Hell Chapter 6; Fallen Is Babylon The Great

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As everything played out, Ophiuchus pointed out to Valac how the previous skirmish, though vastly influential to why what was happening now was happening now, was still the culmination of previous things that built up, and not to get lost or distracted by the things that they get distracted by, such as large events, major discord, and general off-brand distractions of all variations along the way, if not altogether.

"By This Time, The Women Of Gremory Are All Seeking To Possess Or Are Distractions For Those Who Are Seeking To Possess Them, Leaving Agares And Gremory -- As Well As Valefor, Malphas, Sabnock, Ronove And Marchosias -- To Be Constrained By Dealing With Each Other And No Longer Able To Pay Attention To Crocell, Who (By This Time), Is Communicating In A Mystic And Dark Manner In Order To Sedate The Masses And Keep Them Subdued." Crocell's vibrations from movement in symphonic synchronicity with harmonious waves even in discord and also to placate the discordant or negative vibrations -- being an angel, after all -- cause the masses to be subdued by his beauty when he moves or acts at all, because everything he does is seamless and fluid, seeming perfect, despite having the capacity to fall the same way. As is how he fell and why he was there -- to learn that lesson, as any angel who does not understand themselves. "When All Is Calm And Everyone Believes That They Are In Paradise Because Crocell Has Refreshed And Replenished Them Via His Angel-like Water Techniques, Agares And Gremory Keep Control And Begin To Align The Army In Formation And Valefor Keeps All In Line By Trapping Them Within Their Own Ranks And Divisions. This Allows For More Advanced Maneuvering."

All the while as he explained, Ophiuchus took Valac over where everything was happening, all throughout Hell, everywhere any sort of chain of causation occurred, as it was happening, in realtime. "Ronove And Marchosias Keep The Peace By Continuing To Whisper Sweet Words To Everyone Whilst Also Spreading Information Within The Ranks, Or To Break Apart Certain People In Spirit By Spreading Animosity, Though There Is None. Due To The Sedation, Malphas And Sabnock Are Completely Neutralized And Tranquilized Due To The Harmony Created And Maintained By Crocell And All Of The Units Working In Tandem, Which Is To Crocell's Ultimate Advantage To Control Them All." However the demons were maneuvering, as Ophiuchus hovered high above them and explained to Valac, a commonly Fallen Angel, who was enslaved to keep the game going, being educated about his Sin of 'being the thing that keeps it all going and not choosing to take yourself out to stop the bad guys for the greater good' trope. "

"Once The Spirits Are Weak And Malleable, The Next Of The Dukes Working With Crocell -- Bathin -- Appears To Begin Spiritism On The Souls Of The Sedated Army." Now, what was likely not foreseen by the Lesser Demon Lords was that the Higher Demon Lord were already perceptive quite acutely of the potential betrayal -- not just from any demon alone, but also by them -specifically- for reasons they already previously understood that perhaps they believed they were clever about hiding, because they were able to get Lesser Demons. Hence why they were Lesser Demon Lords -- they only had their greatest potential ruling over Lesser Demons and Lesser Beings than themselves, not anything higher, and could not sustain themselves nor be sustained in a high place due to how lowly they were both of mind and capacity. Thus, the Higher Demon Lords established a plan to have a method for crowd control of a new 'Party' after the old one was disbanded, and the traitors were outed, and about to be executed, as well as replaced, with Lesser Demons wanting their place as Lesser Demon Lord.

Such was how the system was designed, and what separated Lesser Demons from Higher Demons, as well as Demons from other entities, in general, save for Sinners.

