The Angels

Michael, one of the first Angels

The **Angels**, also known as **The Messengers**, **The Winged Ones** and **The Judges**, is the name of the predominant race in the kingdom of Heaven, born and bred by the pure will and grace of God. The angels are the main rulers and ministers of Paradise, "biological" children of God and "adopted" children of Barbelo. They are divine beings, sexless and pure, with their bodies being made of photons.

## Overview

Angels act as the protectors of humans and servants of God. The description of the angelic hierarchies vary by sect and religion. Some angels like the True Archangels have specific names while others have titles. The term fallen angel is used to refer to those who are banished from Heaven and are no longer part of the Heavenly Host.

Angels make an appearance in the Bible and many other scriptures. They possess considerable power and forms of holy white light. As they are often recognized as warriors, they are often depicted with celestial armor. An angel’s true form is incredibly beautiful but so terrifying and overwhelming that it can kill many beings upon direct eye contact. They have several wings on their backs, four heads that resemble animals with halos surrounding them, humanoid bodies, several eyes all over them, and heights that rival that of skyscrapers. The True Archangels possess the most intense forms as Zadkiel’s true form once incinerated an Asian god.

## Appearance

Angels, in their human form, appear as gorgeous humans of unparalleled beauty and can only be described as "perfection incarnate". Their face and body is said to have set the foundation for the golden ratio, if not putting it to shame entirely, and are capable of captivating the heart and mind of all those who gazed upon them from first glance.

In this form, they possess multiple large and feathered wings, each with a wingspan of roughly 4-meters in length, with the number of wings an Angel possesses denotes their position within the angelic hierarchy: The most common 2-wings Angels are placed at the bottom while the 12-wings True Archangels are the most powerful out of all the Angels. They are also capable of retracting their wings back into their back as if they have disappeared entirely.

All Pure Angels possess a true, corporeal form, which many have referred to as their "eldritch form". According to Azazel, this form is extremely dangerous for the majority of beings to witness with their bare eyes, as their minds aren't capable of comprehending what they have just seen and will force them to spiral down into pure insanity.

In this form, they appear as colossal beings made out of pure holy light and shine a glorious golden aura, with numerous number of glowing eyes located everywhere across their body. Depending on their status, their appearance and size will change, but in most cases, they are either as high as some skyscrapers or even higher. They radiate an immense holy aura in this form, which is not only capable of dealing immense damage onto demonic creatures, but also distort the fabric of reality with every passing minute.

## Description

The number of wings an angel has is a symbol of their power and rank within the angelic hierarchy. A common angel has three sets of wings. The wings serve as seals for their power. The first pair seals their speed. The second seals their agility. And the third and final pair seals their strength.

While angels do possess immortality, they are not eternal as they will die at the end of the universe. Also, the number of angels is always the same. Even though countless angels died during the War in Heaven, God created more angels to replace them. Furthermore, thanks to the constant threat of the Outer Gods breaking free from their prisons, God formed a system that creates angels without needing for him to interfere.

As angels are very powerful and useful, many creation deities and chief pagans created their own angels. However, they are not as powerful as the ones God created.

When an angel leaves their divine role for their own sake, they become fallen angels, beings with less divine power than other angels, but who are not evil, they were just removed from the heavenly armies and their wings became black as night. However, when the fallen angels totally surrender to the darkness and decide to abandon all the moral laws of God and even humans to surrender to evil and do what they want, the angels undergo a transformation and become a demon, because they were rejected by God as his messenger and accepted by Ayin as one of her slaves. This effect also occurs with humans, but so far very few humans have become demons.

## Angelic Heirarchy

* **True Archangels** - The Deity-like Angels who are the closest angels to God
* **Seraphim** - Highest choir of Angel
* **Cherubim** - Second highest choir of Angel
* **Throne** - Angels of Knowledge
* **Dominion** - Angels of Lordships
* **Virtues** - Angels of Miracles
* **Powers** - Angels of Advisors and Plans
* **Principalities** - Angels of Divine Ministry
* **Archangels** - Angelic Envoy/Officer
* **Malakh** - Common Messenger
* **Angels of Death** - Angels in charge of taking lives at the request of God
* **Guardian Angels** - Protectors of people, groups or nations
* **Fallen Angels** - Angels expelled from their offices in Heaven that when fully corrupted become Demons
* **Reincarnated Angels** - Human or Saint who were transmuted by God into a divine Angel. They are not considered Pure Angels, but can ascend to all choirs.

## Notable Angels

* **Michael** - The Right Hand of God, and embodiment of Humility.
* **Gabriel** - The Left Hand of God, and embodiment of Chastity.
* **Raphael** - The Healing of God, and embodiment of Temperance.
* **Uriel** - The Fire of God, and embodiment of Patience.
* **Lucifer** - The "Shadow" of God, and embodiment of Pride.
* **Sandalphon** - The Scribe of God, and embodiment of Diligence.
* **Zadkiel** - The Righteousness of God.

