Chamuel

**Chamuel** is a minor recurring antagonist - later a supporting character - in the *Divine Comedy*.

He is the archangel of love and relationships and the governor of Heaven's third Sphere Chastity. As he is the archangel of romance, he is basically a flamboyant and energetic "love guru" and is quite perceptive of others' feelings especially when it comes to love.

However, contrary to how mortals perceive him, Chamuel can also be pompous, often insisting that he knows what's best for a mortal which leads to more chaotic outcomes that he actually revels in. As he is the archangel of consensual love he is a foil to Asmodeus the demon of Lust.

## History

### Background

Like all angels, Chamuel was born during the conception of the universe and played alongside his siblings during the Genesis Jam. He was the angel that introduced the concept of love into the principles that were written for creation's characteristics in the notes. His time in Heaven is not that explored but he was known to have a bit of rivalry with Asmodeus before the latter from Heaven and also loved to tease Raphael.

After the introduction of humanity, God had most of the angels give them certain characteristics to help give them a personality with Chamuel being the one to give them the capacity to love one another. However, it did not go exactly as planned in the first draft as Adam and Lilith would continuously argue with one another over who gets to be on top during sex which resulted in Lilith leaving Adam and Eden. Seeing this, Chamuel stepped in and gave them the capacity to love one another but this only resulted in a domino effect that produced unique results; Lilith later falling in love with Lucifer and Eve falling in love with Samael.

After the creation of not only Eve but also her three other sisters - Naamah, Agrat, and Eisheth - Adam would stumble and make a fool of himself in trying to woo the sisters which only resulted in Agrat not being interested in romance, Adam being too pushy with Naamah, and Eisheth finding him to be boring. Frustrated, Chamuel decided to be Adam's wingman and guide him on how to properly woo Eve which according to Chamuel himself was akin to teaching a Neanderthal proper etiquette at a dinner table. Surprisingly, it paid off, as Adam managed to win Eve's hand in marriage.

### War in Heaven

Chamuel was among the numerous angels that partook in the war against Lucifer though he was not as active. He did however only step in when he saw Asmodeus preparing to deliver the killing blow on Raphael when the fallen angel ambushed Raphael after his defeat. He quickly subdued Asmodeus and brutally tore off a piece of their body that being the lion and fatally wounding them much to Raphael's shock.

When Asmodeus and the angels that sided with Lucifer were thrown out of Heaven, he was confronted by an angry Raphael on the measures he took to take down Asmodeus. Chamuel simply scoffed and rebutted Raphael by stating that Asmodeus would not have shown him the same mercy and that like love there's good and ugly sides to things it before telling Raphael that he will have to accept the ugly in order to handle it properly.

### Clash with Asmodeus

Chamuel clashed with Asmodeus once again alongside Raphael when Asmodeus was trying to woo a human woman by the name of Sarah to the point of killing all her potential suitors. When her last suitor, Tobias, came to ask Sarah's hand in marriage, Raphael accompanied him in disguise alongside Chamuel. Seeing that he was reluctant, Chamuel tells Tobias and Sarah to pray three days before consummating on their marriage. Raphael tells them that on the first day he should lay the liver of the fish on the fire which will repel Asmodeus and that by the third night he will receive a blessing that will see him impregnate Sarah. And then on the fourth day, he will give her a child but not out of lust, rather love.

Over the millennia, Chamuel would help mortals in finding love and in the sphere of Chastity would oversee the development of their relationships that are woven by the Putti and managed by Eros the god of sexual love. Though known to the mortals as the archangel of good relationships he has another side to him that few only know about. He is the archangel of both good and **bad** relationships - which stemmed from his friendship with Aphrodite also his partner in crime - who together they "make ‘em and break ‘em" in their romantic lives.

## Trivia

* Chamuel (also known as Kamael) is an archangel in Jewish and Christian angelology that is known as the angel of peaceful relationships.
* His name means "God has warmed".
* The series creator compares Chamuel to Alex Hitchens from the 2005 romantic comedy *Hitch* but sprinkled with chaos.
* Chamuel is a fan of Shakespeare's plays involving romantic tragedies.