13.7 billion years ago, in the eternal realm that exists outside the multiverse, the Presence created a race of celestial beings to be soldiers of Heaven. For eons, these Angels willingly followed their creator’s will.
However, Lucifer, the proudest and most beautiful of them all, led a rebellion against the Presence and started a war in Heaven.
In the darkness before the first dawn, theirs was the first folly, theirs the first rebellion.
Lucifer’s rebellion failed and he was defeated by his twin brother, Michael.
The great serpent was cast out from heaven, his angels with him. And for nine days they fell.
Lucifer and his rebel Angels landed in a barren and desolate realm that became known as Hell. Lucifer ruled this place of torment. The Angels who fell from grace with him became Demons.
As Heaven would ultimately become the destination for just souls, with Michael guarding its gates, Hell became the final destination for damned souls, with Lucifer waiting for the day he would be freed…
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