Celestial Prince

Sigil of the Princes

### Summary

God's first and most powerful creations. They each embody an aspect of existence and have near absolute power over the entirety of Creation and beyond.

The **Celestial Princes**, also known as the **Seven Princes**, are God's first creations. They are exceptionally powerful entities, possessing nigh-omnipotent power and authority over the entirety of Creation and beyond.

## Summary

The Celestial Princes are the most primordial and powerful entities to ever be created by God, long before the birth of existence or the beginning of time. They are known for being the primordial personifications and embodiments of powerful forces and/or aspects of existence, such as time, action, destruction, balance, possibility, death, and reality.

It is said that when they were born, the sheer amount of power they radiated accidentally gave birth to the Ein Sof, the primordial world which is the in-between of everything and nothing, from the primal void that is Tehom. They are also said to be the reason behind the Enochian Laws, as God was said to be too tired of the Princes' antics that He created these laws in order to partially reign in His rambunctious children.

However, other than such tales and rumors, nothing much is known about the Princes' history or origins, about where, when or how they came to be, as they have been in existence for thousands of eons before the beginning of time itself.

## Appearance

Similar to their Father, the Princes' true form is beyond all concepts of perception and comprehension. In this form, they no longer personify or embody their respective aspects, but rather, such aspects become them instead.

Their corporeal (human) forms, however, may vary from one Prince to another, from gender to ethnicity to the color of their hair and eyes, as it is simply the appearance they have chosen on a whim, and such, often vary from each other. Regardless, no matter how they appear, they always possess a degree of ethereal beauty unparalleled by even the fairest of angels or the most beautiful of gods, capable of ensnaring the hearts and minds of all those who gaze upon them, disregarding their own sexuality and pre-existed relationships.

## Characteristics

The Princes are primordial entities who exist in a stage beyond any comprehension and encompass all the aspects, concepts, elements and ideas that they embody. Despite this, even if everything and anything associated with their aspects and/or forces are completely and absolutely destroyed beyond nothingness, they would still possess their nigh-absolute power and authority. This is because these aspects originated from *them* and not the opposites, and they can simply recreate or even create entirely new aspects, concepts or primordial forces unrelated to their previous ones as easily as breathing.

Due to their nigh-omnipotent power, they are heavily restricted by the Enochian Laws and have been forbidden by God multiple times to appear in Creation in their true forms, forcing them to create corporeal forms for themselves much like other angels, fallen angels, and demons using an infinitesimal portion of their true power. Because of this, they are incapable of accessing their full powers while in their corporeal form, much to their annoyance, and are thus often seen as mere shades of their true selves, possessing only a microscopic portion of around 1/1000100 of what they estimated to be "a grain of sand in comparison to infinity".

They spend most of their time fulfilling their functions as the primordial embodiments of natural forces, though some are more dedicated to their tasks than others, in which case the aspect of existence supervised by that Prince would become more random and chaotic than usual. According to Uriel, much like everyone else, the Princes all have their own duty to fulfill in the grand scope of things, and not even those "unpresentable" such as Helel and Samael or Azrael could "slack off" while the rest are working, implying that they still have to do their duties even though they are imprisoned for eternity or dead.

Each Prince has a realm, in which they are absolutely sovereign and omnipotent, and because of this, they are generally uncomfortable when entering and staying in each other's realms. They do not travel into the realms of their siblings except when absolutely necessary, though Azrael might be the sole exception, as her role as Death requires that she has the ability to freely travel whenever she needs to go.

They are powerful beyond the comprehension of gods, monsters, and mortals alike. They possess absolute divine authorities, and raw, infinite, and limitless power over the numerous forces of existence. Even when weakened, they are still considered to be infinitely more powerful beyond the imagination of any being.

According to Buddha, no matter how many qualitative steps one may take, one can never possibly reach their level of power, even if they are at their weakest moment, even if one spends an eternity trying to. Because of this, those who know of their true power such as the progenitor gods have come to call them the "Absolute Powers", as there is virtually no way to defeat one of them without the assistance of another Prince, either in the forms of blessing or scheming.

However, despite their near-absolute authority, they aren't absolutely undefeatable, invulnerable, or invincible, even though it is common knowledge that trying to fight one of them is synonymous with suicides. The most notable proof of this is in the aftermath of Jesus' crucifixion, when the Celestial Prince Azrael was killed with her own weapon by one of her siblings, whose identity still remained unknown to this day.

## Image Gallery

### Four Great Seraphs

Michael, the Primordial DestinyGabriel, the Primordial DestructionRaphael, the Primordial DespairUriel, the Primordial Delirium
### Unknown Status

Helel, the Primordial DesireAzrael, the Primordial DeathSamael, the Primordial Dream
## Trivia

* The Celestial Princes are based on the *Endless* from DC Vertigo.
* They are, more or less, similar to the Aeons of Gnosticism.
	+ Aeons are emanations or concepts that fragment themselves from the Singularity of Monad after eternities of contemplation/silence.
* All of the Celestial Princes' personal realms are named after a concept associated with their primordial domains.
	+ **Diegesis** (διήγησις, from διηγεῖσθαι, "to narrate") is a style of fiction storytelling in which the narrator *tells* the story, presenting the actions (and sometimes thoughts) of the characters to the readers or audience.
	+ **Apatheia** (ἀπάθεια, from *a-* "without" and *pathos* "suffering" or "passion") refers to a state of mind in which one is not disturbed by the passions, and is best translated by the word equanimity rather than indifference.
	+ **Hylemorphes**, or **Hylemorphism** (from the Greek words ὕλη, "wood, matter", and μορφή, "form"), is an Aristotelian philosophical view in which every natural body consists of two intrinsic principles, one potential, namely, primary matter, and one actual, namely, substantial form.
	+ **Entelecheia** (ἐντελέχεια, from ἐντελής, "complete, full, accomplished", and ἔχειν, “have, hold”) is an Aristotelian term meaning a kind of completeness, whereas "the end and completion of any genuine being is its being-at-work". The *entelecheia* is a continuous being-at-work when something is doing its complete "work".
	+ **Anamnesis** (ἀνάμνησις, "reminiscence", or "memorial sacrifice") has two different meaning:
		1. A philosophical idea developed by Plato, in which humans possess innate knowledge (perhaps acquired before birth) and that learning consists of rediscovering that knowledge from within.
		2. A liturgical statement in which the Church refers to the memorial character of the Eucharist or to the Passion, Resurrection and Ascension of Christ. It is a key concept in the liturgical theology: in worship the faithful recall God's saving deeds.
	+ **Metempsychosis** (μετεμψύχωσις), in philosophy, refers to transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death. It is similar in nature to the Kabbalistic concept of Gilgul and the concept of the *Saṃsāra* in Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism.
	+ **Ataraxia** (ἀταραξία, "imperturbability", "equanimity", or "tranquility") is a philosophical term for a lucid state of robust equanimity characterized by ongoing freedom from distress and worry.
		- In non-philosophical usage, the term was used to describe the ideal mental state for soldiers entering battle.