Satan

**Satan**, formerly known as **Satanel**, is a prominent demon in the hierarchy of Hell prayed against by all Abrahamic religions (though mostly Christianity and Islam), being written about in their literature and history.

## Overview

He is known for bringing evil and temptation, and is known as the deceiver who leads humanity astray. Satan is even able to take control of the life of a person in the stead of God, though only to a extent to what God allows. In absolute dualism in ancient Catar texts, however, Satan and God were said to exist at the same time and be equal in power. If this has any truth to it, it would mean that Satan is the Supreme Antithesis and when Creation is destroyed, he will once again exist in the timeless nothingness with God once more, this is most likely untrue as God's power cannot be rivaled by Satan and is only equaled by Khaos, Ayin, Therion, and Azathoth and even then its a very close match.

Satan would appear to those who are sinful, playing into their hearts and towing them into despair. He may either be depicted as a rebel to the will of God, or as one who tempts mankind to commit sin to show God that mankind can easily be led astray from Him. In the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Satan is primarily an accuser and adversary, a decidedly malevolent entity, also called the Devil, who possesses demonic qualities.

He is described as the "ruler of the demons" and "the God of this Age". In Revelation, Satan appears as a Great Red Dragon, who is ultimately banished from Heaven by Michael the Archangel (though this is usually said to be Lucifer). Satan is mostly known as the Devil and, although the Book of Genesis does not mention him, he is often identified with the serpent in the Garden of Eden.

Satan is said to also be associated with one of the Seven Deadly Sins being Wrath. He is also one of the Seven Princes of Hell. Satan was God's personal arbiter for the afterlife to check if man were worthy of the Millennium Kingdom and even when he fell, he was still allowed in Heaven. Satan also appears in the Gospels, trying to tempt Jesus Christ away from His destiny.

## Appearance

Satan's appearance is never described in the Bible, but, since the ninth century, he has sometimes been shown with horns, cloven hooves, hairy legs, and a tail, often naked and holding a pitchfork, an amalgam of traits derived from various pagan deities including Pan, Poseidon, and Bes, though he is fully able to completely alter his physical appearance.

During the year 7 BCE to 33 CE, his appearance was that of an androgynous being with very pale skin, they had no hair, eyelashes or eyebrows. The Devil just wore a dark tunic that covered his entire body. During Christ's temptation, he was constantly changing between a beautiful woman and an elegant man.

When he came to earth to kill the Sun Woman and her child, he took the form of a dragon. It was a huge, red, western dragon the size of an entire city. He had a small muscular build. He could walk on four legs, and optionally on two. He had seven heads with elongated necks. On each of them were ten horns taking the form of a crown, they also symbolize 10 cursed kings. In this form, he instills fear, death and destruction in people and even gods.

During the Apocalypse, he regained his full strength and changed from the "Great Red" to the "Ancient Serpent". He looked like a monstrous snake with several arms, more than 12 kilometers long, capable of reaching the stratosphere while standing on its own tail.

## Personality

Satan would appear to those who are sinful, playing into their hearts and towing them into despair. He may either be depicted as a rebel to the will of God, or as one who tempts mankind to commit sin to show God that mankind can easily be led astray from Him. In the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Satan is primarily an accuser and adversary, a decidedly malevolent entity, also called the Devil, who possesses demonic qualities. He is described as the "ruler of the demons" and "the God of this Age". He is the true embodiment of all evils in the world, second or below only to Azathoth and Ayin themselves.

Satan is mostly known as the Devil and, although the Book of Genesis does not mention him, he is often identified with the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Satan is said to also be associated with one of the Seven Deadly Sins being Wrath. This is the source of all misjudgments and rage that crosses in the hearts of man. He is also one of the Seven Princes of Hell, and he personally serves as Lucifer's second in command (possibly he sees Lucifer as suitable leader because of his mind, intelligence, wisdom, wits, and his dangerous cunningness).

During the beginning of time, he is see's himself as an enigmatic entity. Strayed and wandering his purpose among the creation. He is always seen as an expressionless arbiter and judge of God prior to his fall. Firm and cruel yet honest and fair in his judgements towards the guilty and sinners.

His ways are the direct opposite and the supreme antithesis of God's fair and just ways. While God use light and justified ways to test his subjects and believers, Satan uses temptations, deceiving, manipulations, and tricking his victim's inner mind and heart to prove that man is sinful by nature, yet still allows and respect's God's authority and deems who will be sent to Heaven (for eternal bliss and peaceful rest) or Hell (for eternal torment and sufferings).

