Archangels

**The Archangels**, are a group of extremely influential, powerful and ancient angelic entities. They are a group of brothers and sisters, that serve as the children of God, as well as being the Almighty's closest allies and most devoted servants. They are also considered to be the champions of Heaven, being the divine realm's top guardians. After the War In Heaven and almost all of them decided to leave Heaven and serve directly under God as he left to oversee all of creation. Archangel Michael was initially meant to stay in Heaven and act as the realm's protector and de facto leader, but desiring glory and believing his youngest brother Azrael did not deserve the privilege of serving under God, he forced Azrael to take his position, so that Michael could go in his stead.

## Description

The Archangels are a group of ancient and powerful angelic entities, that were created by God at the beginning of the Universe to act as the deity's "children", and were made the highest ranking and most powerful angels in all of creation, only surpassed by God himself in the hierarchy of Heaven. In appearance, they all have pure white skin, that radiates light, all of them also possess six large wings with eyes that stretch across the wingspan. They are also capable of transforming into a Lovecraftian horror like form to strike fear in the hearts of their enemies and even unnerve each other.

Due to their position and divine blood, the Archangels are blessed with an almost unlimited angelic and even god-like power, capable of erasing entire solar systems. galaxies and even dimensional planes. They are also far more powerful than every demon, including Seven Deadly Sins and Charlie, albeit the latter has the potential to rival them in terms of sheer strength. Lucifer and Forti, both of whom are the strongest angels in all of existence, are capable of casually destroying trillions of entities in seconds, erasing timelines, as well as annihilating entire galaxies and dimensions in the blink of an eye, and, at the peak of their power, potentially, destroying the Universe and reforming it at their command. Both are powerful enough to even rival the Light Beyond The Stars, who were the first creations of God and assisted the almighty in the construction of the Universe.

They also seems to have an internal hierarchy: the normal Archangels, and the Seven Heavenly Virtues, who are the most powerful Archangels in Heaven, and represent each one one of the seven formal virtues of Heaven, lead by the so-called "Head Archangel", who is the leader of all the Archangels and serves as the second-in-command of Heaven, as well as the chief of the military. In the past this position was held by Archangel Forti, after the War In Heaven where Forti selflessly trapped himself, Satan and the entire Army of Darkness in Purgatory, Archangel Michael took in his stead. However desiring more glory, Michael passed the role down to his younger brother Azrael, under the pretence of doing it to "protect him".

During his reign as the Head Archangel and de facto ruler of Heaven, Azrael established the Extermination, an annual culling of the Pride ring's denizens. After thousands of years of massacring trillions of demons, he was confronted by the Princess of Hell and the Hotel Crew, where they managed to hold him down long enough, so that Lux could use an incantation to strip him of his immense powers.

## Powers and Abilities

### Natural powers

* **Divine/Angelic Power**: Every Archangel is blessed by a near-limitless quantity of angelic power, granting them superiority over the strongest demons and other angels, with an array of mystical abilities. Their magic also allows them to effortlessly create and destroy almost anything they wish, being able to destroy galaxies and annihilate dimensional planes or create entirely new species. They can also summon their own divine weapons that are far more powerful then the standard angelic/blessed weapons, capable of directly harming the soul. Due to their divine heritage, being the literal children of God himself, they cannot be harmed by demonic magic and blessed weapons are incapable of harming them, however archangelic blades or beings with superior divine/eldritch power to their own are capable of killing them, almost effortlessly at times, evident during the War In Heaven where Satan was able to near effortlessly slaughter several Archangels that confronted it.
* **Holy Aura:** Archangels possess a holy aura that renders them invulnerable to most demonic magic, this was first shown when Alastor, while being controlled by Satan, attempted to attack Archangel Forti with tentacles, only for them to vaporize the minute they came close to him.
* **Flight**: Every archangel possess six large wings that allow them to fly at supernatural speeds, with Azrael being able to fly into Hell from Heaven in a matter of seconds.

* **Shapeshifting**: Archangels are capable of changing their form at will, as Archangel Michael assumed a more draconic visage after the War In Heaven and Lucifer, after being cursed by God with a more beastly and hideous form, was able to shape shift into a more attractive guise similar to his original appearance, being the one he currently uses.

* **Photokinesis**: The Archangels, especially Lucifer who was taught the ability by God himself, are proficient users of light manipulation using it to create weapons, blasts of holy light or melt down lesser beings to nothing more than piles of mush and bones.

* **Supernatural Strength, Speed and Endurance**: Due to their divine blood and power, they possess immense strength, speed and endurance. Their supernatural strength allows them to casually shatter entire worlds with a single punch and their speed allows them to cover large distances, which would take normal angels years, in mere minutes, alongside this, they can easily dodge most attacks sent their way by lower entities and with difficulty other Archangels and celestial beings. They are also quite durable, with Archangel Forti being able to slice off his arm with little discomfort or visible pain.

* **Immortality**: Archangels have been living for billions of years and continued to retain rather youthful appearances. They are practically incapable of dying unless they are destroyed by a being with divine power superior to their own or smitten by an Archangelic weapon. Lucifer is unique case in this, as God has the final say on when the fallen prince will truly die.
* **Combat Mastery**: All Archangels, except for Azrael, are proficient fighters and excel in all forms of combat, especially with spears, swords and lances. The most notable in terms if combat skill are Forti, Lucifer and Michael.

### Weapons

* **Archangelic Weaponry**: All archangels are capable of creating an array of immensely powerful weapons, usually swords, but can range from that to axes, daggers, knives and even firearms, the latter however is regarded as a toy by most of them. These weapons surpass the standard angelic weapons, as they are capable of harming and erasing other Archangels. As well as potentially harming the Light Beyond the Stars.

## Trivia

* They are the second highest class in Heaven, surpassed only by God. They are also part of a family known as **The Morningstar Family**, who serves as the Royal family of Heaven, with God as its patriarch and King.