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illustratus · 1 month

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Lake Cocytus and the Traitors (Dante's Divine Comedy Enferno) by Gustave Doré

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melon-official · 1 year

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apparently percy jackson shaped my entire interpretation of the river cocytus. riordan you bastard you’ve done it again

#cuz APPARENTLY #there are very little features about the cocytus set in stone. there’s like two attributes max #the souls Charon refused are doomed to wander its banks which is where the ‘wailing’ name comes from #and dante described it as a frozen lake instead of a river #the bits about instilling grief and sorrow on contact? ALL RICK #melon is talking

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muzzleroars · 4 months

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Lucifer, as the Old Dragon

Lucifer, and all of his angels with him, had been punished by God to exist as a mindless, writhing mass with the bodies of those that survived melded with the corpses of so many that died on impact. Only Lucifer remained fully conscious and aware of himself, tortured by their fate and all the pain of the bodies he was now attached to. Seeing the divine but formless mass, Hell was enchanted - in particular, it saw the beauty of Lucifer as its shining core, so radiant even in ashes, and so it made a body for him, for them. The first work coming as an unknowing collaboration between God and Hell, it crafted Lucifer into a great serpentine form - his halo it repurposed as a face, building up oil-slick skin and displaying Lucifer as its centerpiece in great joy. It grew into them, the walls and brutally frozen lake of Cocytus trapping them all as much as Michael's chains and lodged spear, while its own mass mingled with the bodies of angels. The remains of those lost now bleed eternally from its belly, failing to revive despite Hell's best efforts.

#lucifer #ultrakill oc #FINALLY.....got this done....#this is how i would 'canonically' see lucifer #guy does not move freely and won't until he's released #but i have an ask coming up where i wrote a million words about that so. here he is for now!!#OH and the set of heads at the base of their neck is 100% based on the smt satan design #i wanted the multiple heads he's described with in revelation #but a hydra look wasn't working and i love that satan design so!!#doodle tag #body horror tw #say hi to the bad scribble of v1 for scale lol #rise and fall au

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tylermileslockett · 3 months

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Chthonic Descent (#4 in my Orpheus and Eurydice series)

The Roman poet Virgil, in his poem “Georgics”, gives a lush description of Orpheus descent into Hades;

“…entering the grove gloomy with black horror, he approached the Manes (dead spirits), and the tremendous king, and the hearts that know not how to relent at human prayers. But the thin shades being stirred up by his song from the lowest mansions of Erebus moved along, and the Ghosts deprived of light… mothers and husbands, and the departed bodies of magnanimous heroes, boys and unmarried girls, and youths laid on funeral pyres before the faces of their parents, whom the black mud and squalid reeds of Cocytus, and the lake hateful with stagnant water encloses around, and styx nine times interfused restrains.” (-translation from the Latin by John Martyn.)

The word Chthonic in my title is an adjective describing something belonging to the underworld. This would be an apt time to discuss the structure and details of the ancient Greek underworld; the realm of Hades. Our oldest literary source in Homer’s “Odyssey” (700 B.C.) portrays the realm as dark, gloomy, and frightening. A place where all souls go, and lacking skin and bone; have no physical form. The shades (spirits) wander mindless, and without memory.

In Virgil’s “Aeneid” (25 B.C.) we get a much more detailed account of the geography. Our hero Aeneas pays the boatman Charon to ferry him across the river styx, and after passing the three headed guard-hound Cerberus, they eventually come to a crossroad leading to two important realms; Tartarus (an invincible fortress guarded by one of the Furies, where sinners are punished) and Elysium (a sunny paradise where pure souls pursue leisure activities).

As always thanks for looking and reading. Please share this post and I'll toss charon a coin for you. Xoxo

Like this art? It will be in my illustrated book with over 130 other full page illustrations coming in march to kickstarter. Please check my links in my linktree in my bio to join the kickstarter notification page. 🤟❤️🏛

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kinginthemask · 7 months

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Garrison of the frozen lake "Cocytus"

(oc design)

Those fallen angel soldiers who followed Lucifer in the past , wandering in the abyss till then.

