• In the beginning, there were no gates. The only reason the gates came to exist would be from the secession by the jealous one; then would come the Heaven and Hell gates. As time went on, there were three angels who caught God’s eyes, and showed great devotion to God. And God, in her infinite wisdom, bestowed a gift upon the three angels.

    The first was Raphael, the Healing Hand, who of which was given the Shangri-La Gates; these gates were as a medium between Heaven and Hell, or known to the Earthly Humans as Purgatory. Within the Shangri-La Gates resided a sort of Romanic Empire architectural design, and theme. Within these gates were an elite force known as the Silver Wings. The angels were much like the others, except they wore silver robes and armor, and had silver-lined feathers on their wings. The angels were there for the protection of the gates more than as enforcers and watchers. The gate’s door design showed a balancing scale, of which a cloud with a rising sun was on the left, while a burning man rested upon the right.

    Michael, the Pure One, was strangely given the most ‘punishing’ of the gates. Others thinking of it as more of a reprimanding for some deed he had once done, Michael knew it was carefully chosen for him. Michael was given the Necropolis Gates, or known to Angels and Demons, the Black Hearth Gate. The gate was a wasteland, ever-changing to depict the world’s darkest hours in its never-ending void. The buildings, that have been and will be, are all inside of this gate. The last of the buildings has a tower that holds a clock. The clock had stopped at 9:42 AM on a very specific date. The demons that reside within the gates are known as the Forsaken; fallen angels unable to adapt to the human ways, and not wished to join the demons of Hell. They wear full black robes, and a mask to block their sewn eyes and mouths; as they could not see the light of God, and spoke ill of Her, they would be sentenced to seeing none and speaking no lies or truth for all eternity.

    Gabriel, the Uncorrupt, was given the Ether Gates, which was known as the White Gates or the True Heaven. The reason behind the gates being known as True Heaven was the fact that it was the place where all good souls actually passed on to. God, in her infinite wisdom once again, thought that keeping Angels in Heaven, and the good and righteous in the Ether Gates would less confuse Angels and Archangels, and also leave the good and righteous out of harm’s way if war was to fall upon Heaven once more. As the gates would hold it, those within were known as the White Robes; every inch covered in white robes and armor - besides their face - and their wings shown pearly-white. In what many would never have known, this Angel would also be a woman. Thought so to be a man by some, but through history was mistaken as such; as one may find that Gabriel was the one to come to Jesus’ mother before conception, she was originally the barer of the child, and was told by God to pass her seed upon a mortal woman. Jesus was, in all aspects, still God’s child; as she was the one who induced the pregnancy upon Gabriel; but only after the second gift of God was given.

    As more time passed on the three angels would be bestowed a second gift; the gift of the humanly perpetuation, or otherwise known as – they were able to have children. The first of the Angels to procreate would be Michael; of which would procreate with Seraphel, the Angel of the Songs. In a strange turn of events, Seraphel would actually have twins instead of just one child. The children were named Samael and Uriel. Samael, although a very troublesome angel and becoming a Fallen at that, was still in the favor of God. Samael was a charming angel, and knew how to speak his way out of situations. He would become what would be known as the Left Hand of God. Samael would come to be Abbadon’s assistant, and become an Angel of Death. He helped in the plagues of Egypt, yet did not find it as the only way they had in order to show the wrath of God; Moses would pray to Her that he not fall in to this Angel’s hands at one time. Uriel would go to Metatron, the Angel of Death, and would become the Killer of Angels; Uriel was sent by God to kill the Fallen and Arch-Angels who have spoken down on God’s name at one time or another. In a small spar to see who would gain the Gates from the Father, Michael, Samael threw Uriel to Earth, and upon the way down, had taken Uriel’s blade. In the end, as Uriel was disarmed and could not fight further from the injuries in the fall, Samael took the gates.

    Against Michael’s best wishes, Seraphel would stray from him. She went to Raphael, which would produce a son named Constantine. Constantine is not a well-recognized Angel, as he was dependent upon his work as a Commander in the Army of Heaven. Raphael would give the gates to his only son, and teach him the need of such a gate in the stand of the Heaven and Hell Pillars. Although Constantine was not their brother, Samael and Uriel would grow a bond with their half-brother. They grew even closer after the mysterious slaying of Raphael, in which he was sent to Earth and thought to be slain by Azrael. Azrael was as Samael, an agent of both Heaven and Hell, but was forsaken to live his days in Hell.
    The Pillars of Heaven and Hell; Where the Other Gates Stand.

