Sunael

"All necessitate balance."

### Aliases

The Balance of the Universe, Lord of Order, Seraph of Balance, Themis, Herald of Hope

## The Balance of the Beyond

Although there are two sides of a balance, there still needs to be the mediator to make the judgment of perfect equity. In this, Sunael's role in existence could be found and made manifest.

Sunael's domain came from the Pillar known as Ma'at with his name being a translation of 'parity' from the ancient language. The Seraph became known as the Balance of the Universe.

With that said, Sunael is an interesting piece of Celestial religion and history. There are some believers who don’t worship Sunael while others still do. Sunael was also not directly related to either Myvera or Azazel.

Sunael was also associated with miracles, hope, neutrality, and cosmic order while also being considered the “anchor” for all things in the universe. In essence, he brought balance to the other two Seraphim, who began to bicker constantly, and gave hope to lesser beings.

He was said to be stoic, reserved, matter-of-fact, and unpresuming. He held no grudges and reasoned that almost everything in life derived from neutrality--to simply exist and continue on the path of existing. He took on the likeness of a young man with long silvery-white hair, pale eyes, and sharp features. His wings were a mottled brown with threads of gold.

## Herald of Hope

When a newfound existence of lesser beings tried to find meaning and understanding in polarizing concepts, Sunael became the Herald of Hope--the personification of fairness and sense within what felt like senselessness. His focus and ultimate legacy being that as arbiter between Light and Dark: Myvera and Azazel.

Because of this, the three shared a unique thread between them. One deeply interconnected and one in which Sunael had some semblance of control over. Eventually, this balanced judgment extended to lesser beings and creations of all three Seraphim. He quickly became a beloved deity amongst mortality.

### Themis & Purgatory

Each Seraphim had a domain in which they preside over and call a personal home. Myvera has Arcadia, Azazel Elysian, and Sunael's domain was called Themis. A name in which became interchangeable with his own. After his sundering, Themis became abandoned and thus gave life to the understanding of a Purgatory existence.

### Order and the Dawn

While the Psalm of the Dawn and Morning Star is well known in Celestial religion--the binding between Myvera and Azazel--there is little to no historical context on whether or not Sunael shared something similar to Myvera. This ceaseless mystery came about because the two Seraphim have known children together and some Celestial scholars theorize this was the catalyst in which Azazel used to get "revenge" on Sunael.

Sunael and Myvera only have three children together: Uriel, Eberhon, and Enkian. The Throne of Hope, Fanuel, only came to exist after the sundering because remnants of Sunael's essence were salvaged and made into Fanuel in an attempt to maintain balance. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough of a lingering essence left and Fanuel's power is nowhere near the level of Sunael.

Regardless, Sunael's legacy lives on directly in his three sons. His most beloved, Uriel, becoming the Throne of Judgment and eventually helped shape Gaia into what it is known as today. His two other sons respected Primes in their own right; Eberhon representing law and mortality while Enkian is the official messenger of the Celesti and holds domain over languages.

## The Sundering of Sunael

The history of the Celesti has numerous chapters and ages, however, perhaps the most well known and important is that of the Pre-Sundering and Post-Sundering.

Eons ago, Sunael was slain in perpetuity. Meaning, he could not perform a Returning and his entire essence was 'sundered' and ceased to exist. Ultimate death for Celestials, even including mighty Seraphim. This is a very well known story in the books of Celestial religion called the Sundering of Sunael (or Litany for Sunael).

The details, however, remain murky and up for debate.

### The Ambush of Elysian

On the day of his death, Sunael had been notified of an ambush attack on Elysian by Chaos Plane dwellers. What was thought to be a small ambush turned out to be a full on surprise assault. Azazel was already in the thick of battle, Myvera attempting to close the rift, and then Sunael found himself aiding in combat upon arrival.

Originally, Sunael had arrived with his son Uriel at his side. Amongst the disorganized fray, Sunael was separated from Uriel and eventually his son left incapacitated temporarily. The Seraph pursued a group of archaeon to a far reach of Elysian--and from there, the trap was sprung.

### Zodiark, Higher Archaeon

The leader of the assault was a powerful archaeon known as Zodiark, though not much is known of their true intent or ultimate goal in the ambush. Whether the target was solely Sunael or all three Seraphim still an area highly theorized and researched by historians to this day.

Regardless, Zodiark was a formidable foe for the Seraph; most concluding that Zodiark is perhaps a primordial originator of Chaos and somehow gained the knowledge on how to sunder Celesti, including even Seraphim. Something the Seraphim did not know that the Chaos archaeon discovered at the time.

The higher archaeon brought down its full might upon Sunael and the two soon found themselves locked in a fierce battle.

### Death of Hope & Order

Somehow, Zodiark bested Sunael and landed the killing blow. The consequence of this felt immediately in all of existence.

In particular, the thread between the three Seraphim suddenly snapped and broken. Azazel utilized this death knell to locate Sunael first, but, soon discovered that he was too late. Before Azazel could take revenge, however, Zodiark and the remaining archaeon slipped back into the quickly closing rift just as Myvera snapped it closed. Within that aftermath, the scene showing a bloodied Azazel standing above a dead Sunael.

With balance in disarray, and no arbiter to help keep order, the universe Post-Sundering became a very changed place. Uncertainty, strife, and of course--chaos--permeating quickly into every reach. The shift felt most particularly between Azazel and Myvera, with their binding strained and fractured. The two halves becoming unstable in their ideologies, and in consequence, bringing the rest of known existence with them into this sharp duality.