#my oc art #angel oc #lucifer #armor #knight #original character #character design #gothic armor

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epicthemusicalstuff · 22 days

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Underworld Saga Countdown: 21 days

The underworld is home to many rivers, the most well known being the river of the dead, the Styx. The river Styx circles around all of the underworld, and must be crossed by the souls of the dead. Often oath were sworn in this river. Also sometimes Achilles was dipped into it as a baby (on the occasions that he wasn’t held above a fire). Then there is the Acheron (sometimes a lake?) which sometimes replaces the Styx in some myths. Sometimes it is the headwater for all the rivers of the underworld, while in others it is where all the rivers flow into. Next, the Phlegethon, the river of fire, which is associated with punishment in the underworld. The river Cocytus is the river of punishment. The river Lethe is the river of forgetfulness. Lastly, there is sometimes the river Oceanus, which shares a name with the titan whose offspring went on to become the river gods and Oceanids! This ‘river’ around the world helped to separate the living from the dead.

This is by no means all there is to know about the rivers, just a few fun tidbits, so I highly recommend doing more research if you are interested! In addition, I would ask you to keep in mind that there are lots of versions of all the myths, so what I know might be slightly different from what you know!! In any case, have a wonderful 21 days until the underworld saga!!!

#Epic the musical #epic the underworld saga #Epic the underworld saga countdown #Greek mythology #the underworld #the river styx #Acheron #Phlegethon #Cocytus #Lethe

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highladyjane · 2 months

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So... it's 3am and I might be delirious and delulu, so this'll be a very quick dive, but I just couldn't help but see some parallels and connections that I felt the need to share no matter how far-fetched😅

If/say Azriel is Death & darkness aka Hades.

And Elain is the lovely fawn of Spring aka Persephone...

And Mor is Leuce who was Hades' first love who had similarities with/was friends with/an epiteth of Persephone much like Mor and Elain has Golden/Sunshine etc. similarities

Then could our resident red-headed nymph Gwyneth be... Minthe?

And diving deeper... Cocytus, which literally means "lamentation" (which is, you know, also a special kind of song 👀), the underground river/lake where Minthe is from...

And just who lives in an underground lake? Koschei.

I don't really want Gwyneth to turn out to be a villain, and I especially do not want her to join the drama and give Gw*nrie/s and the necklace fiasco anymore validity than they're due, but she does have suspicious qualities that I know many are already familiar with...

All in all, this just further gives quite another meaning to secret, lovely beauty in my eyes 👀

#death and his lovely fawn #hades x persephone #anti-gw*nrie/#3 am thoughts #elain x azriel #elriel endgame #pro elriel #elriel parallels #elriel coded

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darksilvania · 1 year

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The 5 Lakes of the Underworld fakemons

**Be warned, this is a very long post**

After the main story is finished and you have become the regional Kroel champion you will have access to new missions and sidequests, most coming from Neo-Kroel main research center. One of this special missions requires you to investigate the underground lakes of Kroel, 5 lakes deep under the earth that have conditions were life shouldnt exist, yet each one has a unique species of pokemon living in them.

The 5 lakes are at the bottom level of different caves you would have came across during your travel, but before becoming a champion you should not be able to enter their lowest level. everytime you try going in there a warning saying "its too dangerous to go down" stopping you. Once you accept the mission, the researchers will give you a special suit that allows you to go down, as well as one for your pokemon, similar to the suit your receive in Omega Ruby/Alpha Saphire when fighting the legendaries.

This 5 lakes are based on the 5 lakes of the underworld in greek mythology

The first lake is one where the water has turn to acid, due to a high concentration of iron altering the waters pH, the acid releases toxic fumes that fill up the caves air and some of it has leaked into the floor above. This cave represents the Rive Styx from the greek underworld. The pokemon inhabiting this lake is based on a Hagfish (Myxini glutinosa) and it's a Water/Poison type, its body is covered in a very toxic mucus that protect it from the harmful acid, but can be very harmful for other pokemons.

