Heaven remains quiet. the start of a new era.
trigger warnings: death, self harm
It ends with a loud ringing in everybody's ear, like a scream, too high to be noticeable for anyone who isn't divine, demonic or cursed. The music still animates all mortals to dance, but others are catching up with what's going on. It's the Angel's lament and with that Lilith is quick to send mortals on their way out. They weep, weep, weep, a noise so deafening, some are caught flinching or covering their ears.
Then, the Angel CASSIEL can be seen weeping in front of the remaining seventeen, their tears faintly golden and shimmering against their skin. Nobody could've prepared them for the truth.
“The Throne's empty, bloodstained. One of you freed Cain from his eternal prison. Now GOD's dead and one of you is responsible.”
Only one can rule the golden throne. Only through cunning and strength you'll defeat them all, to usher in a new age. Hell breaks loose, both in a literal and figurative sense. From what has been attributed to a simple disconnect to murder just didn't sit right with most of them. It wasn't just a broken connection, with Earth being their new prison, but a last resort to send the MASTER's Angels and Demons on their way to determine the greatest of all, worthy of a bloodstained, holy throne.
In a last act of loyalty, the Angel CASSIEL can be seen holding a dagger to his throat, its wooden handle carved with a curious, unsettling symbol. Once cut, ichor stains the black ground, a sight gruesome enough to cause some to gasp.
GABRIEL, having now managed to even connect Demons, calls MICHAEL unfit to lead, considering they've made sure to condemn LUCIFER to a life in the shadows, while not being diplomatic enough to find a better solution than war. GABRIEL offers themselves as a possible leader/subordinate, strengthening their own claim, especially after what has been revealed tonight. War was never the solution, diplomacy, unity, would have to win.
MICHAEL and LUCIFER are equals now, neither with or without guidance, supposed to rule their own, but who can they really trust? It is then, that both realize the rules have changed. Neither party is either innocent nor guilty. Upon realizing this, MICHAEL attracts ARIEL with an offer: fight and rule with me and you shall gain eternal domain over Earth. Having listened to their conversation, it's MAMMON who decides to step in. "Why fight with them, when you fight against all on your own, Lion of God? Be a lion." If all fails, MAMMON can always rely on their own experience and money to rule them all.
The ichor calls to AZRAEL like a lover's voice as they see every death that will come and every soul that will be lost. THEY don't just bring endings anymore, THEY become them. And it's where they see THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE escape their prison as DEATH calls, sings to them as a warning. Freed from their prison, AZRAEL sees new allies, above all.
BEELZEBUB, drawn to the ichor, cannot help themselves and reaches for the liquid, tasting it, devouring it. A complete rush overcomes them, visions of the throne now abandoned and bloodstained. A smile creeps unto BEELZEBUB's face. When will this hunger ever end?
CHAMUEL helps BEELZEBUB after they've tasted the ichor, they can feel the terror within everybody's mind, how alliances change, how their own mind shifts to reveal the sordid truth of their relationship to BEELZEBUB, causing JOPHIEL to question their true allegiance. CHAMUEL feels BEELZEBUB's heart as if it were their own. The terror, the hunger, the ache; love and corruption twists together until they can't tell which side they're on anymore.
JOPHIEL can be seen approaching the lifeless Angel as well, ichor staining their fingers as they marvel at the shimmering ichor. A quick look around reveals the ongoing feud and void without beauty. Wasn't it up to them to create it? They don't want the throne, not necessarily, but with beauty gone, they now seek to indulge, starting with the very first ideology - there's beauty in power.
A call from the depths, LEVIATHAN can hear the voices of chaos whisper to them, bittersweet and intoxicating. A dominion without a ruler could be their salvation, their final ascension and promotion to their ranks. With their eyes set on the price, LEVIATHAN realizes how easy ascending actually is: forever take the place of someone else, taste their ichor. The murder of an Angel, just for the sake of being someone under LUCIFER's rule.
RAPHAEL, in an attempt to help CASSIEL in their last moments, reaches for their fellow Angel to stop the bleeding, only to be whispered a warning into their ear: "it was... you.". With ichor now staining their hands, RAPHAEL's hands tremble as they desperately try to remove the ichor from their hands. It sticks and with that a new question arises: who could heal this world from tyranny, if not YOU?
ASMODEUS, in an attempt to use the chaos to their advantage, pulls EVE aside, confessing, possibly for the first time, their attraction and devotion to the cursed mortal. A promise whispered between them followed up by a condition: I will give you the world and more, your freedom and equality, if only you'll stand by my side. ADAM knows something's off just by the look on their faces. He'd been eager to rule himself, mortal or not. His eyes fall on the SPYMASTER BELPHEGOR. Master of all, he realizes he needs to play the long game of waiting, collecting secrets, to eventually fight fire with fire. To separate BELPHEGOR from all other Demons, to win their trust, alas, BELPHEGOR knows how to play. They realize his plans and, soon enough, they'd uncover the truth about the first man. Surely, he's the one who profits most from a new MASTER in their midst, someone more forgiving.
SATAN and ARIEL see CAIN, ABEL and the TRAITOR as chaos erupts. They emerge from the depths, freed from God's influence. They both experience a vision that leaves them confused: CAIN as the one who has slain their MASTER, but on whose orders? Whose support?
LILITH can feel the sudden change as more and more are willing to sin. Maybe it was never about freedom, but about her own power. Given the chance, she'll just wait and see them destroy each other. For now, there are enough lies to be spread in order to give them enough reason to fight one another. With the throne being vacant, she can now feel a sense of freedom and sin, as do the other CURSED MORTALS, allowing them to make their own decisions more freely, all the while they see NEW POSSIBLE ALLIES in a vision, shaking up everything. Sinning and playing sounds so much better anyways.
this marks the of our first event
Players may now freely interact apart from the event, either in flashbacks or other settings to determine new and secret alliances as well as enemies.
God has been killed. Only a few know that Cain killed him, but on whose orders? Tension rise while they must determine a new Leader.
This event is meant to introduce our characters to their new surroundings, to give them a sense of what's to come, because they know and feel it, something's changing, stirring, and they're forced against one another yet again.
Please welcome our new skeeltons: the horseman of conquest, the horseman of war, the horseman of famine, the horseman of death, the traitor, cain & abel. They'll be posted over the course of the next few days. All of them will have a short description with no connections attached as they'll be new to the game and will be able to create their own agenda.