Uriel (Unsong)

==Summary==
Uriel was one of the Archangels created out of God's divine essence, predating space and time entirely and existing since the formation of the world as his faithful servants, responsible for commanding Heaven and all of its hosts of angels. Unlike the other Archangels, Uriel was deemed strange and detached, being completely uninterested in giving praise to the Creator through hymns of worship and pieces of art, and instead having a natural affinity for knowledge, seeking to uncover the underlying mechanisms sustaining the universe.
After aeons of careful study and analysis of the overarching structure of the cosmos, Uriel caught sight of what he considered to be a flawed universe, where magical beings ran amok, and events were completely unpredictable, with all things depending entirely on God's essence and will to continue existing, and unsatisfied with that, the angel developed a new system to replace the old universe, one in which the structure of the material world would be independent from the light of God, and instead be a self-sustaining reality running purely on physics and mathematics, cut off from the divine light, and as a consequence, all magical beings would be deprived of their nourishment and cease to exist, becoming nothing but vestigial symbols and metaphors, unable to affect reality in any way. And although he initially met opposition from a fellow angel, his plans eventually came to pass, right in time to interrupt Thamiel's victory over the forces of Heaven and imminent conquest of the world.
That is, until 1969, when the Apollo 8 crashed into the crystal sphere that surrounds the Earth and forms the border of spacetime, and as they recited passages from the Bible, the underlying code of the universe's original system was reinserted into the structure of reality, causing them to form large cracks in the sky, allowing God's divine light to leak back into the universe and resurrecting all magical beings, while simultaneously marking the beginning of reality's slow decay into nothingness, which forced Uriel to manually sustain the laws of physics which he created in order to keep the world in a somewhat manageable state.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least , likely far higher when unrestricted physically. with Divine Light
Name: Uriel, Urizen, The King of Light.
Origin: Unsong
Gender: Male.
Age: Inapplicable, as he was born before the formation of time.Chapter 19: The Form Of The Angelic Land
Classification: Angel, Demiurge, Maintainer of the Universe
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Angelic Powers=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Type 1), Non-Corporeal, Abstract Existence (Type 2), Genius Intelligence, Technology Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Non-Physical Interaction (Can interact and physically manage the abstract emanations of Briah, the World of Creation, which lie above and define physical reality itself, and which would "pass through human hands like shadows" if they ever attempted to control themChapter 4: On A Cloud I Saw A Child), Hacking, Energy Manipulation, Regeneration (Low-Godly. Angels exist independently from their physical forms and can "recoalesce" them out of divine light upon destruction), Size Manipulation (Can shrink himself to be 10 feet tallCHAPTER 34: WHY WILT THOU REND THYSELF APART, JERUSALEM?), Shapeshifting, Weather Manipulation, Dimensional Travel (Can move through higher dimensions and travel to higher planes of existence at willChapter 13: The Image of Eternal Death), Fire Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, Flight, Telekinesis, Time Stop, Omnilingualism,Chapter 7: The Perishing Vegetable MemoryChapter 19: The Form Of The Angelic Land Cosmic Awareness, Clairvoyance (Can ascertain the future and the past by ascending to the higher worlds of Briah and Yetzirah and reading the omens and symbols contained in themChapter 56: The King of Light Beheld Her Mourning)
|-|Celestial Kabbalah=All previous abilities to immensely higher degrees, in addition to: Mathematics Manipulation (Can manipulate the underlying mathematical substrate of the physical world, ranging from altering numbers to likely manipulating basic metamathematical principles. Threatened to turn Gabriel into a numberChapter 20: When The Stars Also Threw Down Their Spears), Time Manipulation (Controls and sustains the integrity of the flow of time as a whole. Erased entire days and weeks from existence,Interlude א: The Cracks in the Sky and made it so the month of march lasted for an infinitely long time.Chapter 44: A World Within Opening Its Gates His machine breaking down caused time to stop existing in large stretches of the world, causing those in it to experience the eternity beyond