In the beginning, the almighty one El Adonai, created Lucifer the Light Bringer, from a
drop of his own blood, a cherub angel with 4 multi-colored wings, from which he plucked
7 feathers to form the 7 realms of Shamayim.
Though vast multitudes of other Angels were made, with the greatest among them given dominion
over these regions, Lucifer stood above them all as chief prince, second in authority to
El Adonai, who largely withdrew from the public life, leaving his creations to govern themselves.
As a result, Lucifer became the most visible face of authority within Shamayim, held in
such high regard some considered him a being of equal status to the Almighty.
Yet Lucifer did not yet view himself in such a light, seeking to demonstrate his devotion
to El Adonai by building a great house of worship.
Despite being warned by the Creator that such a project was against his will, Lucifer’s
friend and closest follower Matmonel convinced him to proceed with the construction.
When at last the House of Worship was revealed, Matmonel unveiled his own contribution, adding
the face of Lucifer to a great statue, meant to depict the creator.
Marvelling over the magnificence of this great work, many of the Angels praised Lucifer who
grew addicted to the love and adulation of the masses.
Yet from the greatest of heights, Lucifer felt dragged to his lowest point when gracefully
rebuked by El Adonai for his disobedience.
Though the Creator did not punish his beloved Prince, Lucifer was passed over for the newly
revealed position of Elect One, a being meant to represent the Creator who was therefore
above the Light Bringer in authority.
Needing time to contemplate his future, Lucifer sought solitude where he grew ever more angry
and resentful over his treatment, coming to agree with many of his followers, who claimed
he was or should be an equal to the almighty.
And since El Adonai was proving himself a poor leader and judge, the Light Bringer should
take his place as Lord of all Creation.
After the rebuke and humiliation of their Chief and his withdrawal from public life,
Lucifer’s disciples grew frustrated at his long absence, while their resentment grew
towards the Archangel Michael’s followers, who governed with the blessing of El Adonai.
Yet for the most part they remained loyal to their leader, holding secret meeting to
reaffirm their devotion.
Returning to his 10 closest acolytes, Lucifer rewarded their patience and dedication, by
revealing an underground fortress lair where he prepared a grand army of warrior Angels
equipped with deadly weapons of war, before yelling out in defiance: “Let there be rebellion!
Let there be oblivion!
Let there be a great war in heaven!
Unleash the legions to battle!”
Appointing his followers as Grandmasters to lead his legions, roughly 60% of all angels
initially joined in the rebellion, while 30% remained faithful and 10% declared their neutrality.
Taking place over 4 billion years, Lucifer’s Great War in Heaven saw the rebels win many
of the early battles, as the Faithful had few weapons and were entirely unprepared for
war.
Armed mostly with staffs and bows, the Faithful did not start producing their own armaments
until a billion years into the conflict, at which point it was too late to turn the tide
crashing upon them.
When early reports reached Michael, that Lucifer’s rebels were attacking the seven realms by
land, sea and air, he was wisely advised to withdraw from the realm of Maon, where it
was clear they could not hold back the invasion, in order to reinforce the great warrior Cassiel
in the seventh realm Aravoth, where they might make a strategic last stand and possibly prevent
the enemy from taking the Large White Throne of El Adonai.
Yet Michael stubbornly refused, believing their sacrifice might buy the Creator time
to rally further defences.
Leading the rebel armies into the first realm of Vilon, Matmonel used irregular military
tactics to gain a swift advantage over Gabriel, who oversaw and defended the region on behalf
of the faithful.
Despite Matmonel’s rapid progress, Gabriel would not yield and fought with his warriors
until the bitter end, making his enemy pay a heavy price for every part of the realm
they conquered.
Yet soon enough Matmonel was victorious and Vilon fell to the rebellion.
Within the Second realm of Raqia , Shelumiel and Kemuel led their forces to capture much
of the territory but their advance was halted upon laying siege to the last fortification,
where the faithful Raphael held the Forward bastion with 470 million warrior angels, while
Zuriel’s men occupied the central stronghold.
Outnumbering and surrounding the defenders, Shelumiel and Kemuel grew overconfident, singing
songs victory before the fighting was over.
Yet time after time, their armies broke against the forward bastion, unable to make it through.
Raphael’s valiant defence then gave Zuriel time to organize his men into war parties
which he led against the invaders, slowly diminishing their numbers and morale.
As a result, the Rebels took most of Raqia but could not complete their conquest, as
the Faithful remained in control of the last stronghold, forcing the enemy to maintain
the siege throughout the entirety of the conflict.
In the Third Realm of Shehaqim, Lucifer's grandmaster Lemuel led an aerial assault against
the Faithful Anakel and Samuel, who put forth a fierce resistance that might have done great
damage to the enemy, if not for a terrible betrayal which shattered their defences.
When Morel, chieftain of the Ophanim angels arrived as reinforcements for the Faithful
of Shehaqim, Samuel was skeptical, feeling something was odd about these warrior arriving
to defend a realm that was not their own.
Anakel however, knew they needed the help and believed in the sincerity of Morel, convincing
Samuel to accept their assistance.
A decision he soon came to regret, when in the midst of battle, Anakel signalled for
the Ophanim to attack the enemy, only for Morel and his forces to charge their spears
directly into the ranks of the faithful, declaring themselves for the rebellion.
Seeing his army slaughtered, Anakel was surrounded but slayed 100 million Ophanim traitors before
being harpooned with great javelins, captured and taken before Lemuel in chains.
Although Samuel managed to escape the massacre, he would not leave his friend to endure torment
and mockery, embarking upon a daring rescue mission, where he tore his way through enemy
ranks, ripping apart rebels with his bare hands until at last reaching and liberating
Anakel.
