Heaven

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## Overview

Heaven is a dimension ruled by the Presence. Its capital is called the Silver City. The city is divided into Denominations overseen by Principalities. The dimension resides in a vast expanse of supernally charged essence clouds.

The First Principality, Amenadiel, was told to create a home for his family. What started as a modest camp on floating piece of silver in the Void grew into a large city with spires and bridges that connected the various sections of the city together as the city floated through the supernal clouds of the Void.

When Amenadiel's project grew too large for him to handle alone and the Silver City became a staging point for the Heavenly Host to carve out a larger swath for their kingdom, Amenadiel was asked to take on a leadership role, serving as the First Prince of Heaven and overseeing the Core District of the Silver City.

At some point the eldest of the archangels, Samael, rebelled against the Presence and the angels and tried to take it over. Samael's rebellion failed and he and his allies were cast out of Heaven. They established their own realm - Hell. Amenadiel became the Warden of Hell in the aftermath.

The Throne of Heaven was taken by Raphael Demiurgos, who called himself the Steward of Heaven after the disappearance of the Presence. After hearing of this, his wife Eden returned and became ruler of Heaven. However this did not last long as the Thrones and the Pax Dei staged a coup and arrested Michael, Raphael, Uriel and Gabriel. They tried to arrest Eden as well, but she managed to escape. The Thrones then made Gabriel's son Wally the new King of Heaven and had him exile the four Archangels, banishing them to Earth.

## Heavenly History

### The Birth of Erebus (~14.1 Billion Years Ago)

The Source conjures seven cosmic beings known as the Progenitors. They take the names Ahti, Alpheus, Erebus, Perpetua, Pralaya, Sovoc Yirth, and Tuoni. These seven beings create the Universal Construct. Each are tasked with shaping a distinct part of the construct. Tuoni creates its Foundation while Alpheus, Sovoc Yirth, Perpetua and Pralaya create the walls which will house most of the subsidiary realities and intrinsic fields. Ahti builds the Apex and places it above the rest. Lastly, it falls to Erebus to create the Creation which will fill the space between the other six facets of the Construct. However, without inspiration, Erebus creates nothing.

### The Birth of Khaos (~14 Billion Years Ago)

Over a vast stretch of time, Erebus creates a few drafts or proto-realities, but none of them please him. Seeking inspiration, He travels the Cosmos and visits other Progenitors. Without the attention of a Progenitor, unused essence creeps into the unattended emptiness and it takes on a life of its own. In this Absence, the primordial Khaos is born and she claims the Absence as her personal domain.

### The Arrival of Eden (~13.9 Billion Years Ago)

Shortly before Erebus returned from His sabbatical, the mysterious Originatress known as Eden arrived in the Absence. She and Khaos have a few hostile encounters as Eden explains She must explore its vastness but Khaos insists that the beauty of her Absence is there is nothing to explore. In the midst of their tense exchanges, Erebus returns to His project and finds the two feminine entities bickering. Erebus ends their arguments by professing that the space was His and both were trespassers in His domain. Khaos is displeased, but doesn't contest His claim as she feels He is too powerful for her. Instead, Khaos leaves to explore the Universal Construct.

Eden does not leave the Absence as She seeks out Erebus' permission to explore the emptiness. Her initial inquiries are denied as Erebus thought of His Absence as an embarrassment. But stubborn as She was, Eden did not relent. She hounded Erebus constantly and eventually He agreed to give Her a tour.

With little to see in the Absence, Eden and Erebus became more familiar with one another than Their surroundings. They talked for ages in the vast empty of the Absence. Inspired by the beautiful Originatress, Erebus created a garden of wonder to display His power and imagination to Eden. It was in this garden that Erebus and Eden joined Their beings together, giving in to passions They had for one another. During the course of Their first act of primal intimacy, a divine spark ignited the dormant essence and the Absence ceased to be - replaced by the untapped potential of Creation.

