
"You shall not pass."
Before she was the public relations specialist for Charlie's hotel, before she spent over four millennia on Earth learning about humans and learning to love them, before she even met the one they called the lightbringer...
Phoenyx, the Firesword of the Ophanim, was a primary defender of the perimeters of Heaven. So specialized are her defensive capabilities that she was not given the power of teleportation granted nearly every other angel. She was meant to stand her ground. She was instead given the power to withstand almost any assault without giving way.
So the day that Lute comes to the hotel seeking vengeance for the death of Adam and intends to bathe in the blood of those she holds responsible, she meets a very determined protector.
Lute's grief-mad rage may be an irresistible force that drives her to destruction.
The Firesword's basic prerogative makes her an immovable object.
Let's see who blinks first.