Creation

Creation is the series of events that encompasses the formation of the universe. It was perpetrated by the being known as God, who brought about His vision by creating the Seven Hosts of Angels, through which He worked His will. Creation is divided into three Great Works: The First Great Work, the creation of the physical universe, the Second Great Work, the creation of living beings, and the Third Great Work, the creation of mankind.

## The First Great Work

### The First Host

At the dawn of the universe, there was God, and there was the Primordial Void. Using the power of the Primordial siblings he had taken into himself, began the process of Creation, uninterrupted by any of his fellows. In order to more speedily facilitate his Creation, he engaged in the first ever act of creating a conscious being. This first creation was Lucifer, Seraph of the Primal Dawn, and Herald of the Holy Light. To follow Lucifer were the angels of the First Host, the Host of Illumination. As God commanded "Let there be Light!" Lucifer went forth, the host following behind him into the Void, in the event known by mortals as the Big Bang.

### The Second Host

As the First Host filled the Void very brim with raw, primal power, it came time for it to be expanded. For that purpose, God brought forth a Second Host. They were led by Raphael, Seraph of the Infinite Expanse and Herald of the Endless Breath. The Host of Proliferation went forth, expanding the cosmos into the forerunner of the vast universe that it is today. The various forces brought forth by the First Host were separated and made distinct, and eventually, the rapid expansion the Second Host had begun slowed to a comparative crawl.

### The Third Host

With the Void filled and expanded upon, it came time for its contents to be transformed. For it to be so, God created new conduits for His will: A Third Host, the Host of Metamorphosis. At their head was Arikel, Seraph of the Currents of Renewal and Herald of the Depthless Insight. Under her command, the Third Host set out, taking hold of the forces and energies that had been birthed and separated by the two previous hosts and transforming them into basic forms that could then be used to build something more.

### The Fourth Host

With the most basic energies of Creation formed, it came time for them to be given substance, for the purpose of which the Fourth Host was brought into being. To lead the Host of Fabrication, God crafted Azazel, Seraph of the Determinate Forge and Herald of Absolute Mastery. With Azazel at their head, the Fourth Host forged the various forms of matter that modern Creation knows, and many that have since been erased from existence.

### The Fifth Host

When the Fourth Host completed their labors, Creation had been filled with all the energies, space, and substances that were required. And yet it was still a chaotic and disorganized place. Stars blazed to life and burst apart, while planetary bodies crashed into each other and were broken to pieces. In order to bring cohesion to Creation, God made new vessels for His will in the form of the Fifth Host. To lead the Host of Correspondence was Raziel, Seraph of the Path Unending and Herald of Wisdom Renewable. By his word, the stars were set set right, the orbit of worlds aligned, and the path of comets predicted.

### The Sixth Host

To the angels created thus far, it seemed that with the order brought by the Fifth Host, Creation seemed complete. It was not so to God. At His command, the Sixth Host, the Host of Cycles came forth. They seemed to have much in common with the Fifth Host before them, for they too managed the sequences of the cosmos, only on a scale far smaller. Like the Angels of Metamorphosis, they elicited change, but where the Third Host wrought grand, sweeping changes to the forces and forms of Creation, the Angels of Cycles wrought small transformations that were locked in a cyclical patterns, in truth, being more akin to the stasis ensured by their kindred of the Fifth Host. To lead Sixth in the Great Cycles was Zephaniah, Seraph of the Unending Chain and Herald of Intuition Undaunted.

### The Seventh Host

The last Host of angels sent forth by God was the Seventh, the Host of Reclamation. They were given the dour responsibility of unmaking what was made, breaking down various portions of Creation so that they could be recycled, and new creation given in their place. God crafted Ereshkigal, Seraph of Supreme Finality and Herald of the Last Judgement, and to her He gave this somber task.

## The Second Great Work

With the universe constructed, it came time to populate it. For this purpose, God gave each of His seven hosts a task.

### The Seventh Host

The Creator first turned to the Seventh Host, last and lowest of the angels he had created. By His will, the Seventh Host enacted their first act of creation, and constructed the very first souls within the ephemeral layers of Creation. The fact that they were the first called upon shocked many of the higher ranking angels, but no one questioned the will of the Creator.

### The Sixth Host

With the first primitive souls having been crafted by the Seventh Host, it came time to form a housing for souls so that they might walk amongst the physical layers of reality. For this purpose, the Sixth House was called upon, and over the course of the Fifth and Sixth Days, and at the same time, millions of years, they coaxed innumerable chemical reactions to create the bodily systems the first living organisms. They then implanted the natural senses and instincts inherent to every creature, creating the base programming for the cycles of life.

