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--I'm updating a thing I was making back in January whereby I try to describe the whole world of angels I made up while I was writing 'Quest for the 5 Amulets'. It's a lot of fun to do, and (i think) is quite interesting, especially if you like religious mythology/fantasy like me :3
Baiscally most (if not all) the stuff here is my own creation [coming out of that skrewed up little mind o' mine]
-enjoy, and if you'd like, I'd love to hear what you think biggrin
[heck, if you're even inclined to make fanart i'd be crazily honoured!]

Thankyou biggrin




~*~The Angel Encyclopedia~*~

I’ve always loved mythology, and because my writing is almost always based around fantasy and sci-fi they draw heavily form it. Recently I’ve become fascinated with building up a near-christian/judeaistic view of an afterlife, where the galaxy turns under Jahovah (the God), and he in turn moves under the unseen force of Fate and her countless other gods of other galaxies. Naturally this scope is huge, so here I hope to help you along a bit in some of my stories {especially what one day will become the ‘quest for the 5 amulets’ trilogy} by outlining the Hierarchy of the Heavens and the people within it.
I hope you enjoy. If you have any questions or ideas get in contact! Lol
Obviously I like my artistic licence and have mixed up all the common influences into my own ideas and spewed them out in some way or another I like. For example, I KNOW Gabriel isn’t SUPPOSED to be the head of the angels etc, and he sure as heck ain’t Jesus’ dad: but hey, I like it that way
So I hope this guides you through my books, comics, art and ramblings- enjoy!
^_~
~Lea~



Content:

Post 1: Introduction [you are here]
Post 2: Description of the World
Post 3: Angellic/Demonic Hiearchy
Post 4: Angelic Family Tree
Post 5: Characters Situated in Heaven*
Post 6: Characters Situated in Hell*
Post 7: Characters situated on Earth
Post 8: History/Important events
Post 9: Misc

* - At the time of the 'Quest For The 5 Amulets' story. They tend to move around.

---Angelic/Demonic Hiearchy ---





The Hierarchy of Heaven:

Heaven works generally as a monarchical democracy. Jahovah has total rule (many of his decisions are influenced by the ‘visions’/inspiration he receives.), but for many decisions and actions he discusses with his council of Seraphim [at the time of ‘Quest for the 5 Amulets’ this is Gabriel and Eve] and Cherubim [Michael, Raphael, Uriel and Chamuel]. They in turn take governance over the lower angels and creatures.

--The almighty--
Jahovah (God) - the big cheese, though he thinks of his angels as almost equal and respects them as such. He’s amazed by them and all creation Essentially he can create and destroy anything in his universe if he so chooses, although often it is nowhere near that simple.

--1st Tier--

Seraphim:
Tthese are the highest order of angels, the first to be created by Jahovah and his favourite ones (though he’s loath to have favourites of course). They differ, but generally are more powerful than the other angels and instruct them. They do go to Earth and the other planets but usually only for important reasons (with the exception of Gabriel who loves checking out the galaxy-creatures).
There were four of these [in age order]: Gabriel, Lucifer, Eve & Adam but following the war on heaven, Lucifer and Adam were condemned to hell.
The head leader of these angels, although he doesn’t entirely recognise himself as such, is Gabriel- Jahovah’s first ever creation of life. This is shown especially in the fact that he is the only angel to have six wings and be completely without gender. Other angels are either male, female, hermaphrodites or equally both (like plants). Gabriel’s rank is somewhere between Seraphim and Almighty, and has often been described as the right hand of Jahovah.
Gabriel is the most powerful angel, and was given the special task of fathering Jesus (thus making Jesus part-angel); and passing judgement (with Jahovah’s supervision) over Lucifer and the rebel angels. Gabriel was the one that finally took Lucifer down.
In Heaven, since the war and Lucifer & Adam’s fall, Gabriel and Eve are the two Seraphim.

