Prophet

Adam, The First Prophet

**Prophets** are special humans who are chosen to be God's mouthpieces in the Mortal World, as well as deliverers of the orders and instructions from the Heavenly Council.

## Overview

In religion, a **prophet** is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the supernatural source to other people. The message that the prophet conveys is called a *prophecy*.

Claims of prophethood have existed in many cultures and religions throughout history, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, ancient Greek religion, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and many others.

## Appearance

In terms of physical appearance, prophets are practically the same as any other humans, possessing little to no special characteristics that would set them apart from other people, such as uncommon markings or supernatural beauty.

When it comes to their aura, however, any magically sensitive individual can easily sense a prophet from across the world, for the energy they radiate is purer and more beautiful than anything else, beyond even that of the pagan gods and even on-par with several Pure Angels.

## Characteristics

The process of choosing a prophet is an extremely tightly-guarded secret that not even the Seraphim have knowledge of, as only God and the Four Great Seraphs know how a prophet can be chosen from all the possible candidates. However, it is implied that Metatron and Sandalphon, being the Guardian Angels of all prophets, might also have some idea on how one might be chosen.

It is, however, a widely known fact that all prophets must be descended from Adam and Eve, meaning that they need to have some Primordial Human DNA within them, which would allow them to understand the knowledge normally forbidden and incomprehensible to ordinary mortals.

The Angels themselves also seem to have a subconscious knowledge of all prophets, or prophet candidates, as Irina seemed to understand who Tosca really is long before any official announcement was given. This trait, however, seems to be lost when they became Fallen Angels and Demons.

Every chosen prophet also has an Angel assigned to be their Guardian Angel, who are usually from the Watchers' Guild or from the First Order, in addition to Metatron and Sandalphon to act as their protectors when the need arises, as well as to tutor them in controlling their powers. Any presence of danger will result in interventions from their Guardian Angel, even if that intervention directly goes against what a prophet might want or plan. On rare exception, one of the Four Great Seraphs will also become the Guardian Angels of prophets who are "important to the overall narrative", such as Uriel with Abraham or Gabriel with Muhammad.

According to Azazel, due to them constantly receiving visions and messages that are usually not understandable by mortal means, hearing "voices that shouldn't be there", many prophets have been mistaken for having mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or synesthesia. The most famous example of this is the Ancient Greek prophetess Cassandra, who was wrongfully mistaken as cursed or insane by her family, thus creating the rumors about how she had been cursed by the god Apollo.

In addition to being mouthpieces, they have the duty of being mankind's protectors against supernatural threats and are thus, often regarded as the "Emperors of Humanity", as they are given powers beyond humans' natural limits and potential, making them as powerful as any other pagan god.

In important circumstances, they are also tasked with restoring the natural order back to its intended balance, usually via fixing any mistakes and/or damage caused by the Three Factions in their conflicts. In fact, for several generations of prophets straight, all of their mission consisted of nothing but restoring the damage caused by the Great War, with the largest possible "fix" being the reconstruction of the entire Solar System and turning the Earth's shape from a flat, disk-like shape, to its round shape today.

On several occasions, they are tasked with reminding other pantheons and Factions of their places within the supernatural hierarchy: Beneath the Three Factions, or rather, beneath Heaven. They are also enforcers of the Ancient Laws and usually deliver the orders, instructions, and official statements from the Heaven Council.

## Weaknesses

Despite possessing immense supernatural powers and categorized as a sub-species because of their Primordial Human traits, prophets are still undeniably humans. Because of this, they are still susceptible to the weaknesses humans typically possess, though it is undoubtedly much more difficult to defeat them without resorting to supernatural methods.

## Population

According to Azazel, there have been hundreds of thousands of prophets throughout the ages, all dated from the antediluvian time with Adam and Eve. However, due to certain reasons, mainly due to cultural biases and discriminations, many prophets were either not recognized or considered witches and heretics - something that still baffled many people to this very day.

Ever since Michael took over as the leader of Heaven and the Angels, certain changes have been introduced in the Prophet System, with the most notable change being the total number of prophets within a generation. As he had decided the Age of Gods had come to an end, Heaven will minimize their contact with the Mortal World and no more words of God would be written, leaving the Quran the last and most detailed religious scripture, and only generation will only have seven prophets, with a new prophet being chosen whenever the previous one died.

### Known Prophets

#### Abrahamic Prophets

* Abel
* Abigail

* Abraham

* Adam

* Agabus

* Agur

* Ahijah HaShiloni

* Ahiyah

* Amos

* Amoz

* Anna

* Asaph

* Azariah

* Balaam

* Barnabas

* Baruch ben Neriah

* Beor

* Bildad

* Bithiah

* David

* Deborah

* Eldad

* Eli

* Eliezer

* Elihu

* Elijah

* Eliphaz

* Elisha

* Elkanah
* Enoch
* Esther

* Ezekiel

* Ezra

* Gad

* Gideon

* Habakkuk

* Haggai

* Hanahi

* Hezekiah

* Hosea

* Hud

* Huldah

* Iddo

* Isaac

* Isaiah

* Ishmael

* Jacob

* Jahaziel

* Jeduthun

* Jehu

* Jeremiah

* Job

* Joel

* John of Patmos

* John the Baptist

* Jonah

* Joseph

* Judas Barsabbas

* al-Khidr

* Lot

* Lucius of Cyrene

* Malachi

* Manahen

* Medad

* Micah

* Micaiah

* Miriam

* Mordecai

* Moses

* Muhammad

* Nahum

* Nathan

* Nehemiah

* Neriah

* Noah

* Obadiah

* Philip the Evangelist

* Phinehas

* Ruth

* Saleh

* Samuel

* Sarah

* Seraiah
* Seth
* Shemaiah

* Shoaib

* Silas

* Simeon Niger

* Solomon

* Uriah

* Virgin Mary

* Zacharias

* Zechariah

* Zephaniah

* Zophar

#### Other Prophets

* Antinous

* Berenice IV

* Cassandra
* Charlemagne

* Galahad
* Hephaestion
* Joan of Arc
* Leonardo da Vinci

* Niccolò Machiavelli

* Nikola Tesla

* Queen Victoria

* William Shakespeare

#### Modern Prophets

* Daria Nicolodi
* Damian Redfield
* Edward Selwyn
* Henry Winchester
* Jamie Hunnings
* Magaret White
* Mizuki Ikuse
* Roger McCarthy
* Tosca Alighieri
* Tran Thien Hoang

## Trivia

* While the official term for any work created by a prophet is *prophecy*, they are mainly referred to as "holy scriptures" to differentiate them with actual prophecies.
* According to Metatron, the Angels speak to the prophets via a microphone in a special room located in the Sixth Heaven.
* Although they are affiliated with the Abrahamic religions, being religious isn't a requirement all prophets needed to have, as there have been multiple pagans and atheists chosen to be prophets based on their innate potential and powers across the millennia.
* The Islamic prophet Muhammad is the last prophet to deliver God's teachings and instructions, as all prophets following him mainly act as restorers of the Great War's damages, protectors for humanity, and creators of holy scriptures.
	+ Because of this, the Quran remained as the most detailed religious scripture to ever be created by a prophet.