The Principalities

The **Principalities** (**Principality** for one), also known as **Princes**, **Princedoms** or **Rulers**, are the third choir of the third Angelic Sphere.

## Description

Principalities are enormous as they are said to make up entire planes with their bodies. They are shown wearing a crown and carrying a scepter, with massive metallic wings of a dimly gold color. They also are shown to be wearing humanoid masks of various silver and gold colors, and rarely do they ever reveal their faces.

They are strong in performing miracles, in attracting the celestial gifts and in redistributing them after receiving them. It is said that at the end of the world the powers of the heavens will be disrupted, because for their activity wonderful things will be accomplished on the elements.

They are those who possess a sovereign character with power of command within the divine order. Principalities collaborate with the Powers in the management of human politics, receiving orders directly from the Dominions Angels. In the Kabbalah, they inhabit the sephirah Netzach and rule over love and beauty, with Anael being their leader.

## Overview

These Angels guide and protect nations, or groups of people, and institutions such as the Church. The Principalities preside over bands of angels and charge them with fulfilling the divine ministry. There are some who administer and some who assist. They are usually controlled by the chief angel Erebiel.

Their duty also is said to be to carry out the orders given to them by the angels of the upper sphere and bequeath blessings to the material world. Their task is to oversee groups of people. It was from this Order that the Angel who aided David in his task of slaying Goliath was thought to have come. As beings related to the world of the germinal ideas, they are said to inspire living things to many things such as art or science.

Together with the Archangels, they are in close and continuous contact with men, designating and choosing individuals suitable for governing, administering and fostering trade and military affairs. Every region, province, nation, city or village has its own Principality. While still absolutely pure, wise, and powerful, these angels are furthest from God in the angelic hierarchy, and so are better able to communicate with man in ways we can understand and even withstand.

## Known Principalities

* Belphagor
* Kimaris
* Nisroch

## Common Powers and Abilities

**Angelic Aura:** The Principalities can surround themselves in glorious angelic energy. It is impressively sacred, it can also turn others into angels as well and can cause goodness.

**Angelic Form:** The Principalities are angels, who possess these forms naturally and/or can naturally channels their own angelic powers through their bodies to bring out their true inner forms, empowering them to their fullest potential. The angelic form usually manifests as an extremely beautiful winged light-like entity with varying amounts of goodly/light powers and intense energies, and overwhelming feelings of fear/love/holy power through the body/appearance of the angel and grants improved versions of their lower assuming form and abilities gaining the full potential of their abilities and reflect their true selves. Sometimes these forms angels take are minor minor alternations from there lower or hidden in forms, merely gaining holy light, a halo, aura and/or the wings of an angel.

**Angelic Wings:** The Principalities have/or possess the ability to manifest or generate two or multiple pairs of powerful wings on themselves at will as a natural feature of the divine/celestial species. Flight is an angel's wing's main function; however, it is not their only purpose as they also enable angels to teleport and travel to other planes and dimensions, possess healing and magical powers, aid in combat and are said to contain their angelic powers and immortality. So, if their wings were removed, they could be rendered a mortal human in certain worlds/fantasies. Angel wings, depending on the situation, can also be regenerated if removed. This, however, varies per fantasy world and mythology itself.

**Feather Wing Manifestation:** The Principalities have or can form feathered wings and use them from transportation to offensive and defensive purposes.

**Angelic Force Manipulation:** The Principalities with this power possess and are able to use strong angelic power. This ability not only grants the Principalities great strength, abilities, and control over numerous variations of holy energies, but also allows them to overwhelm weaker angels as well as rival that of powerful sacred entities.

**Divine Force Manipulation:** The Principalities have control of anything that is divine. They are able to manipulate divine objects and relics that are connected to the gods or divine power. With this, the Principalities are completely considered worthy of spiritual respect, allowing them to achieve feats that are impossible to be reached by mere mortals.

**Demonic Slayer:** The Principalities can kill demons/demonic entities of any form, being able to go toe-to-toe with even the strongest of demons and gain resistance to their demonic powers and demonic corrupting effects.

**Enhanced Condition:** The Principalities possess all their capabilities, attributes and aspects at an advanced level, beyond that of the peak members of their own species. This means the Principalities aspects (E.g., beauty, charisma, character and physique) attributes (E.g., physical and mental condition) as well as capabilities (E.g., potential, feats, skills and abilities, be it natural or supernatural) would be beyond that of standard individuals.

**Super-Condition:** The Principalities possess supernatural capabilities, attributes and aspects that are beyond what is naturally possible. With their condition alone, they can dwarf most beings in their respective universe, being virtually supreme in their existential aspects and attributes. With their superhuman physique, they can move buildings, run at the speed of light, survive nuclear explosions unscathed, and remain active for days to weeks untired. With their mind, they can amass knowledge and information about everything, allowing them to invent and create things beyond the grasps of regular humans. They can master languages and subjects in mere days or even hours too.

**Semi-Immortality:** The Principalities with this ability never age, and as a result, they stay young forever or at least never suffer the ravages of aging. Because of this, the Principalities will always be at their physical prime. The Principalities will also be immune to aging abilities, such as Age Acceleration or Reversal.

**Immortality:** The Principalities possess immortality, a state where one has eternal life and is undying. They never age, are completely self-sustaining, free from all bodily necessities, and can survive virtually any kind of harm, remaining immune to all forms of decay. Any damage done to the Principalities would either be regenerated or simply remain non-fatal. As a byproduct of having everlasting life, the Principalities may have an infinite reservoir of life energy that fuels the dynamic system of their immortality.