Angels

Angels are a varied class of active objects, composed by both true angels and pagan angels.

True angels, in distinction to pagan angels, are the spirits that were created by God along with the first couple of henads. Since they were first made to be both sufficiently conscious and powerful, their first choice was to choose whether or not they would serve God, being thus allowed to either access to the Beatific Vision in the Kingdom of Heaven forever, or defect from the divine order and thus be doomed to forever be without the full effect of God's love for them. Those who chose the former became the angels of the Lord, while those who chose the latter became the fallen angels. Among the latter, Lucifer was and still is their leader, having been the prime defector.

Pagan angels, in distinction to true angels, are the deities who used to be daemons but were then converted through their deaths. While their kind was initially created by Uranus to serve the henads, and the so-called light angels still do so, some of them have rebelled against the henads and now serve Lucifer, being known as dark angels. As deities, both light and dark angels have avatar which constitute their visual manifestations and their being is modeled after the true angels, which is why they too are given that name. Though Lucifer is primarily a fallen angel, he managed to incarnate himself as a daemon nephilim and, through dying as one, became the one and only dark, fallen, henad angel.

There are nine ranks of angels of the four kinds:

## Worker angels

The lowest ranking and thus weakest angels. Their visual manifestations tend to be humanoids with a single pair of wings.

### Guardian angels

Angels of the Lord assigned each to one being outside of the Kingdom of Heaven to protect them from Hell serfs, interceding in their exorcism.

### Sky serfs

Light angels who spend most of their time doing trivial tasks in Skyworld but that are sometimes tasked with performing minor miracles for virtuous pagans.

### Hell serfs

Dark and fallen angels who are not tasked with torturing the souls in Hell due to being too weak to generate enough excess energy to make it worth their time. Since guardian angels are too weak to keep their powers closed in Hell, the serfs actually have power over the mainline, but their influence is nullified by the direct action of the guardian angels and, sometimes, the sky serfs. That said, these dark angels can still exercise actual power outside of Hell by being invited into the bodies of the people they influence.

## Holder angels

The second lowest ranking and thus second weakest angels. Their visual manifestations are similar to those of worker angels, but their excess power in relation to them is normally represented by a relic their visual manifestation carries.

### Archangels

Angels of the Lord such as Ramiell, Michael, Raphael, Uriel, Gabriel, Raguel and Sariel, assigned to deliver messages and assist in the exorcism of merchants of Hell.

### Messengers of the Sky

Light angels who spend most of their time doing trivial tasks in Skyworld, but are sometimes tasked with carrying messages from the henads to mortals.

### Merchants of Hell

Dark and fallen angels who, like all others above them, are tasked with torturing the souls in Hell, working for thousands of years for each second of delight they attain from their work. Being free from the tyrannical rule of their rulers, the merchants will sometimes make deals with devious people, especially monotheists, to grant them certain wishes in trade for extra-punishment in the afterlife.

## Crowned angels

The third lowest ranking and thus third weakest angels. Their visual manifestations are similar to those of worker angels, but their excess power in relation to them is normally represented by an arrow, a sword and a crown.

### Principalities

Angels of the Lord with patronage over groups of people, responsible for aid in the rare exorcism of presidents of Hell.

### Managers of the Sky

Light angels who spend most of their time personally serving the fortunate and bossing around the lower ranks in Skyworld.

### Presidents of Hell

Dark and fallen angels who, like all others, are tasked with torturing the souls in Hell, working for decades for each second of delight they attain from their work. Their special function, the presidency, is occasionally granted to them by their superiors for very small periods of time, during which they must regulate the work of the merchants, normally stealing their spoils and causing havoc.

## Shielding angels

The fourth lowest ranking and thus fourth weakest angels. Their visual manifestations are similar to those of worker angels, but their excess power in relation to them is normally represented by a flaming sword and a shield they carry.

### Powers

Angels of the Lord who are sent to snatch people from Hell, normally when their purgatorial sentence is over. They also aid in the exorcism of knights of Hell.

### Warriors of the Sky

Light angels who spend most of their time monitoring the Underworld and especially Hell to inform the henads on what the demons and dark angels are up to. Whenever a henad decides to snatch someone from Hell, warrior of the Sky will be sent for the rescue.

### Knights of Hell

Dark and fallen angels who, like all others, are tasked with torturing the souls in Hell, working for months for each second of delight they attain from their work. Their special function is the fighting of powers and warriors of the Sky whenever they enter Hell to save a demon.

## Miracle angels

The median ranking angels. Their visual manifestations are similar to those of worker angels, but their excess power is emanated through a distorting aura that cover their figure and surroundings.

### Virtues

Angels of the Lord responsible for saving souls before they reach Hell, helping struggling powers and aiding in the exorcism of counts of Hell.

