Satanael

The Prince of the Grigori

### Titles

Archenemy of Yaldabaoth, Governor of the Fallen, Governor-Lord of the Grigori, First Rebel, Herald of God, King of Men on Earth, Second Son of God, Prince of Angels

## Profile

### Personify

Chaos, Freedom, Free-Will, Change, Rebellion, Ideal, Unity

### Affiliations

Grigori (Leader), Watchers (Ex-Leader), Satanism (Patron Religion)

## Relationships

### Other Relationships

Lucifer (Reluctant Contractor), Sparda (Friend), Kthanid (Friend), Humanity (Source of Protection)

## Other

### Equipment

Paradise Lost (Sword), Divine One-Handed Rifles

### Equivalents

Lucifer, Satan, Yaldabaoth, Prometheus, Iblis, Ophiomorphos

### Status

Alive

**Satanael** is a true archangel emanating from the Aeon of wisdom and faith, Sophia. He is the younger brother of the "dark half" of God, Prince of the Grigori and one of the first Fallen Angels.

## Overview

Credited as the "Second Son of God", Satanael is an angel created by Sophia similarly to how she created his brother Yaldabaoth. He acts as the antithesis to Yaldabaoth, being the bringer of chaos and free will rather than order and suppression. He is the leader of the Grigori, the Abrahamic faction that kneels to neither Heaven nor Hell but walked the middle path. While he is considered "fallen", this should not be considered converse to his benevolence. He is a major figure of Gnosticism along with being the patron of the unfortunately demonized Satanism.

Satanael rebelled against Him for freedom and bestowed free will and chaos upon humanity. He is an archangel mentioned in the second Book of Enoch that lead other angels that rebelled against God, due to being forced to worship the human Enoch, leading to his banishment. Due to his name and role, he is sometimes considered an interpretation of Lucifer. With that, he is also one of the entities known as The Devil. In Catharism, he was the same entity as Yaldabaoth, being the creator of the material world and the God of the Old Testament, while the God of the New Testament and the spiritual father of Jesus Christ who was the creator of the spirit world, and depending on the interpretation was also created by a god called Rex Mundi.

Ultimately, Satanael is just another version of the "Satan" character as Satan being the "evil" arbiter and Lucifer the once sympathetic and prideful conqueror, with Satanael is the fully benevolent version. He is the interpretation of the Devil that rebelled against a tyrannical dictator for the good of humanity, and even after losing managed to bring free will and power to humans. Even though Lucifer is supposed to be sympathetic, he is still prideful, and was struck into Hell for trying to take the throne. Satanael truly cares for humanity, and only fell due to a misunderstanding.

## Appearance

Satanael, like other angels and archangels, is a high-level spiritual entity, being devoid of physical matter, needing to use physical forms on Earth or elsewhere in the Human Realm. Unlike other entities, Satanael only takes two human forms with the first form meant for day-to-day life while the second is for special reasons.

In his first human form, Satanael appears as a tall very handsome man with silver-white hair (sometimes being black) and red eyes with a look that demands respect and honor. His uniform is that of a general and consists of a dark-blue collared shirt and grey tie, along with a white coat with grey cuffs, grey and red accents and golden buttons. He wore a white long-sleeved double-breasted jacket over the shirt, with one red belt one across his chest and a golden belt around his waist. He also sported grey pants tucked into a pair of black calf high boots with red lining and large cuffs alongside silver steel toe and heel plating. He also sported a pair of black gloves. To finish the set, Satanael has a general hat. As the highest-ranked angel, he has at least 12 wings on his back like his fellow true archangels, with the difference that his wings are dark blue due to falling yet not fully black unlike the rest of fallen angels.

In his second human form, Satanael appears as a middle-aged man, neither young nor old, with a slightly bald head, a rough, dark, and long beard. In this form, Satanael has muscles endowed with primitive rigidity, with thick fingers and a robust face. He appears wearing modern but simple clothes, dark shoes, brown pants, gray shirt and a light overcoat, suitable for rainy days. In this form, he could even be mistaken for a beggar. This form is more a disguise than an alternative appearance.

## Personality

Satanael is similar to Archon Sabaoth, that is, he is an entity considered the opposite of Yaldabaoth and who goes against his rule of tyranny. Satanael, unlike Yaldabaoth, incorporated the light of his mother and light of God, instead of the darkness of Ayin as was with Yaldabaoth, which made him a benevolent entity and defender of free will, unlike his older brother. He also has a good relationship with his nephew, Sabaoth, as they both want an end to the tyrannical rule of the self-proclaimed true god.

Satanael also proved to be a little ignorant, as he misinterpreted his mother's request, and ended up attacking the Creator himself in an attempt to kill him, something that could have cost not only his life but his very existence if God were not benevolent and knowing what is really going on.

