Rahab

Human

**Rahab** is an infamous archdemon and former overlord of Ancient Egypt before his death in the Great War. He is one of the archdaemon resurrected by Azrael's divinity in the events of the Shattered Moon.

## Summary

In Jewish folklore, **Rahab** (whose name means noise, tumult, arrogance) is a mythical sea monster or a demonic dragon of the water known as the "demonic angel of the sea." It represents the primordial abyss, comparable to Leviathan and Tiamat. Rahab later became a particular demon, inhabitant of the sea, especially associated with the Red Sea.

In the Talmud, Rahab is or was the angel of insolence and pride, responsible for shaking the waters and producing big waves; he is also responsible for the roaring of the sea.

## Appearance

Rahab has the appearance of a lean and muscular young man, with deep-teal hair, vermillion eyes, and long black eyelashes. Like many other archdaemon in the Levianta Legion, he has dragon scales scattered across his body with the Leviathan clan's crest located on the back of his neck.

In his dragon form, he is a giant Western Dragon with scales reflecting the sea and blazing golden eyes. His size is immense, said to be half the size of the Red Sea.

## Personality

True to his nickname, Rahab is extremely arrogant and prideful archdemon who considers himself to be above all other archdaemon in the Levianta Legion. He deems himself to be the only one deserving to serve as Leviathan's left-hand and sees anyone else thinking of raising to his status as trash that needed to be eliminated.

However, this doesn't mean he'll blindly follow Leviathan's orders. He's also one of the few capable of calling out the flaw in her plans without enduring her wrath.

He is an extremely sadistic archdemon who thrives upon the suffering of innocent people. He has no hesitation torturing people for his own personal enjoyment, even venturing out to capture devils and demons alike just to satisfy his sadistic desires. According to Alastor, he is one of the cruelest members of the Levianta Legion, with his cruelty only seconded by Leviathan herself.

## History

Rahab, formerly known by his angelic name **Rahavael**, was one of the Thrones who served in the Heavenly Host on the Second Heaven. In the Heavenly War, he defected from his group to follow Lucifer and was promptly banished into the Abrahamic Underworld by the Archangel Michael for his rebellion.

In the underworld, he became a part of the Levianta Legion and quickly rose to the position of Leviathan's left-hand, alongside the archdemon Yam.

At some point in time, he became the overlord who ruled over the region of northern Africa but was defeated and chased away by the progenitor god Nun and the Ogdoad under the guidance of the Archangel Azrael. Because of this, he developed a hatred toward the Egyptian gods and cursed them to be unable to enter the mortal world without a mortal host.

In the Great War, he was slain by the fallen angel Baraqiel in Egypt. His body was then turned into the river Nile while his soul was banished back into the Abrahamic Underworld.

In 20XX, due to the events of the Shattered Moon and the summoning of Azrael, her divinity caused a rift in the barrier around the Abrahamic Underworld. This rift had shown to be big enough for Rahab and other slain archdaemon to leak their essence out and be resurrected in the mortal world so that they could break down the barrier once and for all to restart the Great War.

## Trivia

* Rahab's appearance is based on *Ikuya Kirishima* from "Free!".
* In the Bible, Rahab is the poetical name for Egypt.
* Rahab is the official Hebrew name for the planet Neptune.
* Several of the Israeli Navy submarines also bear the name, including the fifth Dolphin class submarine slated to enter service in late 2015, the INS Rahav.