Cherubim (Karibu):
These are the leaders of all the other angels, who each serve their own specific purpose in the Galaxy also. They work with the Seraphim closely, though are one rank lower than them essentially.
Funnily enough these angels are younger than many even below them, having been created after the Great War in heaven. Some believe that Jahovah wanted to start anew with those who had not been tainted or disheartened by the war, and so despite their age they rule over many older angels.
The members of this are Michael, Raphael, and the twins Uriel & Chamuel
Their special tasks:
Michael: Divine Justice / Just war - Especially in respect to controlling rouge demons.
Raphael: Knowledge/Creativity - He takes special action with inspiring saints/holy figures.
Uriel: Peace/Redemption - Uriel takes care of much of who is deemed worthy to become an mortal-turned-angel. She takes a pacifist stance in heaven, which often brings her into conflict with Michael. She inspires people to change their ways.
Chamuel: Love/Reproduction/Family - He’s where the idea of ‘Cupid’ came from.


Etenols (Hebrew for ‘yesterdays’):
The ‘Yesterdays’, a.k.a the prophet angels. During the course of life in the galaxy Jahovah appointed and used some special humans to serve him in Heaven. These had many different types, such as Enoch who was shown heaven as a mortal, Jesus who was given angelic powers as a boy to become a ‘Messiah’ figure, or Siddhartha who attained ‘Enlightenment’. These are more important than usual human-born-made angels, yet they have no particular place in the rankings as they serve God and the other angels, while alternatively being ‘special’ in privilege in many ways in Heaven due to the good they did in life (often as prophet-like figures). I ranked them highly as they often help Jahovah and the Seraphim directly.
There are quite a few of these prophet-turned-angels, but the most prominent ones are Enoch (Metatron), Elijah (Sandaphlon), Jesus, Mohammed, and Siddhartha (Buddha).
The one most prominent in Angelic affairs is Jesus, who spends a lot of time with Gabriel in particular.

Thrones:
Strange angels without humanoid form, they carry out the natural wills of Jahovah in the movements in the galaxy when he decides to not let things run their natural course for a time and shape fate personally. They have been described as many things, the most popular of which is the description of “a wheel within a wheel the rims of all four were full of eyes all around”, though they can take many surreal forms. The most common of these us indeed the wheel. They are metallic blue reflective rings with glowing ‘eyes’ around the edge (one set of many horizontal, the other set vertical so it is vertical horizontal vertical etc). Inside the ring there is a bright star-like light. The thrones link together when managing big tasks. Though they are essentially separate form/species of angelic life, although they have been seen to appear at important moments in humanoid history which will shape the future, and so they have been thought to be the recorders of important moments of history as well as the creators of natural phenomenon. This idea is essentially correct, as they converse with Enoch (Metatron) who is the official recorder of heaven (and ‘voice of God’). Generally they are apart from other angels and only converse with Jahovah and Metatron only, skipping out on other angels completely. The leader of the thrones is Zaphiel, who has been described as ‘the hidden left hand of Jahovah’.



--2nd and 3rd Tiers--
Rom the 1st tier down the angels are governed in loose democracies and groups usually according to what tasks they perform. The 3rd tier is comprised of mainly mortal-turned-angels [humans that have served such good lives they were allowed to become angels] and the souls of mortals that have moved into Heaven after leading god lives [and choosing to reject the option of re-incarnation]




The Hierarchy of Hell:

--Leader: Satan--
Satan is the dictatorial leader of Hell. He’s regarded as the king (and is bar far the most powerful- having created most of Hell by himself). His palace is in the centre of the main city- Pandaemonium - and he uses a inner council of his 2 viceroys and his lead military commanders to rule the other fallen angels/demons.
Characteristically he can be cruel to his subjects [for example when Jahovah turned him into a Naga-creature as punishment for betraying him in a deal that was to act as a truce- Satan turned around and used his power to mutate all the other fallen angels into hideous demons.]
However on the whole Satan looks out for his demons and recognises their loyalty to him.
Tactically: Satan has always been jealous of Jahovah’s mortal creations - having spotted them something which made them ‘special’ and ultimately superior to angels. Feeling betrayed, and sick of Jahovah’s passive role, he wanted to make the creatures feel evil and suffer as he did. (His main ‘sufferance’ was being romantically rejected by Eve in preference for the 2nd ever male- Adam.) pride and jealousy fuels his decisions. He doesn’t necessarily want to destroy mortal life, but instead subject them all under his control and make them suffer.

