Altair

## Summary

Altair is a fallen angel who works as a soul collector. Though he does not consume souls like other demons, he uses it more as currency when working with others. He lives a relatively unobtrusive life (he doesn't like getting involved in demon politics, but will leave his input if asked) with his partner, Micah/Inias.

## Physical Appearance

Altair appears male, standing at around 6'3", with warm tan skin, pink eyes, and medium length blonde hair tied together in a low ponytail. He has a plethora of scars, mostly on the left side of his face, down his neck, and across his chest. These scars range from blade wounds to burn marks. However, with a small amount of magic, they're easily hidden to regular humans.

## Background

Altair was formerly known as the angel Achazriel, a minor angel who worked under Haziel. In heaven he was given the job of guarding a door, which the archangels would use to hold meetings. Because of his position, he was given the task of spying on the archangels after joining the rebellion. His job was compromised, however, by the angel Inias, who was one of Micheal's top servants. Achazriel was arrested, dragged into the public and had his wings and halo torn off by Inias, before he was eventually thrown to Hell.

After spending a couple hundred years in Hell (and accumulating many scars that decorate his face and chest), Achazriel eventually made his way to Earth (which was still relatively new). The first thing he saw was the stars, which gave him new found hope in humanity. From then on the fallen angel went by the name Altair, after one of the brightest stars.

Altair began lazing around humans, not messing with them in particular, just living amongst them. When offered servants in the form of lesser demons by Lucifer, and other fallen angels, Altair declined, stating that he didn't feel comfortable holding any sort of authority. To bargain with other demons, Altair starting performing soul contracts (contracts between a celestial being and a human, where the being would give a human a favor in exchange for their soul) to collect souls as currency. It eventually became a small hobby of his, or at least something that passed the time.

## Main Story Summary

Altair worked as a soul contractor for thousands of years until the 21st century when he received a summoning from a young child by the name of Glenn Walker. The boy was no more than 13, and it was almost unheard of for a person so young to have the ability to summon a being that powerful. Glenn pleaded Altair for a soul contract to help the boy assassinate two people. Altair was initially hesitant to accept a contract from someone so young, but eventually caved after hearing the boy's story:

Glenn lived a peaceful life with his twin brother, Damien, his widowed mother, Madeline, and their home servant, Micah, until the age of 6. On one fateful night, a light possessed his mother and servant's body, which turned their hair white and gave them black markings around their body. The two acted extremely different to them, as if they didn't know the twins or were at least extremely indifferent. After a couple of months, Madeline's eyes, nose and ears began leaking blood, and parts of her skin began turning black with decay. She became increasing more aggressive, commanding Micah to abuse the children, or punishing the three of them herself. Eventually she demanded that Micah kill one of the twins.

Glenn then goes on to say that his memory was fuzzy after that interaction, however he concludes that Micah drugged and abandoned him in a random location to die. He also tells Altair that his mother and servant did not call each other by their names, rather, his mother went by the name "Micheal", while Micah went by "Inias". Glenn wanted revenge on the two, for the abuse and for taking away his life and family.

Hearing of Inias (the angel who had stripped him of his powers and threw him to hell) and Micheal's arrival on Earth fueled his lingering anger towards the two. He'd forever resented the two angels, especially Inias, for the physical wounds that they gave him over simply wanting personal freedom. Altair accepted the contract from the boy, but before he could, Glenn had one more request for the fallen angel; He wanted to be brought along to witness the job be completed. Altair reluctantly agreed, figuring that boy would want to see the two dead just as much as he did.

Atlair began traveling to where Madeline, Inias, and Damien had once lived, where he accidentally ran into both Micah and Damien. Before Micah could begin speaking, Altair went on the offensive and began to attack him. Micah, being a stronger angel but in a weaker body, was able to fend him off while trying to explain that he was only trying to help the children, and that they'd both die if Altair killed him. Altair didn't care much for what the angel had to say, and eventually was able to pin Micah down. Before he could, Micah proposes that they'd form a contract. Altair scoffs, but the angel continues, saying that if Altair helped him kill Micheal and made sure that the twins lived a relatively normal life after the matter, then Altair would be free to kill him and take Micah's halo as his own (essentially giving Altair his angelic powers back). Altair hesitates but eventually agrees to the contract.

While traveling place to place to avoid Madeline, Micah explains that Archangel Micheal had woken up from a century long slumber and decided to try and take over God's role (since God hadn't been seen by any angel since before Lucifer's Rebellion) by coming down to earth and trying to herd all humans to bend to his command. To do so, Micheal figured that he must be both loved and feared by the people, thus deciding to take a human form to seem more familiar. He'd chosen a widowed mother because it would've been something humans sympathized with, and took Inias along as his second hand to possess the woman's house servant. However Micheal soon realized that the vessel he chose was too frail to handle such a strong soul. Micheal then decided to raise the two children of Madeline to become the "perfect vessel", using Micah as their makeshift babysitter. While Micah began teaching the children different forms of magic, witchcraft and languages (all things that they couldn't have possible understood being so young), Madeline spent their time meditating and trying to communicate with God, which he was always unsuccessful at. As Madeline's body became more and more unstable, so too did Micheal's mental state. They became increasingly paranoid that other angels would try and kill him, or that another archangel would steal his idea and possess one of the twins. Micheal became much more aggressive, and began to physically abuse the twins and Micah, sometimes even commanding Micah to hurt the two himself. Eventually, Micheal was so convinced that another angel would try and take one of the twins as their own, he commanded Micah to kill one and keep the other to raise. Micah, who had pitied the children after trying to "raise" them for so long, decided to take one of them(Glenn) in their sleep and drop them off near a town in a completely different state.

The two continue to travel on a wild goose chase of finding people or weapons that may or may not be able to kill the archangel. Along the way, the two try to reconcile their feelings of guilt and mistrust for one another. Their journey forces them to bond more and more, while and eventually entrust their lives in one another.

After defeating Micheal, Inias's characteristic white hair and angel markings begin to fade away due to him becoming more empathetic and "human-like". Along with this, Inias becomes much weaker than what he once was, but its not something he ever complained about. He no longer wishes to return to heaven, and instead finds his life on Earth with Altair much more enjoyable. However, due to their contract being complete, Altair is compelled to try and kill Inias for his halo. As much as he tries to fight it, he eventually caves and violently attacks Inias. Before he could kill Inias, he asks the angel to make one more contract with him. Inias laughs and agrees. Altair tells him that when Inias's soul arrives at hell as a fallen angel, Altair would go down to hell with him to drag him out. He'd fight as hard as he possible could for them to be together on Earth again, so that they could simply live free. All Inias had to do was wait for him. Inias agrees and Altair kills him.