#partially using this blog for little diary entries about my ocs

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Beelzebub, Mammon, and Belphegor Lore

On days when I can't seem to get myself to draw, I'm going to start writing out character/ world concepts. WARNINGS BELOW THE CUT: Mentions of gore/ blood, disorderly thinking related to food/ eating. Lots of dark themes here. Please don't hesitate to tell me if you'd like me to add more tags!

The Archangel of Mercy, Zadkiel, is Prince over the Dominion Angels. They are the Sovereign Chief of grace and forgiveness. They, along with three other higher-ranking Dominions, ruled over the lower choirs of Heaven before the dawn of humanity.  Zadkiel never wanted to harm another living soul unless they had to. But, when the Host came to them one day and asked them to draw out their sword, Zadkiel was grief-stricken. The Host told them that his closest fellow Dominions were losing their grace and needed to be corrected. Zadkiel begged the Host to forgive them, for their actions could surely be corrected without punishment. Why could they not just confront the other Dominions peacefully? The Host told Zadkiel that mercy cannot always be lenient. How can there be clemency for some when it results in the suffering of others? The Host tells Zadkiel that their fellow Dominions have been transgressing against their own virtues without them knowing... 

Judiel, the Dominion Angel of Diligence, has been more idle than he has been active in his work lately. Judiel can’t afford to slow down, for he oversees the efficiency of the lower choirs. The Archangel Gabriel, along with many others, have praised Judiel multiple times for how often he delivers innovations to the lower Choirs. But that praise is going to run out soon. Zadkiel plagued Judiel’s mind with vivid, maddening nightmares to keep him awake at all times. They didn’t want to see their friend imprisoned for his slothfulness.

Cassiel, the Dominion Angel of Temperance, has been encouraging indulgence amongst other angels and allowing himself to be excessive at the banquets in Heaven. How could this Dominion be trusted to bring abundant crops for the Host’s future creations? He’ll take what he doesn’t need from humanity! The lower choirs have been living peacefully and contently under Cassiel, but for how long? The Host had to guide Zadkiel’s sword to disembowel Cassiel. Surely a period of agony would be more merciful than the true punishment for refusing to abstain. Sachiel, the Dominion Angel of Charity, and the one who Zadkiel loved, has transgressed as well. His eye has been on the golden paved roads and the embellishments on the towering walls more than he has been worshiping the Host. Zadkiel remembers Sachiel telling them the reason for this. The Angel of Charity predicts humans will develop a currency in the future. They could give Heaven's excessive gold to humans so they could afford to survive. Not only did Sachiel stash away some of this gold in preparation for this, but he also spoke about the Host’s future creation living in sin. Zadkiel, in their mercy, cut off Sachiel’s left hand and gouged out his right eye. That way his beloved could never commit something so atrocious again. But Judiel, Cassiel, and Sachiel were still punished. They fell with Lucifer. Now, when the Archangel of Mercy looks at their friends, their beloved, they see them in the pain they caused. 

Judiel’s- Belphegor's- inventions are now making Hell prosperous. He experiments on the damned souls who were too indolent in life to invent anything themselves, but abused others to create it for them. When they become too insane, he alters their minds to make them compliant. Belphegor denies himself sleep when he hasn’t worked enough.

Cassiel- Beelzebub- is more gluttonous than he ever was, and his legions live in hedonism with him. But for those souls that used substances to abuse others while they were living, and lived in such excess that there is nothing left for others, he keeps them in total and eternal deprivation in Hell. Beelzebub starves himself when there are times of conflict.

And when Zadkiel looks at Sachiel- Mammon- they see a cold, sick, and angry beast. An animal that is longing for more but refuses to take, hunting and devouring those that are corrupted by their wealth. Mammon despises money and those who worship it, but at least it makes them easy enough to tempt with promises of lucre.

Mammon told Zadkiel he forgave them a long time ago, but Zadkiel will never give themself that same mercy.