"Next In Line For The Dukes To Appear Is Bathin, Who Is A Communication Demon, Meant To Connect The Gathered Army With Those Of Other Nations." As of now, after Crocell spoke to Bathin, he began to make some proverbial -- or literal -- calls to other Demon Lords and Demon Kings all over Hell, and possibly even other Hells, if their nexus was large enough. That way, Crocell could deal with Gremory seamlessly and not have to double-back. "He Is Able To Control Spirits -- Especially Whilst They Are Weak Or Vulnerable -- And Lead Them Into Astral Projection So That They Can Feel Or See What Their Spirits Desire." Crocell's initial sedation via his wonderment and beautiful elegance and grace, fluid as water itself, mesmerized others into a soothing calmed state, which made it easier for Bathin (whose name also resembles 'Bath' and denotes 'Brainwashing') to influence them via Spiritism -- which literally took advantage of, attacked, or altered the spirit of others negatively in some way, oftentimes (especially in Sorcery) for the sole gain or profit of the conjurer. "He Is A Horseman Of Death That Drags Souls Behind Him Like A Long String, And Brings Them To A Place Of Death To Weaken The Flesh. The Serpent Tail Poisons The Soul After Bringing It To The Place It Desires To Be And Then Is Made Weak, Just Like The Flesh, By Allowing The Desires To Be Fulfilled Without The Backlash Of The Poison To Be Understood Before It's Too Late." It might have seemed like it was all too much of a coincidence, but this was what their ancestors intended to design, and intended for their descendants to complete -- an unfinished work they created, destined to fall, they were too late to warn them about, and never could, even with passing down their actual lineage and history, due to themselves counteracting each other and never letting it complete itself.

Now, it played out right before their eyes -- a period meant specifically for 'Brainwashing', located in the 'Upper Echelon' in order to 'Program' or 'Reprogram' the 'Masses'. Yet, why would something like this fail, since it was adapted still into a modern day practice? Such is what they too must have wondered, seeing their works in ways that were not only modernized, but functioned the same way they came to create their own systemic society to do so for their own sustenance. A Demon System.

"Bathin Teaches The Values Of The Earth In Order For The Units In The Army To Learn The Nature Of The Earth And What Is Important So That They May Take Control Over It." By educating the ignorant masses, whom are sedated, malleable, pliable, and easily swayed, of the value and worth of greater things, this placates them and grants you their favor whilst also makes them subservient to you, which is the entirety of the brainwashing process, done through both 'Mind Control' and 'Spiritism'. "Bathin Also Gathers Up The Armies Of Other Nations And Brings Them Together Using The Same Method And With The Same Intention Only For Them To Band Together And Become One Large Militia Under He And Crocell." This is why they like Bathin, and why he is a Higher Demon Lord, as well as a Duke Of Hell -- his specialty is superior to both Lesser Demons and Lesser Dukes, making him invaluable, but still a liability, which all the other Higher Demon Lords know -- as well as about others.

Making Lesser Higher Demons more instrumental in Lesser Higher or Higher Lesser plans made sure that none of the Middle-Class could ever fully surpass the layers of the Upper Echelon, which had their own maze, puzzle, and stairway similar -- but wholly different -- from the Lower Echelon, especially at the Poverty Layer, which is the residual result of their 'Vanity', projection of it, and someone wanting to see it, or believe they need to in order to be of use or good or valuable to the world.

Hence why Bathin teaches also the 'Values Of The Earth', in order to 'Reeducate' the masses with old information being withheld from them on purpose that was always known and being used and being suppressed as well as oppressively forced onto them to do and maintain without them knowing for those who already knew and prolonged it, passing it down for generations by ruling over the poor or lower classes. And also believing it an act of God, when the service itself was, yet was corrupted by 'Evil Kings Of Israel' into being used to service Sinners and Sins. Though it worked, the corrupted mechanisms -did- process it and -birthed- something that they could not control, and trapped themselves in, which is its own security protocol for trapping and enslaving Demons by design.

Ergo, the Babylon System.

"Note That Bathin Incites Trades Through Import And Export Of The Materials Of The Earth In Order To Bring Nations Together Or To Drive Them To War Based On The Trade, And Utilizing Trade, Can Incite Spiritism To Make Give People Their Desires Or Force Them To Go To War For The Materials That He Has Control Over. This Is Also Used To Cover Up Bad Things Or Good Things That Happen Over The Earth, Since Bathing Has Control Over The Earth In This Fashion." This level of influence over so many different people and territories causes something even larger than the initial Demonic Rebellion and Demon Resistance, which are normally totally quashed before they ever get up this far, or else their 'Hell System' is a failure.

If a 'Hell System' was a failure, that was something that was threatening to =ALL= Hell Systems everywhere, permanently, by design, as soon as they are made, and applicably to the past, as well as present, plus any level of future iteration. Simply because it is Hell, in any depiction, with Demons, in any depiction, or Sinners, in any depiction. It was gridlocked and flawless -- perfect by design, for capturing and enslaving demons. Hence why Ophiuchus said to Valac to stand far off and wait.

