So having read the most recent snapshot, now I'm curious about the hierarchies of angels. Because Vincintanious was the Angel of Winter, and other angels have had specific titles like that as well, but Simocian was just a 'nature angel' according to Glodria's POV. Is that a different class of angel? Very curious about that!
They are different classes, and it all comes down to how they’re made!
In my universe, angels are kinda… byproducts of God. Newton’s Third Law doesn’t really sound like something that should apply to God, yet every time something new is created in Creation, an angel is born into Heaven to correlate. Heavenly beings themselves don’t seem to be subject to this rule, as there seem to be no angels of Seraphim or angels of Archangels, nor is there an angel of the Heavensphere. (But, all angels are technically Angels of Heaven, so there is that I suppose.)
But for some of our angels. Vincintanious is the angel of the first frost of the season. Glodria is the angel of sunbeams. You may ask, why are these two not an Angel of Ice and an Angle of the Sun? Well, angels like to belong to hosts. There are a cluster of angels all related to the phenomenon that is the seasons. Lots of angels that play a part in winter? Boom, an angel of winter. But these are typically angels that represent more conceptual things. Simocian and Jasrien are angels of nature, of the winterberry (Ilex vertacillata) and jasmine respectively. Those are solid, tangible things that are directly correlated to nature.
Angelic rank is determined by how exclusive the group you belong to is and how special your function is. Heaven is nothing if not utilitarian. Metatron is the highest ranking angel in existence because he is unique. Seraphim, Archangel, Scribe of Heaven, this dude’s got it all going on. But he never leaves his spot. Therefore, Michael, General of Armies and Slayer of the Dragon, is the highest ranking active angel. Kalagis is a fairly high ranking angel because she is both a clairvoyant and a Lieutenant in Michael’s army. There aren’t a whole whole lot of clairvoyants to begin with, so that’s status, and the army just is extra icing on the cake. Seasonal Angels aren’t necessarily fewer in number than angels of nature, but their roles are perceived as more important so they are higher ranked. If belief patterns were to shift… who knows what would happen? Things are only what they are because we say they are.