This is a story you've heard before, a story which became a legend, a legend that became a myth and now that myth which was long forgotten without any doubt or disbelief seems to have a secret binding to its truth that is yet to be revealed. This is a tale of an ancient times, an era before the humans and gods were forever divided and where destiny lies within our deepest desires.
The battle we face isn't ours alone, the troubles and temptation, the hunger, the strive of each conquest devoted to one another, the desire for power, where did it all begin?
Eons ago, before the creation of man, everything was good... Everything was perfect. It was a never ending joy, well for most of us anyways. This took place in a divine realm, a place of heavenly beings pure and true except for one, who sort the heart and in his heart was full of iniquity, he was the bright and morning star amongst all divine creation, he was granted free will; a will to choose what was right and what was wrong.
But he wanted something greater, something no one has ever thought of, he wanted to be equal to his creator. And from that moment onward, he's desires became lust, greed, pride, envy, wrath, gluttony, sloth inflicting upon himself the seven deadly sins and breaking the commandments of God. Ignoring the light, excepting the dark, he was able to sow the seed of disbelieve in the hearts of his comrades to rebel against his creator to rule over his creation.
At this moment man hasn't been made and neither were there other gods, spirits or worlds. This was an era of "Angels" ruled by one God.
The time of reckoning is now, to choose what is right and what is wrong, to see who would be a better ruler and seize power over all, to gain dominion of all existence and non-existence. This were the thoughts of the bright and morning star.
From the heavens and all that is to come,
The power to rule over the night and day.
Superior in all majestic, bright and beautiful.
Amongst all, there's none like me
To this I shall be of equal to him if not superior.
With the heaviness in his heart and from the day he was created, iniquity was found in him. It was all according to the Creator's will for destiny to take its place. The creator has the power to end it but that would give the angels more reason to see why the rebuker/resistant was right. In the sight of all there is none who has the free will of he's and that indeed made him envy of his creator, for the creation wants to be the creator.
His brothers could not succumb to his desires, there loyalty is to the creator and even at that the creator still offer a chance of repentance but in his heart he still wants to rule over all and from that moment all hell broke loose. The war began. It was a remarkable one. The battle between two forces, the forces of good and evil. This took place in a heavenly realm, a place beyond time and space neither was the hours of their battle recorded to man but it was recorded in heavenly book it was called the hour of JUDGEMENT.
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Therefore, rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
After the war in heaven, the bright and morningstar who has fallen from grace to grass wondered in the cosmos alongside with his comrades.
This was an era and a new beginning of mankind. The creator had it within to build up final piece and artwork on man, thus, the birth of man began and our universe was created in one harmony.
The process of our creation was watched in the shadows of the fallen and little did our first parents knows what was about to come, for after the heavens comes the earth and hell.
Peaceful as it was the angels could not fully trust man, for if a divine creation can go against his creator then what makes man exceptional to this purpose of being unique from the divine perfection. It was nevertheless, that he sought to destroy God's work.
Seeing the creation in his image
The powers giving was beyond his will
Take dominion over all
Rule it and multiply
This was his heart desire and now it's been given to another. He swore to overtake Gods work and destroy his creation and all that will be drawn to him for his purpose knows no bounds, for he has no friends nor loved ones, what he does, he does it for their sake of destruction and their downfalls. Man would be exposed to a twilight of dawn.
Before the fall to earth, the fallen were cast out of heaven into our universe, taking charge of the elements and stars, the universe as a whole became their domain.
This was the birth of the new gods who seek desires and lust that is to come and be worshipped as one. The fallen were categorized as False god who became demons of our world, they go by many names as to some who believed to be called mythological gods and false bearers of destruction.
Their leader who's above all the fallen assigned his comrades to spread forth disaster into the world, he said "brethren" go forth inhabit all that there is, be it living or nonliving casting out of the shadows to disguise as the light who brings false hope of encouragement. They became gods of the "firmament" worshipped even to our future generations.
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The creator saw that this would happen, so he decided to make man out of his own image to bring all things that were not to become.
And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And from that moment of creation everything changed, everything became nothing. As he watched the creation of the creator brought to life, earth became a waging war and an inhabitable force for the fallen, for the false god. So as it seems all things became different, all things changed from that very moment as if they weren't.
