Climbing the steps of knowledge, layer by layer, all the way into the depths of the stars... Hiss. Once I drink the Wisdom Angel Potion, will the power within it wrap around me and drive me to recklessly study the Outer Deities among the stars?
So advancing to Wisdom Angel carries a huge risk!
That's why the Potion must be drunk in the Divine Kingdom of a True God of the White Tower Pathway. The God of Knowledge can oversee the process personally and, through his influence over the Pathway, stop the advancement before the candidate ventures too deep into the stars.
No wonder the Traitor Dragon manages the Knowledge Church so loosely. Anyone given the chance to advance to Angel must truly be one of his own. Finding Great Old One-level power to protect an advancement would be far harder.
Wisdom Angel... Once someone advances under his protection, they probably really do become his Angel. No wonder the Potion has that name.
Hmm. True Gods seem able to offer their followers a somewhat easier Sequence 2 ritual within their own Pathways, but the price may be deeper faith... Roselle refused the ritual bestowed by the God of Steam and insisted on performing Soul Modification himself. That was how he kept his independence... Bornova was the opposite!
Death Archon, Glorious One, Sun Chaser, Lady of Desolation, Disaster, Servant of Concealment, and even Demoness of Catastrophe are probably much the same. With some, you can tell from the Potion's name alone... Sun Chaser, Servant of Concealment, Death Archon. Heh...
After the God of Combat died in the original story, the High Priest remained so devout despite being a Glorious One. This was probably why...
*But when Yellow Saint Natalia advanced to Demoness of Catastrophe, Cheek was already asleep. Natalia completed her