--Viceroys--

-Mestopheles: The first demon Satan discussed rebellion with. At first reluctant, Mestopheles was gradually brought over to Satan’s logic that Jahovah was being unfair to the angels in preference to mortals. Still reluctant, Satan intimidated him into joining him, and generally Mestopheles follows what Satan says. Not nearly as sadistic as most other demons, but nevertheless convinced of angelic/demonic supremacy; Satan appoints him more to jobs that deal with the details, thus keeping him away from most action. Mestopheles deals primarily with managing/recording the evil souls the demons can ‘catch’ [as these souls are stuck between the mortal realm and Heaven/Hell, waiting for the grim Reaper to move them]. Mestopheles also deals with any rebel demons, whereby he can get uncharacteristically nasty.

-Beelio: Beelio is essentially Satan’s right hand man and respected as one of the most vicious and sadistic demons in Hell. Highly intelligent and cunning, Beelio acts out Satan’s will and acts as his personal advisor - doing whichever job he requires. Primarily, he acts as a spy on the mortal world (Where he can travel freely- a rare commodity for a demon - however he cannot directly affect anything mortal in any way.) but also often is the one to find and drag Adam (the Rebellious Grim Reaper) back to Hell when Stan demands he return. Then it’s often either Satan, him, or Mestopheles that will torture Adam.
He, along with Satan and Mestopheles, is a firm believer that controlling Adam is the key to victory. If they control the Grim Reaper, they can stop him passing souls over into Heaven (or reincarnation). If The Grim Reaper can’t do this, then the demons can take the opportunity to steal the evil souls and drag them into Hell. [They can only take souls with evil in them].

Adam: Whether he is a Viceroy or not is debatable. He refuses to take any part in Hell’s politics, and is largely outside of anything the demons do. However Satan insists on having his brother Adam in the Palace with him whenever he can, to keep an eye on him or entertain himself by torturing him.
Adam is special because he was one of the two seraphim that fell (Satan was the other). He didn’t openly rebel by killing other angels, but- after much thought- decided to open the gates of Heaven to let the Dormant Evil out. As such, he was condemned to Hell as punishment. However, Jahovah saw that he was essentially good [and saw how Satan was purposely trying to make Adam suffer as much as possible], so granted Adam the power to turn into the demi God of Death (aka the Grim Reaper), which allowed him more power and the freedom to escape Hell onto the Mortal world (and interact with mortals/mortal objects). However his job is in itself a great and painful lesson, as he sees first hand all the suffering that releasing the Dormant Evil caused [-eg Child murders, nuclear war, lives ended after a life of suffering etc].
Satan like shim to be around.

Commanders:
-Moloch: Generally a violent demon who enjoys open warfare. Twisted by the idea that Heaven betrayed them in sending them to Hell, he is determined to eradicate all Jahovah’s creation in revenge and repeatedly suggests repeat wars on Heaven.
-Mammon: he supports Beelzebub that Hell can become a Paradise, and believes in annihilating all of mankind is the way to go, and eventually pick off Heaven in chunks.
-Beelzebub: Manipulative and charismatic, Beezelbub is generally cautious in her tactics, and believes that the best way to destroy mankind is to manipulate and destroy them from the inside out- encouraging them to commit evil through subtle persuasion. She has a huge amount of pride and views them as stupid. She takes great pride in the evils on mankind and insists that if left long enough they will destroy themselves. In the meanwhile, the demons should create as utopia in Hell, and co-erse what angels they can over to it. She is against fighting heaven at all and instead believes that angels could be converted over to Demons willingly. All of this would break God’s heart- suitable revenge.
Satan agrees mostly with this perspective.
Satan often goes to Beelzebub when he wants demons or mortals punished, as she’s ingenious at coming up with these things.




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Characters Situated in Heaven



Fate - Queen of Creation:
[Fate is technicaly waaaay outside of Heaven, but i classed her in here]
An extremely mysterious figure. She is the controller of the universe, the creator of Jahovah. She resides in another dimension outside of the universe, though it is unknown how many other creatures are there with her. That is all we know of her.