Fast forward... Things changed, everything changed, the fallen lived with the humans, our forefathers but things weren't the same as they used to, kingdoms have been formed from generation to generation, the twelve tribes came together to build the first kingdom but all started from the day were even the fallen were no longer in unity. Even men could not trust themselves.
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
The earth multiplied and all inhabitants, the fallen blended in with the humans as they lived in the shadows, the earth once more was peaceful, peaceful as it seems, it's as if it's waiting for something without unfathomable doubt which brings us to the question? Where are the fallen?
The fallen lives among us before and after the disobedience of our first parents, humans have been multiplied, the world is beautiful and nations have been formed, each and every kingdom in their own perspectives for every kingdom was born out of a tribe and would later become an empire for mankind to inhabit.
Rising from the shadows, cast out from the light we were dwelling in the land of the creator not to interfere, for it is not yet our time to be revealed. But one has a soft spot for the humans of the creator, for she fell in love with a prince, which changed everything. This was the day that Azriel fell in love with Jin Zhin, a prince of the Zhou to Jin kingdom.
There romantic life took place in the market square of Zhou to Jin town at noon day when the sun is at its highest peak, and as usual Jin Zhin in his disguise starring at the beautiful damsel in a red dress, her eyes blue like the ocean, her lips soft and red as strawberries and her skin as clean as glass. This was their moment, for a fallen has fallen in love with a prince.
For many months they engaged in love affairs, many days have passed away, the prince could no longer hide his feelings for the fallen, his heart glanced at her every words, truly he has found his princess and together they will rule in unity.
Jin Zhin showing to Azriel the things of the world, revealing to her the secret of the kingdom tells her that he's the prince and the son of king Sargon Zhin. They were both happy. Later at noon Azriel returned to her clan with a smile on her face, Lucifer being in the dark corner sitting on the chair interrupts the joyous moment of Azriel.
You mingle with his creation, despite all that he has done to us
What will my comrades think of you?
One of our kind falls for a human who knows nothing of their existence.
With these words Lucifer spoke out of jealousy but Azriel wasn't discouraged but had a good heart towards the creator’s creation.
Azriel believes that redemption awaits us even in the darkest hour, trying to convince Lucifer who seems not to be convinced at all but to wage war to all of existence for his pride goes before a fall.
It's been too long since the war of heaven and heaven is now in the perfect peace they once fought against looking down upon the earth once more the angels knew that this was just the beginning for the creation of man.
Five years later, Azriel and Jin Zhin were engaged and decided to take their relationship to the next level, it was beautiful, their memories of unquantifiable love that sprung forth to the entire creation, they were more than perfect for each other, they were more like that of our first earthly parents.
In a few months’ time, Jin Zhin and Azriel became married. Their marriage was held at the Zhou to Jin kingdom. The best known all over the nations and every kingdom of the earth were invited to the big celebration. The king Sargon Zhin blessed their marriage before the vows were taken.
Jin Zhin vows:
Amongst all, there's none like you
Pretty and beautiful than that of the stars of heavens
You've made my entire world into a whole new wonders
That even I can not put asunder
You're forever mine and am yours to be even forever,
My love.
Azriel's vow:
In you I found me
Like you there's no other
From afar, our worlds are parallel but to us it's remarkable
You are that I deserve, you're my everything and to spend my entire life being with you.
I love you Jin Zhin.
And as they sealed it with a kiss and an oath of blood covenant, Lucifer watched in the dark corner of the temple, having in his heart the blood thirsting revenge for mankind, for the brightest day became the darkest hour and war is upon man and earth’s inhabitants. A fallen has taken sides with the Creator's Creation.
The remaining fallen was with their leader as he laid a strategy for the coming war between man and the fallen. He plotted evil to rule the world and in his heart he sort to be god of this world, a god of chaos and death, a god of war, vengeful, hateful, hatred that he sort to destroy man. With many on his side, few of his comrades disagree with his schemes, leviathan on the other hand was the second in command who agreed with Lucifer to wage war on the humans, Sat'Han also agreed, for he's one of the Lethal demons in charge of accounts. One of the fallen objected to Lucifer's plot to wage war on the humans.
