Prophet

Adam, The First Prophet

### Summary

They are humans chosen to be the mouthpieces of God and conduits for the inspired words.

**Prophets** are special humans who are chosen to be God's mouthpieces in the Mortal World, the deliverers of the orders and instructions from the Heavenly Council, and protectors of humanity from supernatural threats.

## Overview

In religion, a **prophet** is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the supernatural source to other people. The message that the prophet conveys is called a *prophecy*.

Claims of prophethood have existed in many cultures and religions throughout history, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, ancient Greek religion, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and many others.

## Appearance

In terms of physical appearance, prophets are practically the same as any other humans and possess little to no special characteristics that would set them apart from other people. However, to those who practice magic or a sixth sense, they will instantly recognize the energy radiated from them, which is almost as pure and beautiful as the angelic power of the lower-ranked pure angels.

## Characteristics

The process of choosing a prophet is an extremely tightly-guarded secret that not even the seraphim have knowledge of, as only God and the Four Great Seraphs know how a prophet can be chosen from all the possible candidates.

However, it is implied that, as the guardian angels of all prophets, Metatron and Sandalphon *may* also have some idea on how one might be chosen. This is shown when the former revealed that the most important requirement for all prophets is that they must be a descendant of Adam and Eve.

The angels themselves also seem to have a subconscious knowledge of all prophets or prophet candidates, as Irina seemed to recognize Tosca's new status as a prophet before any official announcement was given by the Heavenly Council. This trait, however, seems to be lost when an angel becomes a fallen angel or a demon, as Azazel needed Irina's confirmation before he knew about Tosca.

Every chosen prophet also has a high-ranked angel assigned to be their guardian angel, in addition to Metatron and Sandalphon, who would act as their protectors when the need arises, as well as to be their personal trainer and tutor. Any presence of danger will result in interventions from their guardian angel, even if that intervention goes against what a prophet had prophesied. On rare exceptions, one of the Four Great Seraphs will assign themselves to be guardian angels of those who are "important of the narrative", such as Uriel with Abraham or Gabriel with Muhammad.

Because of their constant visions and prophetic messages, which are often not understandable by human minds, many prophets have been mistaken for having mental disorders, such as schizophrenia or synesthesia. The most famous example of this is the Trojan prophetess Cassandra, who was wrongfully mistaken as "cursed" by her family, creating the myth of how she was cursed by the god Apollo, whose temple she once served at as head priestess, as a result.

In addition to their primary duty as mouthpieces of God, they are also mankind's protectors against supernatural threats and are thus, they are also dubbed the "Emperors of Humanity" by the gods, as they possess powers beyond humans' natural limits and potential and are even on-par with any other pagan gods. Some of the ancient prophets, such as Moses and Aaron, were even as powerful as the chieftain gods or the primordial gods.

In certain circumstances, they are also tasked with restoring the natural order back into its intended balance, often by fixing any mistakes and/or damage caused by the high-ranked members of the Three Factions in their conflicts. In fact, for many generations of prophets straight, all of their missions consisted of nothing but restoring the damage caused by the Great War, ones that spread through multiple realms and dimensions and reality, as well as throughout all space and time. The most notable fix known throughout the supernatural world is perhaps the reconstruction of the entire known universe, especially of the Solar System, with the planet Earth, in particular, having to be turned from a flat, disk-like shape to its round shape today.

On several occasions, they are also tasked with reminding other pantheons and supernatural factions of their places within the supernatural hierarchy: beneath the Three Factions, or rather, beneath the Abrahamic Heaven. They are also the enforcers of the Ancient Laws that all divinities have to follow and usually deliver the orders, instructions, and official announcements of the Heavenly Council.

## Population

According to Azazel, there have been hundreds of thousands of prophets throughout the ages, all dated from the antediluvian time with Adam and Eve. However, due to certain reasons, mainly due to cultural biases and discriminations, many prophets were either misdiagnosed as mentally ill or considered to be witches and/or heretics by the Church, which is considered one of the largest stains in the Vatican's history.

Ever since Michael took over as the leader of Heaven and the angels, however, certain changes have been introduced, with the most notable change in concern with prophets being the total number of prophets within a generation. As he had decided to end the Age of God, Heaven would minimize their contact with the Mortal World and its inhabitants, and each generation would only have a maximum of thirty-six prophets, with a new prophet chosen whenever a previous one died.

### Abrahamic Prophets

* Abel
* Abigail

* Abraham

* Adam

* Agabus

* Agur

* Ahijah HaShiloni

* Ahiyah

* Amos

* Amoz

* Anna

* Asaph

* Azariah

* Balaam

* Barnabas

* Baruch ben Neriah

* Beor

* Bildad

* Bithiah

* David

* Deborah

* Eldad

* Eli

* Eliezer

* Elihu

* Elijah

* Eliphaz

* Elisha

* Elkanah
* Enoch
* Esther

* Ezekiel

* Ezra

* Gad

* Gideon

* Habakkuk

* Haggai

* Hanahi

* Hezekiah

* Hosea

* Hud

* Huldah

* Iddo

* Isaac

* Isaiah

* Ishmael

* Jacob

* Jahaziel

* Jeduthun

* Jehu

* Jeremiah

* Job

* Joel

* John of Patmos

* John the Baptist

* Jonah

* Joseph

* Judas Barsabbas

* al-Khidr

* Lot

* Lucius of Cyrene

* Malachi

* Manahen

* Medad

* Micah

* Micaiah

* Miriam

* Mordecai

* Moses

* Muhammad

* Nahum

* Nathan

* Nehemiah

* Neriah

* Noah

* Obadiah

* Philip the Evangelist

* Phinehas

* Ruth

* Saleh

* Samuel

* Sarah

* Seraiah
* Seth
* Shemaiah

* Shoaib

* Silas

* Simeon Niger

* Solomon

* Uriah

* Virgin Mary

* Zacharias

* Zechariah

* Zephaniah

* Zophar

### Confirmed Prophets

* Antinous

* Berenice IV
* Cassandra
* Charlemagne

* Galahad
* Hephaestion
* Joan of Arc
* Leonardo da Vinci

* Niccolò Machiavelli

* Nikola Tesla

* Queen Victoria

* William Shakespeare

### Modern Prophets

* Daria Nicolodi
* Damian Redfield
* Edward Selwyn
* Henry Winchester
* Jamie Hunnings
* Magaret White
* Mizuki Ikuse
* Roger McCarthy
* Tosca Alighieri
* Tran Thien Hoang

## Trivia

* While the official term for any work created by a prophet is *prophecy*, they are mainly referred to as "holy scriptures" to differentiate them with actual prophecies.
* According to Metatron, the Angels speak to the prophets via a microphone in a special room located in the Sixth Heaven.
* Although they are affiliated with the Abrahamic religions, being religious isn't a requirement all prophets needed to have, as there have been multiple pagans and atheists chosen to be prophets based on their innate potential and powers across the millennia.
* The Islamic prophet Muhammad is the last prophet to deliver God's teachings and instructions, as all prophets following him mainly act as restorers of the Great War's damages, protectors for humanity, and creators of holy scriptures.
	+ Because of this, the Quran remained as the most detailed religious scripture to ever be created by a prophet.