Jahovah - God:
The God of the Milky Way. Though essentially he did not create the galaxy itself, he manages it and creates everything within it- to a point. He believes in letting evolution and the natural course influence a lot, though he takes direct action in many many little things with the help of his thousand upon thousands of angels. He’s a very creative person, although being without his own concrete form he tends to imitate other life forms and elements to ’personify’ himself. He’s got a good sense of humour and is very sensitive and emotional at times which can flip over to a more vengeful side briefly when really emotionally hurt, although he continually believes in repentance and redemption. He is mystified and in love with what he creates, although it saddens him greatly when he needs to be cruel to be kind and to turn the galaxy in its intended course (e.g. being forced to make Jesus into a martyr in order to create Christianity etc). He believes greatly in free will, although the balance between wanting to give his creatures a beautiful and enjoyable life, wanting to turn the galaxy towards a meaning, and giving life total free will is often hard to maintain, consequently leading to Lucifer’s rebellion.
His omniscience is often limited to ‘visions’ that come and go -flashes of inspiration or prophetic information he makes use of.
In short? He is a very good man but often finds it hard to please everyone while still sticking to the rules and so has to follow his heart. His creature’s best interests as a whole are always settled in his heart.
Appearance:- It changes, although ever since he came up with the ideas of humans he has been in human-esq form. This is of an African man with grey-black beard and short curly hair with brown eyes, usually dressed all in white. However when you see his reflection he reveals his true form in the reflection. This is just light, like a star.



Gabriel - Head Angel (Seraphim):
The head angel of heaven, and the eldest of the 4 Seraphim, Gabriel was the first ever angel created by Jahovah. ’He’ is completely androgynous and has six wings, and like the other angels can shape shift, although he has never moved out of the human-like form Jahovah gave him, although he frequently changes things such as hairstyle, wing number and clothes. He is rumoured to be the most powerful angel, but he hasn’t shown himself as such [naturally being quite modest], although it was him who finally brought down Lucifer in the Great war in Heaven. He is infinitely forgiving and loving, with a genuine excitement for life - both from the smallest grain of sand to the humanoids in the galaxy. He is generally informal, enthusiastic, happy, good natured, emotional and genuine - but he can take his role as right hand of god very seriously when it calls for it. He loves spending time with Jahovah’s creations, especially the humanoids (aka stewards), and so is responsible for the Etemols above all. He both spends time on Earth and other planets on official business and for enjoyment, often just living and enjoying himself down there for bouts. His favourite Etemol is Jesus because he essentially knew him and played his part in raising him since Jesus was a small child, and was there every moment of his death. Gabriel was the one that impregnated the virgin Mary: A-because God couldn’t do it himself (and wouldn’t want to risk giving the child too much power) and B- because God wanted to give Gabriel a gift as Gabriel had been down about the fact he couldn’t reproduce like some of the other angels were beginning to do.
Of the Cherubim, Michael is the one who spends most time with Gabriel (Gabriel is always wary of his combative nature, so took him under his wings. Also as Michael is head of divine justice, it makes sense that he should work closely with the head angel). And Gabriel always hangs around with his ‘sister’ the Seraphim Eve.
Gabriel is occasionally seen with a horn (because he is the voice of God), and his favourite flower is the lily.
Appearance:- his ‘default’ form is an asexual human-like creature with largish pointed ears, six white angel wings and a golden halo. He has large feminine blue eyes, a feminine face, a lithe athletic build (which obviously looks fairly male-ish due to the lack of breasts, hourglass figure or genitals). He has ringletted blonde hair, usually back-length, although in other forms he changes the style. For example, his favourite alternative form is with two or no wings, short ear-length hair and a suit with a rainbow tie. In his forms, blonde ringletted hair and some sort of rainbow-themed finish is common.
He has no nipples, genitals or belly button. He;s pale-ish Caucasian.


Eve - the first female (seraphim):
Eve was the 1st ever female angel to be created. She’s gutsy, intelligent, headstrong but often sensitive [ she takes things directly to heart at times] and very caring. She favours direct action rather than time sitting around discussing while bad things happen, and so relies heavily on her emotions and instincts in battle. She fell in deep love with Adam (who was created simultaneously with her) and cares for him more than anyone in the world. The two were hoping to be married shortly before the war broke out. During the war she searched for him and found him on the highest tier of Heaven’s city of Eden and demanded why he wouldn’t fight. When he told her of his own logic - that mortal life needed evil in order to be worth anything and to gain their own dignity (out of the hands of God) she was horrified that he was practically on Satan’s side. Trying to shake sense into him, he was resolved (however reluctant to act against God) in his will. Furious and devastated, she left him in order to fight the rebel angels with the others. When she next saw him in was a prisoner- his wings newly black and bound with rope, awaiting his sentence. She was heartbroken, and for a long time was unable to forgive him, but still in love with him. Over time she began to forgive him, until he eventually returned back to Heaven. He was still ashamed, and had changed from his time in Hell, but she reunited with him and told her she forgave him. The two were married and are rarely ever separated.
During the time after the rebellion Eve and Gabriel were the only 2 of the 4 seraphim left, and Eve became a prominent figure in Heavenly politics, admired for her common sense and passionate love of creation. She has wavy brown hair, brown eyes and a caucasion, slighty tanned complexion.