Being an arbiter of God, it is up to him if the person is worthy to go in Heaven or Hell, yet the final decision lies only to God. Despite being rebellious countless times in God, he still acknowledge his authority (even if it is against his will). Despite his obsession to humanity and wanting them to fall into sin so badly to prove to God that they were inherently sinful, by nature, he will still spare innocent and righteous souls, and will never permit them to be dragged or be brought unto Hell showing that he can be honest and fair when needed. As he states that only sinners and filthy souls are worthy to be punished eternally on Hell, and not the innocents. This is proven when he angrily attack a deceased man, that dragged an innocent woman to hell (due to his obsession to the woman) and save her life from the man, and sent her to Heaven via reality gate. This showing that despite being a ruler of Hell, he can still be empathic and rightness in his actions.

According to Michael, Lucifer, and Gabriel, he must follow God's will and authority, unless if he dares to defy His will, he will be punished further more. Being fed by Satan's countless defiance, even before his fall, and it is something that he tries to prevent and to further not provoking God's wrath. For all of his rebellious, malevolence, and evil deeds, God is the only being that he will serve. While being incredibly powerful, Satan is fearful of beings superior power like Primordials and Arcuthas, knowing they could easily destroy him.

## Powers and Abilities

**Anti-God:** As an archetype, the Anti-God represents the counterpart and/or sometimes the dark aspects of The Supreme Being. They are considered the essence of all evil, darkness, and chaos in all of existence. As the ultimate destroyer, they are ranked among the most powerful beings.

**Omega Reality:** Satan can create, shape and manipulate with absolute authority the Omega Reality, the one encompassing the conclusion/finale to all realities and where all concepts end. Meaning they decide what happens to them all, such as whether or not they cease to exist, become something entirely new, where things all end up, where conflicts are all resolved, and etc.

**Corruption Embodiment:** Satan can become the embodiment of corruption, being able to spread certain influences to victims like a virus. Once the influences take control of emotions Satan may have limited power over the victim to drive them to do horrible things. Satan may influence one's dark side and break their moral values.

**Demon Manipulation:** Satan can create, manipulate, and destroy demons to do their bidding, whether it is to kill others or simply be slaves to Satan. Satan could potentially create and manipulate an entire army of demons.

**Demonization:** Satan can transform oneself or others into demons or demonic hybrids granting them demonic abilities and/or traits.

**Directional Lordship:** Satan has absolute control over any direction (west, east, north, south and center) and everything on and associated with that direction, such as entities, elements, colors, concepts, seasons, places, etc.

**Divine-Demonic Physiology:** As an archetype, godly-demonic entities have powers of both divine and demonic beings such as gods and demons/devils. This type of being can either be born from a union between a god and demon, be a fusion between a god and demon/devil, or is a demon/god that somehow possesses divine/demonic powers.

**Evil Deity Physiology:** Satan either is, or can transform into an evil deity, gods/goddesses or a god-like beings who represents or are associated with evilness, wickedness and the darkness in the hearts, minds and souls of other beings.

**Fallen Transcendent Angel Physiology:** Satan either is or can transform into a Fallen Transcendent Angel: a leader of a group of angels who rebelled against God and were cast into Hell. Strangely, Satan not only keep their power but still have access to angelic powers as well as demonic ones even though Satan is not a full-fledged demon. Furthermore, Satan's angelic essence could be different than just plain angel like Transcendent Hybrid of possibly Transcendent Dragonborn (Angelic Dragon),Transcendent Cyborg (Angel-Machine), Transcendent Nephalem (Fallen Transcendent Angel/Ascended Transcendent Demon), Deity (Angelic Deity), Transcendent Nephilim (Fallen Transcendent Angel/Transcendent Human) , etc which in turn could push Satan's potential and all other abilities far beyond normal transcendent angels.

**Hell Deity Physiology:** Satan with this ability either is or can transform into a Hell Deity, a god/goddess, or a god-like being who represents or is associated with the afterlife known as Hell. Hell Deities are known to possess powers over death when it comes to those who are going to their realm in Hell, and their powers over evil are not always as great as an Evil Deity's would be. Hell Deities can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms.

