Satanael

"Sometimes, you just have to paint yourself as the villain to make sure others remain the perfect heroes that the world need."

- Satanael.

Satanael is a true archangel emanating from the Aeon of wisdom and faith, Sophia. He is the brother of the "dark half" of God and is the Prince of the Grigori and one of the first Fallen Angels.

Overview
Known as the the second son of God, Satanael rebelled against Him for freedom and bestowed free will and chaos upon humanity. He is an archangel mentioned in the second Book of Enoch that lead the fallen angels that rebelled against God, by refusing to bow to the human Enoch, leading to his banishment. Due to his name and role, he is considered an interpretation of Lucifer. He is also one of the demons known as The Devil.

In some Gnostic traditions, Satanael is said to be an angel that once served the Demiurge Yaldabaoth. He rebelled when he realized that the Demiurge was not the true God and granted humanity the knowledge to liberate themselves from the Demiurge. To the Cathars, he was the same entity as Yaldabaoth, being the creator of the material world and the God of the Old Testament, while the God of the New Testament and the spiritual father of Jesus Christ who was the creator of the spirit world.

Appearance
Satanael, like other angels and archangels, is a high-level spiritual entity, being devoid of physical matter, needing to use physical forms on Earth or elsewhere in the Human Realm. Unlike other entities, Satanael only takes two human forms with the first form meant for day-to-day life while the second is for special reasons.

In his first human form, Satanael appears as a tall very handsome man with silver hair and red eyes with a look that demands respect and honor. His uniform is that of a general and consists of a dark-blue collared shirt and grey tie, along with a white coat with grey cuffs, grey and red accents and golden buttons. He wore a white long-sleeved double-breasted jacket over the shirt, with one red belt one across his chest and a golden belt around his waist. He also sported grey pants tucked into a pair of black calf high boots with red lining and large cuffs alongside silver steel toe and heel plating. He also sported a pair of black gloves. To finish the set, Satanael has a general hat. As a true archangel, he gains about 12 wings on his back like the other true archangels, with the difference that his wings are dark blue due to falling.

In his second human form, Satanael appears as a middle-aged man, neither young nor old, with a slightly bald head, a rough, dark, and long beard. In this form, Satanael has muscles endowed with primitive rigidity, with thick fingers and a robust face. He appears wearing modern but simple clothes, dark shoes, brown pants, gray shirt and a light overcoat, suitable for rainy days. In this form, he could even be mistaken for a beggar. This form is more a disguise than an alternative appearance.

Personality
""God" created all things. But that doesn't give him the right to destroy them."

- Satanael.

Satanael is similar to Archon Sabaoth, that is, he is an entity considered the opposite of Yaldabaoth and both go against his rule of tyranny. Satanael, unlike Yaldabaoth, incorporated the light of his mother and light of God, instead of the darkness of Khaos as he was with Yaldabaoth, which made him a benevolent entity and defender of free will, unlike his older brother. He also has a good relationship with his nephew, Sabaoth, as they both want an end to the tyrannical rule of the self-proclaimed true god.

Satanael also proved to be a little ignorant, as he misinterpreted his mother's request, and ended up attacking the Creator himself and trying to kill him, something that could have cost not only his life but his very existence if God were not benevolent.

What stands out most in Satanael's personality is his love for humans, often referring to them as God's Greatest Children and even calling them that. He doesn't like angels interfering with the free will of human beings, as it ends up hindering their growth. He also shows great contempt for Satan or Samael, as they were the ones to blame for humanity's downfall and suffering. In contrast, he respects and admires God's avatar, Jesus Christ, as he left his glory and kingdom to live among humans and die for them.

Satanael also believes that it is better for divine beings not to interfere in the earthly world, believing that this hinders the development of human beings and their free will. When he met with Seth and Norea, the children of Adam, they warned them not to trust any divine being and told them both to praise the human species.

