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Now for some Lore: Samael (Hebrew: סַמָּאֵל‎, "Venom of God" or "Poison of God," or "Blindness of God" Sammael or Samil) is an important archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore, a figure who is an accuser, seducer, and destroyer, and has been regarded as both good and evil. Rabbinical writings describe Samael as the guardian angel of Esau (and the Roman empire) and a patron of Edom. He is considered in Talmudic texts to be a member of the heavenly host (with often grim and destructive duties). One of Samael's greatest roles in Jewish lore is that of the main archangel of death. He remains one of God's servants even though he condones the sins of man. As an angel, Samael resides in the seventh heaven, although he is declared to be the chief angel of the fifth heaven, the reason for this being the presence of the throne of glory in the seventh heaven

"There was another angel in the seventh heaven, different in appearance from all the others, and of frightful mien. His height was so great, it would have taken five hundred years to cover a distance equal to it, and from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet he was studded with glaring eyes, at the sight of which the beholder fell prostrate in awe. "This one," said Metatron, addressing Moses, "is Samael, who takes the soul away from man." "Whither goes he now?" asked Moses, and Metatron replied, "To fetch the soul of Job the pious." Thereupon Moses prayed to God in these words, "O may it be Thy will, my God and the God of my fathers, not to let me fall into the hands of this angel."

In the Bible and Torah, Samael was depicted as both Angel, Demon, Reaper, Serpent, and Plague Lord. Samael was considered the Chief of Satans and is a big deal in the Tanakh and I found myself favoring that Angel above all the others. Since most depictions usually tackle one aspect of him instead of all, I decided to have a commission done where it depicts him Whole in all of his most Beautiful and Eldritch glory. Most often mistaken for Lucifer, Samael is different in the sense that unlike Lucifer/Satan... he never fell form Grace. He is depicted as an Angel that WILLINGLY does the dirty work for God as someone who plots to rebel against him. Because of this, in Chaos Theory, he is often on the side of the protagonist but only so much as they serve a purpose, his very nature is violent and hostile towards beings who threaten Creation. Though he does not act violently without reason of course.

In Chaos Theory, even when he is not around, is power is most often used/called upon by ambitious warriors that desire to use the power of death and other aspects of his abilities to their whim. Most notably The Serpent, one of Chaos Theory's most reoccurring antagonists.



"BEHOLD Samael the Destroyer! When the Cosmic Dreamer sleeps, it Dreams the entirety of Creation into Existence and the ebb and flow of Creation is continuous. From the smallest stone to the the entire Multiverse. However, if one were to awaken the sleeping God, it could very well mark the End of Creation as we know it. And when The Serpent awoke the Dreamer, there was only one thing that could happen. This Universe would meet its End, and at that very moment, the Serpent felt himself transform and elevate into a being that belonged to no world. Whose only main purpose was to Obliterate and to Erase. This wasn't the form he had thought of, this wasn't the Dragon that he envisioned himself to be in his dreams. This was something else. His veins and body flowed with unimaginable power and the world that he had once needed to slither through to survive, was now but a mere nuisance that he could easily destroy with a mere thought. The ancient prophecy had come true, and Enoch's Nightmare had finally manifested. The Dreamer's awakening would end everything... And The Serpent had become its Harbinger. Its Angel of Death." -- Koana: The Wise