Satanael

Brother: Yaldabaoth

**Satanael** is a dark true archangel emanating from the Aeon of wisdom and faith, Sophia. He is the brother of the "dark half" of God, a Prince of the Angels, and one of the first Fallen Angels.

## Overview

Credited as the "Second Son of God", Satanael is an angel created by Sophia similarly to how she created his brother Yaldabaoth. He acts as the antithesis to Yaldabaoth, being the bringer of chaos and free will rather than order and suppression. While he is considered "fallen", this should not be considered converse to his benevolence. He is a major figure of Gnosticism along with being the patron of the unfortunately demonized Satanism.

To the Cathars, he was the same entity as Yaldabaoth, being the creator of the material world and the God of the Old Testament, while the God of the New Testament and the spiritual father of Jesus Christ who was the creator of the spirit world.

## Appearance

Satanael, like other angels and archangels, is a high-level spiritual entity, being devoid of physical matter, needing to use physical forms on Earth or elsewhere in the Human Realm. Unlike other entities, Satanael only takes two human forms with the first form meant for day-to-day life while the second is for special reasons.

As the highest-ranked angel, he has also 12 wings on his back like his fellow true archangels, with the difference that his wings are dark blue due to falling yet not fully black unlike the rest of fallen angels.

## Personality

Satanael is similar to Archon Sabaoth, that is, he is an entity considered the opposite of Yaldabaoth and who goes against his rule of tyranny. Satanael, unlike Yaldabaoth, incorporated the light of his mother and light of God, instead of the darkness of Ayin as was with Yaldabaoth, which made him a benevolent entity and defender of free will, unlike his older brother. He also has a good relationship with his nephew, Sabaoth, as they both want an end to the tyrannical rule of the self-proclaimed true god.

Satanael also proved to be a little ignorant, as he misinterpreted his mother's request, and ended up attacking the Creator himself in an attempt to kill him, something that could have cost not only his life but his very existence if God were not benevolent and knowing what is really going on.

What stands out most in Satanael's personality is his love for humans, often referring to them as God's Greatest Children and even calling them that. He doesn't like angels interfering with the free will of human beings, as it ends up hindering their growth. He also shows great contempt for Satan, as they were the ones to blame for humanity's downfall and suffering. In contrast, he respects and admires God's avatar, Jesus Christ, as he left his glory and kingdom to live among humans and die for them.

Satanael also believes that it is better for divine beings not to interfere in the earthly world, believing that this hinders the development of human beings and their free will. When he met with Seth and Norea, the children of Adam, he warned them not to trust any divine being and told them both to praise the human species.

Satanael is also occasionally described as sarcastic and self-assured. He is also very strict and systematic, never giving up on the mission given to him to protect the human species. Satanael considers Saklas naive, claiming he was being used by Yaldabaoth as a pawn. He was merciful towards him so didn't kill him in his battle, sending him back to false Heaven so he could discover the truth about his father.

## Powers and Abilities

**Archangel Physiology:** Satanael can have the traits and abilities of archangels (literally *chief angel*), angel lords who herald other angels. They possess incredible supernatural power and dominion over other angels and at times given charge over a specific area or function. On top of their gargantuan personal power, they usually rule over their own divine plane and its legions of angels as chief princes/princesses, making them some of the most powerful defenses against the unholy legions.

**Chaos Embodiment:** Satanael is chaos itself in a physical form. They are thus unpredictable and uncontrollable and can cause others to become disorderly and disorganized.

**Demiurge Physiology:** Satanael with this ability either is or can transform into a demiurge, an artisan-like being responsible for the fashioning, shaping, and maintenance of the physical universe, or at least some portion of it. It may clear things to know that in Greek *dēmiourgos* means literally "public worker" and was originally a common noun meaning "craftsman" or "artisan", but gradually it came to mean "producer" and eventually "creator" or "maker". Depending on the system, they may be considered to be either uncreated and eternal or considered to be the product of a supreme entity.

**Knowledge Projection:** Satanael can project knowledge onto another mind, allowing either instant transferal/learning/understanding or slower process where the target integrates the knowledge without a risk of overflow. Satanael can transfer either knowledge, experience or both in various degrees.

**Rebellion Embodiment:** Satanael become the living embodiment of anarchy, freedom from any form of government and/or control. They seek to liberate the people and can inspire anyone to rise up with and overthrow any sort of governing force.

## History

### Conception

Sophia worried that one of her creations, Yaldabaoth, would lead a tyrannical regime upon all of creation, due to the fact he was created by Sophia alone without the help of her partner Theletos. As a contingency plan, she created Satanael to stop him from growing anymore powerful. However, Sophia forgot to tell Satanael his purpose before sending him into creation, and so he wandered the endless unaware of what to do.

### Meeting with God

Eventually Satanael found himself in the visage of the God Most High, who in His benevolence brought him into Heaven as if he were His own. God was curious about the creation of this entity, as it seemed as though it wasn't made by Him. He introduced Satanael to other angels, including Helel and Satanel who were most interesting in him. Satanael found himself at home in Heaven, where he lived there as one of God's children for millions of years.

After years of hard work he even managed to ascend to the level of a True Archangel, the closest rank of angel to God. Unfortunately nothing good lasts forever, this would all come to ahead eventually.

### Doubt in God

Around 300,000 BCE, primates had finally evolved to a higher level of sapience to gain the attention of the gods, these were some of the first humans. God presented this new species to his angelic children, who all gave a variety of opinions, ranging from curiosity, apathy, and even slight distaste. Satanael himself was very interested in these new creatures, however he was afraid that God was only interested in this species for the purposes of worship. Despite this, Satanael never brought it up with Him, as he was too afraid to invoke His wrath.