**Lie Manipulation:** Satan can manipulate or induce lies forcing others to cover up the truth. Satan can also manipulate deception and all forms of it.

**Omnimalevolence:** Satan with this power are devoid of any and all benevolent traits, thus making them the true evil incarnate and the source of all negative aspects of existence.

**Perfection:** Perfection is a state, variously, of completeness, flawlessness, or supreme excellence. Satan is in the condition, state and quality of being free from all possible forms of flaws or defects. If Satan is not perfect from the beginning the traits and actions to achieving perfection must be flawless, the process of improving something until it is faultless or as close to faultless as possible, whether it be from magic, divinity, science etc. With perfection, there is nothing the wielder can't do or achieve including rejecting logic to improve themselves, despite having a flawless and limitless condition.

**Prime Being:** Satan is the prime being that originated/created a species and all its variations, making them essentially the most powerful among their race, having utmost power and authority over other beings of its kind. The prime beings do not always possess the power to create life forms, but possess the original or main gene that all others derive from. Satan can even control or destroy their own species.

**Primordial Darkness Manipulation:** Satan can create, shape and manipulate darkness of an ancient primordial nature. As opposed to regular Darkness Manipulation, Satan with this power is often a deity, avatar, or living embodiment of darkness, in many cases able to override other forms of Darkness Manipulation as darkness is the domain of Satan. Due to its primordial nature, it goes beyond concepts of good, evil, and even neutrality. Similar to other primordial elements, the raw potency and primeval nature of this power enables Satan to easily overpower immunities & resistances to dark-based abilities.

**Primordial Dragon Physiology:** Satan either is or can transform into a primordial dragon or the ancestor of all dragons. A dragon or a draconic entity that has existed since or even prior to the beginning of time itself.

**Snake Physiology:** Satan either is or can mimic/transform into snakes, gaining a plethora of special abilities, traits and attributes, such as scales that increase defensive capabilities, extremely dangerous venom, seismic senses and many physical capabilities.

**Satanic Incarnation:** Satan is the incarnation of the Ultimate Evil being known in various cultures and religious traditions, especially Christianity as The Devil or another malevolent Force.

**Satanic Entity:** As an archetype, a satanic entity in a setting who is based off satanic religious theme or the traits the entities within the satanic faiths, including Atheistic Satanism, Satanism and Theistic Satanism, as well as the offshoot faith of Luciferianism. Other cultures that have satanic figures as well like the Demiurge from Gnosticism, Angra Mainyu of Zoroastrianism, and Baphomet from Thelma mythology, and of course the main figures of this faith the Devil "Satan and/or Lucifer", as well as the prophesied son himself, the Antichrist from Christianity.

**Tactical Genius:** Satan is a genius-level in strategy and tactics. They are able to see through all angles/information/patterns/perceptions of any subject, conflict, condition, environment, etc. This gives them the ability to come up with plans/actions that will guarantee victory and help make the wisest, most optimal strategic/tactical decisions for the short and long term at exactly the right time. They can consider all effects and outcomes, anticipate all obstacles, seize all opportunities, adjust effectively to any situation, manipulate all circumstances to their optimum benefit, and make the most out of everything around them to achieve their goals.

**Upgrading Subordination:** Satan can greatly enhance existing entities, significantly upgrading their abilities, granting additional ones, lifting their limitations and removing their flaws. In exchange, a master-servant bond is established with Satan, ensuring their obedience and loyalty regardless of subordinate status (minions/servants/soldiers/etc).

**Underworld Beast Manipulation:** Satan can create, manipulate, and destroy monsters native to the Underworld. They control them to do their bidding like, help them during situations, use them against foes, use them to see locations and get information about a particular place, use them for battle, use them for spying on others etc. The controlled beasts may cultivate bonds with Satan, thus creating friendships. Also may empathize or communicate with them.

**Wrath Embodiment:** Satan can become a physical manifestation or personification of wrath in their reality and gains power from the anger in others or oneself. Satan can use anger and endless rage as a power source to extend their life span or as a weapon. They can become immune to death unless certain conditions are met. They can also embodiment the hatred, the violence, the vengeance and the war, concepts related to wrath.

## History

Satan was an ancient spirit or force created by Ayin that existed when the first spark of Creation was lit, possibly around or before Creation. He is believed to have once been a wandering spirit with no purpose, confused of his surroundings and existence until God appointed him with being a judge and accuser.

