Satanael

The Prince of Angels (Art by Francisco de Goya)

### Aliases

Sataniel, Satanail, Satan, Governor-Lord of the Fallen, Yaldabaoth, Archenemy of Yaldabaoth, Governor of the Fallen, First Rebel, Herald of God, King of Men on Earth, Second Son of God

### Affiliation

Lucifer (Contractor), Humanity (Source of Protection), Satanism

## Physical Description

### Spirit of

Chaos, Freedom, Free-Will, Change, Rebellion, Ideal, Unity

## Relatives

### Siblings

Yaldabaoth (Half), Angels (Adoptive)

**Satanael** is a dark true archangel emanating from the Aeon of wisdom and faith, Sophia. He is the brother of the "dark half" of God, a Prince of the Angels, and one of the first Fallen Angels.

## Overview

Credited as the "Second Son of God", Satanael is an angel created by Sophia similarly to how she created his brother Yaldabaoth. He acts as the antithesis to Yaldabaoth, being the bringer of chaos and free will rather than order and suppression. While he is considered "fallen", this should not be considered converse to his benevolence. He is a major figure of Gnosticism along with being the patron of the unfortunately demonized Satanism.

To the Cathars, he was the same entity as Yaldabaoth, being the creator of the material world and the God of the Old Testament, while the God of the New Testament and the spiritual father of Jesus Christ who was the creator of the spirit world.

## Appearance

Satanael, like other angels and archangels, is a high-level spiritual entity, being devoid of physical matter, needing to use physical forms on Earth or elsewhere in the Human Realm. Unlike other entities, Satanael only takes two human forms with the first form meant for day-to-day life while the second is for special reasons.

As the highest-ranked angel, he has also 12 wings on his back like his fellow true archangels, with the difference that his wings are dark blue due to falling yet not fully black unlike the rest of fallen angels.

## Personality

Satanael is similar to Archon Sabaoth, that is, he is an entity considered the opposite of Yaldabaoth and who goes against his rule of tyranny. Satanael, unlike Yaldabaoth, incorporated the light of his mother and light of God, instead of the darkness of Ayin as was with Yaldabaoth, which made him a benevolent entity and defender of free will, unlike his older brother. He also has a good relationship with his nephew, Sabaoth, as they both want an end to the tyrannical rule of the self-proclaimed true god.

Satanael also proved to be a little ignorant, as he misinterpreted his mother's request, and ended up attacking the Creator himself in an attempt to kill him, something that could have cost not only his life but his very existence if God were not benevolent and knowing what is really going on.

What stands out most in Satanael's personality is his love for humans, often referring to them as God's Greatest Children and even calling them that. He doesn't like angels interfering with the free will of human beings, as it ends up hindering their growth. He also shows great contempt for Satan, as they were the ones to blame for humanity's downfall and suffering. In contrast, he respects and admires God's avatar, Jesus Christ, as he left his glory and kingdom to live among humans and die for them.

Satanael also believes that it is better for divine beings not to interfere in the earthly world, believing that this hinders the development of human beings and their free will. When he met with Seth and Norea, the children of Adam, he warned them not to trust any divine being and told them both to praise the human species.

Satanael is also occasionally described as sarcastic and self-assured. He is also very strict and systematic, never giving up on the mission given to him to protect the human species. Satanael considers Saklas naive, claiming he was being used by Yaldabaoth as a pawn. He was merciful towards him so didn't kill him in his battle, sending him back to false Heaven so he could discover the truth about his father.

## Power and Abilities

Satanael is one of the most powerful beings in the universe and the multiverse, being considered the most powerful of all True Archangels and far surpassing the Archons born of the powers of Yaldabaoth. Satanael's power is such that many demons and even archdemons are afraid to sometimes go to Earth because if Satanael's learn about them being there, he can sent the demon to oblivion without trying.