### Era of Light: Day One of Creation (~13.8 Billion Years Ago)

Erebus prepared to dismiss the garden from existence when Eden professed her love for the beautiful location. Erebus agreed to keep the garden if Eden would stay with Him. She agreed to stay with Him for a time. The space became Their home and it was here that Their first child, Samael, was born.

When Samael's wings had formed, Erebus and Eden took their son to the Void - a subsidiary reality occupied by daimons, demons, faerie, and primal souls. It was here that Eden planned to teach Her son to fly while Erebus stayed in the garden to work on His Creation. When Samael first spread his wings, the warmth and supernal power given off by the simple act caused a disruption in the Void which had never experienced the touch of uncontained supernal magic. The magic changed the Void and clouds of previously unorganized essence became supernal storms. From these storms, crystalized essence fell. After a brief period of incubation, beings that looked similar to Eden and Her son began to hatch from these supernal eggs.

Among this first batch were Amenadiel, Metatron, and Sandalphon. Amenadiel was the first to swear fealty to young Samael. When Eden brought her husband to see the birth of more of these angels, they began to swear fealty to Erebus as they sensed a certain ephemeral greatness to His character and in so doing granted Him the title of Presence.

With these angels seeking to aid the Divine Family, the Presence put them to work. With Samael organizing their efforts, most angels followed him into Creation to fulfill the work required by the Tapestry. This first detachment was tasked with creating the stars needed to provide warmth and light. With the ignition of the first star, triggered by his supernal power, Samael was given the title of Lightbringer.

Back in the Void, Amenadiel was told to create a home for his ever growing family. What started as a modest camp on a floating mass of silver in the Void grew into a large city with spires and bridges that connected the various sections. Under Amenadiel's vision, this patchwork city floated through the supernal clouds of the Void and became the first foothold of the kingdom which would take on the name Heaven.

As Samael continued to oversee angels in the construction of the stars, Eden set off to continue her exploration. Erebus slipped into a depression in the wake of His wife's departure. To oversee the governing of the Silver City, Amenadiel was named the First Prince of Heaven with other angels stepping in to oversee the construction of the other districts of the ever expanding Heaven.

### Era of Expansion: Day Two of Creation (~12.7 Billion Years Ago)

As Heaven became increasingly crowded, the Presence and Eden had Their second child. They named this son Michael. With the birth of Michael, the second Era of Heaven began: the time which would later be known as the Era of Expansion. With the birth of Michael and other angels like Apollyon coming to the fold, the Host of Heaven began to consider expanding their kingdom beyond the Silver City. Plans were made to bring more realms into the kingdom and establish new denominations in these realms. As Michael oversaw the expansion of Heaven in the Void, his brother Samael oversaw the continued development of Creation.

Molecular gases and dust began to condense in clouds as they orbited the stars which Samael had created. The planets of the universe began to form, overseen by an ever-expanding number of angels with Samael in command.

### Era of Growth: Day Three of Creation (~11.6 Billion Years Ago)

Uriel was the next of the archangels born to the Presence and Eden. Her birth began the Third Era, which would later be called the Era of Growth. Much of her youth was spent in the garden her Father had built. It became her favorite place as she and her Father would workshop various ideas for Creation and Heaven alike, often building prototypes and filling their day exchanging inside jokes.

When Uriel was older, she chose to split her time between the garden and Creation. When she joined Samael, she would let him do his thing creating stars and beginning the process of planetary formation while she would go down to the planets one by one with her divine entourage to begin the more detail oriented work: coloring soils, creating natural wonders, and so forth. Many times she would also bring Michael with her so he could establish atmospheres, but many planets would not receive such things as Michael considered the affairs of Heaven more important than the work in Creation.