Before his fall, Satan was a Cherubim and a prince of the choir of Power, showing his status as the supreme Power as Lucifer is over the True Archangels. However, it is believed that Satan was something else before he was appointed as an Angel. He himself states that he is a bit of an enigma. Before his fall, Satan was also a Cherubim and a prince of the choir, showing his status as the supreme Cherub as Lucifer is over the True Archangels. This would explain why he is sometimes depicted as having three heads in his imprisonment, showing that after his fall his appearance as a Cherubim became highly twisted and corrupted. He is one of the most powerful angels created by God.

God commanded the Angels and Aeons to bow to the first human Adam, Lucifer (then an angel called Helel) rallied other angels against this command with the belief that angels are above all other creations, Satan (then an angel called Satanel) was one of the angels rallied with Lucifer. He and other "fallen angels" fought against the forces of God and were utterly defeated; as a result, Satan was cast down into Hell. After his fall, Satan became the supreme emperor of the Inferno and the true lord of all demonkind, equaled only by the nigh-omnipotent Lucifer.

Contrary to popular belief, after the fall it is believed that Lucifer became a demon when his heart was filled to the brim with corruption and darkness. However, regardless of his appearance, Lucifer seems to remain looking as a fallen angel rather than a demon. Satan, however, discarded his origins and fully embraced his current status as a demon. So in theory they could be the same being, but really they are the same two different beings based on the same legend. He chooses what you see to his advantage.

### Temptation of Jesus

After the human birth of Jesus Christ, Satan offered him the world in exchange for his allegiance. He still considered humans just dross, and tried to stop Jesus from dying for such insignificant beings. However, Christ rejected and responded that he came down from heaven, not to do his own will, but the will of God who sent him. Satan still yearns to return to Heaven and eventually take the throne he feels he is destined to sit on though as centuries pass by, his interest in the Throne of God started to dissipate, more desiring to keep his throne in the depths of Hell.

## Myths and Legends

### Origins

The concept of the devil has been present in human culture for millennia, a being that personifies the evil that humanity faces, a perverse being that tries to distance us from God. Although it is not possible to say itself when this idea started to be cultivated among people, it is likely that it started with the Angra Mainyu of Zoroastrianism in the 6th century BCE. Angra Mainyu is an evil being opposite Ahura Mazda and its equivalent. This is probably the oldest account of an evil figure opposed to a redeeming entity.

However, there is another devil, he appears in the Bible, in the Old Testament, more specifically in the Book of Job, there he is called "Satan" which means "opponent" or "adversary". Christians interpret Satan as a fallen angel who, claiming to be as great as God, rebelled against Him and was cast into the depths of darkness. He is an accuser who tries to make humanity fall and tries to bring creation to its end in Apocalypse and dethrone the Creator. In the Christian view, he is responsible for the fall of humanity from the Garden of God, Jesus refers to him as "father of the lie" and "a murderer from the beginning" who did not cling to the truth. Probably a reference to what the devil used to get Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden - the lie.

### Names

He is known by many epithets, including the Serpent, the Devil, the Dragon, The Dark Lord, The King of Darkness, the Demon Lord, King of Lies, The Great Deceiver, The Deceiver, The Adversary, The Accuser, The Dark Side of God, King of Hell, The Evil One, The Dark One, The Darkness, Apollyon, Old Scratch, Abaddon, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Belial, Baal, Old Nick, Satanael, Mephistopheles, Iblis, Yama although some of this titles were attributed to actual demons themselves, the names themselves describe Satan's authority and power.

In modern religion, Satan is typically an alternate name or title for Lucifer, who rallied other angels against the authority of God, after which they fought against the forces of God and were utterly defeated and cast down into hell, becoming demons. During the centuries, his figure has been linked with other dark entities, such as Set, Hades, Ahriman, and Mara, while some other religious currents such as Gnosticism portray him as the evil deity Yaldabaoth.

