SATHANAS

NAME/ALIASES. Satan AGE & BIRTH DATE. Prehistoric & UTP SPECIES. Archfiend GENDER & PRONOUNS. Male & He/Him or He/They AFFILIATIONS. UTP OCCUPATION. UTP

History

Upon the battlefield Sathanas was known by The Great Old Ones as one of the fiercest combatants among the seraphim. Relentless, bloodthirsty, and hungry for battle. Bested by The Lord of the Deep, the Elder Evil looked down upon Michael, Tisiphone, and Sathanas and declared that they three were the strongest among their kin. Their lives were spared while the rest who’d come to destroy him were not. In order to survive, Sathanas had to battle over the bodies of his own kin, a relentless war that promised an end; a world entirely for him and his siblings. Ulthar had promised it, even as he charged ahead at the front of the infantry while the Gods hung back behind him, Sathanas truly believed that someday the mortal realm would be his. The war ended and this did not come to pass, instead they entered an era of peace ushered in by the arrival of the fey. Mortals sprung up as the world was terraformed and Eden was forged, here Sathanas grew restless, hateful, and it was here that his great ire began to fester. 

Sathanas was not born to be a sentinel, he was born to be a soldier and a warrior. At every turn he sought violence and conflict while wrathful contempt festered within his heart, his grudge to bear was that this was the shape that Ulthar had made him, these were the attributes that his father divined. Yet, the original sin of Lucifer’s rebellion was regarded as a disrespectful surprise - if Sathanas had been built to be the wrathful hand of God, then how could his father begrudge him what was his right to be angry? For all that Sathanas was, battling against his own family was a fight that filled him with discontent and in that discontent his hatred festered further. He, the greatest fighter among the seraphim, was made to use his skills against his own kind and spill his blood for the sake of a cause they all should have been in agreement upon. Humans were pathetic, inferior beings and it was clear that Sathanas and his kind were the rightful heirs of the mortal realm. Still, defeat fell upon him and his co-conspirators and to the fifth level of the Abyss Sathanas was sat, there they built a well to the deeper levels and the City of Dis rose around it. Subjugated by his sisters, the Erinyes, Sathanas was still King of this level of Hell. As he sat upon his cruel throne he twisted the hearts and minds of the chaotic fields of the eternal battle outside his great, flaming city. He crushed the power of the archfiend under his boot and took it for himself: bloodthirsty and feral. Oztalun broke down the gates of the Inferno and in Sathanas’ wake the City of Dis fell to cataclysm, to the gates of Elysium the monarchy of hell cast the Gods into the stars and sent them running for their lives. A throne for Lucifer, and a new battlefield for Sathanas.

Connections

Archfiends: They were trapped in the Inferno together, individual relationships may vary but Sathanas is one of Lucifer's most loyal generals.

Seraphim: Veterans of a war together, Sathanas fought against his siblings in the rebellion of angels.

Tisiphone: Sathanas helped kill Alecto, her head is above his mantle.

Abilities

Immortal: Ageless, Sathanas himself will never grow old.

Blood Frenzy: The scent of Sathanas' blood can send people into a frenzy and make them fight. He can manipulate other people's blood from a distance as well to create this same effect on an individual basis.

Hellfire Manipulation: Able to create and manipulate hellfire as he sees fit.

Warrior: Among the seraphim Seraphim was considered the most skilled fighter.

Weaknesses

Human: However durable Sathanas' vessel is still mortal and needs to eat, sleep, and carry out basic bodily functions.

Witchcraft: A coven is able to trap or confined Sathanas for a period of time, or release him from his vessel.

Corpse: Graceless, Sathanas can only possess the bodies of the dead.

Seraph: An angelic blade through the chest will destroy him, and kill him.

Pythia

NAME/ALIASES. Leviathan, Python, Pythia AGE & BIRTH DATE. Prehistoric & Unknown SPECIES. Aspect GENDER & PRONOUNS. UTP AFFILIATIONS. Asphodel Coven OCCUPATION. UTP FACECLAIM SUGGESTIONS. Andrew Koji, Anya Taylor Joy, Benedetta Gargari, Berk Cankat, Brianne Tju, Kiowa Gordon, Cara Gee, Evan Mock, Conor Leslie, Lucien Laviscount, Josha Stradowski, Adria Arjona.