"It Is Time," Ophiuchus finally proclaimed, "My Time To Shine." This was his part in all of this -- that which would drive all Demons, Demon Lords, and Fallen Angels everywhere, including the True Original Lucifer, to a state of madness and terror. "FALLEN," Ophiuchus boomed, his voice projected as a magnanimous light, moving so fast as to spread throughout the Hell Dimensions, "FALLEN IS BABYLON THE GREAT."

The 'Light Of The Mind' now in the Demons gave them invisible halos that functioned like target rings for those up above. Opiuchus was lining up his shot, then projected his thoughts again to the masses from the Light of the Void Sun. "Dantalion -- The Great Duke Represented As 'The Argus' -- Is Turned On By The Unification Of Consciousness Through The Systematic Mechanics Of The Collective Work Of Everyone Who Has Applied Their Mind By Opening And Synchronizing Their Third Eyes All At Once And Focusing Their Eyes On The Same Goal At The Exact Same Time For A Greater Purpose." They basically woke Dantalion -- the system's personification of itself in itself -- up by being too consciously aware of themselves and the system, as well as themselves inside of the system. But, he was going to fulfill his purpose right here, too... "This Is What The Great Light That Was Generated Was Supposed To Ignite, And Thus The Entire Networked Consciousness Becomes Sentient All On Its Own And Begins Operation As A Global Unit All Its Own Simply By Existing Via The Collection Of A Great Number Of Others Converging Into A Single Systematic Operation And On Automatically After It Is Even Started Up Initially. It Serves As The Largest Possible Network Connection And All Lesser Valued Variants By Default." Simply, since the actual System itself was not what enlightened those within itself, and something was teaching things within it about itself, the nexus ends up having to give itself consciousness to figure out consciously and manually why it did not do its purpose correctly.

"Dantalion Dictates All Forms Of What Can And Cannot Be Done Based On Potential Energy, Setting Boundaries And Points Of Suspension Where And Within The Mechanics Of Any Form Of Amalgamation Of Anything Together At Any Given Time, As A Lawyer Of Creation." Dantalion would be off to establish order how he liked it, without realizing that him making it how he wanted it would leave a trail straight back to him.

Oh well.

"Dantalion Takes On Any Form Of Any Creature At Any Given Time And Is Considered Completely Androgynous At Base Value And As A Concept Because Of The Purpose Of Taking On Many Faces And Forms That Are Conceptual, And Thus Are Male And Female." He not only could take on any of the forms and roles of any of the previous Demon Lords, but also the people they managed, and do their jobs, and more, and do them all himself, better than them, without their help, and still operate the entire system solely on his own, plus also mindfuck people into getting back to work before leaving to go back asleep after their consciousness also went back to sleep, thus letting him go back to sleep.

"Dantalion Represents Male Conception Through Creativity And Versatility, As Are Primary Functions Built Into Them That Are Lost Sometimes After A Certain Point In Childhood If Not Nurtured Properly." This allowed him to become all spectra of manhood, including those that were 'Gay' or simply not on the 'normalized spectrum' of scaling men. But Dantalion was totally asexual, and was uninterested in sexual endeavors, so none of the sedation tactics of the previous Demon Lords, who only dealt with men OR women, could deal with the androgynous, asexual Dantalion. He had total immunity and absolute omnipotence. "Dantalion Also Is Capable Of Switching The Roles Of Others -- Such As Male To Female Or Husband To Wife, And Vice Versa -- Naturally For Experimentation Or Recovery Purposes, But Can Be Used To Confuse Others And Change Their Roles In Life As An Offensive Or Defensive Mechanism, Which Is A Hazard."

So, Dantalion was going to force the system to work, and keep it going until all the Demons and Sinners were sedated by the lack of being needed, until they fall into purposelessness and distraction, and forget all of the things they just learned, which would result in Dantalion's different identities going back unconscious.

And that meant...