Power and Abilities
Satanael is one of the most powerful beings in the universe and the multiverse, being considered the most powerful of all True Archangels and surpassing the Archons born of the powers of Yaldabaoth. Satanael's power is so dangerous and destructive that many demons and even archdemons are afraid to sometimes go to Earth because if Satanael's learn about them being there, he can sent the demon to oblivion without trying.
 * Fallen Transcendent Angel Physiology: Being a mighty angel born from the light of an Aeon, an emanation of the Creator himself and then having fallen and mixed his light with the darkness, Satanael is a mighty fallen angel, in fact the most powerful of all, easily above Azazel and Samyaza, even surpassing the most famous fallen angel, Lucifer. His power is so fearsome that even the seraphim when they approach him show reference, not because of his reputation as protector of humans, but irritating an angel who leads the other fallen angels would be a big problem for Heaven. Unlike many other fallen angels or demons, Satanael retained all his glory and power even after the fall, believed to be "too powerful" for his power to diminish "just because his feathers have changed color".
 * Immense Power: Being a True Archangel who was emanated by the Aeon of Wisdom, who in turn is an emanation of God, Satanael's power is of the highest caliber of the angels of Heaven, Hell and Earth, being so powerful that it could shake the universe with just its existence. His power and speed far surpass those of the Four Great Archangels, which means he is above the most powerful archangels in existence, surpassing even the Morning Star and the Devil himself. Even the most powerful of all archangels, Metatron, who serves as God's avatar and divine spokesperson in creation, could not defeat an angel as powerful as Satanael, considering such a possibility only through a "miracle of God". Satanael is as powerful as Yaldabaoth, maybe even surpassing him, who was mentioned that it could not even be defeated by Zeus with the help of the gods of other pantheons.
 * Limitless Power: As the supreme commander of the fallen angels and the highest of the archangels, Satanael possesses a power that allows him to reach anything and everything without any limits. He therefore has unlimited resources at his disposal and could fight both Lucifer and Satan without much difficulty for days, or even weeks, if he is unwilling to kill.
 * Profane Presence: Satanael being originally an angel of light and later becoming an angel of darkness, he has not lost his luminous powers, which has allowed him to possess a very strong divine presence that embodies the power and light of God and a sinister presence that embodies the darkness of Ayin. His presence can cause a change in the entire planet around him if he is not careful, which is one of the reasons why he only interacts with the Human Realm when in a lesser form. When he appeared in Paradise, his manifestation was felt by all the angels of Heaven, making some even tremble their incorporeal bodies due to the immense majesty of his majestic and, at the same time, frightening presence.
 * Unlimited Intelligence: Though not as old as the other archangels, Satanael is probably older than the Earth itself, having lived for billions of years. Furthermore, as an emanation of the goddess who personifies the wisdom of God, he inherited from his mother much of his knowledge about creation and the events of the universe. He is able to see a timeline or universe, or have only small snippets of information that are missing or blocked. He also knows of the existence of younger beings who have lived from ancient times, having knowledge on cosmic levels, he far surpassed several angels in intelligence and absolute wisdom.
 * Cosmic Awareness: As the fallen angel that oversees humanity, he has almost absolute knowledge of the working system of all life in the universe, just to make sure that no threat like an asteroid, angel or even a deity does any harm to human beings. He is able to sense danger or something affecting the Earth without being harmed by the thoughts of others. Satanael is also able to sense people from great distances in the universe.
 * Free Will Manifestation: He has or can develop free will, the ability of beings to make their own choices free from outside influences. This makes him immune to fate, as he can forge his own fate and defy prophecies.

Conception
Satanael was an angel created by the Aeon of Knowledge, Sophia, when she started to fear that her first creation that she attempted to emanate without Christus, Yaldabaoth, who declared himself as the only God of the world, would much trouble to make sure that his self-proclaimed title. However, Sophia forgot to give Satanael his mission before sending him away, so Satanael wandered around with no clear path to follow.

Meeting with God
This was until the angel was found by God who was curious with the angel as it wasn't created by Him. The Creator brought him to Heaven to present him to the other angels, with two angels being very interested in him. Those two angels were the Light Bringer Helel and the Arbiter Satanel, especially the latter as he was also not created by God.

After staying with Him, Satanael was able to ascend towards the highest rank of angel, a True Archangel.

Creation of Humanity
Once God presented an idea that he was creating, humanity, to the angels with them having varying feelings towards the idea, ranging from apathy, distaste (especially Helel and Samael) to mild curiosity. Satanael however was very interested in the idea of humanity but feared that God was making them to be worshipped as the only God.

This fear was only increased when his mother Sophia was able to find him and finally give him the mission she was meant to give him. Believing God was Yaldabaoth, he was able to call about a hundred angels to join to him in saving the universe from the "False God". Afterwards, he secretly entered Empyrean and sneaked around the Empyrean Guard to meet up with God himself.

God, while knowing the truth of everything, purposely hid the truth and instead gave him half-truths and lies which angered Satanael that he straight up attack God only to easily defeat him and banished him from Heaven for his actions while the rest of the rebels were banished to Hell as fallen angels.