The second lake is one where the presence of a very rare form ol fungi has given the water psychotropic properties, the air in this cave alone can cause very strong hallucinations and the water can do sever damage to the brain, causing even memory loss. This lake represents the River Lethe from the greek underworld. The pokemon inhabitting this lake is based on the Glass Octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) and it's a Water/Psychic type. This pokemon has managed to survive thanks to the large size of its brain, who not only is not damaged by the water but has used it to increase its extrasenssorial abilities.

The third lake is one where the water has become Anoxic, this means water has lost its oxygen, and fish shouldnt be able to breathe in it. The whole enviroment of the cave has a very thin air, which makes harder to breath even outside water. This lake representes the river Acheron from the Greek underworld. The pokemon inhabiting this lake is based on the Spookfish, also known as long nosed chimera (Rhinochimaera pacifica), and it's Water/Ghost type. This pokemon is actually the ghost of the original pokemon who occupied the lake before the water turned anoxic, unable to adapt quickly enough they all died, and their souls possesed their old skins

The fouth lake is one where water has become Supercooled, which means it has reached temperatures below the freezing point without actually freezing. The cave in general is too cold, with ice in every surface. This lake represents the river Cocytus from the greek underworld. The pokemon inhabiting this lake is based on the Terrible Claw Lobster (Dinochelus ausubeli), and it's a Water/Ice type. It uses its chainsaw like pincer to cut through the ice, with its body covered in a hard, protective armor. Despite its looks it feeds on a special type of moss that grows beneath the ice.

And the fifth lake is one where the water has become Superheated, which means water that has reached temperatures above the boiling point without actually boiling. The heat in this cave is extreme, with all surfaces reaching temperatures above 100° C. This lake represents the river Phlegeton from the greek underworld. The pokemon inhabiting this lake is based in the Black Dragonfish (Idiacanthus atlanticus), and it's a Dragon/Fire type, the only one of this pokemon that is not a water type. Its hard scales protect him from the scalding water, and it can create flames that can burn even underwater.

I still need to think in their abilities and names and all that, but hope this works as an interesting read

#Pokemon #fakemon #fake pokemon #greek mythology #water type #fire type #ghost type #poison type #dragon type #ice type #psychic type #abyss #abyssal fish

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elentary · 2 months

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I was watching (again) Crowley and Aziraphale's trials when something caught my eye (and my ear).

When I heard "in the deepest pit", something I have buried for almost 20 years popped into my mind: Dante's Inferno (I mean "La Divina Commedia", not the videogame, obviously).

After all those years I can still remember what I learnt in highschool about the structure of hell. a quick Wikipedia dive confirmed my thoughts.

This is hell:

Several circles, each one with his sinners, punishments, demons and VIP. Long story short, graver you had sinned, lower you go and more you're screwed in your punishment (which is often chosen by the "contrappasso" rule: some are really gruesome, so watch out if you want to read about them).

In the ninth (and last) circle there are Cocytus, a frozen river, and, at the lowest/deepest point, Giudecca, the Frozen lake. In this place are punished the worst sinners in the universe: the traitors who had betrayed people who had special relationships with. Like traitors of family members, homeland/community, guests and benefactors.

Those damned souls are punished by having their body partially or totally buried in the ice in the worst possible position imaginable.

(here you can also admire Dante and Virgilio looking upon Ruggieri degli Ubaldini [=the snack] and Conte Ugolino della Gherardesca [=the hungry man])

That frozen wasteland is the "deepest pit" of hell. And, to me, that is utterly terrifying imagining Aziraphale-as-Crowley (or Crowley) there. Why?

1) can you imagine how agonizing is being stuck in the same position for all eternity when you constantly wiggle, fidget, fret and giggle? Especially with an anxious mind? Or with an active imagination?

2) the cold is not just freezing cold (which is nasty by itself). The cold is the embodiment of the missing love/light/warmness which is the embodiment of GOD. And in Giudecca nobody can reach you (since you're completely encased in ice) and neither can God's love.

3) do you know who is in the utter center of that place?

