Gabriel

**Gabriel the Fire Master** is one of the five archangels created by Yahweh to assist him in Primeval Battles and to watch over and care for humanity during his rest.

As time passed, following the ideals of Michael and Lucifer, Gabriel came to hate humanity, mainly because they began to destroy nature and exploit the planet. Because of this, he sent his Ishim to cause catastrophes and cataclysms, with the aim of extinguishing human beings.

After spending time on Earth, Gabriel got to know humanity better, dragging his faithful angels to the First Heaven and starting the Civil War against Michael.

## Biography

### Creation

Gabriel, like the other archangels, was created by Yahweh in the Protouniverse, a primordial state of reality in which neither matter nor time existed. The Mighty gave birth to the archangels so that they would help him in the Primeval Battles against Tehom, the Darkness, and her Monster-Gods. Gabriel was given the Scourge of Fire, his sword whose blade glows with blazing flames, to destroy the gods of darkness.

Following Tehom's death and the Splendent dominion of the light and darkness provinces, Gabriel and his brothers walked through the void of the Cosmos, accompanying the Creator as he gave birth to the Universe. After the Fulgiston and the creation of the celestial race, Gabriel was named as the patron of the Ishim caste, as he had more affinity with the physical elements.

Billions of years passed before humanity emerged, fascinating the Mighty and attracting all his attention. When Yahweh gave his soul to humanity and went to rest, he gave control of the Universe and Earth to the archangels, directing them to guide humanity without interfering in its path. Following the Splendent's slumber, Gabriel became subordinate to Michael, complying with his every order.

### Hunting the Sentinels

Humanity was not the only one to receive a soul from Yahweh. A choir of angels, gathered by Metatron, the First Angel, was commissioned by the Lord to protect Earth and human beings against any threat. The angels of this choir became known as Sentinels.

By interfering in the affairs of the Seven Heavens, Lucifer, one of the five archangels, resolved to strike Metatron at his weakest point, humanity. The Morning Star began to convince the other archangels, save for Raphael, that human beings were not worthy of Yahweh's love and needed to be destroyed. To end the mortal race, Michael decided to freeze the entire planet, but for that to work, he needed to remove the sentinels from the game, as they were still fulfilling their mission to protect Earth.

In his first attempt to take Metatron and, by extension, all sentinels out of the picture, Gabriel materialized in the Southeast Asian region where the First Angel had settled and raised a family. The Messenger tried to convince Metatron to give up his duties as a sentinel and return to the Seven Heavens, but the angel did not listen and sent the archangel away. Seeing that dialogue wouldn't work, Gabriel tried a darker tactic: he annihilated the village where Metatron lived, including his family, now saying that nothing held him to Earth anymore. Furious at the attack, the First Angel attacked the Fire Master in an epic battle, which ended in a stalemate. Empty-handed, Gabriel returned to the Seven Heavens and war against the Sentinels was declared.

For millennia, Gabriel and Raphael maintained a loving relationship between brothers. The Cure of God tried to convince the Fire Master that humanity was good and worthy of love, and that if he only knew them better, he would realize the mistake he was making in participating in Michael's slaughter. When Raphael was "killed" by Lucifer at a conference in the Fifth Heaven, Gabriel felt lost without his brother's advice.

### Time on Earth and the Civil War

Long after Lucifer's fall and the Flood, there were only three archangels left in the Seven Heavens: Michael, Gabriel, and Uziel. Due to past betrayals and revolutions, the Prince of Angels grew increasingly paranoid, believing that those around him could turn against him. As he had Uziel in the palm of his hand, Michael decided to get rid of the other brother, sending him to Haled on a fake mission, and then locking Celestia's doors in his face.

During this time at Haled, Gabriel took the opportunity to fulfill Rafael's wish and get to know humanity better. He fell in love with a woman and together they had a son, who would become the Savior. Upon learning of the Holy Child's existence, Michael was furious and ordered him to be killed, but Gabriel refused and pledged to protect his son. From that point forward, the Fire Master began to believe in humanitarian ideals and, inspired by the revolt of Ablon and his renegades, took all of his loyal angels and those who believed in humanity to the First Heaven, Tartarus, where he set up his base and trained his army. Since then, the Civil War between Gabriel and Michael was declared.

### Preparing for the Apocalypse

For more than 2000 years, Gabriel commanded the rebel troops against Michael, but he did not make much progress because of the dynamics of the Seven Heavens, as the impenetrability of the Third Heaven prevented the advancement of the new rebels to the upper layers or the loyalists to the lower divisions.

After Metatron escaped from his imprisonment in Gehenna, both Michael and Gabriel understood the risk he posed not only to Earth, but to Heaven as well. Because of this, the two met secretly, in a brief truce, to come up with a plan to stop the First Angel. The archangels sent Kaira, the Divine Spark, a "sleeping" sentinel who would be the key to defeating Metatron and stopping his plans.

