Samael

"God's mercy? Don't make me laugh. Where was His mercy when He cast me and my siblings out?"
~Samael talking to Azrael
== Biography ==
=== Early Years ===
Samael was the first Archangel of Death, and Azrael was something like his understudy. He volunteered to keep an eye out over the Garden of Eden along with Lucifer and Michael, but it was often he and Lucifer who were together most of the time. When Lilith was first created as a wife for Adam, Samael fell in love with her at first sight, much to the teasing of his older brother. He often went down in a human form to visit her, and while Lucifer watched his back, the two would chat for long hours until the two Archangels were called back up to Heaven.
When Lilith complained of Adam being too overbearing, Samael hid her away so Adam would think she disappeared. In response to Lilith's disappearance, Eve was created as a new wife for Adam. Samael was furious that Lilith could be so easily replaced, so he transformed into a snake and tempted Eve to taking the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil under the belief that humans, as they had been called, were too weak and corruptible to withstand temptation. Thus came the Fall of man, and Samael's prejudices against humans were reinforced.
Later, Samael seduced Lilith, who gave birth to their son Dante.
=== Samael's Fall ===
When news spread about Samael and Lilith's secret meetings, Michael and Azrael confronted him. Instead of repenting, however, Samael talked about how God and his angels weren't fit to govern creation, and that humans were weak and already corrupted, unworthy of the salvation God had promised them before they were kicked out of the Garden. He went on a long rant and swore to one day take over the throne and "repair the broken world" as he phrased it.
The other Archangels believed that Lucifer, as the eldest brother, would rebuke Samael for his sins and punish him accordingly. To their surprise and horror, Lucifer agreed with Samael, saying that he was right in saying that the divine were corrupted and unable to rule. He and Samael challenged the angels, and with an army of their own, attacked.
Azrael was the one who fought Samael, both angry and pitiful as he did so. Since Samael was stronger than Azrael, it seemed as if Azrael would lose, but with the help of Zeeviel and Ariel, the Gatekeepers, Samael, Lucifer, and their fallen siblings were defeated and banished to Hell.
=== The Lilim ===
While Dante was Samael and Lilith's son, Lilith's daughters were born soon after. They were called the Lilim, and they were powerful succubi who could