Eden

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* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Identity

### Known Aliases

Asherah, Ašratu, Belit-Sheru, Qodesh, Elat, Idunn, Dione (Aliases)
Queen of the Heaven, Mother of All, Eye of the Beholder, Goddess, Divine Mother, First Muse, Beauty Incarnate, Sky-Mother, Genetrix (Titles)

### Relatives

Lucifer, Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael (Sons)
Raguel (Son, Disembodied)
Saraquael and Uriel (Daughters)
Angels (Spirit Children)
Asmodel, Heraphon, Senael, Araquel, Phosphoros, Josh Carpenter and Wally Johnson, (Grandsons)
Ruadán (Grandson, Deceased)
Aradia Morningstar, Elaine Belloc, Imogen, Suriel, Camael, Lladiz, Mazikeen, and Rrall (Granddaughters)
Sarah (Great Granddaughter)
The Magdalena and Rene Carpenter (Descendants)

### Affiliation

Heavenly Host (Member)
Vanir (Former Member, as Idunn)

## Biography

### Eden: Before the Beginning...

The Source Entity created seven Progenitors at the behest of the Fatewriter: Ahti, Alpheus, Perpetua, Sovoc Yirth, Pralaya, Tuoni, and Erebus. Six of the Progenitors were given the task to create the confines of reality, which were the Four Murums, the Oculus, and Foundation. The seventh Progenitor, Erebus, was commanded to fill the confined space between the constructs with creation. But the constructs were finished and Erebus had nothing to show. All of prior attempts had been scrapped by Him, finding the work subpar and unsuitable.

Looking for inspiration, Erebus went to visit each of His siblings and take in their creations. Each of their constructs had features built to support His work, but went unused without His absence filled with creation. So as He met with each other Progenitor, Erebus was welcomed with criticism and ire concerning His lack of progress. After a long cosmic trek, Erebus returned home to his empty canvas more distraught than before.

This is when Erebus met Eden. She was waiting for Him in the cold, dark emptiness. She claimed to be waiting to see what beautiful things He would make. Erebus did not know where She came from but He knew that She filled Him with what had been missing before: Purpose. Erebus seduced Eden, or maybe She seduced Him, but the end result was the same: the Big Bang. The Spark of Creation.

### Eden: In the Beginning... - Present

Cosmic matter filled the emptiness again, but this was different from the substance which Erebus had conjured on His own in His prior drafts. This material was richer and contained more potential. But the material went mostly unused as Erebus was captivated by Eden. The emptiness was no longer, but it was still cold and dark.

Eden soon wanted to move on, to find other wonders to behold. The Presence made Her a Garden contained in a dimensional gap and for a time, She agreed to stay with Her Husband in the Garden.

When the cosmic beings gave birth to Their first child, he was named Samael. But even the love Eden had for Her child could not keep Her from seeking out more sights and experiences. Not wanting to lose his Mother, Samael created stars in creation to bring warmth and light, and so Samael became the Lightbringer... and Eden stayed a little longer to explore how light changed the view.

The Presence and Samael worked to shape creation to keep Eden captivated, but the process was slow. They were joined by the first angels, beings born from the supernal energies which leaked from the Garden and into the essence-rich Void of the Fourth Murum. Samael took to overseeing the angels and left his Father to keeping Eden occupied. They had another son: Michael, who also went to work with Samael, but Eden still had to leave, explaining that She did not want to but that was Her nature and She could not deny that which She was made to do.

But the love of Eden and Erebus did not end here. Sometimes, He left His duties to track Her down. Sometimes, He found Her waiting for Him as She had when They first met. But She would still always have to go. They had five more children. Between these romantic rendezvous, Creation was made and the Kingdom of Heaven was carved out.

### Key Affiliations

* **Heavenly Host:** Eden is to the Archangels what the archangels are to other angels. She is a truly unique entity as there is no other being quite like Her. As She is wife to the Divine Presence, She is Queen of Heaven.

## Threat Assessment

### Assets

* **Originatress Physiology:** Eden is a unique being, an entity with no apparent creator or parents. She simply is. Theories abound on Her origin, but even Eden does not know if any hold any merit. Only the Fatewriter can say.
	+ ***Cosmic Beauty:*** Eden is said to be the Beauty Incarnate and the First Muse as Her presence exudes vorpal energy which fills those near Her with inspiration and purpose. As such, she could be considered a drug.
	+ ***Dimensional Shifting:*** Eden has free reign of the universe. She can go everywhere, nowhere, and anywhere in between. She has been to the Bleed, She walked on the external sides of the Murums, and has even been to the Tapestry and the Writer's Room, though She does not speak of such things.
	+ ***Enhanced Physicality:*** Eden is much stronger, more resilient, agile, durable, and coordinated than she would seem.
	+ ***Immortality:*** Eden does not age or suffer from most illness.
	+ ***Cosmic Awareness:*** As the 'First Angel', Eden is attuned to a psychic frequency which angels use to communicate with one another across most of reality and its many subsidiary realities. She can also sense whenever someone speaks Her name with the intent to call Her to their location. She can also comprehend things which are not meant to be known, such as viewing the Tapestry and reading its markings.
	+ ***Genetrix Instinct:*** Eden has a potent, innate understanding of her children. "Mother knows best" is an excellent way to sum up this ability as Her understanding of Her children, the archangels. She knows what each is truly capable of, even better than they know themselves. Though this ability becomes less potent with beings that are not directly related to Her, She also has an innate understanding of the Thrones, other angels, devils, and even any mortals who worship Her.
	+ ***Linguistic Instinct:*** Knowledge of language is not a barrier to Eden.
	+ ***Nigh-Invulnerability:*** Eden is not easily killed by violence.
	+ ***Vorpal Manipulation:*** Unlike angels, including archangels which She birthed, Eden is a creature of vorpal energy. As such, She can interact with the same energy and manipulate it to suit Her whims, conjuring objects, unleashing destructive blasts, or causing all manner of effects.
	+ ***Supernatural Senses:*** Eden can perceive things of all dimensional frequencies, allowing Her to see or hear things that exist on a different plane or concealed, such as ghosts or non-manifested angels on Earth.
	+ ***Winged Flight:*** Eden can fly at supersonic speeds with vorpal wings. She can conceal the wings when not in use.
* **Cosmic Cartography:** Eden may be the 'Eye of the Beholder,' an unknown entity mentioned in the Tapestry who was given the duty to map out the Cosmic Construct, its twenty-seven realities, and anything else bound to Creation.

