Believe It Or Not This AU Is Actually Really Tame Compared To What Inspired Me To Make It

Ok given my current schedule it seems Lore VII is probably going to drop around 4 weeks from now. Or, around 4 weeks from next update. May be pushed back a few weeks if I end up with more content to publish beforehand.

This lore post will be longer than the other lore posts (more around the length of “A Scorched Celestial Realm” rather than “A Disrupted Balance), so hopefully it’s worth the wait.

I was originally going to leave the lore posts at 1-6 and give all additional information in extraneous posts and character files, but thinking about it I may have enough for another lore post. Definitely won’t be coming out for a long while, though. Need to establish a LOT more.

Ok but I’m even more interested in their parents. An angel and a demon getting together to create a family, in the middle of the centuries of building political turmoil from Lore I... 👀

Also, when I was first reading this, I was thinking “oooh, they can join the Royal Alliance!” But then I saw that Archelle has seizures when around angels... yikes! That’s a pretty big barrier to work around!

So I've been reading some of @obeymearmageddonau 's Armageddon Au and decided to write a drabble for it

But first let's make some Characters for it

-There will be several OCs present in this

Arc(Archie)- He can be considered the 'MC' of his area.

He is one a several newly discovered hybrids (Human, Angel, Demon in that order of what genes are more dominant)

Like most hybrids in this and any future drabbles he has health problems originating from the conflicting DNA

Unlike the MC in the game the connection to the three realms doesn't have any effect on any of the realms but is instead destroying him from the inside out

He has access to a pair of wings and horns with a tail

These are considered his angel and human forms

He is the vice leader of a survivor group

Arch(Archelle)-Can also be considered the MC

She is Arc's older sister and the second hybrid known to their survivor group

Unlike her brother the Demon genes have fully suppressed her angel genes leaving her healthier in most aspects but with the drawback of having violent seizures and internal bleeding when coming into prolonged contact with angels

She has horns, wings, a tail, and darkened skin along her forearms similar to elbow length gloves

She is the leader of their survivor group

Angel-A side character of this story

The youngest sister and adopted cousin of Arc and Arch

While she is high school aged for most of this she is physically a child due to her demonic genes suppressing her human genes

Even though her demon side is dominant she has an incredibly weak angel (but still stronger that human) form

For her safety her other forms were sealed away the second her siblings found a way

This has a negative impact on her health but is still safer than Arc's situation

I am trying very hard to cut this. Sorry for the length

Announcement

This is just a bit of a status update on the blog.

Due to real-life circumstances, I’m going to be a lot less active online starting the coming Tuesday, March 22nd. I plan to still update this blog as usual, as I’ve saved up weeks worth of content in my drafts. I still plan to pop onto my blog each weekend to click publish on something from my drafts. However, there is a slight chance I won’t have the internet access to even do that.

So, if this blog goes dead for a month or so, I promise it isn’t because I abandoned this project. No, I am still wholeheartedly invested in making content for this AU and seeing what I can inspire others to create. Know that I will come back as soon as I possibly can, and I have much more planned to come.

Art of Armageddon AU!Satan by the very talented @luyo-mi​!

Lore IX - Rebuilding the World

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Though the times after the war were harsh, they eventually settled down. Everyone on all sides was terrified of starting another war after what they had just been through, and most were too weak and weary to fight hard. 

The Reformists’ ideas began to fade out as shocking incidents arose. The demon Reformists were devastated as an expedition to the Devildom led by Reformist leader Mephistopheles turned for the worst, with only Mephistopheles and Belphegor returning alive. The angels began to question what had become of them after political leaders Simeon and Raphael got into a physical altercation over their beliefs that severely wounded Simeon. Eventually, the Reformists begrudgingly conceded to the Cohabitionalists. The humans agreed to house the angels and demons, as long as they pulled their weight and helped repair the damage they had done. Slowly, together, the races began to rebuild the Human World, from the ground up.

The world was rebuilt with all three races in mind- the angels, the demons, and of course, the humans. The angels and demons’ magic came in handy for making effective use of space and resources, as well as bringing some aspects from the other two realms into the Human World. Celestial magic was used to create floating islands in the sky above the earth, which would become home to most of the angel refugees. Cave systems were expanded and modified to house the demons, who were used to living in low light. Though each race had their primary locations- the angels on the floating islands, the demons in the caves and the humans on the surface- they were all very much in contact with each other. It was certainly not unheard of for a human to live in the Celestial Isles, or a demon to live in a human city. There was much cultural diffusion between the three groups, mostly thanks to their comradery built up over the war as well as the consistent exchange of resources between the groups while they were rebuilding.