Micheal (Cherubim):
Michael is the eldest of the Cherubim and the angel in charge of Divine Justice and Just War. He tends to see things in black and white, and has little compassion when it comes to dealing with traitors and sinners, and as such he needs Gabriel and Eve’s interventions in order to balance out his personality and stop him flying of the handle. When Adam retruns from Hell he never relaly trusts him (nor any redempted Demon). He believes in the ‘greater good’ and is extremely devoted to Jahovah and the Seraphim, and wouldn’t even think twice before throwing down his life for any good angel or being. While his matter-of-fact personality and way of doing things and his general lack of humour often means that he’s on the butt end of jokes from angels who become irritated with him, everyone respects him as a very good angel with a big (if a little overly solid) heart. Michael can always be relied on.
He's muscular, has short curly red hair, red wings, blue eyes and a freckled complexion, often dressed in a mix between the suit-style of formal clothes and roman/grecian armour.

Raphael (Cherubim):
Raphael is in charge of the arts and divine inspiration, and as such is a creative soul. Quite quiet and reserved - he wouldn’t hurt a fly, and his passivity and determination to hold all views/opinions to account can annoy Michael. He’ somewhat shy, even around the other angels, but is extremely friendly and loving, and with some coercion can be brought out of his shell. He excels in humanoid-angel relations, often giving Divine inspiration or contact to them when needed. He loves exchanging ideas and exploring the mortal world whenever he can. He and Uriel have special ability in healing, and the two get along very well.For a time he and Chamuel are in a relationship, and the two always end up together.
He had very long straight black hair, green eyes and green wings. Recently he wears Tudor-style clothes and has a delicate build. He's also quite tall with long limbs.


Uriel (Cherubim):
Uriel is the only female Cherubim, and the twin sister of Chamuel. She takes care of the pursuit of peace and divine redemption - her very job often bringing her to loggerheads with Michael. As a pacifist she opposes all physical violence, but her loud voice and (often staggeringly) strong will do the work for her just as well. When she and Michael come to an argument most angels decide it’s good practice to stay well clear! However outside of these ‘debates’ she’s a peaceful, sweet lady with a bubbly sense of humour who enjoys nature immensely. She gets on with Raphael the most and the two have a natural knack at healing. She generally despairs of her extroverted twin Chamuel, but he always makes her laugh.
She’s got brown skin, is skinny and delicate in build, and short ‘floofy’ white hair. She has light purple eyes and subtle freckles on her face. She has pink wings.

Chamuel (Cherubim):
Chamuel is Uriel’s twin sister, and responsible for love and families. He’s extremely extroverted and active and is fun-loving and cheeky, with a wild sense of humour, a raging libido and a love of chocolate. While he has a habit of sleeping around (provided consent is given from his current girlfriend or boyfriend), he relentlessly pursues Raphael as his true love. Generally speaking he’s famous in heaven for his antics, but also for his big heart. He treats all angels as his big family and will do anything to protect them and make them happy. He loves children, and whenever the angels have them he’ll be there to support them when they give birth and be there to play with the children. His short attention span often make him come across as less-than-intelligent, but he’ll surprise people with random gems of wisdom, showing that he’s a lot brighter than he cares to reveal.
He’s got brown skin, white hair with two long bangs and pink wings. He's quite handsome and dresses in a sort of 80s new romantic -come-medieval style.