## Quotes

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*"Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?" - Hebrews 1:14 (NIV).*

*"I invoke the power of the hosts of heaven, the army of God! I invoke the power of Michael, The Sword of Truth; Gabriel, He Who Brings Good News; Raphael the Healer; Uriel, the Princess of Wisdom and Knowledge of the Divine; Sariel, Ministry of God; Jophiel, Archangel of Love; Camael, The Severity of God; Barachiel, Archangel of Lighting and Thunder; Cassiel, The Angel of Speed; Anael, Joy of God; Zaphkiel, The Beholder of God, and all the other trillions of heavenly beings that emanated from the divine power of the Holy One, Blessed be He. Succumb creature of darkness, and receive the power of God that manifests through the True Archangels!" - An Exorcist to a Demon.*

## Trivia

* Although angels are usually depicted as having wings, they actually use their wings very little on Earth, as they often get in the way in battle on the earthly plane.
* Angels are able to speak all languages ​​except Aramaic. This helps a person to find out when they are an angel pretending to be a human or a human or demon pretending to be an angel.
* The light produced by their halos is bright enough to light up a dark cave or even an entire room.
* Most Pure Angels are shown to be ignorant of human pop culture (books, movies, TV shows, etc.), and even aspects of speech such as sarcasm and expressions.
* The Angels working on Earth usually wear business suits or dresses.

## Common Powers and Abilities

**Angelic Aura:** The Angels can surround themselves in glorious angelic energy. It is impressively sacred, it can also turn others into angels as well and can cause goodness.

**Angelic Form:** The Angels, who possess these forms naturally and/or can naturally channels their own angelic powers through their bodies to bring out their true inner forms, empowering them to their fullest potential. The angelic form usually manifests as an extremely beautiful winged light-like entity with varying amounts of goodly/light powers and intense energies, and overwhelming feelings of fear/love/holy power through the body/appearance of the angel and grants improved versions of their lower assuming form and abilities gaining the full potential of their abilities and reflect their true selves. Sometimes these forms angels take are minor minor alternations from there lower or hidden in forms, merely gaining holy light, a halo, aura and/or the wings of an angel.

**Angelic Wings:** The Angels have/or possess the ability to manifest or generate two or multiple pairs of powerful wings on themselves at will as a natural feature of the divine/celestial species. Flight is an angel's wing's main function; however, it is not their only purpose as they also enable angels to teleport and travel to other planes and dimensions, possess healing and magical powers, aid in combat and are said to contain their angelic powers and immortality. So, if their wings were removed, they could be rendered a mortal human in certain worlds/fantasies. Angel wings, depending on the situation, can also be regenerated if removed. This, however, varies per fantasy world and mythology itself.

**Feather Wing Manifestation:** The Angels have or can form feathered wings and use them from transportation to offensive and defensive purposes.

**Angelic Force Manipulation:** The Angels with this power possess and are able to use strong angelic power. This ability not only grants the Angels great strength, abilities, and control over numerous variations of holy energies, but also allows them to overwhelm weaker angels as well as rival that of powerful sacred entities.

**Divine Force Manipulation:** The Angels have control of anything that is divine. They are able to manipulate divine objects and relics that are connected to the gods or divine power. With this, the Angels are completely considered worthy of spiritual respect, allowing them to achieve feats that are impossible to be reached by mere mortals.

**Demonic Slayer:** The Angels can kill demons/demonic entities of any form, being able to go toe-to-toe with even the strongest of Demons and gain resistance to their demonic powers and demonic corrupting effects.

**Enhanced Condition:** The Angels possess all their capabilities, attributes and aspects at an advanced level, beyond that of the peak members of their own species. This means the Angels aspects (E.g., beauty, charisma, character and physique) attributes (E.g., physical and mental condition) as well as capabilities (E.g., potential, feats, skills and abilities, be it natural or supernatural) would be beyond that of standard individuals.

**Super-Condition:** The Angels possess supernatural capabilities, attributes and aspects that are beyond what is naturally possible. With their condition alone, they can dwarf most beings in their respective universe, being virtually supreme in their existential aspects and attributes. With their superhuman physique, they can move buildings, run at the speed of light, survive nuclear explosions unscathed, and remain active for days to weeks untired. With their mind, they can amass knowledge and information about everything, allowing them to invent and create things beyond the grasps of regular humans. They can master languages and subjects in mere days or even hours too.

**Semi-Immortality:** The Angels with this ability never age, and as a result, they stay young forever or at least never suffer the ravages of aging. Because of this, the Angels will always be at their physical prime. The Angels will also be immune to aging abilities, such as Age Acceleration or Reversal.

**Immortality:** The Angels possess immortality, a state where one has eternal life and is undying. They never age, are completely self-sustaining, free from all bodily necessities, and can survive virtually any kind of harm, remaining immune to all forms of decay. Any damage done to the Angels would either be regenerated or simply remain non-fatal. As a byproduct of having everlasting life, the Angels may have an infinite reservoir of life energy that fuels the dynamic system of their immortality.