This guy:

Satan himself.

And he's munching on the three worst traitors of history (in Dante's opinion): Brutus, Cassius and Judas Iscariot (technically Satan has 3 faces and in each mouth there is a traitor).

He's munching on three people he doesn't know. What do you think he could do to a being who should have served him with loyalty (and/or fear)? He had all eternity to punish his traitor.

To me this is even scarier to the holy water.

Probably Neil's Hell is not based on Dante's inferno but, to me, the possibility of being sent in the furthest place from God with Satan as a torturer is a fearsome possibility for Aziraphale (especially since we know that demons get punished for failing their jobs [or annoying other demons]).

Aziraphale, until he saw Micheal with the pitcher, didn't have the certainty he and Crowley had understood what Agnes Nutter's prophecy was. So, to me, being sent in the deepest pit of hell as a punishment was a possibility (that probably even hell had considered).

Don't think that's a coincidence the scene in hell has the same "vibe" of this one:

In my opinion, in the first two pictures (at the beginning of this post) Aziraphale-as-Crowley was keeping his cool better just because 1) in his mind his boyfriend Crowley would be brave enough to not show fear in front of the hell 2) he was really having faith in Agnes Nutter's prophecy (and in their analysis).

And I love how Aziraphale-as-Crowley has enjoyed his bath in the tub and put the fear of God Crowley into everyone who was there to avoid any further punishments (too bad they still decided to evict the demon from his flat).

And Crowley-as-Aziraphale? Was he in danger of another punishment?

I wondered about that and the first thing that came to my mind was the Fall (and I made myself really upset).

Crowley was risking to Fall again, a second time, and live that again (and I don't think the archangels were going to rip some celestial files, remove his passwords and put him in the elevator to send him to hell).

We don't know if in the night before the trials Crowley and Aziraphale had thought and/or shared their opinions about what would have happened if they had misunderstood Agnes Nutter's prophecy or if their plan failed.

However both of them decided to go to the place that could have destroyed them easily if they failed.

#good omens #aziraphale #crowley #Crowley and Aziraphale's trials #the deepest pit #dante #divina commedia #inferno #hell #heaven #tw torture #torture #eating people #satan #if somebody say something like “Crowley and Aziraphale have switched places at their trial just to save their own skins”#I'll become conte Ugolino

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ladyimaginarium · 11 months

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ptolemaea.

Ptolemaea, one of the several regions of Cocytus, the frozen lake in the ninth and lowest circle of Hell and the lake is divided into four concentric rings of traitors corresponding, in order of seriousness, to betrayal of family ties, betrayal of community ties, betrayal of guests and betrayal of lords, in the circle of Treachery, Ptolemaea is where those traitors who have betrayed their guests and those with whom they had special relationships with, linger on in frigid agony, lying supine in the ice while their tears freeze in their eye sockets, sealing them with small visors of crystal with even the comfort of weeping is denied to them, and their whole bodies up to their neck are covered in ice so they are forced to devour other traitors in the realm of Ptolemaea. ptolemaea - ethel cain / @mothercain. / gangsta. - kohske. / divine comedy; inferno - dante aligheri.

#arcana.weaves #fictives.#erica abaddonato.#alexandria benedetto.#web weaving.#mine.#fandom: gangsta.#smth about f.emale rage of woc & marginalized women & having had enough of the abuse from folx who were supposed to protect them & vengeanc #tw; abusive relationships #tw; domestic violence #tw; implied abuse #tw; guns #hennywayz a.lex & e.rica are quite literally two sides of the same coin & they are s.apphic & they deserved better in this essay i& will:#this was actually inspired by both my& body memories & exomemories considering m.ay was Hell Month TM #n e wayz go listen to ptolemaea by ethel cain its a Religious Experience TM #ESPECIALLY as you read along this lil ting here & the acoustic version on youtube makes it Even Worse :V #* acapella — my& bad lmao #tw; implied csa #tw; long post #tw; blood