* **Fallen Transcendent Angel Physiology**: Being a mighty angel born from the light of an Aeon, an emanation of the Creator himself and then having fallen and mixed his light with the darkness, Satanael is a mighty fallen angel, in fact the most powerful of all, far exceeding his fellow leaders Azazel, even surpassing the most famous fallen angel, Lucifer and even the mighty Satan himself. His power is so fearsome that even the seraphim when they approach him show reference, not because of his reputation as protector of humans, but irritating an angel who leads the other fallen angels would be a big problem for Heaven. Unlike many other fallen angels or demons, Satanael retained all his glory and power even after the fall, believed to be "too powerful" for his power to diminish "just because his feathers have changed color".
* **Immense Power**: Being a True Archangel who was emanated by the Aeon of Wisdom, who in turn is an emanation of God, Satanael's power is of the highest caliber of the angels of Heaven, Hell and Earth, being so powerful that it could shake the universe with just its existence. His power, speed and prowess far surpass those of the Four Great Archangels, which means he is above the most powerful archangels in existence, being superior even the legendary Morning Star and the Devil himself. Even the most powerful of all archangels, or Merkabah, an angel which possesses spirits of countress angels and is called throne and heavenly chariot of God,, could not defeat an angel as powerful as Satanael, considering such a possibility only through a "miracle of God". Satanael is as powerful as Yaldabaoth, maybe even surpassing him, who was mentioned that it could not even be defeated by Zeus with the help of the gods of other pantheons.
	+ **Limitless Power**: As the supreme commander of the fallen angels and the highest of the archangels, Satanael possesses a power that allows him to reach anything and everything without any limits. He therefore has unlimited resources at his disposal and could fight five of the Seven Princes (all except Lucifer and Satan without much difficulty for days, or even weeks, if he is unwilling to kill.
* **Unique Presence**: Satanael, being originally an angel of light and later becoming an angel of darkness, has not lost his luminous powers, which has allowed him to possess a very strong divine presence that embodies the power and light of God and a sinister presence that embodies the darkness of Ayin. His presence can cause a change in the entire planet around him if he is not careful, which is one of the reasons why he only interacts with the Human Realm when in a lesser form. When he appeared in Paradise, his manifestation was felt by all the angels of Heaven, making some even tremble their incorporeal bodies due to the immense majesty of his power and, at the same time, frightening presence.
* **Transcendent Knowledge:** Though not as old as the other archangels, Satanael is probably older than the Earth itself, having lived for billions of years. Furthermore, as an emanation of the goddess who personifies the wisdom of God, he inherited from his mother much of his knowledge about creation and the events of the universe. He is able to see a timeline or universe, or have only small snippets of information that are missing or blocked. He also knows of the existence of younger beings who have lived from ancient times, having knowledge on cosmic levels, he far surpassed several angels in intelligence and absolute wisdom.
	+ **Cosmic Awareness**: As the fallen angel that oversees humanity, he has almost absolute knowledge of the working system of all life in the universe, just to make sure that no threat like an asteroid, angel or even a deity does any harm to human beings. He is able to sense danger or something affecting the Earth without being harmed by the thoughts of others. Satanael is also able to sense people from great distances in the universe.
	+ **Precognition:** As the protector of Humanity, he developed the ability to look ahead of time to sense danger that might happen in the near future. Satanael is also able to interact with the objects in his precognition as to simulate and test ways for him to prevent the incoming danger.
* **Free Will Manifestation**: He has or can develop free will, the ability of beings to make their own choices free from outside influences. This makes him immune to fate, as he can forge his own fate and defy prophecies.
* **Multi-Dimensional Teleportation:** As a True Archangel, he has the ability to teleport to any place or dimension in the Multiverse. Satanael is able to teleport objects or beings that he wishes to teleport to a certain place even against their will.

## History

### Conception

Sophia worried that one of her creations, Yaldabaoth, would lead a tyrannical regime upon all of creation, due to the fact he was created by Sophia alone without the help of her partner Theletos. As a contingency plan, she created Satanael to stop him from growing anymore powerful. However, Sophia forgot to tell Satanael his purpose before sending him into creation, and so he wandered the endless unaware of what to do.

### Meeting with God

Eventually Satanael found himself in the visage of the God Most High, who in His benevolence brought him into Heaven as if he were His own. God was curious about the creation of this entity, as it seemed as though it wasn't made by Him. He introduced Satanael to other angels, including Helel and Satanel who were most interesting in him. Satanael found himself at home in Heaven, where he lived there as one of God's children for millions of years.

