Apocalypse

## Overview

Apocalypse is a prophecy of the oncoming end of the world.

The end will involve Lilith collecting a group of Harbingers. Once they are collected the End will come soon. The identity of the Harbingers can change. If a Harbinger is killed, their role can be inherited by an entity that killed them by absorbing the powers.

Azazel is also attempting to bring it about and begin a war between Heaven and Hell.

Among the Harbingers are:

* The Horsemen - Four Horsemen of the Revelation, which are four children of the Endless, known as Endlings. All Endlings have the potential to be Horsemen. The Endless are natural agents of stability and Order, at least in theory. However there children exist to defy their parents. If the endless are meant to be without end, their children are meant to bring about end.
	+ War - Xingtian (also known as the Headless Horsemen) is a god of ancient Chinese mythology and the child of Destruction of the Endless and goddess Xiwangmu.
	+ Conquest - Rose Walker is a Dream Vortex and the daughter of Desire. She is the rider of the white horse in the Book of Revelations. However she would not knowingly aid in the end of the world but her being a Dream Vortex makes her extremely dangerous and The Lords of Chaos and others looking to bring the end of the world are currently attempting to turn her towards their goals.
	+ Famine - Unknown
	+ Death - Unknown
* The Whore - The identity of the Whore is Ruby.
* The Behemoth - One of the three Great Beasts
	+ The original Behemoth was a great beast. It was slain by Belphegor and HIM in order to acquire the Right Hand of Doom.
	+ Hellboy - Son of Azazel. Hellboy's right hand was chopped off and replaced with the Right Hand of Doom. Hellboy can transform into the Great Beast of Revelation and under Ruby's influence did so during Hell on Earth.
	+ HIM also possesses an appendage taken from Behemoth, which he fused to himselves.
* The Leviathan - One of the three Great Beasts
	+ The original Leviathan was killed by Ruby and Shamash and before they could clame it's souls the they scattered themselves all over the world and became seven different individuals.
* The Dragon - One of the three Great Beasts
	+ The original Dragon was a being known as Ziz. It was described as either a dragon, a sky-beast or massive bird. The beast's wingspan was able to plunge the world below into darkness.
	+ Primordial god Sin killed Ziz and absorbed its powers, through that also inherited the role of the Dragon. Sin was later killed by his children Inanna and Shamash, and his souls became the Seven Deadly Sins.
	+ In 1987, Trigon attempted to endow himself with the power of the Seven Deadly Sins. He found the power too great for him, but he was unable to let go of it. With the help of Azazel's witch Rasputin rituals were undertaken. The powers of the Sins was implanted into seven children on Earth, meanwhile Trigon inherited some power and the role of the Dragon.
	+ Jörmungandr is described to be a Red Dragon.
* Locusts - The Sheeda, In the dwarven language the word for "unwanted pest" is "sheg" and a horde of them is called "Sheega" which the Elves would later bastardized the word and it became "Sheeda" referred to Fae corrupted by the Bleed.

However while the Book of Revelations has information on what is needed to start the Apocalypse; it also has information on how to counteract it which is exactly what The Presence is trying to do. The figures involved include:

* "Woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars." who will then give birth to a child "Caught up unto God". - This may refer to Ellie MacKay and her child who contains a piece of God in their soul.
* "Two wings of a great eagle" that carry the woman off to the wilderness, by water, that will offer seclusion to give birth in safety - The two wings are currently unknown but may refer to two angels and the location referred to as wilderness, by water is the island Corto Maltese.

Apocalypse will also involve three beings that shall become one.

Hell on Earth in 2013 was an attempt to start the Apocalyse by Azazel.

The beginning of the End truly began in late 2016.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* The group trying to start the Apocalypse is the Lords of Chaos, which Lilith is a member of.
* According to Anna Milton, the apocalypse described in the Bible is a vague out of order mess.
* Gadreel and Adam managed to convince Lilith to postpone the Apocalypse. Unfortunately, a war erupted in Hell, which might lead to it anyway.
* Azazel fathered Naamah to act as his agent on Earth.
* The three beings that shall become one are probably the children of Ellie MacKay, Hazel McNamara and Uriel.

### Notes

* Apocalypse is a concept from the Christian mythology. The word Apocalypse means Revelation.

## Links and References

1. ↑ VOX Box: By Any Other Name 18
2. ↑ Network Files: Headless Horseman
3. ↑ VOX Box: Hell Hath No Fury 14
4. ↑ Network Files: Hellboy 1
5. ↑ Network Files: HIM
6. ↑ The Dinkley Files: The Ogdru Jahad
7. ↑ Network Files: Jörmungandr
8. ↑ VOX Box: By Any Other Name 11
9. ↑ VOX Box: By Any Other Name 17
10. ↑ VOX Box: Friends Old and New 24
11. ↑ VOX Box: Fall From Grace 14
12. ↑ Network Files: Azazel