reality in moments that lasted infinitely longInterlude ז: Man on the Sphere), Information Manipulation, Age Manipulation, Quantum Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation (Peeled space apart so that there were two versions of Israel superimposed over the same spotChapter 36: My Father's Business), Existence Erasure ("Cancelled" the island of Taiwan, deleting it from existence, and did the same to the number 8,Interlude ז: Man on the Sphere the concept of jazz, the last week of September, the emotion ennui, several languages, the gall bladder, all varieties of cousin beyond the first, the matterhorn, among other thingsInterlude ז: Man on the Sphere), Disease Manipulation (Created the black deathChapter 4: On A Cloud I Saw A Child), Animal Manipulation, Biological Manipulation (Reduced the amount of bones in the human body to 180, as opposed to the usual 206Interlude ז: Man on the Sphere), Bone Manipulation, Morality Manipulation (His influence made it so the moral arc of the universe naturally bent towards justiceInterlude ז: Man on the Sphere), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Heat Manipulation (Sohu was said to be capable of boiling the oceans through misuse of the Celestial Kabbalah), Healing (Cured all valvular heart diseasesInterlude ז: Man on the Sphere), Causality Manipulation, Dream Manipulation, Matter Manipulation, Law Manipulation, Soul Manipulation (Removed the souls of all people from northeast Africa, causing them to stop having conscious experiences altogetherChapter 34: Why Wilt Thou Rent Yourself Apart, Jerusalem?), Earth Manipulation (Created the continent of AntarcticaChapter 16: If Perchance With Iron Power He Might Avert His Own Despair), Power Bestowal (Granted immortality to Sohu, removing her ability to age as well,Chapter 16: If Perchance With Iron Power He Might Avert His Own Despair and gave all humans the ability to play the pianoInterlude א: The Cracks In The Sky), Physics Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Probability Manipulation, Plant Manipulation, Blood Manipulation (Sent a message to humanity in the form of large letters carved in blood on the moon's surface,Interlude ז: Man on the Sphere and turned the rivers of Egypt into bloodChapter 18: That The Children Of Jerusalem May Be Saved From Slavery), Resistance to Fate Manipulation (Celestial kabbalists can stand above prophecyChapter 36: My Father's BusinessChapter 72: And Builds A Heaven In Hell's Despair)
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Attack Potency: At least Town level (His laughter alone is compared to solar flares and described as shaking mountains and the oceans, and he is mentioned as having wiped entire towns off the map on a whim in the past. Casually lifted a mountain several hundreds of meters into the air with a wave of his handChapter 20: When The Stars Threw Down Their Spears), likely far higher when unrestricted (The true power of Angels and Demons is described as "unplumbably immense" by Aaron, with their restricted states induced by Uriel's celestial machine making them "semi-human" in comparison and only limited to a fraction of their true powerChapter 16: If Perchance With Iron Power He Might Avert His Own DespairChapter 69: Love Seeketh Not Itself To Please) physically. At least Large Planet level, likely far higher with Divine Light (Can channel the entirety of the divine light of God to strengthen himself far beyond his usual power, as well as being capable of using it to maintain the fabric of the universe, which consists of a crystal sphere with a radius of 250,000 miles surrounding the Earth, from falling apart into dust, sustaining spacetime and the laws of physics and mathematics, alongside several other basic concepts of the physical world)
Speed: At least Hypersonic+, likely far higher Combat and Reaction Speed (Can casually intercept and pluck minuteman missiles from the air, all of which usually move at Mach 23 speeds in their terminal phases. Described as "lightning-fast" in multiple occasions, and frequently operates the Celestial Kabbalah fast enough to give off the illusion of having dozens of arms, micromanaging every aspect of the universe simultaneously)
Lifting Strength: Class M
Striking Strength: At least Town level, likely far higher
Durability: At least Town level, likely far higher physically. At least Large Planet level with Divine Light
Stamina: Infinite
Range: Interdimensional, up to Complex Multiversal with Celestial Kabbalah. Outerversal otherwise (Can extend himself over the entire Tree of Life and sense all of the Sephirot simultaneously, teasing them back into balance if necessaryChapter 63: My Wrath Burns To The Top Of Heaven)
Standard Equipment: The Ten Sephirot, the machinery of heaven. Flaming Sword.
