Caelum

### Aliases

Cae, Imperial Eagle, Imperial Eagle of Divine Justice, Jupiter's Bird, Ziz, Skiyom, Renanin, Sekwi, Bariuchne, Roc, Griffin, God's Parrot, Lord of the Birds

## Physical description

### Gender

Agender

> It once happened that travellers on a vessel noticed a bird. As he stood in the water, it merely covered his feet, and his head knocked against the sky. The onlookers thought the water could not have any depth at that point, and they prepared to take a bath there. The bird the travellers saw was none other than the Caelum. His wings are so huge that unfurled they darken the sun. They protect the earth against the storms of the south; without their aid the earth would not be able to resist the winds blowing thence. The fluid from it flooded sixty cities, and the shock crushed three hundred cedars.
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> Unnamed Ancient Writer.

**Caelum** is one of the three biblical Primordial Beasts, embodying the sky.

## Overview

Caelum is an extremely powerful beast, on par with its siblings Behemoth and Livyatan. Like Behemoth and Livyatan Caelum represents one of the three main systems of nature, the sky. Caelum acts as the divine originator of birds, as its likeness was used as a template for all other avian creatures.

## Appearance

Caelum's original form is the ever flowing sky, however Caelum can manipulate its form at will most commonly appearing as an enormous bird. Caelum is said to be so large that its wings block out the sun and its talons when dug into the earth create oceans.

## Personality

Caelum serves as the most compassionate of the Primordial Beasts, serving as a great protector of mortals. This kindness is shown through the many stories of its divine protection.

Caelum like the other Primordial Beasts is subservient to God, treating God with the upmost respect, viewing them like a child would view a parent.

## History

Caelum was created by God with the pieces of Therion that He split apart during the Primeval Wars. Similar to Livyatan and Behemoth, Caelum became known as one of God's many "pets." Caelum was also given rulership over the skies.

After the Apocalypse, Caelum's body will be used for food for the people of the New Jerusalem. The remaining flesh of Caelum will eventually come into contact with the remaining flesh of the other Primordial Beasts. This will then come into contact with the corpses of Trihexa and Divus when they are thrown into the Lake of Fire. This will bring upon the revival of the Primal Beast, Therion, but that's a story for another day.

## Myths and Legends

Caelum is a figure from the third book of *Dante's Divine Comedy* called *Dante's Paradiso*. In the story, Dante and Beatrice visit Jupiter (one of the rings of Heaven in the story), the souls form the phrase "Diligite Justitiam, qui judicatis terram" which is Latin for "Love justice, you who judge the earth". The souls in the M in terram then transform into a giant eagle. Anything else on Caelum is original to the *Gods and Demons wiki*.

The process to get the name "Caelum" was slightly more complex. Due to the eagle coming from the last letter "M", the word "terram" was used as inspiration. Terram means "the earth" in Latin, and since Caelum is supposed to be a sky monster, earth was replaced with sky, making its name "Caelum" which is "the sky" or "heaven" in Latin.

Caelum also has some characteristics based on the Ziz from Jewish legend, which is obvious since it used to just be the Ziz. Similarly to what happened with Tinshemet, it was eventually decided to replace the Ziz with something from Christianity as Judaism is a closed tradition whose figures shouldn't be used by non-Jews for their fiction website.

## Quotes

> I'm Caelum. Oh my, ahaha, there's no need to worry. I'll always, aaaalways protect you. Big bro is in a great mood!
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> Caelum.

> Let me wrap you up in these wings of mine, okay~?
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> Caelum.

> As long as I'm protecting you, we won't lose. That's fine, isn't it?
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> Caelum.

> Ah... I couldn't protect you... I'm so useless...!
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> Caelum.

> I... I have a dream. I'll cherish you, with all my heart. So... please, look after me. Keep protecting me...
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> Caelum.