Third Heaven

Angelic Creatures

Souls

**Maon**, also known as the **Third Heaven**, is the third region of the Abrahamic Heaven.

## Summary

Maon is the third amongst the Seven Heavens, thus making it the Third Heaven. This is the heaven that appears in the mind of believers of the Abrahamic faiths, where the souls of the righteous shall descend to following the death. It is also where the Heavenly Jerusalem, the Temple, and the Altar are located.

## Appearance

Maon is what the believers of the Abrahamic faiths have been imagined heaven to be for thousands of years - An endless celestial realm above the clouds, where the souls of those who have lived a righteous and worthy life shall live after their death.

Similar to Earth, there are countries and nations exist in the realm, many of which also exist on Earth while the rest are the nations and kingdoms that had faded away in the passage of time. According to Griselda, unlike the countries on Earth where there are conflicts and wars, the countries on heaven are always peaceful and friendly toward each other, despite there are still many differences between them.

The buildings in Maon are made out of iron, pearls, and other dazzingly stones. Each soul are given their own building, which could be called a palace in its own right, with the exception being family, young children, and soulmates.

The realm appears to have a day-night cycle, though how exactly similar it is to Earth's own cycle remains unknown. There are multiple suns in the sky, which are in-fact golden chariots drawn by the Chalkydri - golden winged-serpents who are descendants of the original Nephilim, and radiate a warm and soothing light regardless of how intense it may appear. Similarly, there are as many moons in the Third Heaven as there are suns, with each casting off an ethreal silver light.

## Points of Interest

### Heavenly Jerusalem

**The Heavenly Jerusalem**, also known as **Zion** or **New Jerusalem**, is the capital country of Maon, the center of which all the nations and countries and kingdoms are founded around.

According to Griselda, this is the Utopia envisioned by humanity, one that only exists in the hope and dreams of mankind of a brighter future, yet never achivable in reality because of the sins and ignorance that plague the world of man. From the countless paths in the Heavenly Jerusalem, one could even venture into the Garden of Eden.

## Inhabitants

There are many beings who inhabit Maon, ranging from Angels to angelic creatures, though the most predominant ones are the souls.

These souls are the souls of the righteous, regardless of their religious beliefs or backgrounds, who had lived a worthy life. Despite how it is belived by many people, these souls aren't purely humans in origins, but could be that of any race, as long as their life before death had been righteous enough to be selected into the the Third Heaven.

Following the creation of the Bene Elohim Project and the Brave Saints System, more and more Angels had decided to live in Maon in order to be near their friends and family. Angelic creatures in the same appearance as mortal animals also live in the realm to be the pets of the souls and Angels who live here.

## Trivia

* Maon is governed over by the Celestial Prince Azrael.
	+ In several religious and occult text, Michael is said to be the governor of the Third Heaven.
* Despite being written as the Fourth Heaven in Jewish texts, Maon is the third region of heaven, not Shehaqim.
	+ It is also often be confused with the Sixth Heaven, the Seventh Heaven, and the First Heaven.
* This is the version of heaven worshippers believe in.
* While it was written that the unbaptized and aborted children won't enter heaven after death, this is, in fact, a lie spreaded by the Fallen Angels during the Great War as a form of propaganda.
* According to Azazel, the Third Heaven is beyond the boundary of infinity and only be bound by the limitations set down by God.