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talonabraxas · 2 years

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"Chthonic Descent"(image #4 in Orpheus and Eurydice series) Tyler Miles Lockett part 4: The Roman poet Virgil, in his poem “Georgics”, gives a lush description of Orpheus descent into Hades; “…entering the grove gloomy with black horror, he approached the Manes (dead spirits), and the tremendous king, and the hearts that know not how to relent at human prayers. But the thin shades being stirred up by his song from the lowest mansions of Erebus moved along, and the Ghosts deprived of light… mothers and husbands, and the departed bodies of magnanimous heroes, boys and unmarried girls, and youths laid on funeral pyres before the faces of their parents, whom the black mud and squalid reeds of Cocytus, and the lake hateful with stagnant water encloses around, and styx nine times interfused restrains.” (-translation from the Latin by John Martyn.) The word Chthonic in my title is an adjective describing something belonging to the underworld. This would be an apt time to discuss the structure and details of the ancient Greek underworld; the realm of Hades. Our oldest literary source in Homer’s “Odyssey” (700 B.C.) portrays the realm as dark, gloomy, and frightening. A place where all souls go, and lacking skin and bone; have no physical form. The shades (spirits) wander mindless, and without memory. In Virgil’s “Aeneid” (25 B.C.) we get a much more detailed account of the geography. Our hero Aeneas pays the boatman Charon to ferry him across the river styx, and after passing the three headed guard-hound Cerberus, they eventually come to a crossroad leading to two important realms; Tartarus (an invincible fortress guarded by one of the Furies, where sinners are punished) and Elysium (a sunny paradise where pure souls pursue leisure activities).

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cozycryptkeeper · 4 days

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I am so excited with how the planning of the Obey Me save file is going! I am thinking about adding another world to the mix but we have three worlds that cover the major locations in the game at least!

I am also hoping to start recording/streaming these builds soon! The videos will be posted on my YouTube channel and the streams will be on Twitch but I have some rebranding shenanigans to get through first.

Since I have already built the House of Lamentation, Purgatory Hall, and Cocytus Hall (Nightbringer), the plan is to record a little walk through with a voice over and feature some of the characters going about their days! I thought that would be really fun to have since there won't be any speed builds of those for y'all to see. Anyway!

Thanks to help from my friends, I have come up with the lot placements!

Forgotten Hollow

⛧House of Lamentation [complete]

⛧Purgatory Hall (& Cocytus Hall) [complete]

⛧Reaper's Cave [in work]

To include: 5 levels (ground floor included) specifically from the OG game, the Fountain of Knowledge from Nightbringer, and Thirteen's home.

⛧Cafe Lament

⛧Mausoleum

To include: underground tombs and more!

Copperdale

⛧RAD

To include: locations based on the games like various kinds of classrooms, greenhouse/garden, courtyard, cafeteria, hallway, lab, library (with a restricted section), music room, newspaper club office, nurse's office, staff room, storage room, indoor pool, clock tower, and the coliseum that will house a gym.

⛧Assembly Hall (replacing the auditorium)

To include 4 sub-assignments: Assembly Hall (base), Student Council Room, dance hall/ballroom, and theater.

⛧Cafe on Crimson Street

⛧Hell's Kitchen

⛧Royal Library

⛧Casino

⛧Demon Lord's Castle

To include several locations from the games like: main hallway, double staircases, kitchen, Diavolo's room, Barbatos's room, guest rooms, library, the labyrinths, secret flower garden, lake, gazebo, and the underwater cave.

⛧Devil Planetarium

⛧Devildom Gardens

⛧The Fall

To include 2 versions: an inspired Solmare version and a more modern version so that you can download whichever you prefer from the sims gallery!

⛧Ristorante Six

Magnolia Promenade

⛧Majolish

⛧Hocus Pocus

⛧Arcade

⛧Three-Legged Crow Conglomerate

#shortcake.plays🎮#the sims 4 #obey me sims 4

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muzzleroars · 10 months

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Yo, I was looking up information on Fraud to ask you questions but apparently in Dante's fanfiction at the end of Fraud and the start of Treachery there is the 'Central Well of Malebolge' which is filled with Giants, both biblical and greek all of whom are related to treachery, which leads on to the thought of Minos, or more exactly the giant husk that remains in Lust and also Sisyphus's giant corpse in Greed, both commited 'treachery' to heaven by reform and rebellion. I wonder if there is a connection between rebeling = get huge or if it was something manufactured by heaven or hell for some weird reason.