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Characters situated on Earth

Jesus [Part angel human -etemol] aka Jesus of Nazareth/’King of the Jews’:
The famous prophet of Human ‘History’ where Western Humans get their date system from (with his birthdates marking the start of Christian history [B.C = ‘before Christ’]. The Christian religion venerate him as ‘Christ’ and the ‘Messiah’ - ie the son of God and one branch of the ‘Holy Trinity’.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem as his parents travelled to take part in a census. The mass of people doing the same meant they had to take refuge in a stable for the birth. His birth is famous because it was a virgin impregnation - during what is called the ‘annunciation’ the asexual Gabriel - acting on the instructions of Jahovah- impregnated the virgin Mary, thus making the impregnation special on two counts, as both beings would normally be unable to have children in this way. Thus, when Jesus was born he was born with all the powers of an angel - and a powerful one at that (Gabriel is the first angel created by Jahovah- a seraphim). It is through his powers and the angelic publicity he received (with his special birth being announced to a select number of individuals) that led to the popular misconception that he was a child of God directly.
Nevertheless the special quality of his birth showed that he was to be a key feature in human history, as Jahovah had personally intervened in order to bring about a spiritual revolution.
The eldest child of four; Jesus spent most of his childhood only partially aware of his special abilities, working as a carpenter with his father. He had a natural intelligence and talent for understanding and arguing religious scriptures and often caused controversy as he would sneak into temples to discuss/teach with the elders, and one episode -when he was 12- this led to him getting separated from his parents and consequently left in Jerusalem for 3 days. Naturally, his parents weren’t too pleased.
Often absent minded when it comes to ‘real life’ because of his habit to internal meditation, prone to a hot temper and naturally rebellious, he nevertheless has a deep love of life, peace and God. When he was 13 Gabriel finally appeared to him again and explained who he actually was (his powers etc), and inferred that he was the Son of God. From then on his reputation as a spiritual genius blossomed.
When he was 30 he decided to be baptized and Gabriel appeared again to explain the weight of his powers and his purpose in life to lead people to goodness once again. He retreated into the desert to contemplate what he should do and met Satan.
Throughout Jesus’ life, Satan took a special interest in him. Ever since Satan was instructed to interfere with Job’s life in order to test him (and Satan had been punished& humiliation by being turned into a Naga), he had returned to the background to manipulate humans via his demons in hell. However, sensing the magnitude of what Jesus could do to affect the world; he decided to take an active role in testing him, but was limited by the fact that he couldn’t touch him/kill him. Repeatedly Satan tried to manipulate and test Jesus throughout his life, but to no avail. After his experiences in the desert Jesus turned to ministry and gained a reputation for his knowledge, understanding and the miracles that he created, gaining him many disciples.
Over time, he developed a special relationship with Mary Magdalene and they were married and she became pregnant (with their daughter Sara). It was at this time that Gabriel reappeared and, deeply upset, told Jesus that he had to die in order for his fate to be carried out. Angry and upset that there was no other choice, and that he would never be able to see his daughter born, Jesus begged Gabriel for some other consolation, but Gabriel insisted his fate was sealed and that the demons had already moved upon Judas to tempt him to betray Jesus. Resigned, Jesus took time to come to terms with this revelation and soon took part in ‘the last supper’ to say goodbye to his disciples and family.
In the garden of Gethsemane he, Gabriel and Eve talked again and he accepted his need to die. He was arrested, tried and crucified as a heretic.
For most of the crucifixion he was visited by his friends and family, and during the later stages Gabriel joined him to comfort him, and told him - burning with guilt at the deception- that he wasn’t actually the Son of God, but his son. Jesus was actually pleased at this - glad that burden was no longer his to bear, and Gabriel insisted that he had to have believed in being God’s Son in order to create the right effect in fate. Jesus easily forgave him, touched that his best friend was actually his father. At around three in the afternoon, Adam(Death) appeared unseen to Jesus but seen to Gabriel. This had been the first time Gabriel had seen Adam since his Fall from Heaven, and was horrified at his demonic appearance. Adam ignored him (still feeling too guilty of his sin to talk to him), and when Jesus eventually died he immediately took his soul and escorted it up to Heaven (so no demons may be able to snare it somehow).
Once in heaven, Jesus was turned into an angel (etemol) and on the third day since his crucifixion, the angels returned to earth with him for his ‘resurrection’ [in fact he just returned in his angel form]. After visiting his friends and family, he said goodbye to them and returned to Heaven to serve Jahovah, his purpose fulfilled.
Jesus as an etemol angel is unique in that the injuries of his death are almost permanently part of his appearance. He has the ‘stigmata’, the wounds from his Thorny crown and the slash wound on his side. This is because so many millions of people centre their religion around his crucifixion and death (and therefore these wounds) that they became an integral part of his existence. He’s always joked as to why the moment in his life he’s rather forget most has been remembered by so many.
He appears as an Asian(sort of Arab) man of 33, with thick, wavy black hair, dark brown eyes, white wings, a thin golden halo and the stigmata.


