Quote Originally Posted by Vikenlugaid View Post
As I said, I don't think it worked like that. I think they enjoyed the afterlife as normal and were summoned at the time of need. The alternative seems evil to me, even if they chose that willingly.
If they were enjoying their afterlives they would have been growing away from their mortal experience. When the day came, would spirits evolved into a Devas even remember oaths made by their former mortal selves?

The whole point of martyrdom is self-sacrifice for a greater cause.