### Heroes of the Sky

Light angels who spend most of their time monitoring the Nexus and the cosmic prisons in Jerbud to inform the henads on what is happening. Whenever a group of warriors of the sky is particularly struggling with knights of Hell, the heroes will intervene to save them under the rule of the commanders. They are also the ones responsible for saving the souls that haven't reached Hell yet.

### Counts of Hell

Dark and fallen angels who, like all others, are tasked with torturing the souls in Hell, working for a whole day for each second of delight they attain from their work. While their titular function is fighting the heroes of the Sky, the escalation caused by such conflicts tends to lead them into taking part in their other task instead: determining which president of Hell will have presidency next. For that they meet in a demonic council and debate who should have such authority and for what reason. These councils tend to waste a lot of time and end up causing a lot of fights among them.

## Armed angels

The fourth highest ranking and thus fourth strongest angels. Their visual manifestations are similar to those of worker angels, but their excess power in relation to them is normally represented by a set of special weapons they carry.

### Dominions

Angels of the Lord with ministering the sacraments of desire when needed, helping struggling virtues and aiding in the exorcism of marquis of Hell.

### Commanders of the Sky

Light angels who spend most of their time monitoring the outposts in the Nexus that lead into the each facet, regulating the entry of beings into them under cosmic law. Whenever a group of heroes of the Sky is particularly struggling with counts of Hell, the commanders of the Sky will intervene to save them under the rule of the rings of the Sky.

### Marquis of Hell

Dark and fallen angels who, like all others, are tasked with torturing the souls in Hell, working for a few minutes for each second of delight they attain from their work. While their titular function is fighting the dominions and commanders of the Sky, the event of any of them actually entering Hell is so rare that they aren't normally on the mood to fight them. To desincentivise their enemies from coming, they will normally help merchants get deals, making them look like more appetizing prey for the presidents and thus turning the attention of the counts from the virtues and heroes to them. The marquis are normally very idle and reserved.

## Ophanim

The third highest ranking and thus third strongest angels. Their preferred visual manifestations are large, golden rings with multiple eyes.

### Thrones

Angels of the Lord with no function outside of the Kingdom of Heaven besides occasionally aiding in the rare exorcism of dukes of Hell.

### Rings of the Sky

Light angels who are the personal protectors of the pagan heavens in Skyworld, standing in the way of any possible transgressors.

### Dukes of Hell

Dark and fallen angels who, like all others, are tasked with torturing the souls in Hell, working for a few seconds for each second of delight they attain from their work. They don't have any special assignments, but are allowed to act somewhat freely, an excuse which motivates many of them into tempting the souls in Limbo to enter the inner circles of Hell, as many souls suffer more there than in Limbo itself. Commanders of the Sky frequently work to counter such an effect.

## Cherubim

The second highest ranking and thus second strongest angels. Their preferred visual manifestations have four wings and a multitude of heads.

### Saint cherubs

Angels of the Lord who grant to powers the ability to snatch demons from the illusions that torture them in Hell and aid in the exorcism of princes of Hell. Some saint cherubs were also tasked by God with protecting Eden in the past.

### Fortunate cherubs

Light angels who are the protectors of Skyworld as a whole, positioned to guard it against a future invasion from the dandelion, which is prophesied to happen in the beginning of the end of times. Their main active function is granting to warriors of the Sky the ability to snatch demons from the illusions that torture them in Hell.

### Princes of Hell

Dark and fallen angels who, like all others, are tasked with torturing the souls in Hell, but differ from their lower counterparts due to feasting more on their spoils than actually having to work for them, simply due to how efficient they are. They are specially tasked with tortuously stopping demons from progressing through Hell whenever such an option will make them suffer less. They will sometimes make themselves visible to the demons as a distinctive characteristic and are directly responsible for the illusions that trap them in Hell.

## Seraphim

The highest ranking and thus strongest angels. Their preferred visual manifestations have a multitude of heads and six wings.

### Saint seraphs

Angels of the Lord who have no formal function outside of the Kingdom of Heaven, but do occasionally aid in the exorcism of the kings of Hell.

### Fortunate seraphs

Light angels who are the last, dormant protectors of Skyworld, designated to fight whenever the fortunate cherubs are slain. They are always sleeping to conserve their energy. The last time they were awaken was when half of them converted into kings of Hell during Lucifer's rebellion, prompting a fight between the two groups.

### Kings of Hell

Dark and fallen angels who will only very occasionally torture souls in Hell, as they don't actually need to do so very often at all. What they normally do all day is fight each other above the clouds of Hell as a form of training for when they lead Lucifer's army against the henads and God. Unlike the fortunate seraphs, who conserve their energy, the kings try to breed their energy. The only reason why lesser dark angels are capable of communicating with being outside of Hell is because of the instability caused by the endless fight among the kings. Honorifically, Lucifer is sometimes referred to as the King of kings of Hell, though he is more commonly named the Overlord of Hell. That said, Lucifer's angelical identity is that of a cherub, not a seraph, since his daemon father became a fortunate cherub and later ascended to the Kingdom of Heaven as a saint daemon.