Michael officially announced his retirement soon after the arrangement to move to the Human World was settled. Everyone saw it coming- what had been done to Michael left him emotionally exhausted and mentally broken, and as such he had been unwilling to lead for quite some time. Even though Michael had been returned to normal physically, he still wasn’t mentally ready to lead again. Raphael fully supported Michael’s decision and ended up following suit, giving his endorsement to Simeon to lead the angels into a new era. The two of them now share a home in the Celestial Isles, relaxing peacefully and attempting to recover from what they had experienced. Simeon ended up being the main representative of the Celestial Realm in the World Council. 

The World Council is a gathering of representatives from all three realms. Its goal is to oversee the rebuilding of the realm and cohabitation between the races, and make decisions to move these processes further along. Simeon is the head of the council and also one of the angel representatives. Diavolo and Lucifer are demon representatives on the council, and Solomon is one of the human representatives. Raphael would eventually return from his retirement to be a representative of the Celestial Realm, having realized that his usually-busy life felt empty without having work to do (and that living with Michael was driving him cuckoo and he needed some time out of the house.)

Under the council, great progress was made to bring the races together and rebuild what had been destroyed. For the first time in ages, a bright future was ahead.

Like imagine you’re Solomon. You’re sensing extremely powerful magical disturbances in the Celestial Realm and Devildom that shouldn’t even be possible much less safe, there’s been mass hysteria over angel and demon sightings in the human world, and Michael, Simeon, Diavolo, Asmodeus and Lucifer aren’t answering their phones to tell you what the hell is going on 

I imagine Solomon in this AU is just wondering what the fuck is going on 

I might have a few more fics up my sleeve if i can build up the motivation to write 

I wonder if the Cold Snap from the previous event is like a weaker version of what’s going on in the Devildom in this AU

I’m wondering if I should somehow bring Uriel into this, since Uriel has been mentioned in canon a couple times. It’d be hard since he hasn’t had a canon appearance, but then again, I did do a whole file on Michael.

Character File: Raphael

Raphael acts as the current general of the Celestial Legions, and spokesperson for Michael. He retains relatively good vision- albeit rather blurry- but at the cost of constant burning pain in his eyes caused by large red marks from corneal burns.

As Michael has become a recluse who only speaks to Raphael, Raphael has to serve as a middleman conveying Michael’s instructions to the other angels. He has also taken up the position as leader of the legions in his superior’s stead, taking charge and giving orders of his own when instructions from Michael are not available. Raphael is the only angel with the ability to pass through Michael’s magic barrier into his hideaway, and visits Michael every night he can and stays for hours. What they do or talk about is a secret to all other angels, and if any angel asks anything about how Michael is doing, they will get a brutal punishment from a very angry Raphael.

Raphael tries his best to honor Michael’s wishes and always keep “What would Michael do?” in the back of his mind, but due to his own nature is a far more militant and harsh leader. It is commonly said that Raphael is feared more by his own soldiers than by the enemy. The combination of Raphael’s chronic eye pain, Michael’s current condition, the war itself and Raphael’s new responsibilities as Michael’s stand-in has resulted in Raphael becoming far more high-strung and vicious than usual due to the sheer stress. For all intents and purposes, he’s completely lost his mind.

Raphael has also begun to doubt Father due to what he did to Michael, but suppresses these thoughts out of shame. This leads him to further double down on his strictness with Celestial Realm rules in an attempt to prove to himself that he’s still a good angel. Any behavior that can even vaguely be construed as impure, unholy, sinful, or out-of-line will receive extremely harsh punishment. He’ll take any and every excuse to take out his newfound insecurities on others, going out of his way to find new reasons to brandish his spear. Actions that might be completely overlooked and forgiven one day may suddenly warrant being tied up and tossed to a hungry pack of demons the next, the hypocrisy of which going to show that Raphael is just looking for excuses to indulge in a self-righteous power fantasy to escape his reality.

In order to cope, Raphael has also convinced himself himself that, once the demons are defeated, the Celestial Realm will be restored to normal, even though in reality it is far beyond any reasonable hope of repair. He insists that if the angels fight hard enough, they can earn their eyesight back as well, and when they win there will be no reason to keep Michael in his current form so he will be returned to normal as well. He spends most of his free time pacing in circles around his quarters speaking prayers. Everyone with a sense of self preservation knows not to bother him when he’s doing this. 

I can imagine Raphael having one hell of a redemption arc. He’s clearly a tyrant with a whole bunch of screws loose, but perhaps someone can get through to him. Perhaps someone can help him see that he needs to confront his doubts and true feelings if he wants to save Michael. After he comes to terms with the reality of the situation and accepts how he truly feels, once he realizes that things don’t have to be this way, he could end up playing a crucial role in taking down Father- he is a hitman, after all. His closeness with Father and his skills in assassination could be Father’s downfall. Not to mention how angry he’ll be at Father for deluding him for so long and putting Michael in such a state.