What stands out most in Satanael's personality is his love for humans, often referring to them as God's Greatest Children and even calling them that. He doesn't like angels interfering with the free will of human beings, as it ends up hindering their growth. He also shows great contempt for Satan or Samael, as they were the ones to blame for humanity's downfall and suffering. In contrast, he respects and admires God's avatar, Jesus Christ, as he left his glory and kingdom to live among humans and die for them.

Satanael also believes that it is better for divine beings not to interfere in the earthly world, believing that this hinders the development of human beings and their free will. When he met with Seth and Norea, the children of Adam, he warned them not to trust any divine being and told them both to praise the human species.

Satanael is also occasionally described as sarcastic and self-assured. He is also very strict and systematic, never giving up on the mission given to him to protect the human species. Satanael considers Saklas naive, claiming he was being used by Yaldabaoth as a pawn. He was merciful towards him so didn't kill him in his battle, sending him back to false Heaven so he could discover the truth about his father.

## Power and Abilities

Satanael is one of the most powerful beings in the universe and the multiverse, being considered the most powerful of all True Archangels and surpassing the Archons born of the powers of Yaldabaoth. Satanael's power is so dangerous and destructive that many demons and even archdemons are afraid to sometimes go to Earth because if Satanael's learn about them being there, he can sent the demon to oblivion without trying.

* **Fallen Transcendent Angel Physiology**: Being a mighty angel born from the light of an Aeon, an emanation of the Creator himself and then having fallen and mixed his light with the darkness, Satanael is a mighty fallen angel, in fact the most powerful of all, far exceeding his fellow leaders Azazel and Samyaza, perhaps even surpassing the most famous fallen angel, Lucifer and even the mighty Satan himself. His power is so fearsome that even the seraphim when they approach him show reference, not because of his reputation as protector of humans, but irritating an angel who leads the other fallen angels would be a big problem for Heaven. Unlike many other fallen angels or demons, Satanael retained all his glory and power even after the fall, believed to be "too powerful" for his power to diminish "just because his feathers have changed color".
* **Immense Power**: Being a True Archangel who was emanated by the Aeon of Wisdom, who in turn is an emanation of God, Satanael's power is of the highest caliber of the angels of Heaven, Hell and Earth, being so powerful that it could shake the universe with just its existence. His power, speed and prowess far surpass those of the Four Great Archangels, which means he is above the most powerful archangels in existence, perhaps even the legendary Morning Star and the Devil himself. Even the most powerful of all archangels, Metatron, who serves as God's avatar and divine spokesperson in creation or Merkabah, an angel which possesses spirits of countless angels and is called throne and heavenly chariot of God,, could not defeat an angel as powerful as Satanael, considering such a possibility only through a "miracle of God". Satanael is as powerful as Yaldabaoth, maybe even surpassing him, who was mentioned that it could not even be defeated by Zeus with the help of the gods of other pantheons.
	+ **Limitless Power**: As the supreme commander of the fallen angels and the highest of the archangels, Satanael possesses a power that allows him to reach anything and everything without any limits. He therefore has unlimited resources at his disposal and could fight five of the Seven Princes (all except Lucifer and Satan without much difficulty for days, or even weeks, if he is unwilling to kill.
* **Unique Presence**: Satanael, being originally an angel of light and later becoming an angel of darkness, has not lost his luminous powers, which has allowed him to possess a very strong divine presence that embodies the power and light of God and a sinister presence that embodies the darkness of Ayin. His presence can cause a change in the entire planet around him if he is not careful, which is one of the reasons why he only interacts with the Human Realm when in a lesser form. When he appeared in Paradise, his manifestation was felt by all the angels of Heaven, making some even tremble their incorporeal bodies due to the immense majesty of his power and, at the same time, frightening presence.
* **Transcendent Knowledge**: Though not as old as the other archangels, Satanael is probably older than the Earth itself, having lived for billions of years. Furthermore, as an emanation of the goddess who personifies the wisdom of God, he inherited from his mother much of his knowledge about creation and the events of the universe. He is able to see a timeline or universe, or have only small snippets of information that are missing or blocked. He also knows of the existence of younger beings who have lived from ancient times, having knowledge on cosmic levels, he far surpassed several angels in intelligence and absolute wisdom.
	+ **Cosmic Awareness**: As the fallen angel that oversees humanity, he has almost absolute knowledge of the working system of all life in the universe, just to make sure that no threat like an asteroid, angel or even a deity does any harm to human beings. He is able to sense danger or something affecting the Earth without being harmed by the thoughts of others. Satanael is also able to sense people from great distances in the universe.
	+ **Precognition**: As the protector of Humanity, he developed the ability to look ahead of time to sense danger that might happen in the near future. Satanael is also able to interact with the objects in his precognition as to simulate and test ways for him to prevent the incoming danger.
* **Free Will Manifestation**: He has or can develop free will, the ability of beings to make their own choices free from outside influences. This makes him immune to fate, as he can forge his own fate and defy prophecies.
* **Multi-Dimensional Teleportation**: As a True Archangel, he has the ability to teleport to any place or dimension in the Multiverse. Satanael is able to teleport objects or beings that he wishes to teleport to a certain place.

