Heavenly Host

### Current Members

Saraquael, Amenadiel, Sandalphon, Sachiel, Castiel, Zachariah, Heraphon, Asmodel, Rrall, Imogen, Eithne, Zauriel, Donatella, Leonardo, Penemue, Jophiel, Ophaniel, Suriel, Camael, Raziel

### Former Members

Lucifer Morningstar, Raguel, Hanael, Balthazar, Lladiz, Araquel, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel

### Enemies

Devils, Demons, and other forces the Heavenly Host deems hostile

## History

The Heavenly Host are the Presence and Eden's children, the angels.

The first of the archangels, Samael, carve out a kingdom called Heaven for the Presence in the Void. Then the first Principalities built the capital Silver City. Following it six more archangels appeared.

The Host has a military order called Pax Dei.

### Morningstar Rebellion

Samael was arguably the most favored among the seven archangels. Yet, when a foothold was established and named the Kingdom of Heaven, Samael wished to rest and did not care to continue the crusade. Samael asked the Presence to bestow him a fraction of Heaven to reign over. When the Presence declined, Samael rebelled. He was defeated by his brethren. Despite Samael's insurgency, the Presence could not strip the favored son of his grace. Instead, Samael was exiled and left to settle in an area rich with infernal essence. Samael changed his name to Lucifer, learned to tame the infernal qualities of the area around him and named this place Hell.

Soon enough Lucifer was joined by his closest conspirators, who were punished much more harshly than their insurgency's leader. Stripped of their grace and original form, they were now beings known as demons. The demons were vindictive and eager to sow chaos. Lucifer realized this for what it was: opportunity. Using his cunning charisma, Lucifer rallied his followers and forged his own anchor to Earth, countering the Presence's efforts and enacting his own deals to lay claim to the souls of mankind.

Though most angels remained loyal to the Presence, even after the Fall, a small number of angels left Heaven to settle in Hell and swear fealty to Lucifer. Some of these angels were truly impressive, Lucifer remained the only archangel in Hell. This meant the others lacked the power to tame the energies in the same way and slowly began to change. Proudly, they took on one of Lucifer's epithets as a name for their race, calling themselves the devils.

Eventually, a ceasefire of sorts was declared between Heaven and Hell. News of this infuriated the demons who still sought revenge against the Presence for their punishment. Of course, Lucifer knew the demons would escape from Hell and unleash chaos in their wake; and if Lucifer made a token effort to contain them, he did not incur the wrath of Heaven. This was the way it worked for thousands of years.

### Disappearances of the Presence

Throughout history the Presence took sabbaticals to travel the cosmos. In 2016 his disappearance caused a leadership problem in Heaven. After he disappeared his wife Eden returned and became ruler of Heaven. However it didn't last long as the Thrones and the Pax Dei staged a coup and arrested Michael, Raphael, Uriel and Gabriel, they tried to arrest Eden as well but she managed to escape. The Thrones then made Gabriel's son Wally the new King of Heaven and had him exile the four Archangels banishing them to Earth.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* While Adam has never been to Heaven, but he is a vital part of what keeps Heaven functioning as he is its primary incubator for worship endowment and a potent conduit for worship collection.
* Some angels settled in Ireland and posed as gods to escape having to choose sides in Samael's revolt. They are called Fomóiri.
* Principalities serve vital roles among the Heavenly Host.
* After the rebellion some angels were stripped of their names, but Samael retained it by a Divine Decree.
* Angels have souls in addition to their grace. Heaven’s propaganda is that among the Host of Heaven only the angels of the Order of the Thrones and Archangels have souls. In most circumstances they are overshadowed by their grace.
* When first life started to exhibits souls the Host of Heaven objected to it and saw it as something offensive. Saraquael convinced them they are greater than the primitive life and souls can only be found in beings born from biological origins (like archangels).
* Azraelim are an angelic order which oversees Heaven's souls - both their harvest and sowing. The order is overseen by Raziel.

## Links and References

* Appearances of the Heavenly Host
* Team Gallery: Heavenly Host
* Membership of the Heavenly Host

1. ↑ Network Files: Lucifer Morningstar
2. ↑ VOX Box: On the Head of a Pin 21
3. ↑ VOX Box : On the Head of a Pin 27
4. ↑ RepCap: Adam
5. ↑ Network Files: Imogen
6. ↑ (E27) Heavenly Host
7. ↑ VOX Box: On the Head of a Pin 21
8. ↑ VOX Box: Born Again
9. ↑ RepCap: Raziel