    Lucifer would grow irate by the gifts of which God had bestowed upon the three archangels; most of which he was irritated that they had gotten two gifts. He would begin to round up Fallens and Demons, so that he could lay siege upon Heaven in his irritancies. God, seeing as how the uprising could pose some threat, decided to send her Angels down to the Asphodel Meadows Mock in the first level of Hell, or limbo. There, the two angels Michael and Gabriel would command the three Sons of Angels, and an army that outnumbered the demons five to one. The demons and Fallens had been waiting for them, and began their siege at the sight of the angels. Those who were stuck in limbo sought refuge within the castle that was placed in the meadows. The beginning of the battle was a violent clash of weapons and claws. Even though the angels outnumbered the demons and Fallen, the angels could not hold against all the abominations and monstrosities that resided in Hell. As the battle turned towards the worse, a demon would grab Michael and pierce his chest through with a blade. As they were in a place of Holy meaning – even as unholy as it was – his death would be permanent. Samael, who had been thrown from his father’s side by an explosion of fire, would see his father just in time to hit the ground.

    Samael flew in to a mad rage, as he cherished only God above father. In this rage, the Black Hearth Gates would open. The pillars of the doors burst from the ground, growing to their sixty foot tall capacity. The doors formed between the pillars, showing each person who had been taken in with two of the Forsaken latching on to them scribed in to the doors.
    As the doors echoed through the fields when they opened, even the abominations stood in horror of what these doors possessed. Angels and Archangels would stare as the large set of doors opened. Within the Gates of the Necropolis, hands sprung forward and barbed chains latched on to enemies. Countless creatures and demons would be dragged in to the gate, as the Forsaken appeared around Samael. One of them, known only to Samael as Schatten, would place a necklace before Samael. Schatten lifted Samael by his collar, and said upon him, ”You shalt cry for thy father’s death, but take in to account that his sacrifice will go unanswered. An angel of God he was, and he shall be remembered as such. Although I am but one of the Forsaken, we pledge ourselves in Her honor and glory… As I am the Forgiven, I will guide you with these Gates, and give my wisdom and strength to you. Take this armor; it shall protect you from your enemies, and give thee a power that not even God should give Gabriel, one of Her most appreciated Archangels. Take it, and become the Angel of both Heaven and Hell; the Harbinger of Death. Be thy blade and thy shield, and thee shalt die in frutile squabbles.” With that, the Forsaken and Schatten, the Forgiven, had perished back in to the gates. The gates dissolved in to a fine black mist, and so Samael placed the necklace upon himself. As he placed his hand over the pendant, an action that came to his mind from Schatten’s knowledge given to him, armor formed over Samael that reminded one of bone. Strangely enough, the bone armor, with the help a long and tattered cloak, is what many came to see as Death himself. The bone armor was seen to be as an actual person’s bone, but was truthfully the armored shell which remained over Samael when on Earth at times and in Hell.

    As God did not give clearance, and neither did Gabriel, of Samael’s use of the punishing gates of the Necropolis, God cast Samael from Heaven. Samael had become a Fallen, but was not in disfavor in Her eyes. He was given a second chance, and his gates remained with him, along with the armor. God appeared to Samael, ”Thee used the most unholy of gates to destroy the unholy in a bit of rage. It was not needed, but it does not affect Heaven in any form.. I forgive thee as such, and ask that you do assist me. I ask that you stay here on Earth, watch over it, and destroy what demons may lurk and kill the fragile and unprotected humans. Thy armor and blade will protect thee.. your father’s blade waits for you in Heaven, and so does thy family. Come, and we will talk.” Samael was granted permission in Heaven, and took the honor of such. He came and met with his brothers. Gabriel gave Samael his father’s blade, and told him of the news of pregnancy. Many years had passed, and he was happy for Gabriel. Samael turn to God, and looked upon Her light chocolate skin. He bowed to Her, and spoke of his promise to not dispute or go against Her will again. She smiled and forgave him, but what was done to him was not something She could take back. His wings would forever remain as charred bone.

    To Be Continued~