### The Fifth Host

Whilst the Sixth Host had mastered the art of creating complex systems, they were not versed in tying such systems together, or planning to any moments beyond the immediate future. As such, the Fifth Host were also made to make contribution to the Second Great Work. In one layer of reality, they brought the organelles of the first single celled organisms to cohesion over eons, whilst in others, they unified the organs and bodily systems the Sixth Host had made so that complex creatures would be able to live and thrive. And thus, the work continued.

### The Fourth Host

Then it came time for the Fourth Host to make their contributions to life, a replaying of their own role in the First Great Work was given to them. As the Fourth themselves had made substance and matter from pure power as the cosmos was first formed, they gifted living organisms with this ability as well, setting up the sturdy foundations for life to flourish, just as they had done for the universe before it.

### The Third Host

When the Third Host was called to the Second Great Work, they bestowed upon the living the capacity for change. This enabled adaptation and evolution in many layers of reality. By their gift, evolution and change within species would eventually become possible in the relevant layers of reality.

### The Second Host

By the time it came for the Second Host to contribute to the Second Great Work, it seemed as though the various life forms were almost perfect. Though each had been made to perfection, there was something that each of them lacked: the energies of life. And so, just as they had breathed infinity into the cosmos with the First Great Work, so they gifted the Breath of Life unto all living things. which would allow them to live their span of years, and then eventually die.

### The First Host

The first of God's angels were the only ones to not participate in the Second Great Work. This wounded many of them, and fear and dissent spread throughout the ranks. Why were they, first and greatest of angels, denied the chance to participate in this mighty deed? They turned to Lucifer, their Seraph, for guidance, he who was was closest to God-Most-High. And Lucifer spoke the words which quieted them all. "They are all unworthy of our gifts. The Greatest Work is yet to come."

## The Third Great Work

The Third Great Work came upon the sculpting of the final life form that was to be the capstone of all Creation: Mankind. All that the lesser life forms had been given they received as well, but then, each Host then gave them additional gifts, which would separate them from the lesser creatures with whom they would share Creation.

### The Seventh Host

As the Third Great Work began, the Seventh Host were once more called upon to forge souls. But for humanity, the souls they crafted were to be beyond any they had made before. They were brighter, stronger, more beautiful. Where the souls of the lesser creatures had been candles, these new ones were as blazing bonfires. For humans, unlike those who came before them, had their spirits imbued with the Heart of Wonder. The Heart granted each of them a soul leaps and bounds greater than mere animals, and furthermore, made each and every human spirit unique, granting them their individuality.

### The Sixth Host

The Sixth Host crafted once more forms to house souls. This time, the bodies they made were metaphysically far more powerful than any that had come before them, so as to be able to house the mighty souls that their brothers and sisters of the Seventh Host had made. Yet again, they gifted these forms with instincts and sensations, but this time, there was one crucial difference: The power of the base instincts bestowed on humanity would not dictate their every deed, as they did for so many other creatures. That was made possible by the gift they gave, the Essence of Will, which would allow humans to master their own instincts, to overcome them and perform deeds that their base urges would have otherwise not allowed.

### The Fifth Host

The angels of the Fifth Host brought into humanity the Light of Cognition. This allowed humans to observe and process connections in the world around them to a far higher degree than the lesser beasts. With it, they could observe patterns imperceptible to other creatures, granting them a perception of time, the potential to make plans, anticipate the future, and the ability to remember.

### The Fourth Host

Solidifying the contributions of the Fifth Host, the Fourth implanted within man the Seed of Knowledge. This gift enabled man to properly comprehend the information that their senses gave them, and that the Light of Cognition allowed them to process. The Light would nurture the Seed, and through the knowledge humans could gain, it would allow them to attain mastery of the world, God intended.

### The Third Host

The Third Host gifted humanity by instilling within each of them what would be known as the Font of Inspiration. This gifted them with a capacity for emotion far greater than the creatures that had preceded them, and furthermore, gave them the ability to express themselves in new ways, allowing them the ability to invent their own ideas. With this gift, humanity became the cognitive equals of the angels.

### The Second Host

As with all the creatures that came before, humanity had the Breath of Life gifted to them by the Second Host. Unlike the lesser creatures, however, man was gifted with Breath unlimited, filled with more life force than any before them. As a result, their bodies would always be restored to full health, regardless of injury, and their lifespans would be rendered infinite.

### The First Host

The First Host were the last to bestow gifts upon mankind. But theirs was the greatest gift of all. Each of them carried a tiny ember of God's own power; the Flame of Divinity, and placed it within mankind. The Flame within each of them would remain dormant, until such time as God decreed that it be Awakened.

And with that final contribution, man was made. In part of reality, they evolved, over millions of years, from the lesser creature. But on the Sixth Day in another reality, they were made, fourteen of them, a male and a female for each angelic Host. Adam and Lilith were the first, and then came six more pairs. And when it was done, the First Generation, seven men and seven women stood complete, and Creation's perfection was absolute.