Angel Culture/History

General

**History**

Culture

Abilities

Original

#### Ink Illness

A little over four thousand years ago, before the War, the world was ravaged by Ink Illness. The Angels came together with the Dishes, Demons and Micco in order to create a cure for this terrible disease which turned out to be the Ink Machine. As their contribution to the machine the Angels created The Brush. (Ch 186)

#### The Angel-Demon War

The inciting incident for the War was the death of the Micco General Vicerion, supposedly killed by The Devil in his attempt to prevent the Demon from stealing the Ink Machine for himself. While only the General was there for his fatal fight with "The Devil" it was only moments after the general's death his daughter Ventis and a couple Angels burst into the room, seemingly catching "The Devil" in the act before he used his magic to escape them. The Devil, when accused of the murder, claimed he was being framed and refused to turn himself in as he knew that instead of a fair trial he would simply be killed for his supposed crime. The Demons also refused to hand The Devil over, claiming that the other races were planning their destruction. This lead to the War as the Angels attempted to get justice for the Demons betrayal (Ch 217)

The Angel-Demon War is known as the greatest loss of Angel life in known history (Ch 80) The battles fought during this War destroyed many of the Angel's cities. It seems that, along with the fighting between the races themselves, much of the War as about the Angel's side keeping the Ink Machine out of the Demon's side hands (Ch 217)

The Angels also seemed to have gotten more brutal during the War as Lukahd implies that any Demon unlucky enough to get captured suffered terrible agony during their imprisonment. She also mentions that what happened to the Demons at the hand of the Laputan Micco was particularly viscous (Ch 217)

At some point during the War Archangel Barachiel was notably killed by a Demon and had his wings removed as a prize (Ch 151)

During the War many Angels and Angel allies had their souls eaten or stolen by Demons on the battlefield. Those stolen by Demons were then used for various inhumane experiments, conducted most notably by the Demon ally Lukahd aka the Lady of Despair. Not all of those experimented on were soldiers in the War as Angel healers and messengers were also among those tested on. There were many rescue missions undertaken by the Angel forces in order to free these prisoners from the Demons over the course of the War. Those who survived these experiments were left with scars both on their physical bodies and on their souls (Ch 221)

As well as experimenting on captured Angels/Angel allies Lukahd also would puppeteer their bodies in order to lead their allies into traps set by the Demons. One of the most notable instances of this was the fall of the City of Cirrus. Lukahd used one of her puppeted victims, archangel Michael, to infiltrated the city and help orchestrate the destruction of the entire city and all those in it (Ch 221)

During the War Lukahd also somehow managed to consume the soul of Master Jegudiel, an archangel Judge (Ch 221)

At some point near the end of the War the last of the Demon's barriers fell and a genocide occurred. Many Demons rushed to hide evidence of the various crimes they had committed, such as killing the captives they were experimenting on. Many of these poor test subjects were successfully killed before their Angel allies could get through to save them. Those captives that survived this mass killing were able to eventually recover their souls thanks to the work of the Dish knights, who used a combination of their magic and the Demon's own notes to return the souls. However, it was only a small number of victims whose souls were able to be restored and it is unknown what happened to the other captives (Ch 221)

According to a scroll found by Black Hat in the current Devil's office the Angels were able to capture The Devil of the time after he was defeated by a Dish using the Lost Super (Ch 150) Following The Devil's defeat the Angels were able to capture all Demon's in magical cages. After capturing all Demon's the Angels then dropped the cages into the pit of Hell, executing many of the Demon's leaders on a nearby stage and forcing The Devil to watch before also forcing him down into Hell and sealing it up. Following this imprisonment the Angels hunted and killed any Demon's that did manage to escape back on to the Surface until the creation of the Treaty (Ch 151)

After the Demons were confined to Hell there were also a number of Angel trials of captured Demon allies, which the MIcco and Dishes assisted in by acting as witnesses for the events they were present for. It was at one of these trials, the trial of Lukahd, where the Angels were cursed by Lukahd along with the Dishes and Micco. Lukahd's curse was, "From this day forward, the three great nations will suffer as the demons suffer. With each passing generation, your blood will grow weaker, hunted for your talents, abused for your eccentricities, your people shall fade until your nations are but a pale memory and your grandchildren’s grandchildren’s grandchildren live to see the last of your race die out in bitter agony.” (Ch 221)

Following the War and the MIcco Tragedy it was decided that the Ink Machine was to be dismantled. The Angels were one of the races entrusted with hiding and protecting the Parts, specifically The Cup and The Instrument (Ch 199)

At some point after the War the Angels, lead by the Council of Seven of the time, and the Demons, lead by the current Devil, negotiated a Treaty which allowed the Demons to come to the Surface as long as the adhered to certain agreed upon rules. This Treaty is meant to give some Demons the chance to prove they can live on the Surface peacefully once more. To this day the Upper is divided on whether this Treaty was a good idea. Some Angels believe it would be better to simply wipe out all Demons while others argue that there must be balance in the world. Due in part to this tension every rogue Demon that makes it's way to the Surface has the possibility of being the inciting incident for a whole new Angel-Demon War (Inky Extra's Ch 75)