The Magician

The Magician is a major Antagonist in Pestilence, 2059: The Age of Machines and Cataclysm, and is the first of The Five Heavenly Kings.

## History

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Raziel was formerly an Archangel, before The Grand Seraphim promoted him as one of the Five Heavenly Kings. His sphere of influence was that of Magic, and it was Raziel’s job to maintain the balance of all magic throughout The Multiverse. At one point, he was one of the most powerful and foremost practitioners of magic in the entire Multiverse. Raziel alone possesses some of the most arcane and mystical of secrets regarding the Multiverse and the magic within it. He tended to cryptically speak in riddles, though to Raziel himself he was speaking casually, and everyone else was not intellectual enough to properly comprehend his words. Deep down, Raziel wanted the best for all and was there to guide those who sought his guidance. One of these such beings was Archangel Sabrael, who also happened to be inclined towards the mystic arts. Seeing potential in him, Raziel took Sabrael under his wing(both literally and figuratively) and decided to train Archangel Sabrael as his apprentice in the ways of magic and mystic arts.

 File:Black Magician.jpg   However, after becoming corrupted with Xalnergy by Donatello, The Magician had fallen from grace and devolved into a monstrous demon. He became a chaotic and destructive entity, desiring only to rule The Multiverse and destroy all who oppose him. Eventually, after helping to lead the demonic uprising, The Magician and the rest of the Heavenly Kings were cast out of the Realm of Life by Archangel Michael and Sabrael, and banished to Icelnebratia with the rest of all the other demons besides Donatello, who temporarily managed to evade apprehension by the angels.

However, The Magician had devised a contingency plan in case this were have ever to happen. He tore 22 pages from The Book of Thaal, and imbued each of them with the essence of a prominent Demon (Including all Five Heavenly Kings) and sending them down to the mortal planes. These would go on to become the tarot cards of the Major Arcana, from which many mortal occultists drew significant magical power. All the demons which were bound to the Arcana cards were collectively known as "The Arcanum".

### Pre-Pestilence

After eons of remaining trapped in Icelnebratia, embedded within a stone block, The Magcian encountered a mortal man named Æhnyir, who had accidentally transported himself to the realm. Here, The Magician saw an opportunity. Æhnyir found himself allured by The Magician's promises of power, and so he signed a contract to become a willing demonic vessel in exchange for supernatural powers. Errapel, the jailer of Icelnebratia, saw this occur however and she additionally signed a contract with Æhnyir so that she could also possess him and serve as a buffer to keep The Magician in check. Throughout the time spent inside Æhnyir's mind and body, The Magician was locked in a constant war against Errapel as he vied for control of Æhnyir. Eventually, The Council of Life  sensed that The Magician had escaped from Icelnebratia, but where he exactly was they were unsure of, since his presence was masked by Æhnyir's body. Archangel Gabriel chose to contact a mortal man she had over-confidently deemed "worthy" in a lapse of her judgement, a man named Amadeus Gregia. Gabriel showed to Amadeus prophetic visions of what could happen if The Magician was not found and captured. The visions depicted Earth in an apocalyptic state, ravaged by death and disease and consumed by an inferno of misery. However, Amadeus, who's psyche was not completely stable, misinterpreted these visions as being his destiny which he must fulfill, convinced that the world was full of sinners that must be purged. Amadeus went on to begin his work in training with magic and martial arts, finally finding his perceived "calling". Amadeus then went on to form "The Society for Divine Cleansing", a secret group dedicated to worshiping The Five Heavenly Kings, upon the outbreak of the Black Death in 1347.

### Pestilence

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Eventually, the Plague Doctor cult had tracked down the location of The Magician on Earth, learning him to be bound to Æhnyir. Armed with this knowledge, Amadeus and the cult set in motion a series of events to ultimately lead Æhnyir(and more importantly The Magician) to them. First, they started with killing and branding the body of a high-profile political official with the "Seal of Pestilence", dumping him in the streets of Florence where he was discovered the next morning. This did indeed attract the attention of Æhnyir, as well as several other beings like Hydronicus, Arkan Sol and a wizard named Rohan. There were holes in the cult's plan, no-doubt, but finally, however, the cult had succeeded in kidnapping Æhnyir, and brought him to the temple of The Plague Doctors. There, Amadeus Gregia finally confronted him. At first it was made to appear that the plague doctors were trying to sacrifice Æhnyir as part of a ritual. However, Amadeus tricked Æhnyir into stabbing him with the ceremonial dagger, revealing that the ritual was actually for Æhnyir to kill Amadeus. This murderous act on Æhnyir's behalf had awakened The Magician's spirit who then took over Æhnyir's body as per the stipulations of their contract. Using the legendary Ring of Solomon, one of the plague doctors separated The Magician's spirit from Æhnyir and bonded it to Amadeus' body instead. The Magician, now free and in control of Amadeus' body, began to wreak havoc and destroy everything around him. It took the combined efforts of Rohan, Hydronicus, Arkan, Archangel Raphael and Æyapel to defeat him. In the end, Hydronicus sacrificed himself to banish The Magician back to Icelnebratia and break the Seal of Pestilence, saving the world and foiling the Plague Doctor cult's plans.

