#*heaven

They were specifically designed to be eldritch horror but themed around light. The stronger ones can actually turn mortals into more of them. They are bad, really really bad. When they were being designed the concepts kept having to be sent back because they were being made to look too pretty/"good"/angelic.

Apparently the name Sin Eater came from the idea of man's sin becoming too great and causing the world's destruction. Sin eaters exist to consume and eat, and in a sense take those sins away.

The player more or less nearly becomes a Light Warden in everything but appearance at one point the game due to having absorbed the corrupting light from the previously defeated wardens. You've taken on so much excess light that your soul is beginning to crack and is at risk of shattering.

Which made me think of Sin Eaters being eldritch beings in Obey Me. Because horrifying creatures that still wield light/holy powers/magic? Sign me up! I can only imagine how the angels and demons would react to meeting one of these abominations. Of course my favorite Sin Eater is Forgiven Obscenity. She's kind of pretty.

I could see them almost being villainous counterparts to the Avatars of Sin and the angels. I'm still thinking about how they would actually come about in Obey Me's universe. Maybe either as beings that already exist but were incredibly rare that most felt them to be myths (like cosmic/eldritch horrors). Or the result of some sort of experiment by the Celestial Realm and they loss control.

Plus I could see them actually being natural predators of both angels and demons. More demons then anything because of the whole sin thing.

Some Sin Eaters are little more than animals, but there are quite a few intelligent ones - like on the level of human intelligence.

Anon you've accidentally hit on one of my favourite tropes: Light as a corrupting horror. It blinds just as well as darkness, it lures you into a false sense of security, it tells you it's good! That it's there for your own good, what would you do without it?

My thoughts on its origins would be sort of the inverse of the brothers' status as fallen angels. Given their 'forgiven' titles, it seems the Sin Eaters must be former sinners - maybe the strongest are former demons? A demon that was cleansed by the Celestial Realm? An accidental baptism, of sorts? You can have their same power structure in the game, where animals are turned into Sin Eaters without much intelligence, humans and regular demons/angels vary depending on their previous sin/magic maybe? and powerful demons/angels ascend into Light Wardens or even the Cardinal Virtues.

The Celestial Realm, at first, is delighted - even smug and amused at this development. Isn't it wonderful, that even demons can be Saved? Can feel the Grace and Love of God? Truly, their Father is beyond merciful.

But... as it turns out, angels aren't actually free of sin, it's just that their loyalty to their Father happens to outweigh that sin. We see it in every angel we've met so far (Luke and Simeon have their respective associated sins. Raphael doesn't have one himself yet, but what we've seen of his backstory and his personality shows a bit of pride and wrath at minimum). When the Sin Eaters decide that even angels are impure beings needing to be cleansed, that's when the Celestial Realm recognises them as an issue.

According to the Wiki, it seems they have a form of resurrective immortality too? So it's a threat that only keeps growing. A threat large enough to unite the realms as allies, perhaps?

Maybe MC, with the ring/Ring of Light, has to face down the Light Wardens. They're the only ones who stand a chance of being able to absorb that much corrupting light without turning themselves. Diavolo might be able to handle a bit too, being a very powerful demon, but Lucifer and his brothers (aside from Satan) used to be angels - their risk is actually much greater, as they haven't entirely gotten rid of the light within themselves. The idea of Satan having to take a hit for one of his brothers, since he's the only one who can risk exposure without turning straight away...

Forgiven Obscenity is very pretty. Also, Light Warden Eros looks like Cerberus.

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