Eden

**Eden** is a minor location in *The Demon's Light*. It is a terrestrial planet created by the Power Vritra. Eden was the original homeworld of the demons and angels before the majority of their populations relocated to Euclid.

## Calendar

Eden's calendar is split into four months with forty-two days each, for a 168-day year. Calendar years do not directly correspond to Eden's rotation around its star, instead being based on the four seasons:

* Alif, Spring
* Bet, Summer
* Giml, Autumn
* Dalet, Winter

## Notable Locations

### Primum

**Primum** was the original capital city of Eden's civilization and the site of Vritra's castle. The city was nominally superseded by Empyrean, although Primum remained an important administrative hub. The archangels were posted here during the war, with the exceptions of Anafiel, Ezekiel and Jophiel — the trio were tasked with protecting Empyrean.

The Demon Army successfully captured Primum in a vicious battle with heavy losses sustained on both sides. Xeren had killed all of the archangels in Primum, leaving the remaining forces leaderless and unmotivated. Vritra was not personally present for the attack, believing it would easily be repelled. Their success was enough to convince the Power that they had to be stopped before reaching Empyrean.

### Empyrean

**Empyrean** is the proclaimed capitol city of Eden. While meant to be a grand metropolis of millions, less than three hundred angels currently take up residence in Empyrean. The Alchemilia Wormhole connects the city to the Sabaoth headquarters on Euclid, which is also considered part of Empyrean.

While Vritra was able to prevent an attack on Empyrean, it was not by killing Xeren as he had hoped. Instead, Xeren won the duel he had initiated. The Sabaoth were still able to repel the demon forces on their own, in part because Xeren was taken away by the Powers for killing another member of their organization.

The centerpiece of Empyrean was the **Vayu**, a castle Vritra created as a gift for his wife, Vassiliki. Thanks to Vritra's reality manipulation abilities, anyone whom he did not wish to invite into the castle could not enter it by any means. As the leaders of the Sabaoth always had access to the Vayu, it remains a functional shelter in case of enemy attack.

Cicero believes that Xeren could have used his identical abilities to enter the Vayu without Vritra allowing him to. The success of his planned attack on Empyrean hinges on Xeren's reincarnation, Savannah Whitesmith, having this same capability.

### Optimates Mountain

**Optimates Mountain** was the base of operations for the Demon Army under Xeren. This was where Cicero was born. A small population of demons refused to go follow the rest to Euclid and remained at their mountain fortress. Their descendants keep Optimates Mountain intact.

### Golgotha

**Golgotha** is the location of Xeren and Vritra's graves. It is located close to the site of their final duel, although further away from the portion of Empyrean on Eden.

Xeren's grave has a life-sized statue of the Power and a memorial for the demon soldiers killed during the battle at the site. The grave of Vritra only has a small plaque with a poem lamenting his death.

Plans for a statue of Vritra, notably much taller than the equivalent of Xeren, were scrapped as the demon laborers tasked with its construction were non-compliant. Materials intended for the project were judged to be better suited elsewhere and work was indefinitely suspended.

### Yasna

**Yasna** is the moon of Eden. Yasna was created by Vassiliki out of devotion to her husband, Vritra. It is quite large and home to several aristocratic angel families uninterested in the Great War.

### Ruins

Eden has many remnants from the ancient angel civilization and the Demon Army's abandoned fortifications. Much of this has been reclaimed by nature. A large portion of Eden was entirely uninhabited and completely unexplored.

## Lifeforms

Angels were the dominant species of Eden, created by Vritra. Archangels were created to rule in Vritra's place when he was unavailable. Demons were created to serve as the slave caste in Angel society.

Non-sapient animals native to Eden include bifri, catulus and dragons. Plants native to Eden include cicer.

## Appearances

* Season One
	+ "Catching Smoke" (mentioned)
	+ "Bare Trees" (mentioned)
* Season Two
	+ "Riding the Wave" (vision)
	+ "Everybody Plays the Fool"

## Trivia

* Eden is named after the Garden of Eden.
* Golgotha is another name for Calvary, the hill where Jesus of Nazareth was crucified.
* Optimates Mountain is named after the political faction that Roman statesman and philosopher Cicero was a part of.
* Primum is named after the Primum Mobile, which appeared in Dante's *Paradiso* as the final layer of Heaven before Empyrean.
* Yasna is named after Yasna, the principal act of worship in Zoroastrianism.
* The number of days in Eden's year is the same as Kepler-1544 b.
* The months of Eden's calendar are the letters of the Phoenician alphabet.