Adam

**Adam** is a recurring supporting character in the *Divine Comedy*.

He is the father of humanity and the former husband of Lilith, Eve, and their sisters. Adam was once God's most prized creation and was spoiled considerably as a result alongside his consort. Adam was something of a "clingy brat" according to Eve with Lilith adding that he would act entitled and pompous due to his position. This created a rift between him and his family but as of volume four has redeemed himself.

## Appearance

Adam was known for being quite handsome and like his former wives he wore little to no clothing in the beginning. He appears as a tall and slender but physically fit man with blue eyes. He has long, wavy black hair, now tied back with a purple ribbon in a low ponytail, and a goatee. In modern days he wears a blue collared long-sleeved shirt with rolled up sleeves under a brown vest, green pants with a black belt, and brown shoes.

## History

### Background

Adam (along with Lilith) was created by God at the same as Lilith. He and Lilith were His latest and most prized creations, given the Garden of Eden for him to enjoy but also had the responsibility of taking care of it. Almost immediately, however, Adam and Lilith did not get along as Lilith states that Adam was clingy and overbearing, which soon ended in Lilith not wanting anything to do with him especially when he was persistent in wanting to be on top during sex. Lilith reached her breaking point and left Adam alone.

Adam became depressed after Lilith left him and God, not wanting things to go sideways this early, told Adam that He will make another one for him. Adam witnessed the entire process of his second wife's creation from the ground up; bones, muscle, sinew, blood, mucus, organs, skin, eyes, cartilage, hair, and so on. After it was done, Adam was so horrified by what he saw that he fainted which disastrously gave his new wife the impression that she was hideous. God would then move on to Plan C which involved not only a third wife but also a few alternatives in case things went south again.

While Adam was knocked out, God took out one of his ribs and fashioned his third companion from it with the same primordial matter that he was created from, Eve. The alternatives regarding Plan C consisted of three other potential wives: Naamah, Agrat, and Eisheth. After waking up, Adam was elated upon seeing his new wives and unable to choose one or two he instead picked all of them. Eve was the only one who accepted whilst the other three left them; Agrat was not interested in romance, he was too pushy with Naamah, and Eisheth was too energetic. In the beginning Adam and Eve hit it off quite well (mainly due to Chamuel guiding Adam into taking things slow with her) despite the two having opposite personalities and values.

### Original Sin

Adam and Eve would be taught by the archangels on how things work around the universe and how their own bodies work. While Eve was given to Samael, Adam would be taught by Raphael; Adam though would sometimes go over to Raziel to learn more confidential tidbits with Eve doing it more often herself.

Even though Eve was created as a replacement for Lilith, the two would occasionally bicker and argue as Eve did not want to be constantly under Adam's power and Adam would give her instructions and orders on tending to the Garden of Eden. It got so bad that the two separated from each other for a time and according to Eisheth (who would sometimes peek over the walls of Eden to check on Eve) Adam would argue with himself over the altercation he had with Eve. Later that day, Adam would go back to Eve to apologize but heard Eve calling him, and upon reaching her, saw that she was by the Tree of Knowledge with the Forbidden Fruit in her hand.

Adam was about to apologize but Eve stopped him and instead offered the fruit to Adam, falsely thinking it was her own way of apologizing as well. As they ate the fruit in that one act of rebellion, Adam became "self-aware" of his thoughts both good and bad. When the alarm broke out, God calls out to Adam and demanding an explanation as to why he did the one simple thing He told him not to do and why he was hiding from Him. Adam explains that he hid out of fear because he realized he was naked and then points to Eve as the real offender, then accuses God for the tragedy.

### Fall of Man

After a series of blaming occurs, God punishes Adam by taking away his gift of immortality. When the angels are casting Adam out of paradise, he begs God to be allowed to eat from the Tree of Life one more time but God refuses. Before being cast out, Adam is allowed to take sweet spices (to offer sacrifices) and seeds for his food. Despite their predicament, Eve proclaimed that they still have the opportunity to explore the planet that was meant to be ruled by them though Adam was not as optimistic. Adam and Eve embarked on various adventures, engaged in many shenanigans, and escaped perilous situations either through sheer luck or wit. Though their relationship was rocky and strained, they managed to find common ground to aid the other.

At some point they met the Giant known as Prometheus who took pity on Adam and Eve. Concerned that Eve is already pregnant, along with there being dangerous creatures that roam the Earth, and that the nights in the desert would be cold, Prometheus gave fire to the couple in hopes that it would keep them warm in the cold desert nights and also provided them with a companion named Orthrus, a large two-headed dog.

As the years went by, Adam and Eve bore children, and among the two most well known of their children were Cain and Abel; Cain was actually a child of Eve and Samael. Abel was Adam's favorite which estranged him from Cain. However, when he learned of Cain killing Abel, their marriage broke and Adam separated from Eve for a 130 years. During this separation, Adam was said to have consorted with Naamah, however because of Adam's bitterness, he projected his anguish unto Naamah which hurt her. To make matters worse for Naamah, Adam left her and their unborn children to reunite with Eve and make amends with her. In response to this, Naamah would then drink his blood, taking away whatever was left of his immortality and as a final insult would bear his demonic son - the first vampire named Seth - that would come to terrorize his descendants.

Adam lived a life of loneliness, anger and guilt all while having years to look back at what he had done and look around at what will happen because of his actions. Moreover, he never had the chance to reconcile with Eve especially after the latter was married off to Samael. After his death, Adam returned to Heaven, becoming the animal keeper of the Earth's creatures that were taken to Heaven after their deaths.

## Trivia

* Adam is based on the biblical figure of the same name found in the book of *Genesis*.
* Adam and Eve named all the animals and plants through a word-play game they concocted.
	+ Adam himself claims that one of the toughest animals to name was the platypus and further goes on to say that he and Eve were stuck in between calling it a beaver duck or duck rat.
* Asmodeus quipped that Adam and Lilith's arguments were due to the fact that they were both "tops".
* A running gag is that despite being quite handsome and comically charming, Adam has bad luck with women. But in an ironic twist he once tried to avoid the three Hesperides sisters who are deeply infatuated with him.
* According to Gabriel, God went through five drafts of Adam before He finally got it right.
	+ The first draft of Adam was when he was created with two faces, male and female, or as a single hermaphrodite being, male and female joined back to back, but God saw that this made walking and conversing difficult, and so split them apart.
	+ The third was Adam being more of a primate and would throw his fecal matter at animals that got too close to his fruits. Apollyon admitted that she wanted that version just by how funny he was acting.