Asmodeus

Cain, Seth (brothers)

Asmodeus, known as Abel in his human life, was once a Second Generation human before he was subjected to the First Murder by his own older brother, Cain, in an attempt to prevent him being corrupted by the Fallen angels which he was communicating with. Being the first human ever to die, his soul was brought to the custody of Lucifer, who, using a process devised by fellow Fallen Gadreel and Samael, transformed Abel into the first of a new breed of beings: A demon. Consumed by hatred and vengeance for what his brother had done to him in the name of God, renamed himself Asmodeus, and became the first non-angelic being ever to kill an angel, when he and the first horde of newly created demons were unleashed against the angels loyal to Heaven.

## Biography

### Early Life

Abel was the second born son of Adam and Eve, two humans of the First Generation. He was born six years after his brother Cain, and two years before his brother Seth. Abel and his brothers were all part of a pact struck by the three factions the angels of the heavenly hosts, where each would have the ideology of one of the three imparted upon them, and then debate amongst themselves whose cause was righteous, thereby solving the dispute. Abel was chosen to be the voice of the Fallen, and as he grew, the greatest of the Fallen angels, among them Lucifer and Arikel, Gadreel and Azazel, Abaddon and Samael.

Of all his parents' sons, Abel was always the most wild, rambunctious, and disobedient, which did not surprise those who knew that the Fallen spoke to him in his dreams. Yet still, those who looked upon him could not doubt the strength of his convictions or the fire in his heart. Even amongst the Loyalist angels, he was admired, most fervently by Haniel, the second Seraph of the Sixth Host. Unlike his brother Cain, who received visions from God and His Seraphim alone, Abel communed with angels from across the ranks of the Fallen, with those both high and low.

Abel, like his brothers, was coaxed towards Awakening, and unlocking the divine potential within him by his angelic benefactors. When the time came, he was Awakened by Lucifer himself.

### The First Slain

#### Buildup

When Abel and his brothers had grown to manhood, it was revealed that all had been speakers to angels, for each had been kept ignorant of the visions of the other two. With their eyes open, the three brothers began the First Debate of Man, and attempted to sway one another to the views of the faction that they had been groomed to represent. The debate began with Seth trying to convince the other two that peace was surely possible between Loyalists and Fallen. Abel agreed, but was adamant that the Fallen were right to rebel and Awaken the First Generation against the wishes of God. To gift them with the Flame of Divinity, and then deny its use was unjust and cruel. If the Loyalist angels admitted that the Fallen's cause was just, and undid the Curse of Mortality Michael had ordered and Raphael had carried out, then the rift between angels could indeed be healed. Cain was of the opposite mind, believing the Fallen had betrayed the Creator and their comrades, and in their pride and selfishness, condemned mankind to suffer. If the Fallen humbled themselves and begged forgiveness, he said, they could return to the Creator's graces, and man would have the opportunity to earn their immortality back through good acts of contrition.

Unbound as they were by linear time, the debate raged for both a week, and centuries uncounted. No accord could be reached.