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Misc

--Notes on the Transition to the ‘Afterlife’--
When a mortal creature dies it has many options available to it.
Primarily, as a mortal lives it builds up a certain degree of ‘virtue’ and ‘evil’ due to its actions. These actions influence the rest of the world through either a loose form of Karma, or through direct action -(eg a woman helps a homeless man, he in turn turns his life around and become a millionaire, he does charity work, many other people benefit etc).
When a mortal dies it has the possibility of reincarnation. For non-inteligent beings this is the default, and what form you take next time is determined by how much ‘virtue’ you collected. (eg a dog that has been good may turn into a human. A bad dog may turn into an insect.) Reincarnation of this form requires very little or no interference by the deities at all.

The second form of afterlife is less common. Especially good or especially bad individuals have the option of moving to Heaven or Hell.
I say, ‘option’. What I should say is that they are brought to either by an outside being.
Perhaps a billion years ago or so the God of Death/’Grim Reaper’ [Adam] was created, and the way things worked changed.
Now when a soul dies it is left drifting in a sort of coma-like state of limbo. It can either remain in this state or, in rare cases when the soul was particularly disturbed before it died, it can turn into a ghost. These souls can do nothing (except be reincarnated) until the Grim Reaper releases them form this state. As many souls are afraid of death and change, they often stay in these shapeless forms rather than reincarnate - hence why the Grim Reaper is needed to nudge them on their way.
However, in such a shapeless state a soul is extremely vulnerable. It is here that Hell goes to work. Demons are often scouted out to harvest as many of these souls (they can only touch those tainted/evil ones)as they can and drag them back to Hell. This is why Satan and Beelio have special interest in incapacitating Adam (the Grim reaper) for as long as possible. Without Adam doing his job, the souls are vulnerable to collection.
When Adam (the Grim reaper) is able to operate; he frees the souls form this shapeless state and sorts them to where they shall go - reincarnation or Heaven. Hell was never supposed to be a destination for souls. An evil soul would be reincarnated. A good soul could choose to go to Heaven. It was only the unnatural intervention of Demons which created the legend of Hell as a damned place of torment for humanoid souls.

---Notes on Angelic/demonic Death---
The important thing to remember about angelic/demonic death is that an angel/demon can only be killed by intention. What this means is that if you stab and Angel/demon with the intention of only wounding it, no matter whether you stab the heart or even decapitate it, it will still live. However if you stab/decapitate it with the intention of killing it, it will usually die in much the same way as a mortal will.
However remember this - angels and demons are more powerful than mortals. Thus it usually takes some nifty magic-enhanced weapons/spells in order to attack them, and even then in most cases it only results in ‘exorcism’ (weakening the angel/demon and forcing it back to Heaven/Hell).
It is on angel/demon vs angel/demon combat that this ‘intention’ rule is the most prominent.
A good example of this is the body count form the war in Heaven.
2/3 fought on the side of God, 1/3 on the side of Lucifer.
1/3 of God’s forces died, and 1/3 of the Demons were captured.
NO REBEL ANGELS DIED. Only those on God’s side were killed in battle.
“Why?” You ask? Intention.
Those on god’s side didn’t want to kill the rebel angels, they only wanted to incapacitate them. So that is all that their blows in battle did. (It was bloody and gory, but no one died).
However the rebel angels were fighting all out conquest. They wanted to kill their enemies, and so when those blows connected the angels died.
That was the first ever time an angel died - and the first time an angel ever wanted to kill another.
It is this law of ‘intention’ that makes Hell such a horrific place it they wish to torture you. Because unless they will it, you-will-not-die.

*waves septer* Ithankyou XD

lol, just kidding- thanks

lol thanks biggrin

That reminds me; I really aught to get cracking on the character biographies.

I'll go do one or two XD