History

In the beginning they were known as Leviathan, among the first of Ulthar’s creations. Leviathan was an archangel that was born for war, a general in the armies of the divine that raged against the Old Gods that ruled the mortal realm. Centuries of conflict and grief punctuated the beginning of Leviathan’s life, it was when the final battle was won and the fighting was declared over that the archangel expected to reap the rewards that were promised to them - to live on the earth that they’d fought so long to inherit. When the fey came they brought with them the seasons, they brought the tides and the trees, all the things that would come to make the world beautiful and Titania promised this all on the condition that Ulthar lent his magic to hers and helped to create the first of mankind. Humanity. Born with free will but weak, breakable frames. Humans were to never know war or greed or pride, they were the jewels of Ulthar’s creation and the first of Titania’s children. When Leviathan’s father asked the angels to kneel - it was Lucifer who first refused. War was all Leviathan had ever known and when they fought next it was to earn the dominion that they already deserved, angels faced the fey of old back when they were still elves. The greatest of them fell, but it was Melpomene and her sisters that Leviathan drove back into the farthest reaches of the Otherworld, forgotten wind. Great as they were, the fallen were beaten and for their crimes The First, Oztalun, cast Leviathan into the Inferno - to the seventh circle where they came to go by a new name, Python.

Tiamat found them there, they whispered their plans for humanity and Python wove their influence into the heart of witches as the Inferno corrupted the fallen angel and gradually transformed them into a greater demon. Tiamat would come to be known by a new name as well, dread Persephone, true goddess of death, Python led her to the heart of the archdruid Netellia, deeming her weak and susceptible as the greater demon worked their way into the mortal realm via mass invocation. Though they were still weak, they held a blood pact that solidified their hold on all witches who invoked them for the power they offered. Through the necronomicon they were mae able to influence this world, every soul that was fed to it gave them more power, more influence. When one plan fell through another bloomed in its place, they were the great liar, the great deceiver, and they dwelt in the heart of all who looked to the dark for power. Pythia came as their final name, a title they earned as they ferried souls to the dark folds of the Asphodel, given form and power once again with the return of the ancient coven of darkness. Another mask, another lie, another name to hide behind. No one could see the dragon that lurked beneath, all the world against them - humans, angels, demons, witches, druids, fey, and still they would bring about the end. A revolution, the dawn of the new age, a return to a world of fire. The age of humanity would end and that of the forgotten would begin.

Connections

Octavian: Netellia died by Tiamat’s influence, but it was Python that felt the weakness in the archdruid’s heart. Octavian would come to blame Python for the corruption of his sister, and her ultimate death. 

Melpomene: In the war between the fallen and the divine, Leviathan defeated Melpomene and drove her back into the Otherworld, trapping her there for thousands of years. 

Michael: Siblings. Michael fought against Pythia during the rebellion and was part of the forces that condemned the fallen to the Inferno.

Abilities

Python: As a greater demon Pythia possesses all the powers of lesser demons: hellfire manipulation, telepathy, telekinesis, and the ability to shift into domestic animals. 

Fallen Archangel: Despite their connection being severed from the divine realm, Pythia is able to control the flow of magic, meaning they can turn any supernatural creature human, restore a chimera, heal feral vampires, and undo the packs they’ve made with blood witches. 

Immortal: Created from pure magic, Pythia is inhuman and cannot be killed. If their body is destroyed they will simply move on and possess another. 

Psychometry: As one of the fallen they’ve retained the power of psychometry, they can read the impressions left on objects, people, and places and establish a psychic link through this connection.

Weaknesses

Angelic: Hallowed ground burns their feet, as one of the fallen they’re incapable of stepping foot onto churches or graveyards. 

Demonic: Unable to cross salt lines, Pythia can be confined to a single form if they’re trapped within a circle of it.

Witches: All witches can sense the presence of the Pythia, blood witches in particular have made pacts with them under the guise of the greater demon Python and will know when they’re around. 

Possession: Does not have a form of their own, with permission they can possess the body of the living, or they can possess the body of the deceased.