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As mentioned above, these are the final days. The devil has the world by the throat, and his fingers dig in deep. His powers have grown strong and if his actions were to go unchecked the world would fall into the pit with a year. We sit at the edge of oblivion, and all that is required is one strong push. You are the Cherubim, Angels, older than time itself, created before there was even a world to be defended. It is your brothers, the Belial, the fallen angels, who you battle. And the greatest among their kind: Lucifer.
You are without a physical form on Eden, your only means of entering into the mortal domain is through the body of a mortal. With the Belial it is known as possession, with the Cherubim it is know as entrance. Even these two powers achieve the same purpose, it is done in a very different manner. With the Cherubim, Entrance is a meeting of minds, a profound experience with beautiful implications. With the Belial, Possession is mental vivisection. The subject of Possession is subjugated to his own miniature hell for the length of the encounter, and is usually left a blathering mass of evil.
Within the Mortal domain both the Cherubim and the Belial are granted the three powers of their sphere, plus they may gain proficiency in a number of other powers. One should not confuse these powers with the actual power if the angels. For the domain of man is very far from their own domains, and to maintain the connection to their realms requires most of their energy and power.
Though the Cherubim are divided into different choirs, each granted with a different duty in heaven, Angel/Demon just deals with the choirs of angels that directly interfaces with the mortal realm (Guardian Angels also deal with humanity though to a much lesser extent. They will be covered in a later supplement). Each choir is divided into seven spheres relating to their closeness to God. As a Cherub raises through these spheres he increases in power but his like to Eden weakens, effectively making it harder for him to Enter and Depart mortals. Hell is arranged in the same fashion as heaven, except in the negative. Of Hell there are six levels, and the distance from Eden effects the Belial as it does the Cherubim.
The Spheres of Angel/Demon
7. Saturn
6. Jupiter
5. Mars
4. Sol
3. Mercury
2. Venus
1. Luna
The Deep Umbra
The Near Umbra
The Penumbra
Eden
The Shadowlands
1. Purgatory
2. Styx
3. Erebus
4. Tartarus
5. Hades
6. Sheol
What lies beyond the seventh sphere of heaven, and what lies bellow the sixth lies even beyond the perceptions of the Angels.
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