### 2059: The Age of Machines

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While The Magician himself was not present during these events, his spirit being trapped within Icelnebratia, he still somewhat made an appearance in some way. The Wheel of Fate, another of The Five Heavenly Kings, was manifested on Earth as an AI in control of a human vessel, who attempted to merge himself with nanotechnology and utilize old Alchemical ritual practices to become immortal. This act had allowed The Wheel of Fate to take partial control of the human/cyborg body, as well as plug his mind into the network of an experimental military android line, known as the Guardian protocol. As The Wheel of Fate built up his robot army, he additionally created a techno-organic clone of The Magician using a tissue sample taken from his vessel form from his original incarnation of Earth. He then proceeded to program a copy of The Magician's personality and emotions into the clone, employing him as a guardian of The Wheel of Fate's incubation chamber where he was gathering his power. The Majestic League eventually encountered this clone, and after battling he was defeated and destroyed.

### Cataclysm

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The true Magician would be freed from Icelnebratia by Donatello, who recruited him into the service of queen Kreel and The Xir'algath. The Magician fought Æyapel, Rohan, Hydronicus and other heroes in Icelnebratia. After being defeated, Amadeus' body was destroyed and the true Magician was freed, escaping Icelbebratia. Later, The Magician fought Æyapel and the others again in the final battle against the Xir'algath army. Eventually, following the defeat of The Architect and the reunification of The Source, The Magician was cured and restored to a normal angelic state. Currently, he is serving penance to the Council of Life, repenting for his crimes as a demon until he has fully redeemed himself.

## Powers

### Angel Powers

**7 Sacred Flames:** Raziel, having spent much time in meditation, and has attuned himself to all 7 frequencies of the Angelic flames. He felt that it was his duty as the Multiverse's most powerful wizard to master all of these flames. It is also due to the fact that Raziel's specialty and preferred method of attacking is pyrokinesis and pyromancy.

**Omni-Magic:** Raziel has the power to use all forms of magic, as it is the mystical version of Nigh-Omnipotence. Raziel with this power has unlimited access to all forms of magic and other mystical and supernatural forces. He can bend, break, and even create natural laws, perform unbelievable miracles, and create certain things. Raziel is also immune to all opposing magic and can even break through all outside mystic defenses. In short, he seems all-powerful at first but is actually in a nigh-omnipotent level of magic. **Fire Manipulation:** Raziel can create, shape and manipulate fire. Depending on the substances alight, and any impurities outside, the color of the flame and the fire’s intensity will be different.

**Pyromancy:** Raziel can employ a method of reading the future, the present, and the past and provide help to a problem at hand by using fire as a focus. He can use any source of fire as a way to see visions or insights of time

**Primordial Energy Manipulation:** Raziel can create, use, shape and manipulate Primordial Energy.

### Demon Powers

**Demonic Force Manipulation:** The Magician possesses and is able to utilize strong demonic power. This ability not only grants him great strength and control over numerous variations of demonic abilities but also allows him to overwhelm weaker demons as well as rival that of powerful demonic entities.

**Xalnergy Manpiulation:** The Magician is able to create, shape and manipulate Xalnergy.

**Black Fire Manipulation:** The Magician can create, shape and manipulate the fire of a darker, detrimental nature; that which damages, destroys, and consumes anything and everything they come across, representing the hazardous destructive side of the fire, which in turn ignores most of the limitations and weaknesses of the normal fire. In essence, this is about solely controlling the negative powers of fire.

**Death Fire Manipulation:** The Magician can create, shape and manipulate death fire; flames capable of destroying/weakening/removing life. This allows him to not only destroy and erase life with the fire, but it also allows him to possibly mutilate or even destroy the souls of any living person.

**Hellfire Manipulation:** The Magician can generate and manipulate the cursed flames of Hell, which can completely destroy anything. The color of the flames vary, but may be black, blue, white, or the normal shades of fire, although probably in some way noticeably unusual. Sometimes, the flames are not generated but instead summoned from the depths of Hell itself. Hell-fire can cause excruciating pain upon contact or instead cause instant death.

## Equipment

### Candle of The Eternal Flame

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This is a magical double-sided candle, which can never melt or burn down. The flames burn *eternally*, hence its name. However, what most makes this artifact special is the type of fire that the candle burns with. Raziel can choose and change the kind of flame that is burning on the candle, and direct that fire from the candle at his opponents.

### *The Book of Thaal*

The Book of Thaal, also known to most mortals as *The Book of Thoth* or *The Book of Raziel*, is a Legendary item of the Multiverse and the most powerful magical artifact ever. Inside this spell book is contained every magical spell and ritual in the entire Multiverse. It is also serves as one of Raziel's ways to conjure magical attacks. When the book opens, there is a protective shield which is made out of paper. They are independent of each other and they can perform tasks Raziel wills them to do.
Raziel had lent his book to Sabrael from time to time as part of Sabrael's research and study in his apprenticeship under Raziel. However, after Raziel's fall from grace, Sabrael is now the new owner, and Raziel has let him keep it when he was restored to normal.