Why wage war on them, they have done no harm to us
and neither have they trespassed against us
Azriel chose to be with the one she loves.
This made Lucifer angrier. His rage burned with fury, casting them aside that they are no longer welcome into his foreseeable kingdom that is to come. So the other fallen departed from their comrades to inform Azriel of the wrath of Lucifer and his comrade. Nine months later, Azriel was pregnant with Jin Zhin’s son, the future king of Zhou to Jin and a ruler to bring all the nations of the world to perfect peace and harmony.
Just as Azriel was outside the balcony viewing the city of the kingdom—it was beautiful, the sightseeing as the sun set still with the child, Jin Zhin stood behind Azriel, his hands around her waist, so lovely and romantic. Just then, Lilith was sighted by Azriel in the city. She kissed Jin Zhin and then went on to attend to Lilith, as she told her all that was going to happen.
This came as a shock to Azriel, remembering the first war in heaven and now another on earth. It was a burden upon this world, how could he do such a thing, Azriel said to herself. Lilith then asked Azriel what is she going to do about it, since we haven't heard from mother? It's been too long ever since we have heard from mother, she said in a lonely tone.
Mother, no one knew of her whereabouts, not even father.
They're both loved and worshipped at the same time.
Mother, wherever you are, please protect your children.
Lilith and the others who refuse to partake in Lucifer's plot were left out and never to return, but Lilith had other plans of her own, even when sided with her sister Azriel and for the sake of her unborn child, this world as we know it is about to change the course of history.
Azriel explained all to Jin Zhin her husband that what they are about to face is something man alone could not battle. The forces are stronger than they would overcome, but nonetheless, they'd prepare for what's coming. This is war on earth.
Gentle as the calming sea, blue like the sky above
"The wind gently whispers the sound of war,
A war that would change everything,
A war that would decide the fate of all living creatures".
And then everything changed, the war began. Man versus the fallen, a war that would never be forgotten, this is a never ending battle.
Lucifer and his minions wage war upon man and its inhabitants, while Azriel and her sister Lilith and their comrades took the side of man to battle, this was a war and the coming together of all nations of the world, it was like that of the second coming.
The twelve tribes of man formed an allegiance to battle the common enemy and although their victory wasn't successful, man falls and kingdoms across the world joined the battle to fight for a greater course, the war lasted for thousands of years and in that thousands of years thing were never the same.
It was bloody, brutal, the killings were those of the end time. But in that moment comes the hardest of time.
The king's son was killed by Lucifer himself as Azriel witnessed the death of her husband Jin Zhin who was burnt alive.
With the death of Jin Zhin, Azriel unleashed her full potential which was felt across all existence like a bright glowing light and in that time man and every generations of mankind were given a gift, a winning chance to defend her pride against the fallen.
"We felt it like that of a goddess Asherah
We've never felt it before"
"This rush, this feeling coursing through our veins"
"This is truly the power of a goddess".
With the battle being fought, man has gained an advantage over Lucifer and his comrades who transformed into all kinds of creatures, and with the death of most fallen from either sides, Azriel took their hearts and infused all of her magic into it to form a dragon crystal that will forever banish them to hell.
During the moment of war, Azriel had already delivered Jin Zhin a son who was taken care of by Miram the maiden and a midwife to Azriel was safe and sound. But King Sargon Zhin could no longer bear in his heart for the death of his son Jin Zhin which Azriel has inflicted upon this kingdom and the entire world. With the power of the dragon crystal Azriel used it to banish them to hell and most of the demons and fallen were cast into the shadows never to be seen again.
After six thousand years of war of battle, the king, king Sargon Zhin and the rest of the kingdom and due to the death of his son, King Sargon decided Azriel and her son should be killed and that the dragon crystal should be restrained from her. A few knights walked toward Azriel in the kingdom as she was being stabbed, and in her death Azriel's last word was:
"I curse this kingdom and the entire world
Never to know peace"
"Always to battle one another "
"Until the day of reckoning"
"Only to be saved by the one who surpasses my power".
Those were the last words of Azriel before she died, as her spirit possessed the dragon crystal and transformed into six colourful dragon crystals that were shared amongst the remaining Kingdoms of the world.