Cataclysms

## Other Events

The **Cataclysms** were a series of natural catastrophes caused by the Ishim, at the behest of the archangels, to wipe out humanity, as they considered humans corrupt. As predicted, these cataclysms failed in their primary purpose, but changed the history of humanity and the Seven Heavens forever.

These catastrophes are divided into three: The Ice Age, the First Cataclysm (in 100,000 BC) and the Second Cataclysm (in 35,000 BC). The Great Flood, which took place in 11,500 BC, is considered the final cataclysm and has a page of its own.

## Prelude

When Enuma, the last son of Tehom, attacked the Seven Heavens, the five archangels joined together to fight him, but without Yahweh, they were weaker than the Destroyer. The battle was almost lost when Metatron, the First Angel, joined the firstborn and helped them win.

Lucifer, the Dark Archangel, seeing that the First Angel was the variable that made them win the battle against Enuma, felt humiliated at needing the help of an angel, a weaker and younger creature than the mighty archangels. So, to get revenge on Metatron, he decided to attack his weak point, humanity. His first move was to send a Seraphim to corrupt the First Angel's favorite human couple in the Garden of Eden, but it wasn't enough for the Morning Star.

## Events

Wanting to affect the First Angel even more, Lucifer then decided to attack humanity even more. He convinced Michael and the other brothers that humanity did not deserve the soul given to it by the Creator and that he found Yahweh's command to kneel before "beings made of mud" humiliating. The Dark Archangel didn't really hate humanity, he just wanted revenge on Metatron for interfering in the affairs of the Seven Heavens, when his realm was Earth.

### Ice Age; 180.000 BC

Believing that humanity was really evil, Michel decided to freeze the entire planet, saying that only the strong would survive. To do this, the ishim Andril, known as the White God, built a huge block of ice in the planet's orbit, which blocked the sun's rays and prevented them from reaching the surface. Despite their efforts, humans managed to survive in caves and, on the plains of the African continent, a sentinel known as Kaira, the Goddess that Burns, provided humanity with its warmth. Angry at the rival's affront, Andril decided to confront her personally, but as the sentinel was much more powerful than he was, she summoned a jet of fire that destroyed the ice star, putting an end to the cataclysm.

After the ice melted, it was clear that the sentinels had declared war on the heavens for defying the will of the archangels. Little by little they were hunted by angels, but managed to survive, mainly Metatron, very powerful on Earth.

### First Cataclysm; 100.000 BC

Now that the sentinels were no longer in the way, the archangels decided to send another disaster that, in addition to killing humans, would have the objective of destabilizing the sentinels . In that time, the continents split, weakening great nations like Atlantis and making room for other civilizations to thrive, like Enoch.

### Second Cataclysm; 35.000 BC

Millennia after the first cataclysm and following the capture of Metatron by Ablon the Avenger, the Sentinels were now weaker, scattered and lacking a unified leadership. It was at this opportunity that the archangels decided to send a new catastrophe to destroy humans once and for all. The Ishim, the elemental caste of angels, ignited volcanoes, caused earthquakes, and hurled meteor showers onto the Earth's surface,

The Atlanteans, who were sympathetic to the angels, were not affected by this cataclysm, but the Enochians, their rivals, were susceptible to attacks, but managed to defend themselves thanks to their warriors and their mages.

## Outcome

The cataclysms were, in their main aim, a failure. Despite causing a lot of damage and the extinction of one of the human races, the Neanderthals, humanity continued to thrive after the disasters sent by the archangels. Michael still wished to extinguish the humans and resolved to send a powerful attack that would finally kill them, the Great Flood, a global deluge that would sweep the human nations of the Earth, with no chance of survivors.

However, due to the fiasco of the Ethereal Wars, the Prince of Angels had lost support from half of the Seven Heavens and so would not be able to launch this attack without an uprising. Lucifer, cunning as ever, created a test to see if any human could be saved. Upon finding one, Michael could send the flood, but humanity managed to survive and thrive.

## Participants

### Seven Heavens

* Archangels (ordered the catastrophes)
* Angels
	+ Cherubim (hunted humans)
	+ Ishim (caused the catastrophes)

### Earth

* Humanity
	+ Neanderthals
* Sentinels
	+ Metatron (leader)
	+ Kaira

## Trivia

* The Great Flood, despite being a cataclysm as well, has its own page for being the ultimate disaster that really was an event that changed things both in heaven and on Earth.
* Neanderthals, in addition to saber-toothed tigers, became extinct between the first and second cataclysms.