Celestial Energy

### Abilities

Primordial force of [Light] wielded by those of celestial origins and/or affiliations.

**Celestial Energy** is the primordial power of [Light] wielded by celestial entities or those affiliated with celestial beings. It's also called by names such as **Grace**, **Heavenly Fire**...

## Summary

Celestial energy is the primordial and supernatural energy that embodies [Light], created by God since the beginning of Genesis. It runs in the veins of all celestial entities, from the Celestial Princes to the angels and fallen angels, to part-celestials such as faeries and shadowhunters.

The only celestials who don't possess celestial energy are the **Demons** - The original infernals who were banished from Heaven in the aftermath of their failed rebellion against God. Upon descending into Hell, their celestial energy, alongside their eyes and wings, were forcefully and painfully stripped away from them by Michael as a reminder of their crime. Instead, they wield **Infernal Energy**, which is the corrupted and antithesis of celestial energy.

Those who make bonds or familiar contracts or receive blessings from celestial entities are also endowed with celestial energy, as shown with exorcists and whitelighters. However, in contrast to true celestial entities, their celestial energy - often called "artificial grace" - is less powerful and requires the occasional "recharge" by the same celestial who grants them their power.

## Appearance

When manifested as raw energy to the non-celestial eyes, celestial energy appears as a radiant kaleidoscopic light, ever shifting and changing into a rainbow shade more glorious than it previously was. When not in energy form, it manifests as golden flames capable of burning away impurity.

Its true appearance, however, is a mystery only known by the angels and the prophets and the saints.

## Characteristics

Celestial energy is a mysterious energy of primordial origins, having been created by God for unknown eons before the Dawn of Creation, possibly even predating the birth of the Seven Princes, meaning they might be older than the concept of time itself. It was with celestial energy that God had created all of existence and nonexistence and even beyond the two concepts. As such, ancient celestials like the pure angels and fallen angels are capable of absorbing the abundant celestial energy anywhere in existence, saved for perhaps in Hell.

It is the source of many celestial entities' supernatural powers, having imbued them with myriads of unique abilities that grants them the top positions in the supernatural hierarchy. Similar effects may also manifest in those with "artificial grace", as shown in many exorcists, hunters, and even sorcerers throughout the ages. In addition, even when one's celestial energy has run out or removed may still tap into powers that would normally require a great amount of magical energy or a devastating sacrifice.

It can be used as an immensely powerful alternative for almost all other types of supernatural energy - excluding infernal energy - and when imbued into earthly matter, extremely powerful and effective fuels can be created. For example, a meager 50g of celestial energy-infused dirt is capable of producing enough energy to power a developing country for 6 entire months continuously.

Because of its heavenly nature, if directly extracted from a celestial being in the mortal world, it must be immediately sealed inside special vials; otherwise it would escape and shoot itself into space, desperately trying to find its way back to Heaven. However, such is an impossible feat and the energy would eventually fall back down as a burning star visible from any corner in the mortal world. Unlike actual meteorites, however, when the celestial energy falls down to any planet it goes through, not just planet Earth, it vastly enriches its surroundings and even purifies them of any corruption and/or pollution rather than destroys them.

Celestial entities can siphon the energy from other celestials to faster regenerate their own, though the effects are slower and would eventually wear out. Some celestials can imbue their celestial energy into items such as vials or crystals to serve as "emergency supplies" in case they need an immediate boost of energy. A mortal can also imbue themselves with a celestial's energy without said celestial's blessing, though this can result in them being burnt alive due to their sins and impurity.

Whenever an angel or a fallen angel takes a human as their mortal vessel, said human's body will be filled to the brim of the angel/fallen angel's celestial power, which would linger in their body for possibly forever even long after the entity has departed. Not only that this would not harm the human in any way, it would cure them of any current illness and protect them of all potential diseases, augment their physical capabilities to god-like levels of power, increase their magic core and their magical capabilities to unimaginable limits, grant them eternal youth and vigor, etc

In some rare cases, these possession will also result in the angel's/fallen angel's signature celestial energy to imprint upon the human's DNAs, resulting in them gaining celestial powers or even transforming them into part-celestial themselves. This doesn't mean, however, their later children or descendants will also be part-celestials, as these powers are theirs only - A "thank you gift" for the possession, according to Azazel.

## Other Usages

### Celestial Entities

For half-celestial entities such as the Miracle Children and the Nephilim, their celestial energy serves as the "binding agent" that keeps their human and celestial halves intact. If their celestial energy is fully removed, their cells will instantly attack each other, causing the body to slowly shut down and kill the celestial hybrid. As such, most hybrid's celestial parent would often remain with them until 6-7 years old when the hybrid's celestial energy will finally stabilize and settle down.

### Celestial Magick

**Celestial Magick**, also called **Heavenly Magic** or **Holy Magic**, is the special innate magic only accessible by the original celestial entities who were created by God, though a less powerful imitation of it does exist in the form of Thaumaturgy, wielded by saints, prophets, and high-ranked exorcists.

It is an immensely powerful form of magic on the level of creating a World, which includes event shifting, time-flow manipulation, kingdom-building, and other feats and phenomena on that level. Mastery of Celestial Magick will allow its caster to possess almost nigh-omnipotent powers over existence, on-par with high-ranked celestials like the Seraphim or the Cadres.

According to Odin, while most forms of magic are based on "achieve a certain result based on some logical process or principle", Celestial Magick functions based on **Authority**, to "realizes a result simply because its caster has the right to do so".

## Removal

An angel's or a fallen angel's celestial energy can be forcefully removed by another of their kind, though only a few would be willing to do so as it is considered to be something extremely barbaric and taboo, even viewed in the same light as sexual assult to some. According to Azazel, if an angel is caught forcefully removing another angel's celestial power, outside of interrogation, they would be cast into the dungeon in the Second Heaven until a proper sentence could be delivered by the Heavenly Council.

For other species of celestial entities, their celestial energy can only be removed post-mortem, as there are several archaic rituals that can forcefully extract the remaining celestial energy within a celestial's corpse. However, while it's seen as normal by most species, for angels, fallen angels, and even the demons, this is taboo of the highest order and if caught committing such an act, their soul will be immediately thrown into the depths of Hell for eternal damnation.

## Trivia

* Ethereal energy is considered a "bastardized" form of celestial energy.
* To those sensitive to supernatural energy, celestial energy feels like "the first rays of the sunlight, the scent of ozone at the utmost limits of the atmosphere, and burning passion of the sons of God"