At the beginning of the 21st century, with the signs of the Apocalypse becoming increasingly clear, Michael transferred his army to the Stronghold of Zion, his greatest bastion located on the Ethereal Plane. Following his brother, Gabriel moved his rebel troops into the ridges near the stronghold, awaiting Ablon's arrival on the battlefield.

When Ablon passed through the portal at Mount Horeb and arrived at the Ethereal Plane, he was greeted by Varna, Nathanael, and the Archangel Gabriel himself. With the battle getting closer and closer, Ablon and Gabriel talked about the future, about how Yahweh will awaken and judge the wicked, starting with Michael. However, the Messenger revealed to the Renegade that the Mighty will never awaken, as he never went to sleep in the first place: when the Splendent ascended to Mount Tsaphon, he dispersed his divine essence and became omnipresent, merging with the Universe and with every living beings. Following his father's example, Gabriel flew to the skies and also dispersed his essence, after giving control of the new rebels to Ablon, as he knew his army would follow him to victory.

## Appearance

Gabriel is an archangel with fair skin, strong physique and long blond hair. His wings are white and he usually wears full golden armor. His appearance in 33 AC was that of a lean, strong man wearing a long gray robe. His hair was the color of honey, usually tied in a braid.

## Personality

Gabriel, like his brothers, hated humans and tried everything to extinguish them. The main reason for this hatred was that, as the Fire Master was more connected with nature and humans were destroying it, he saw that its extinction was the solution to the destruction of the environment. Despite this bitterness, Gabriel loved his brother Raphael dearly and was devastated when he departed the Seven Heavens.

After getting to know humans better and having a child with a woman, Gabriel changed his opinion, considering them the true heirs of Yahweh. Because of this, he dragged much of heaven who believed in his humanitarian causes into a war against his brother.

## Powers & Skills

* **Nigh-Omnipotence:** Gabriel is an archangel, created even before time and matter. Because of this, he is considered as one of the most powerful beings in the entire Universe and feared by many. Despite this power, he is still weaker than Yahweh and Michael.
* **Elemental Control:** As a patron of the Ishim, Gabriel has a great affinity for the material world, the elements, and nature. He can control the four elements, as when in his fight with Metatron, but has a preference for using fire, known as the Fire Master.
* **Telekinesis:** One of his secrets techniques. Gabriel can move objects and people with the force of his mind, creating psychic barriers or flinging beings away.
* **Premonition:** Known as the Angel of Revelation, Gabriel has the power to predict certain future events, such as when he predicted that Kaira would be the only one capable of defeating Metatron.

## Relationships

### Yahweh

Gabriel was the second archangel created by Yahweh to aid him in the Primeval Battles against Tehom and her Monster Gods. After the creation of the Universe, the Mighty and the archangels lived alone throughout the Cosmos, in what they referred to as an age of peace and glory. At the beginning of the Seventh Day, Gabriel was the only one among his brothers to know the truth about the Splendent's status.

### Michael

At the beginning of the Seventh Day, Gabriel was subject to Michael, obeying all his orders. However, following Lucifer's betrayal and Raphael's disappearance, the Firstborn suspected that the Fire Master would rebel against him, so he sent him on a fake mission to Haled and locked the doors of Heaven in his brother's face. Upon learning that Gabriel had a child with a human, Michael resolved to exterminate him, which resulted in the Messenger's revolt and the Civil War.

### Raphael

Raphael was the archangel Gabriel trusted most. When God's Healing disappeared from the Seven Heavens, he was very desolate.

### Uziel

Gabriel and Uziel were brothers, created even before time and matter. When the Civil War broke out, the two became enemies, as Uziel was subordinate to Michael.

### Holy Child

The Savior was Gabriel's son by a human woman. He represents his love for humanity, as his death was the point that caused Gabriel to fight Michael for the preservation of the mortal race.

### Aziel

When the Civil War broke out, Aziel resolved to cede control of the Citadel of Fire, one of the main points of the First Heaven, to Gabriel. Afterwards, he became the commander of the rebel Ishim and was assigned to participate in the mission to bring Ablon to the Ethereal Plane.

### Varna

After the start of the Civil War, Varna became the commander of the rebel Cherubs, showing that Gabriel trusted her a lot.

## Victims

* Metatron's family and village
* Metatron (stabbed in the heart; resurrected by raphael)
* Thousand of humans (killed in the cataclysms sent by him)

## Trivia

* Gabriel (Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל, Gabri-el, "strong man of God") is, in Abrahamic religions, an angel who serves as God's messenger. It first appears in a mention in the Book of Daniel in the Hebrew Bible. In some traditions he is regarded as one of the archangels, in others as the angel of death.