In the heat of things, whilst everything was in flux, Ophiuchus used the brief time of disorder and chaos to again Smite his targets, Saleos and Vapula, striking them down with one of his two wings respectively in one swipe. It was nigh imperceptible, and when it happened, the Void Sun's light grew oppressively intense.

Plenty remained none the wiser of Dantalion and his true presence and nature, nor that some of them were being picked off and replaced. The community was too in awe at the spectacle and mystery of his presence to be concerned about understanding the things he was doing that were beyond them. Even if they did know what he was doing, they would not understand why.

It kept watch, looming over them, and they continued to give it their attention, whilst Dantalion seeped continually into the system, to establish all of the most important roles under one authority -- something like a corporation or franchise; even a monopoly. He was literally -designed- to monopolize the system and everyone in it, and show that it was designed to be exploited, and then stop everyone from wishing to pursue.

As this was going on, Dantalion also had a mind to go deal with the Lesser Dukes that had gone off to deal with Baal. Since they were none the wiser that it'd been awakened, then its appearance would not be expected. That way, Dantalion could sneak a spy amongst them. It was only logical to do so, and to set up the spy in a convenient place in their path in order to induct it.

Likewise, one of his copies was sent out for the next Great Duke, who was actually meant to be fed by Dantalion manually operating the system. This Great Duke Of Hell, Astaroth (also Ashtaroth, Astarot and Asteroth), is referred to in The Lesser Key of Solomon as a very powerful demon. In art, in the Dictionnaire Infernal, Astaroth is depicted as a nude man with feathered wings, wearing a crown, holding a serpent in one hand, and riding a beast with dragon-like wings and a serpent-like tail. According to Sebastien Michaelis he is a demon of the First Hierarchy, who seduces by means of laziness, vanity, and rationalized philosophies.

Unlike the Lesser Demon Lords the Great Dukes and above required their special seals to be active in order to be summoned, and could not simply be summoned by regular, conventional means all of the time. Their specific seals were what kept their interactions personal, and also doubled as blocks for others trying to summon them without knowing the sealing. Astaroth's Seal was capable of not only summoning Great Duke Astaroth, himself, but also summon the floodwaters from the Flood Of Noah to wipe clean whatever he wished.

Due to how actually famous Astaroth is, it is common general knowledge that his adversary is St. Bartholomew, who can protect against him, for he has resisted Astaroth's temptations. But plenty were in the dark about what Astaroth's 'Temptations' were to even resist.

What they DIDN'T know was that he was connected to Noah's Flood, and also Demon Lord Of Envy Leviathan, as well as the Qliphoth, proving undeniably that certain demons had several different jobs at the same time. Astaroth began to form his seal, and when he would break it, he would unleash the Flood, and also make the other demons part of or food for the Flood. It would be a wave of trends and fads that Dantalion would put on display like a living mannequin.

To others, he teaches mathematical sciences and handicrafts, can make men invisible and lead them to hidden treasures, and answers every question formulated to him. He was also said to give to mortal beings the power over serpents. His name is possibly taken from the goddess Asherah or Astarte. She is considered his mother, and in different roles in Hell, Astaroth has different levels of power and general different positions.

The now very intense light from the Void Sun, gradually magnifying even still, continued to emanate the voice of Ophiuchus as he thought, but now, he was speaking clearly, for everyone to hear, though still not in a way that brought attention to himself. To them, it would sound like incoherent muttering humming through the air audibly, like a fluorescent light, the humming growing more intense gradually with the light. "Once The Limitations Of Genetics Have Been Established By The Argus, The Sons Of God Are Able To Be Created By Natural Selection From The Branches Of The Potential Of Every Probable Outcome Within The Realm Of Possibility For Any Period Of Time Systematically." Eventually, his words would blend in with the natural tones and casual ambient chatter going on all around, and perform a secret Manual Overwrite during the reprogramming process. This would keep what he needed susceptible for when he was prepared to unleash his next attack. "This Is Done And All Forms Of Creation Are Given To Those Who Are Sons Of The Kingdom And The System, Thus Establishing A Princedom In A Society As A Social Class In The Economy At All Given Times."