After years of hard work he even managed to ascend to the level of a True Archangel, the closest rank of angel to God. Unfortunately nothing good lasts forever, this would all come to ahead eventually.

### Doubt in God

Around 300000 BCE, primates had finally evolved to a higher level of sapience to gain the attention of the gods, these were some of the first humans. God presented this new species to his angelic children, who all gave a variety of opinions, ranging from curiosity, apathy, and even slight distaste. Satanael himself was very interested in these new creatures, however he was afraid that God was only interested in this species for the purposes of worship. Despite this, Satanael never brought it up with Him, as he was too afraid to invoke His wrath.

This doubt remained within Satanael for centuries, that is until Sophia found him once more. Sophia was finally able to tell him of his true purpose in creation, to find someone who refers to himself as the "Most High God" and make sure they stay in line. Due the vague wording, Satanael found his fears validated, and rounded up a hundred angels to fight against his former "father". This, alongside Lucifer's Rally, contributed to the War in Heaven, a cosmic war between hordes of angels and their eternal creator.

In an attempt to confront the LORD himself, Satanael secretly set foot inside of the Empyrean and snuck around the Empyrean Guard. Despite God being omniscient, He chose to keep some secrets from Satanael, which only angered him further. Even before Lucifer ever got to Him, Satanael tried to attack God before being smacked down and banished from Heaven by the Almighty.

### Yaldabaoth

After falling from Heaven, Satanael was found by Yaldabaoth who had just lost the trust of his most powerful son. Desperate for allies, Yaldabaoth meddled with the mind of Satanael to make him almost subservient to the Demiurge. He was brought to the False Heaven and told that he was a creation of Yaldabaoth. While it worked for a while, no memories can be hidden forever, especially the memories of a cosmic entity.

All of Satanael's memories eventually flooding came back, he had finally found his true enemy lumbering around as if he was of any importance. Furthermore he figured out that Yaldabaoth was planning to enslave all living beings under his grasp in an attempt to make himself the One True God. Satanael gathered his allies, he recongregated the angels that were originally on his side during the war in heaven, he found his mother, he even apologized to God to get Him on his side. He finally had enough in his army to rebel against his brother.

The army of Satanael and God fought against Yaldabaoth and his archons, and after another cosmic war, thanks to the overwhelming power on their side, they managed to win. Yaldabaoth fled to a secret location and humanity was able to gain true freedom. While Satanael gained an arch-enemy, he also gained a friend; as Sabaoth approached him during the war and managed to bond over their shared love of humanity, and disdain of Yaldabaoth.

## Myth and Legends

Satanael is based off of three main figures from mythology and fiction: Satanael in the *Book of Enoch*, Satanael from Catharism, and Satanael from the *Megami Tensei* series. In the *Book of Enoch*, Satanael was a former archangel that led other angels in a rebellion against God due to being forced to worship Enoch. In Catharism, Satanael was the God of the Old Testament and the creator of the world, and depending on the interpretation was also created by a god called Rex Mundi. In the *Shin Megami Tensei* series, Satanael is the ultimate antithesis against one of the games main antagonists, the Demiurge.

Ultimately, Satanael on the *GaD wiki* is just another version of the "Satan" character. On the *GaD wiki*, Satan is the pure evil version, Lucifer is the sympathetic yet prideful version, and Satanael is the fully benevolent version. He is the interpretation of the Devil that rebelled against a tyrannical dictator for the good of humanity, and even after losing managed to bring free will and power to humans. Even though Lucifer is supposed to be more sympathetic, he is still prideful, and was struck into Hell for trying to take the throne. Satanael truly cares for humanity, and only fell from a misunderstanding.

## Trivia

* According to some sources, Satanael is known as the the second son of God,
* Satanael has a special technique to make supernatural events like battles between angels and demons look like natural disasters or the like. Thus, he can interfere on Earth in order to defend humans, but without showing them the spiritual plane.
	+ He later taught this skill to some angels who care about humans, like Gabriel.
* His morale alignment is best described as **Chaotic Good**.
* Satanael was equated with Prometheus and the Serpent by theologians.