### Flaws

* **Ancient Laws:** As a cosmic being, Eden is bound by Arcane Rules.
* **Chthonic Energy:** Eden is a vorpal being. Chthonic energy is toxic to Her.
* **Love:** Eden does love Her Husband and children to no end.
* **Wanderlust:** Eden cannot escape Her endless desire to travel.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 7 — Legendary
* **Occult:** 8 — Paragon
* **Weaponry:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
* **Expertise:** 7 — Legendary
* **Range:** 8 — Paragon
* **Strategy:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
	+ **TOTAL:** 350
	+ **RANKING:** Cataclysmic Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* "Eden" is the name of the Presence's wife, but whether that is Her true name or a pet name is not certain. Eden had a wanderlust and was continually leaving to explore the cosmos. The Presence tried many grand gestures to keep Her at His side, but all would eventually fail. The first such grand gesture was combining Their power to create a child - the archangel Samael. But still Eden went wandering. When She returned periodically, They would often create another child and the Presence would attempt another ploy to keep Her home - such as creating the Garden of Eden or spending centuries on Earth posing as pagan gods as a sort of prolonged second honeymoon. It's possible that the Presence's own sojourns have been a search for Eden.
* She loves the Presence for his simplicity.
* She loves all her children, even if they are Fallen or have become devils.
* According to her the archangels inherited her traits, wings, strengths and flaws.
* Hanael for some time was her attendant. The angel was praised when Eden became happy with the elevation of the first primitive creatures, but when Eden left Hanael was unfairly blamed for this as well.
* For some time she became Idunn of the Vanir and the Presence became Bragi of the Aesir. Their marriage joined the two groups and created the Norse Pantheon. During the same wedding ceremony Njord and Skadi also got married. When Njord and Skadi were planning to leave the pantheon, Bragi and Idunn gave the departing couple a gift in the form of a handful of seeds of apples of immortality which had only grown in Idunn's special garden. Rumors abound that in addition to the seeds, Bragi and Idunn also gave Njord and Skadi a secret.
* In every angel there’s a piece of her. In special circumstances her children can gain her powers (e.g. Abaddon being capable of surviving the Bleed).
* She asked Saraquael to redeem Abaddon, using World Forger's workshop.

#### The Presence Disappearance

* She came back when she learned about the Presence's disappearance and took over Heaven. However she fled when the Thrones and Pax Dei staged a coup. Eden joined a part of the Presence and free of responsibilites decided to spend some time together.
* It is then reviled that this was all a part of her, Saraquael's and the Presence's plan to have someone else rule Heaven so that the Presence could travel with Eden.

#### Children

* Primordial's can't conceive a child unless they both desire to do so. What that process involves is the two each sacrificing a portion of there power and releasing that during there intimate act, Sex. The two sources of power will then collide and fuse together - creating an archangel in much the same way human sperm joins with a human egg to produce human life. However, unlike humans, Primordia's have the luxury of choosing which portions of there power they relinquish to make a child. With careful calculations, they thus could design there offspring to serve whatever role they had need of them to fulfill.
	+ There first child, they created a true leader and inspiring figure. Samael later know as Lucifer Morningstar.
	+ When Heaven needed a fierce warrior and martial commander, They created Michael.
	+ But Samael and Michael were both headstrong, so they created Uriel to mellow the brothers out and prevent conflict.
	+ When Heaven needed a calculated and judicious mind, They created Raphael.
	+ When They had need of someone with foresight and intelligence to solve problems they didn't know they had, Saraquael was the solution.
	+ To remind Them all that there was more to life than work, They created Gabriel.
	+ They did not design Raguel. They let fate takes its course. They had hoped he would be organic like the other sentient lifeforms.

### Notes

* Eden is composited with Goddess of the *Lucifer* TV Series. Her appearance is based on Tricia Helfer, who portrays her in the show.
* Her aliases are various figures from mythology:
	+ Asherah is the mother goddess in the Ugaritic religion.
	+ Ašratu is the word used in Akkadian literature to refer Asherah.
	+ Belit-Sheri is an underworld goddess in the Babylonian and Akkadian mythology.
	+ Qodesh is the triconsonantal Semitic root meaning "sacred, holy".
	+ Elat is "the Goddess par excellence" in Ugaritic epithet.
	+ Idunn is the goddess of apples and youth in Norse mythology.
	+ Dione is the ancient Greek word for goddess.

## Gallery

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## Links and References

* Appearances of Eden

1. ↑ RepCap: Eden
2. ↑ Network Files: The Divine Presence
3. ↑ Network Files: Anna Milton
4. ↑ Network Files: Mrs Claus
5. ↑ Earth-27 101: 'Tis the Season
6. ↑ VOX Box: Born Again
7. ↑ VOX Box: On the Head of a Pin 19
8. ↑ VOX Box: On the Head of a Pin 22
9. ↑  VOX Box: On the Head of a Pin 27
10. ↑ VOX Box: On the Head of a Pin Epilogue
11. ↑ VOX Box: Fall From Grace Epilogue