It would be interesting if on return to Treachery Gabriel's old body became a massive icy landmark and a reminder to all he lost. there is a metaphor there.

oooooh yes the pit of giants is an odd part of the inferno but it makes a very stark and startling end to dis as the poets reach cocytus - dante at first mistakes the giants for massive towers or turrets, believing them to be more hellish architecture before virgil corrects him. most are classical giants from greek myth, with the majority seemingly punished for defying zeus and now, ironically or perhaps fittingly, keeping guard around the frozen lake of the treacherous. however, there's a weird wrinkle in the souls here with the presence of antaeus and nimrod. antaeus did not join the rebellion against zeus; accordingly, he is unchained and assists the poets down to cocytus. but then nimrod is also located here - he defied god by building the tower of babel, but absolutely nothing suggests he was a giant in life. so it's quite possible these giants are representatives of pride as a forerunner to treachery, which has no other place in hell (yet does on mount purgatory and is considered a deadly sin)

it follows then that what you're saying makes a lot of sense, that like the angels perhaps husks have a secondary way of growing massive in size - angels have virtue, husks could have pride (as measured by heaven, and certainly deciding to rebel against their station - as lucifer once did - suggests a staggering amount). i'm also just SO fascinated with the idea of gabriel's cast off "husk" (as i think of fallen angels being sort of an equivalent to prime souls - they are a rebirth only achieved by the higher ranks). i love the idea of it being inert, not a threat of any kind, frozen and dead, but absolutely sickening for gabriel to confront. it may even be frozen totally in cocytus as all those in judecca are - twisted and locked deep in the ice, yet impossible to miss in its now enormous scale. and just the thought of him crossing over cocytus only to look down and see that....idc how close they are to the bottom of hell, they're turning around!!!!

#this is such a neat concept ouuughh thank u anon #he thought his own tomb was bad...this is too much!!!!#hell playing nasty pranks continues #also tho it'll be interesting to see if/how the giants are incorporated in game...#fighting ten corpse of minos at once #cake answers #fallen gabriel

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tylermileslockett · 3 months

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Chthonic Descent (#4 in my Orpheus and Eurydice series) The Roman poet Virgil, in his poem “Georgics”, gives a lush description of Orpheus descent into Hades; “…entering the grove gloomy with black horror, he approached the Manes (dead spirits), and the tremendous king, and the hearts that know not how to relent at human prayers. But the thin shades being stirred up by his song from the lowest mansions of Erebus moved along, and the Ghosts deprived of light… mothers and husbands, and the departed bodies of magnanimous heroes, boys and unmarried girls, and youths laid on funeral pyres before the faces of their parents, whom the black mud and squalid reeds of Cocytus, and the lake hateful with stagnant water encloses around, and styx nine times interfused restrains.” (-translation from the Latin by John Martyn.) The word Chthonic in my title is an adjective describing something belonging to the underworld. This would be an apt time to discuss the structure and details of the ancient Greek underworld; the realm of Hades. Our oldest literary source in Homer’s “Odyssey” (700 B.C.) portrays the realm as dark, gloomy, and frightening. A place where all souls go, and lacking skin and bone; have no physical form. The shades (spirits) wander mindless, and without memory. In Virgil’s “Aeneid” (25 B.C.) we get a much more detailed account of the geography. Our hero Aeneas pays the boatman Charon to ferry him across the river styx, and after passing the three headed guard-hound Cerberus, they eventually come to a crossroad leading to two important realms; Tartarus (an invincible fortress guarded by one of the Furies, where sinners are punished) and Elysium (a sunny paradise where pure souls pursue leisure activities). As always thanks for looking and reading. Please share this post and I'll toss charon a coin for you. Xoxo Like this art? It will be in my illustrated book with over 130 other full page illustrations coming in march to kickstarter. Please check my links in my linktree in my bio to join the kickstarter notification page. 🤟❤️🏛

