Azrael

Known by various names throughout the world, including Lightbringer, The Betrayer, Death, and most commonly, Azrael. He was an angel who won the freedom of humanity by waging the first Divine War and established the art of necromancy and sought to undo the mortality of humanity, waging a greater war that engulfed the world at large, the second Divine War. Religions based on Azrael are called Azraelism.
== History ==
Azrael was among the few hundred angels that the Creator, Kraus Eternia, had brought along to the newly created world of Eternia. As a loyal Angel to Kraus, Azrael had spent a great many centuries witnessing the horrors of Atmos, an eternally war-torn, ravaged land. He came to loathe violence and oppression, as well as the loss that were a result of these traits. He was described by Kraus as incredibly kind, valuing all beings, regardless of their power or intellect.
As a white-winged Angel, Azrael was described as kind and empathetic. In ancient West Gehennan scripture of the Lords of Avalon, the Angel Sachael speaks in detail on Azrael's character and fall, "In Atmos, we were moving statues, unchanging with time. We were created whole, and we stayed whole. But the laws of these lands are different, like water rather than the stone we knew. Each action changes a person, with a century here having more influence on an Angel's character than ten thousand years in our homeland."
"With our wings only able to darken, unlike the souls of humanity that can find redemption, the fate of our kindest  brother was black feathers. Azrael listened to the world and he heard the cries of the weak, of their pain, of their struggles. He closed his eyes and he heard their agony. While his feathers were still white, he fought on the side of the vulnerable, but he was never a soldier. Each life he took was more weight on his shoulders, and before long his kindness turned to rage."
"And so he waged a great war. He took more from this world than any other. He sought to usurp Kraus so that he might become an Archangel and rid himself of the black wings he despised. He sought to rid the world of its mortality and establish a utopia that knows no sickness or grief."
"But he was mistaken. The beauty of humanity is their mortality, their frailty, and their ability to change."
== Role Today ==
Having been defeated and stripped of his wings, Azrael was forced into Purgatory, where the former Angel Of Life would become the infamous Angel Of Death, spending an eternity escorting the dead he loathed, ensuring that they make their way through the spirit realm. Forced into eternal servitude, Azrael was no longer an active threat to Eternia. However, his followers of today are keen on bringing forth his second coming.Category:Lore Characters