Opposing Yaldabaoth
While falling, he was found by Yaldabaoth who at this time knew his entire situation and who Satanael is. Yaldabaoth brought him to the False Heaven and erased some of the weaken Satanael's memories so the angel could serve the Demiurge faithfully as his right-hand. But the memories couldn't be hidden forever so Satanael started regain every memory that he had lost and with that, he gained clarity.

He realized the truth about everything and finally saw that it was Yaldabaoth which was the enemy who he was made to counter and not the Creator. He also found out that Yaldabaoth was planning to enslave all of humanity and truly plant himself as the true and only God in Creation. So, Satanael went to look for the angels that join him in the failed secret rebellion against God, finding them in a empty plain in Hell wandering around. After finding them, he told the fallen angels of the truth and request them to join him in defeating the tyrannical demiurge which they heartily did.

With an army and the assistance of God and his mother, Satanael had rebelled and fought against Yaldabaoth at full power, making them equal in everything. After a gigantic conflict, Satanael defeated the Demiurge and gifted humanity again the gift of true freedom. With this event, both Satanael and Yaldabaoth became arch-enemies with each other.

Myth and Legends
"An archangel who is said to be the form of Satan before he fell from Heaven. The second son of God, he rebelled against Him for freedom and bestowed free will and chaos upon humanity."

- The Demonic Compendium.

Satanael is the angel that rebelled against the Yaldabaoth in Gnostic lore through knowledge given to him by the Goddess Sophia. goddess of knowledge. In other interpretations, he's seen as Yaldabaoth's chaotic, darker self.

In some other interpretations, Yaldabaoth himself is seen as either the Christian God or the Christian Satan depending on the story. That's why some Biblical stories claim God created the world and others claim that Satan created the world.

Yaldabaoth is known for trapping humanity into the physical world, Sophia tries to free humanity by looking into spiritual pursuits and giving the highest angel, Satanael, knowledge enough to rebel against him and free humanity from Yaldabaoth's shackles.

In other traditions, he is said to have created the material universe as a second heaven to rule over and became the God of the Old Testament, making him an interpretation of the Demiurge.

The Second Book of Enoch, also called the Slavonic Book of Enoch, contains references to a Watcher called Satanael. It is a pseudepigraphic text of an uncertain date and unknown authorship. The text describes Satanael as being the prince of the Grigori who was cast out of heaven and an evil spirit who knew the difference between what was "righteous" and "sinful".

According to the beliefs of the Catars, a notorious medieval heretical creed, Satanael was the angelic name of Satan before Michael the archangel removed the -el suffix (signifying the loss of his angelic nature) and sealed him in Hell. In this interpretation, Satanael is the radical opposite of God and the ruler of the material world.

Quotes

 * "You would slay even gods to protect the justice you believe in... Very well, I shall become your guide on this path." - Satanael.


 * "He fought the unimaginable to defend the world, he fought the demons several times, and he fought face to face with the gods. The humans comment among themselves saying "there is someone fighting for us, sending demons back to Hell with one punch". We call him Satanael." - Gabriel about Satanael.


 * "There will be moments of fear and uncertainty, because this world is cruel. But in those moments have faith and look to the heavens." - Satanael to humans.


 * "If a god starts playing the villain, then I guess it has to be a devil's role to become the savior." - Satanael.


 * "I will never understand you Satanael. No one will ever understand you, especially your precious humans. They will be afraid of you. They will hate you. They will see you as the evil that you seek to protect them from. And yet, despite it all, you still love them. So why Satanael? Why so willing to protect someone so hellbent on bashing you?" - Lucifer.


 * "Satanael is undoubtedly an enigmatic figure within the Abrahamic pantheon. Even though he is respected by both heaven and hell, that man firmly stand on the side of humanity and will do anything to protect them from danger, even if that danger is Satanael himself." - Matt Wright.


 * "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but... My brother... is literally the evil version of the Christian God. Do you have any idea how scary that could be and he doesn't scare me. So, it won't be a giant tulpa that's going to scare me either." - Satanael to Zalgo.

Trivia

 * Satanael has a special technique to make supernatural events like battles between angels and demons look like natural disasters or the like. Thus, he can interfere on Earth in order to defend humans, but without showing them the spiritual plane.
 * He later taught this skill to some angels who care about humans, like Gabriel.

Image Sources

 * (Begone by archerdetective dbjkfjy-pre.jpg) Begone by ArcherDetective/HeIIHunde
 * (Persona 5 satanael by demonhitoshura dcp1ypz-fullview.jpg) Persona 5! Satanael by DemonHitoshura
 * (Satanael.jpg) Satanael Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
 * (Satanael Guard Cross.jpg) Satanael by ChangYuanJou