While the rescue of Anakel became a story of legend, it did not change the fact that
Shehaqim fell to the Rebels.
Invading the fourth realm of Maon, Asriel and Magdiel took most of the region before
laying siege to the capital city, where the archangel Michael refused every opportunity
to escape, instead vowing to fight until the end.
Eventually, the rebels got passed their defences and charged through the final gate, allowing
Lucifer to face off against his old adversary.
Engaging in single combat, Michael was swiftly defeated and offered a chance to join the
rebellion with the title of Elect one, second in authority to the light bringer, but the
archangel refused.
Believing death was too lenient a punishment, Lucifer cleaved off his wings to place on
his standard, and sent Michael back to the Faithful, bloody and broken, as a warning
of their impending doom.
With the Rebels taking Maon, they secured 700 million prisoners, of which 10% were convinced
to switch sides, while the rest were executed.
Following their defeat in Shehaqim, Anakel and Samuel retreated to the Fifth realm of
Makon, where they took charge of their defences in anticipation of the rebel grandmasters
who soon arrived with a great host.
Realizing the enemy was chiefly interested in taking the Mountains of Metal, which held
a passage way to the Sixth realm of Zebul, Anakel and Samuel concentrated their efforts
on defending this region.
Fighting a vicious, bloody battle, the Faithful commanders won some measure of redemption
for their defeat in Shehaqim, holding their ground and denying victory to the rebels.
Though they failed to take control of the Mountains of Metal in Makon, the Grandmaster
Bethel found another way into the Sixth realm Zebul, where his army faced off against the
Faithful Sachiel and Uriel who rallied their forces to defend the Holy Mountains of El
Adonai, determined to withstand the onslaught approaching.
Despite taking the rest of the realm, Bethel’s forces were halted by Sachiel, who led his
chariot legions on the ground, while Uriel soared above with blade bow and fire arrows,
doing so much damage to the enemy they successfully held the line and remained in control of the
Holy Mountains.
Their victory, which allowed part of Zebul to remain in control of the Faithful, was
largely due to Uriel, one of the greatest warriors in creation, who rained death upon
the rebels from the skies above, earning his nickname as the Fire of El.
Moving against the seventh realm Aravoth, the rebel grandmasters Asakel and Guel laid
siege to the stairwell gate which led to the large white throne of El Adonai, the most
important region needed to declare victory and reign supreme across Shamayim.
Yet the stairwell gate was guarded by the titanic, 8 winged, obsidian Seraph Cassiel,
an angel of immense power and skill, considered the second greatest warrior in creation after
the Light Bringer.
Despite a prolonged siege, Asakel and Guel were unable to defeat Cassiel, and so Aravoth
remained unconquered throughout the conflict, until most of the fighting throughout the
rest of Shamayim was finished, allowing Lucifer, Matmonel, Magdiel, Asriel, and Bezaleel to
arrive with reinforcements.
Ready to defend his realm with every ounce of his strength, Cassiel engaged Lucifer in
single combat, enduring a long, bloody battle which lasted 400 million years, until the
Chief Prince at last secured victory, granting his opponent the chance to surrender and join
the rebellion.
When Cassiel refused, Lucifer pierced his chest using the Seraph’s own spear, and
hurled him over the mountain side.
His enemies defeated and Aravoth taken by the Rebels, the Light Bringer transformed
into a terrible beast with 5 heads, razor talons, great curved horns and fangs sharper
then steel, becoming Lucifer Seraphant in his moment of triumph.
With the Creator believed to have fled, Lucifer sat upon the large white throne and declared
victory, but his joy was short lived, as the Creator soon re-emerged in the form of a mighty
winged Lion, tearing off his adversary’s heads before consuming him whole.
The Lion then spewed forth the Light Bringer, who watched in horror as his assailant transformed
into El Adonai.
Realizing his conquest was all but defeated; Lucifer challenged the Creator to single combat,
which El Adonai accepted, naming the wounded archangel Michael as his champion.
Believing his victory was assured, Lucifer engaged and nearly defeated his enemy a second
time, but before this could occur, El Adonai revitalized and empowered his champion, who
then used his new found strength to defeat Lucifer once and for all.
With the Light Bringer bested, the Elect One came forth upon a chariot of fire and with
Michael at his side swept over rebel forces, liberating the last Faithful hold outs in
Raqia, Makon and Zebul to end the war.
Though the armies of Lucifer were at a great advantage in the beginning of the conflict,
by its conclusion only 30% of the Angels remained part of the rebellion, with 15% returning
to the faithful, thereby replenishing their early losses, while another 15% chose neutrality.
Yet even so, after 4 billion years of fighting, and nearly 1/3 of all angels casualties, Lucifer’s
rebels were on the cusp of total victory, until the creator at last displayed his power
and dashed their delusion.
With the war lost and his armies disbanded, Lucifer was taken captive but held in luxurious
surroundings as the Creator hoped he would eventually seek forgiveness for his many mistakes.
Yet this did not occur, as Lucifer remained defiant until the end vowing to remain the
adversary and enemy of El Adonai for all eternity.
Accepting this decision, the Creator gathered both the Faithful and Rebels before him to
pronounce judgment, stripping Lucifer and his followers of their names to grant them
new designations, before exiling them from Shamayim, doomed to dwell in the furthest
reaches of the firmament, loathing each passing moment until the day of final judgment, when
they would be cast into the eternal torment of Gehenna.
As for the Neutral Angels, who did not participate in the war, they were sent to suffer in the
flames of Tartarus until the time when they might be forgiven for failing to defend their
Creator.
Lastly there were those Angels who rebelled but later repented and returned to the Faithful.
They were put to sleep for a time until El Adonai enacted the next phase of creation,
when they would become cosmic luminaries in the sky, awaiting the day of final judgment
when their punishment might come to an end.