## Quotes

*"I am the oldest of all demons. I am the King of Hell, Satanael! So Yeshua, you better calm your ego, because our world is so far away. While you reign over men, I am the emperor of the underworld!" - Satan to Jesus Christ.*

*"I am the devil. I am everything Christians and Muslims think and say about me. Only **much worse**." - Satan.*

*"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof." - John 8:44.*

*"You hail from a world shackled by slavery. But in this one blow the winds of freedom. If the soul is as peace, even in the depths of Hell shall one find comfort. As proof, you – slaves of God – did not recognize that you were being shackled… Yet you now wish to dethrone the Creator. Then show me the strength of your determination… Your will. Hold nothing back. Failing this test would mean eternal death." - Satan to a God Slayer.*

*"And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in Hell." - Matthew 10:28.*

*"The Devil keeps man from good with a thousand machinations spewed from his belly, so that when a person sighs to do good, he pierces him with his shafts; and when he desires to embrace God with his whole heart in love, he subjects him to poisonous tribulations, seeking to pervert good work before God. And when a person seeks the viridity of virtue, the Devil tells him that he does not know what he is doing, and he teaches him that he can set his own law for himself." - HILDEGARD OF BINDEN, Letter to the Abbot, c. 1166.*

*"Sin never exist, for nothing is truly sinful but indulging in the carnal desires in your own Utopia." - Satan's personal creed.*

*"My belief is that, morally, God and Satan are vaguely on the same page. According to the common understanding of Satan's origins, 'holiness' is, metaphorically, frozen stiff in his veins: and at that a corrupted formula - i.e. legalism. The vital difference is that God is willing to offer grace for our sins; he delights in grace. God is the one and only holy and just punisher of sin, yes, but that is partly so because punishment for the sake of punishment is not something he loves. Whereas Satan, as the accuser, and as it is written, actually seeks God's permission to punish; he, being a seasoned legalist, delights in finding wrongs and will defy his own morality just to expose immorality. This is why both the anti-religious soul and the violently religious soul are, whether consciously or unconsciously, and sadly enough, glorifying their biggest hater: Satan is not only a lawless lover of punishing lawlessness, but also the sharpest theologian of us all. He loves wickedness, but only because he loves punishing wickedness." - Criss Jami.*

*"I was raised and educated by my mother to believe that God is love and justice, but it seems that there are people out there wanting to change my opinion, because if God sends gays to hell for loving someone of the same gender, while he allows criminals, rapists and bandits go to his Paradise as if nothing had happened, I think I've been praying to the wrong God for a long time. You know what, Devil, you can't be that bad, because in your kingdom you set racists on fire while here on Earth bad people set good people on fire by accusing them of being you. If God and his followers are like that, Devil, it's your world I want to descend to! And already separates a chair in Hell there for me." - Aleph.*

*"The greatest lie I ever told? No, it was not convincing the world I didn't exist, plenty of people do believe I exist. Nor was it convincing people God doesn't exist. That would spoil the fun of our little game. It was not saying there is only Heaven or only Hell. It was not leading you to so-called 'pagan deities'. My greatest lie was but three words: God commands it. You'd be amazed how easy it is to lead you away from Him with nothing but His name and a flimsy excuse." - Satan.*

*"Can someone tell Stephen King that I find the comparison of me to Glenn Beck offensive?" - Satan.*

*"Speak too liberal of the devil, and his horns soon appear." - Samuel Tyler Coleridge.*

*"The only reason you're safe from me is because I don't give a damn about your existence otherwise I would have wiped it off the face of existence, consequences be damned." - Tartarus to Satan.*

*"Well well, look who we have here. Monkey 1 and Monkey 2." - Satan.*

*"Do not kill me! You can't kill me! If you hurt me it will go against His word not to hurt others. Is not?" "You will never let go of this evil of yours and the hatred of your heart, because in fact you were born corrupted, evil and without an ounce of goodness in your heart of stone. The only thing that matters to you is to kill, steal and destroying everything God loves! But know, Devil, that even the patience and piety of the Holiest of Holies one day ends." - Satan & Jesus Christ.*

## Trivia

* The race of Satan is a matter of debate among both humans and angels. Some believe he would be a Seraphim for his high status, others believe he would be a Cherubim based on the text of Ezekiel (although it is most often used for Lucifer). However, until today there is no conclusive answer. All that is known is that it was an angel who fell from Heaven.
* Satan is the antagonistic figure/force in Abrahamic Religions and is primarily either depicted as an Agent of God sent to test the faith of Man as well as serve as an accusatory figure to expose their sins (Judaism and Islam) or an Angel that rebelled against God and serves as the Supreme Adversary and Ultimate Evil (Christianity).
* It is revealed by Michael that Satan did in fact try to kill the baby Jesus when he was still a child, and that he was behind Herod's murder of children as young as two years old.