a fierce sense of honor, leader of Heaven's armies. He is also a major proponent of Christianity, specifically Catholic Christianity, as a human religion. He began as a servant of Uriel, the zealous Archangel of Purity who set out to exterminate the denizens of the Marches.