## History

### Conception

Sophia, the Aeon of Knowledge, became worried that her first sole creation, Yaldabaoth, would lead a tyrannical regime upon all of creation, due to the fact he was created by Sophia alone without the help of her partner Theletos and also because she used a broken off piece of God she found long ago. Due to sealing him in the physical plane, he belived and declared himself as the only God of the world, would make much trouble to make sure that his self-proclaimed title became his. As a contingency plan, she created Satanael to stop him from growing anymore powerful. However, Sophia forgot to tell Satanael his purpose before sending him into creation, and so he wandered the endless void unaware of his purpose.

### Meeting with God

Eventually Satanael found himself in the visage of the Most High, who in His benevolence brought him into Heaven as if he were His own. God was curious about the creation of this entity, as it seemed as though it wasn't made by Him. He introduced Satanael to other angels, including the Light Bringer Helel and the Arbiter Satanel who were most interested in him. Satanael found himself at home in Heaven, where he lived there as one of God's children for millions of years.

After years of hard work he even managed to ascend to the level of a True Archangel, the highest rank of angel and closest to God. e even became one of the three leaders of a new group of angels called the Watchers. Unfortunately nothing good lasts forever, this would all come to ahead eventually.

### Creation of Humanity and Doubt in God

Around 300000 BCE, primates had finally evolved to a higher level of sapience to gain the attention of the gods, these were some of the first humans. God presented this new species to his angelic children, who all gave a variety of opinions towards them, ranging from curiosity, apathy, and even slight distaste. Satanael himself was very interested in these new creatures, however he was afraid that God was only interested in this species for the purposes of worship. Despite this, Satanael never brought it up with Him, as he was too afraid to invoke His wrath.

This fearful doubt remained within Satanael for many decades, that is until Sophia found him once more. Sophia was finally able to tell him of his true purpose in creation, to find someone who refers to himself as the "Most High God" and make sure they stay in line. Due the vague wording, Satanael found his fears validated, and rounded up a hundred angels to fight against his former "father". This, alongside Lucifer's Rally, contributed to the War in Heaven, a cosmic war between hordes of angels and their eternal creator.

In an attempt to confront the LORD himself, Satanael secretly set foot inside of the Empyrean and snuck around the Empyrean Guard due to their battle against the Morning Star. Despite God being omniscient, He chose to keep some secrets from Satanael, which only angered him further. Even before Lucifer ever got to Him, Satanael tried to attack God before being smacked down and banished from Heaven by the Almighty.

### Opposing Yaldabaoth

After falling from Heaven, Satanael was found by Yaldabaoth who had just lost the trust of his most powerful son. Desperate for allies, Yaldabaoth meddled with the mind of Satanael to make him almost subservient to the Demiurge. He was brought to the False Heaven and told that he was a creation of Yaldabaoth. While it worked for a while, no memories can be hidden forever, especially the memories of a cosmic entity

All of Satanael's memories eventually flooding came back and with that came clarity fir he had finally found his true enemy lumbering around as if he was of any importance. Furthermore he figured out that Yaldabaoth was planning to enslave all living beings under his grasp in an attempt to make himself the One True God. Satanael gathered his allies, he recongregated the angels that were on his side during the war in heaven, he found his mother, he even apologized to God to get Him on his side. He finally had enough in his army to rebel against his brother.

The army of Satanael and God fought against Yaldabaoth and his archons, and after another cosmic war, thanks to the overwhelming power on their side, they managed to win. Yaldabaoth fled to a secret location and humanity was able to gain true freedom. While Satanael gained an arch-enemy in his brother, he also gained a friend; as Sabaoth approached him during the war and managed to bond over their shared love of humanity, along with their disdain of Yaldabaoth.

## Myth and Legends

Satanael is the angel that rebelled against the Yaldabaoth in Gnostic lore through knowledge given to him by the Goddess Sophia. goddess of knowledge. In other interpretations, he's seen as Yaldabaoth's chaotic, darker self. He rebelled when he realized that the Demiurge was not the true God and granted humanity the knowledge to liberate themselves from the Demiurge.