That is to say, despite Astaroth being considered a Great Duke, he is also the archetype for the entire class of Princes, but is too low to be considered a Prince any longer, despite being both a Fallen Principality and Fallen Bene Elohim that commands others of his ranks. "Astaroth Serves As A Son-like Position In The Demon Hierarchy." The Astaroth types were always something like Envies, being much greater than many, but the least of their own kind -- which are the Principalities and Bene Elohim, or Prince Demon Lords. "Astaroth's Name -- Which Comes From Ashtoreth -- Is A Mark Of Proof That He Is The Son Of A Mother, And Is Considered To Be A Princedom Because Of His Position Under The Demonhood Of The System, Itself That Both Sustains Him And That He, Too, Sustains."

Asherah wasn't part of this Demon Hierarchy, so Astaroth's Princedom from her lineage bore no weight in the Hell System. That was why his Princedom did not carry over, and why he was but a Duke, even though all Principalities of such a Princedom originated from him as a Bene Elohim and Principality. "Astaroth Sits Upon An Infernal Dragon Because The Light That He Is Bearing Upward To The King Is Gnarled And Ugly, Yet Is Still Serving Its Purpose Somehow -- Which Is Also What The Serpent In His Hand Represents, As Well As The Wings That Carry He And His Crown Over His Head As A Prince." This serpent was Leviathan, the Demon Lord Of Envy, Great Fish-Serpent (Sea-Serpent). Astaroth taught others how to handle snakes, which were considered Envies, which were under Leviathan, the giant Sea Serpent, who is Envious of God.

"As A Symbol For Men, Astaroth Illustrates A Type Of Emasculate Behavior Which Places Astaroth Under The Dominion Of A Mother Or Underneath A Woman That Is Providing Something And Supporting Him (Even Habitually) And Is Also Something That Should End Up Being Understood From A Masculine Perspective In Order To Further Promote It To An Evolution Instead Of Continue It Down A Degeneration Further Into Princedom And Not Into Kingdom." The further devolution and degeneration of Astaroth would continue as long as he lived, because of his state as just a Fallen Principality and Fallen Bene Elohim. Eventually, everyone and everything would surpass Bene Elohim Status and become Elohim at base standard, and Astaroth would never grow nor get more powerful, and would not be a threat again to anyone. "The Prince -- The First Image Of The Demon Child -- Is Totally Dedicated Toward A Position Of Being Catered To But Never Actually Acquiring Anything Nor Providing Anything, And Eventually Becomes Too Much Of A Burden To Exist That Way, Even If Useful In Some Other Ways." This was why the descendants of Adam could eventually grow and evolve back into Godliness, but Fallen Angels and their descendants did not naturally grow nor live. They needed to be redeemed back into their places in Heaven, or at least out of Hell. They could not grow and get themselves out; someone had to come get them before they went totally feral.

That was what Ophiuchus hoped to continue to do during this process, and took the time to have Valac escort people safely out under the noses of the Demon Lords. All the while, the Void Sun grew larger, and harsher...

The flood of various different things that symbolized the actual 'Flood Of Noah' would wash over the whole Demon Society and flood the entire Hell System with things that would overwhelm and consume the demons, manufactured or catering strictly to their sins, to keep them off of their pursuit, and perpetually placated.

By the time the masses were overwhelmed, the Great Dukes could continue their pursuits, and Dantalion could continue to run the system secretly from the inside via his variable personae. He would only use the things that were useful, using the sudden surplus for actual useful things, and not just for every new or distracting thing. Astaroth could see that the masses were swamped now, and were more malleable than ever, which meant it was time to quickly summon the next Great Duke to finish the job.

Focalor (also Forcalor, Furcalor), whom Astaroth went to summon, is a powerful Great Duke of Hell, commanding three or thirty legions of spirits. Focalor is mentioned in The Lesser Key of Solomon as the forty-first of the 72 goetic demons. According to the grimoire: 'Focalor appears in the form of a man with a griffin's wings, kills men, drowns them, and overthrows warships; but if commanded by the conjurer he will not harm any man or thing. Focalor has power over wind and sea, and had hoped to return to heaven after one thousand years, but he was deceived in his hope. One of the three archdemons, Lucifuge Rofocale, has his second name as an anagram of Focalor, implying an intellectual relationship.'