Intelligence: Supergenius (Fully comprehends the Celestial Kabbalah, which even a cometspawn such as Sohu was said to be unable to learn to its full extent within a human lifetime, and constantly micromanages every aspect of the material world without exerting himself, having done so for what he describes as "aeons of subjective time."Chapter 16: If Perchance With Iron Power He Might Avert His Own Despair Can perfectly comprehend higher-dimensional objects and shapes,Chapter 20: When The Stars Threw Down Their Spears and developed mathematics, physics, and programming logic from scratch by himself, eventually gaining a deep understanding of the machinery behind the structure of the universe and having beheld its blueprint in its entirety, enough for him to be capable of hacking into the superstructure and rewriting the fundamental nature of reality, retroactively transforming the world into a self-sustaining reality ran by mathematical laws, independent from the light of God.Chapter 9: With Art CelestialChapter 20: When The Stars Threw Down Their Spears Can mentally simulate the sensation of taste by calculating the reactions each gustatory-receptor would have in interaction with certain chemicals,Chapter 17: No Earthly Parents I Confess and is deeply knowledgeable regarding an immensely vast number of correspondences between all aspects of the material universe, even seemingly unrelated ones, having intimate awareness of the isomorphisms between any two systems, which gives him exceptional prowess and dominion over kabbalistic magic, as it revolves entirely around drawing connections between the smallest minutia to instantiate various effects upon reality.)
Weaknesses: Uriel's reservoir of Divine Light is not infinite, and depletes every time he utilizes it. Although the process can potentially take decades depending on what he uses it for.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Applied Kabbalah: A form of semantic manipulation which functions by understanding that all things in Assiah, the physical world, are merely metaphors for fundamental archetypes residing in Yetzirah, the world of dreams and concepts, whose meaning defines the entirety of their behaviour and inner workings, with this relationship extending even to abstract concepts and strata such as time and space.Chapter 44: A World Within Opening Its Gates Uriel is then capable of accessing Yetzirah and directly manipulating the archetypal forms defining everything in his surroundings, which often manifest as long strings of letters forming words which he can rearrange and weaponize to distort reality at will, tapping into the semantic and lexical energies contained in all things.
For example, while in the mythical city of Teotihuacan, Samyazaz could deconstruct the name of the place itself to form the german word "TOT", meaning dead, which allowed him to launch an attack that would automatically be a fatal blow to his opponentChapter 38: I Will Not Cease From Mental Fight. Similarly, when fighting within a hurricane, Thamiel was able to take the root of the word itself (HRCN), rearrange it into "CHRN" and then into "ACHERON", which corresponded to the lake of fire and lava that forms the border of Hell, thus causing the entire storm to darken and become deathly hotChapter 13: The Image of Eternal Death.
* Kefitzat Haderech: A magic technique whose name translates to "shortening the path" in Hebrew. It can be learned when an individual recognizes that they are merely emanations of divine light existing through all of the four worlds of creation, with their position in the lower worlds being just a metaphor for a state partaken by their higher selves residing in the upper worlds;Chapter 44: A World Within Opening Its Gates thus, by realizing that being somewhere else is an equally good metaphor for the higher state as being in the original location, they can emanate somewhere else in the physical world at will, which manifests as their body disintegrating into a lightning bolt and reappearing in a desired location.
Celestial Kabbalah: The next step past Applied Kabbalah, which involves the manipulation of an even more fundamental sphere of reality than Yetzirah. As opposed to controlling defined concepts, ideas and archetypes, the Celestial Kabbalah is focused on controlling the underlying laws and rules through which these things are formed to begin with, and which dictates how the divine light of God is organized into structured patterns,Chapter 44: A World Within Opening Its Gates with the very world corresponding to this magic, Briah, being nothing but a realm filled with formless wellsprings of energy brimming with creative potential that could potentially lead to the creation of archetypes.Chapter 52: The King of Light Beheld Her Mourning As such, Uriel has complete and utter control over every aspect of reality in the material universe, from the laws of physics and mathematics to the basic structure of spacetime, and he likewise micromanages every event and process within it as if editing large strings of code, manifested in the world as glowing letters and symbol belonging to all languages and alphabets in the world.
Theoretical Kabbalah: The highest level of Kabbalah, which involves the direct manipulating of Adam Kadmon, the fundamental blueprint of creation that holds all of existence together and acts as its fundamental spatial and mystical organization, which is instantiated in the form of the physical world through the Tree of Life, whose purpose is to interpret and arrange its contents in a comprehensible form through a series of successive emanations represented by the four worlds of creation. This level of Kabbalah is described as untouchable, with any significant alterations to it being capable of destroying the world, and even minor alterations being extremely difficult to accomplish.
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