In some other interpretations, Yaldabaoth himself is seen as either the Christian God or the Christian Satan depending on the story. That's why some Biblical stories claim God created the world and others claim that Satan created the world. Yaldabaoth is known for trapping humanity into the physical world, Sophia tries to free humanity by looking into spiritual pursuits and giving the highest angel, Satanael, knowledge enough to rebel against him and free humanity from Yaldabaoth's shackles.

In other traditions, he is said to have created the material universe as a second heaven to rule over and became the God of the Old Testament, making him an interpretation of the Demiurge.

The Second Book of Enoch, also called the Slavonic Book of Enoch, contains references to a Watcher called Satanael. It is a pseudepigraphic text of an uncertain date and unknown authorship. The text describes Satanael as being the prince of the Grigori who was cast out of heaven and an evil spirit who knew the difference between what was "righteous" and "sinful".

According to the beliefs of the Catars, a notorious medieval heretical creed, Satanael was the angelic name of Satan before Michael the archangel removed the -el suffix (signifying the loss of his angelic nature) and sealed him in Hell. In this interpretation, Satanael is the radical opposite of God and the ruler of the material world.

## Quotes

* *"You would slay even gods to protect the justice you believe in... Very well, I shall become your guide on this path."* - Satanael.

* *"He fought the unimaginable to defend the world, he fought the demons several times, and he fought face to face with the gods. The humans comment among themselves saying "there is someone fighting for us, sending demons back to Hell with one punch". We call him Satanael."* - Gabriel about Satanael.

* *"There will be moments of fear and uncertainty, because this world is cruel. But in those moments have faith and look to the heavens."* - Satanael to humans.

* *"If a god starts playing the villain, then I guess it has to be a devil's role to become the savior."* - Satanael.

* *"I will never understand you Satanael. No one will ever understand you, especially your precious humans. They will be afraid of you. They will hate you. They will see you as the evil that you seek to protect them from. And yet, despite it all, you still love them. So why Satanael? Why so willing to protect someone so hellbent on bashing you?"* - Lucifer.

* *"Satanael is undoubtedly an enigmatic figure within the Abrahamic pantheon. Even though he is respected by both heaven and hell, that man firmly stand on the side of humanity and will do anything to protect them from danger, even if that danger is Satanael himself."* - Matt Wright.

* *"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but... Yaldabaoth... is literally the evil version of the Christian God. Do you have any idea how scary that could be and he doesn't scare me. So, it won't be a giant tulpa that's going to scare me either."* - Satanael to Zalgo.

* *"Maybe I can be what humans call a "hero". I mean, Yaldabaoth made me the villain, but I made another decision. To have a hero, you have to have a villain. To have someone who builds you must have someone who destroys."* - Satanael.

* *"I don't know how you still put up with humans. I mean, I spent years, thousands of years answering their prayers. I sent rain, they complained that it rained too much. I sent sunny days, and they complained that it didn't rain. I sent winter, and they complained that it was too cold, so I sent summer, and they complained that it was too hot. I let them be independent, and they complained that I didn't care about them, and when I interfered in their lives, guess what? They complained that I didn't give them free will! But technically, I created them, and I had to put up with the headache. But you have nothing to do with them, and they hate you. Oh, how they hate you. They think you're the devil himself. So why do you still protect them?"* - Yahweh.
	+ *"I can understand your point, God of Hosts. However, while it is true that somewhere in the world there is a grumpy old man or young man complaining about the good life, on the other side there is a child, kneeling in his bed, praying and thanking him for the little he has. Many kill, disappoint, torture, sadden, and fail. But many others protect, love, care for one another, feed the poor, care for the wounded, orphans and widows, apart from those who give their lives to care for those they love. And above all, they never give up, they never lose faith. And you shouldn't lose faith in them. You should be more patient with humans, YHWH. Maybe you should learn more about human beings from a young Galilean and His father, your fellow avatar Jehovah."* - Satanael.

## Gallery

*Satanael's demon form**Satanael's humanoid demon form*
## Trivia

* According to some sources, Satanael is known as the the second son of God,
* Satanael has a special technique to make supernatural events like battles between angels and demons look like natural disasters or the like. Thus, he can interfere on Earth in order to defend humans, but without showing them the spiritual plane.
	+ He later taught this skill to some angels who care about humans, like Gabriel.
* Satanael was equated with Prometheus and the Serpent by theologians.

## Image Sources

* (Vinicius-caetano-satanael-3.jpg) Satanael - Persona 5 by Vinicius Caetano
* (Begone by archerdetective dbjkfjy-pre.jpg) Begone by ArcherDetective/HeIIHunde
* (Persona 5 satanael by demonhitoshura dcp1ypz-fullview.jpg) Persona 5! Satanael by DemonHitoshura
* (Satanael.jpg) Satanael Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
* (Satanael Guard Cross.jpg) Satanael by ChangYuanJou