Samyaza

Siblings: The Watchers

**Samyaza**, whose name can be roughly translated as "The Infamous Rebellion", is a powerful fallen angel from Christian texts. He was said to be one of the leaders of the Grigori, a group of angels who rebelled against God's will and mated with humanity while also providing them with forbidden knowledge.

## Description

Samyaza was said to be wicked to the extent that he has often been argued to be an alter-ego of Satan while others claimed it's another name for Satan. However some scholars believe it is important to separate the two, believing that although similar the two are completely different supernatural beings. Satan chose to be cast out while Samyaza was tasked to descend to the Earth and watch over the humans.

Samyaza is said, by some, to be one of the few beings in creation that knows God's true name and once offered to bestow knowledge of it to the human woman Istahar. This special knowledge has earned him his other title of "He Sees the Name".

## History

### Genesis

Samyaza was among the chieftains of the Watchers alongside Azazel himself. He was the first to be appointed as a Watcher and with his power of bestowing names through the blessing of knowing God's ineffable name, he named all the Watchers that would come to serve in his choir. They served early humanity as vast reservoirs of information concerning the finer points of civilization, and their selflessness was beyond compare. They were first called the Watchers, as it was their job to observe humanity, lending a helping hand when necessary but not interfering in the course of human development.

During his watch Samyaza began to notice a change in the flock, mainly with how the female mortals were presenting themselves. Their bodies glistened in the sun, the figures were geometrically crafted in perfected structure concerning the biological build of humans, and their eyes radiated a wanton longing. Little did Samyaza know at the time, this was the result of a spell from Naamah, one of the first women that resided in Eden who rejected Adam's advances. As Naamah is a spirit of women’s sexual autonomy and sacred erotic rites, her spell would warp not just the appearance of the women, but also their spirits, into becoming supremely desirable even for divine beings like the angels.

Naamah approached Samyaza in the guise of a mortal woman, and would play on his thoughts and urges. Samyaza at first rejected the notion of taking these women for himself as it was their sacred duty to observe and shepherd these humans. Naamah, however, explains that while they may not interfere in the affairs of man, the Almighty never said anything about involving their hands in satisfying the pleasures of the body. Samyaza thought long before he relented and quickly gathered his fellow Watchers atop of Mount Hermon.

### Forbidden Union

When the rebel angels first meet upon Mount Hermon to organize their secret society of 200 members, Samyaza, as their recognized chieftain (under Azazel) initially doubts the initiates' resolve to forswear heaven. This they had planned to achieve through dark combinations and clandestine oaths under penalty of death, thereby binding themselves to that treachery in which they would use their heaven-acquired knowledge to create a counterfeit religion on earth to satisfy their lusts and carnal desires.

Thus having convinced the other Watchers to join him in fornicating with women, Samyaza continues to collude and plot with these other sinful Grigori to seduce females from the human tribes. The resultant offspring from this unnatural prostitution and breeding were called "giants" (referred to as Nephilim in the *Book of Enoch*). Together, they dominate, murder, and exploit the inferior races of men — beginning in the days of the righteous Sethite patriarch Jared, the father of the prophet Enoch — their debauchery thereafter rising to new heights: "And there was great impiety and much fornication, and they went astray and all their ways became corrupt."

But perhaps the Watchers' most grievous sin was to teach and instruct humankind, blasphemously, in various forbidden arts, sciences, and celestial "secrets" or "mysteries" of the true heavenly gnosis or knowledge — especially that Wisdom possessed by Azazel, who taught them also the secrets of war (from magic, metallurgy, and weaponry to seductive ornamentation, jewelry, and cosmetics) — all of which ultimately, though not surprisingly, brings down the wrath of Heaven.

### Fall of the Watchers

Unsurprisingly, Heaven was alerted and shocked by such debaucherously heinous acts. The archangels, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel observed this lawless and unrighteous behavior taking place and decide that they must act. Turning to God, their father informed them that the only way to ensure the full and total destruction of humanity is to destroy everything else and begin anew.

Uriel is sent to warn Noah of the oncoming Flood, Raphael was sent to punish Azazel by binding and casting him into Dudael, Gabriel was dispatched to destroy the half-breeds as well as the children of men born from sin, he does this by inciting a great battle between the two. And lastly, Michael binds the leader of the Watchers, Samyaza, alongside all the other Watchers who defiled themselves in unions with Watchers, damning them for the remainder of their long lives. But not for long, as Samyaza and his fellow Watchers would soon find themselves be freed from Lucifer's bringing of the Apocalypse.

## Quotes

*"I fear ye will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin." - Samyaza hesitates about the plan to take human brides, Book of Watchers 6:3-4.*

## Powers and Abilities

**Angel Physiology:** Samyaza possess the traits, attributes, characteristics and/or abilities of angels, a being connected to and serving Higher Powers. They achieve this either through full or partial transformation into angels, choosing to mimic certain aspects of angelic beings, or simply already being an angel in the first place. Most commonly angels simply manifest wings, an inner glow, and/or a halo, which is the usual form of which angels are imagined, but several kinds of angels are far less humanoid, some ranging from strange to surreal.

**Divine Sight:** Samyaza can see the divine beings (angels, deities, holy spirits and even the psychopomps) and their actions and possess or gather divine knowledge. They are also able to see divine or mystic realms and perceive the world on many different planes of existence.

**Knowledge Manipulation:** Samyaza can create, shape and manipulate any/all information/knowledge, they can insert new knowledge into the universe that becomes established fact and reality, or destroy it to do the opposite. An enemy could be made to forget how to walk, while an ally could be given the knowledge of an enemy's weaknesses or mastery of a fighting style.

**Sleeplessness:** Samyaza has no need to sleep, allowing them to continue living through their lives without suffering health decline from sleep deprivation.