This doubt remained within Satanael for centuries, that is until Sophia found him once more. Sophia was finally able to tell him of his true purpose in creation, to find someone who refers to himself as the "Most High God" and make sure they stay in line. Due the vague wording, Satanael found his fears validated, and rounded up a hundred angels to fight against his former "father". This, alongside Lucifer's Rally, contributed to the War in Heaven, a cosmic war between hordes of angels and their eternal creator.

In an attempt to confront the LORD himself, Satanael secretly set foot inside of the Empyrean and snuck around the Empyrean Guard. Despite God being omniscient, He chose to keep some secrets from Satanael, which only angered him further. Even before Lucifer ever got to Him, Satanael tried to attack God before being smacked down and banished from Heaven by the Almighty.

### Yaldabaoth

After falling from Heaven, Satanael was found by Yaldabaoth who had just lost the trust of his most powerful son. Desperate for allies, Yaldabaoth meddled with the mind of Satanael to make him almost subservient to the Demiurge. He was brought to the False Heaven and told that he was a creation of Yaldabaoth. While it worked for a while, no memories can be hidden forever, especially the memories of a cosmic entity.

All of Satanael's memories eventually flooding came back, he had finally found his true enemy lumbering around as if he was of any importance. Furthermore he figured out that Yaldabaoth was planning to enslave all living beings under his grasp in an attempt to make himself the One True God. Satanael gathered his allies, he recongregated the angels that were originally on his side during the war in heaven, he found his mother, he even apologized to God to get Him on his side. He finally had enough in his army to rebel against his brother.

The army of Satanael and God fought against Yaldabaoth and his Archons, and after another cosmic war, thanks to the overwhelming power on their side, they managed to win. Yaldabaoth fled to a secret location and humanity was able to gain true freedom. While Satanael gained an arch-enemy, he also gained a friend; as Sabaoth approached him during the war and managed to bond over their shared love of humanity, and disdain of Yaldabaoth.

## Myths and Legends

Satanael is based off of three main figures from mythology and fiction: Satanael in the *Book of Enoch*, Satanael from Catharism, and Satanael from the *Megami Tensei* series. In the *Book of Enoch*, Satanael was a former archangel that led other angels in a rebellion against God due to being forced to worship Enoch. In Catharism, Satanael was the God of the Old Testament and the creator of the world, and depending on the interpretation was also created by a god called Rex Mundi. In the *Shin Megami Tensei* series, Satanael is the ultimate antithesis against one of the games main antagonists, the Demiurge.

## Quotes

*"Sometimes, you just have to paint yourself as the villain to make sure others remain the perfect heroes that the world need." - Satanael.*

*"'God' created all things. But that doesn't give him the right to destroy them." - Satanael.*

*"He fought the unimaginable to defend the world, he fought the demons several times, and he fought face to face with the gods. The humans comment among themselves saying 'there is someone fighting for us, sending Demons back to Hell with one punch.' We call him Satanael." - Gabriel about Satanael.*

*"There will be moments of fear and uncertainty, because this world is cruel. But in those moments have faith and look to the heavens." - Satanael to humans.*

*"I will never understand you Satanael. No one will ever understand you, especially your precious humans. They will be afraid of you. They will hate you. They will see you as the evil that you seek to protect them from. And yet, despite it all, you still love them. So why Satanael? Why so willing to protect someone so hellbent on bashing you?" - Lucifer.*

*"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but... My brother... is literally the evil version of the Christian God. Do you have any idea how scary that could be and he doesn't scare me. So, it won't be a giant tulpa that's going to scare me either." - Satanael to Zalgo.*

*"Maybe I can be what humans call a "hero". I mean, Yaldabaoth made me the villain, but I made another decision. To have a hero, you have to have a villain. To have someone who builds you must have someone who destroys." - Satanael.*

*"I don't know how you still put up with humans. I mean, I spent years, thousands of years answering their prayers. I sent rain, they complained that it rained too much. I sent sunny days, and they complained that it didn't rain. I sent winter, and they complained that it was too cold, so I sent summer, and they complained that it was too hot. I let them be independent, and they complained that I didn't care about them, and when I interfered in their lives, guess what? They complained that I didn't give them free will! But technically, I created them, and I had to put up with the headache. But you have nothing to do with them, and they hate you. Oh, how they hate you. They think you're the devil himself. So why do you still protect them?" "I can understand your point, God of Hosts. However, while it is true that somewhere in the world there is a grumpy old man or young man complaining about the good life, on the other side there is a child, kneeling in his bed, praying and thanking him for the little he has. Many kill, disappoint, torture, sadden, and fail. But many others protect, love, care for one another, feed the poor, care for the wounded, orphans and widows, apart from those who give their lives to care for those they love. And above all, they never give up, they never lose faith. And you shouldn't lose faith in them. You should be more patient with humans, YHWH. Maybe you should learn more about human beings from a young Galilean and His father, Jehovah." - Yaldabaoth & Satanael.*

## Trivia

* According to some sources, Satanael is known as the the second son of God.
* Satanael has a special technique to make supernatural events like battles between angels and demons look like natural disasters or the like. Thus, he can interfere on Earth in order to defend humans, but without showing them the spiritual plane.
* His morale alignment is best described as **Chaotic Good**.
* Satanael was equated with Prometheus and the Serpent by theologians.