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leehallfae · 30 days

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“of four infernal rivers that disgorge / into the burning lake their baleful streams: / abhorred styx, the flood of deadly hate, / sad acheron of sorrow black and deep, / cocytus, named of lamentation loud / heard on the rueful stream, fierce phlegethon / whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. / far off from these a slow and silent stream, / lethe the river of oblivion rolls / her wat’ry labyrinth whereof who drinks / forthwith his former state and being forgets, / forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. / beyond this flood a frozen continent / lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms / of whirlwind and dire hail which on firm land / thaws not but gathers heap and ruin seems / of ancient pile. all else deep snow and ice, / […] the parching air / burns frore and cold performs th’ effect of fire.”

— john milton, paradise lost

#my reading #words #poetry #john milton #paradise lost #running up that hill #mythology

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vinduri · 2 months

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CASTIEL'S NARRATIVE AS A THREE-ACT PLOTLINE.

all interactions with him will be slotted in one of these acts; they're mostly adapted to the modern era but can be relocated/adapted to the 19th or 20th centuries if needed. mostly based on pullman's his dark material and influenced by kripke's supernatural.

act one: apocalypse. castiel, the seraph bearer of the title of 'the shield of god', is sent to earth to investigate on the breaking of the seven seals, which marks the beginning of the apocalypse. he's tasked to find a way to stop the rise of lucifer, which would prompt a second battle against the archangel michael, a disastrous outcome for mankind and all life on earth—however, the mission fails with the breaking of the sixth seal. lucifer acquires a human vessel and through him, castiel finds out that the apocalypse had always been scripted to happen. with the knowledge that the regent of heaven lied to him, castiel deserts the heavenly host, determined to find a way to stop the war by himself. for spn writers, this act mostly follows season four/five according to canon.

note > after his defection, castiel is effectively a fallen angel. he's still very much an angel, with his wings intact. a seraph falling is a serious matter, as seraphim, while not the most powerful, are the highest-ranking angels in the heavenly hierarchy and those considered closest to god. other celestials and demons may react to this.

act two: war in heaven. the apocalypse has been stopped. lucifer is sealed beneath the ice of lake cocytus and so is st. michael, but now heaven is without its regent. pardoned, castiel is allowed to go back to heaven—but the new fragile peace is threatened by raphael’s (michael's second in command) rise to power. raphael would restore michael’s reign and see the apocalypse through. seeing as castiel is the only one actively opposing this design, heaven rapidly splits into factions, and his supporters convince him to wage war on raphael. the kingdom of heaven is thrown into a civil war. for spn writers, this act more or less matches season six, but does not follow the entirety of its canon.

note > castiel is the leader of a faction of angels who oppose the restoration of michael's rule; talks of a republic, a council instead of a viceroy, begin to spread through the heavenly ranks. again, celestials and demons may react to this.

act three: metatron. knowing he's fighting for a losing cause, driven by despair, castiel manages to contact the runaway archangel and scribe of god, metatron—the first in line to the heavenly throne. metatron, featured as a tertiary muse on this blog, has hidden on earth since the fall of eden. he is the only angel who can rival michael's claim as the regent; with his help, castiel wins the war against raphael. however, it soon becomes apparent that metatron's tyrannical streak runs far deeper than even michael's, being as blasphemous as to fancy himself not just a regent, but a king altogether. a title reserved to god alone. having inadvertently handed him the throne, castiel reorganizes his forces to depose the new tyrant and build the republic of heaven.

note > metatron is selectively available as a muse on this blog. interactions with him require some plotting. he has been hiding for centuries among indigenous communities around the world, granting them his protection in exchange for stories. when castiel finds him, he lives in an ainu settlement in the north of japan. demons and other celestials may not remember him.

#CASTIEL.#in short he needs a break #METATRON.#soon will release a info sheet on metatron specifically

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