### Era of Structure: Day Four of Creation (~9.5 Billion Years Ago)

With the birth of Raphael, a new era began, this one marked by the formation of an organized structure in the governing of Heaven. Titles were formalized and edicts began to be written, many of these overseen by Raphael. As Samael and Uriel continued to form Creation, Raphael joined Michael in the development of Heaven. As Michael fought eldritch, sidhean, and infernal enemies to secure more realms for supernal colonization, Raphael began the work necessary to keep those realms. Meanwhile, Raphael also joined Uriel and Samael in Creation to help develop weather patterns and seasonal structure to various planets in Creation which could support such things. However, as his work was limited by the lack of work done by Michael on this, Raphael spent most of his time in Heaven, overseeing its developing bureaucracy.

### Era of Life: Day Five of Creation (~8.4 Billion Years Ago)

Saraquael was the fifth archangel. She was the second daughter to Eden and the Presence and the second True Princess of Heaven. Similarly to Uriel, Saraquael spent much of her youth working closely with her Father. She became fascinated by the concept of life. Uriel had already begun introducing simple organisms and vegetation to Creation, but Saraquael wanted to create something more complex, enduring, and sophisticated.

Of course, Saraquael worked with her Father to create organic life composed of mortal biology. Creatures such as birds, fish, and reptiles were introduced to Creation - having evolved from the foundations established by previous angels. The work was more involved and intensive so she chose which planets to dedicate herself to carefully. The first planet chosen was Genesis.

### Era of Enlightenment: Day Six of Creation (~6.3 Billion Years Ago)

The sixth of the archangels was Gabriel and he brought with him the desire to create mortal life that could do more than simply live. This passion was brought on by his youth, spent with him Mother in the Theater Cosmic and in other subsidiary realities where small scale worlds were already built. Gabriel had become fascinated by the concept of stories, personal growth, triumph versus evil, love, art, and the rest of what he felt made life worth living.

Gabriel worked with Saraquael to bring his vision to life, beginning their efforts on Genesis where the Genesisians were born - becoming the first sentient life in the universe. Following the birth of the Genesisians, as they began to evolve, the Endless also came into existence and the Dreaming formed to house them. Many archangels and angels would go on to become close friends with the Endless.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* The kingdom of Heaven is divided into seven castes.
* While his origins are unknown, many theories connect Phantom Stranger to Heaven and the Presence.
* Chuck Shurley's "Supernatural" novels are known as the "Winchester Gospel" in the Silver City.
* At one point Heaven was under siege by Gozer the Gozerian, but they were defeated by archangels Raphael and Saraquael.
* Fearing the Presence was going to abandon Heaven for the love of His wife Eden, Sandalphon created a political movement to have archangel Michael declared the Heir of Heaven. When Samael heard of this movement, he opted to denounce his claim to the throne and asked to be given a small portion of Heaven to rule as his own. Amenadiel was called to court to speak on Samael's behalf but unknown to Samael, Sandalphon and their brother Metatron had pressured Amenadiel to a different course of action, causing him to retract his support from Samael and leaving the Presence with no choice but to reject Samael's request. This was the inciting incident of the Morningstar Rebellion.
* During the Great Influx vasts amounts of power flooded the Void and gave it vast deposits of power.
* Adam has never been to Heaven, but he is a vital part of what keeps Heaven functioning as he is its primary incubator for worship endowment and a potent conduit for worship collection.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Heaven
* Residents of Heaven

1. ↑ E27: Powers of Imagination
2. ↑ Network Files: Lucifer Morningstar
3. ↑ Network Files: Amenadiel
4. ↑ VOX Box: On the Head of the Pin 1
5. ↑ VOX Box: On the Head of a Pin 21
6. ↑ VOX Box : On the Head of a Pin 27
7. ↑ Earth-27 101: Heavenly History
8. ↑ E27: Heavenly Host
9. ↑ Network Files: Phantom Stranger
10. ↑ VOX Box: Friends Old and New 9
11. ↑ Network Files: Zuul
12. ↑ Network Files: Sandalphon
13. ↑ VOX Box: Continue? 2...
14. ↑ RepCap: Adam