The summoning of Focalor by Astaroth and their united command over the floods and seas gave Focalor the power instantly to command the proverbial metaphoric 'sea' that was created from the deluge from Astaroth. These two were meant to play off of each other, because Focalor's power came from manipulating the 'waves', so to speak.

However, what's more, the written 'intellectual relationship' shared between himself and 'Lucifuge Rofocale' is important to note, because when stimulated to a certain level of intellectualism, Focalor sheds his feigned form and becomes his true form, which is 'Lucifuge, One Who Flees From Light'. The entire reason he even had an anagram for his name was BECAUSE of his fear and fleeing of the light. Lucifuge was head of government in Hell, appointed by Lucifer, according to believers. This made him a big deal. Keeping up his Goetic appearance dulled the light of the Lesser Light, 'Lucifuge', who also flees from Lucifer, whom he wishes to be. Hence 'One Who Flees From Light.'

Lucifuge Rofocale served as Prime Minister in Hell, but when he was Focalor, he only did his Goetic duties, so that none would ever relate the two of them, unless they wished to deal in the shade, or under the table. His summoning was through a 'Shadow Ritual' in the first place, which is what the anagram solving symbolized. However, that was only the beginning of Lucifuge's intervention through his secret identity and alter ego. He saw and manipulated things through the Focalor identity, so that none would know nor see his operation, nor understand why he knew things or was places where he once didn't or wasn't. He was a Light Demon that was good at fleeing and creating 'False Light.'

That said, by manipulating the waves of the 'sea' -- which could be comparable both to light waves and water waves -- Focalor, as Lucifuge, could create the 'Light Prison' known as the 'Black Labyrinth', Sathariel, and keep everyone consumed by the flooding waves of stuff totally drowned and devoid of true light for as long as he pleased. Something like a 'Pleasure Illusion.' Almost like a placebo.

Sathariel (Hebrew: סתריאל, Ancient Greek: Σαθιήλ, romanized: Sathiḗl) is described in the Book of Enoch as the 17th Watcher of the 20 leaders of the 200 fallen angels. Michael Knibb believes the name to mean "Moon of God" or "Dawn of God" based on the Ge'ez copies of the Book of Enoch. Sathariel is said to be the qliphah mirroring Binah, and described as concealers, by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley. In some modern organizations, Sathariel is said to be ruled by the archdemon Lucifuge Rofocale. Aleister Crowley instead associates Satan and Moloch with Sathariel.

Satariel have been described as the first qliphah after the passage over the Abyss, and conceptually portrayed as a black labyrinth of chaotic riddles.

Since Sathariel was the Light Prison manipulated by the Light Demon via a False Light and a drowning Flood of any kind, the relation to Satan and Moloch was directly in reference to the means of sacrificing to Sathariel and also having to face greater levels of Sin and Temptations thanks to the new opportunities and greater things that were now in play. The things themselves made one layer of the Light Prison, and the other layers involved the relationships and interactions between people, and another still was about their own perception of the situation and others. If they were totally blinded by the False Light, they would be considered 'Trapped' in the 'Pyramid', which is the 'Black Labyrinth, Sathariel'. The riddles were the neverending questions and problems faced forever based on what to use within the system that were provided, with more and more options continually flooding and drowning everyone with so many opportunities, they are totally overwhelmed and can never escape.

Thus, the reestablishment of the Hell System.

Yet, this only accounted for all the masses, and not the Demon Lords, whom were still going about their own business. Whilst the Dukes specifically were off to deal with Baal, Dantalion and all latter Great Dukes Of Hell would still be dealing with System Maintenance.

But only Dantalion was able to deviate from its System Maintenance, because of its unique ability, and one of the visages of itself that it made. That one appeared in the path of the Dukes Of Hell as a regular Sinner of no noteworthy appearance.

The Dukes Of Hell thought to wipe this lowly demon from off of the map just for being in their way, but the wiser of them knew better. It was too odd that a lowly demon was this far up the mountain without some greater escort, or escorting some greater demon. That meant only one thing...

It was a trap.

The perceptive eyes of Ophiuchus flashed when they saw the golden opportunity to strike at the demons where they hurt the most, which was right in their Sins, where they were Pleasured. With Focalor -- who was Lucifuge in disguise, running from Light -- trapped them in Sathariel, The Black Labyrinth, Ophiuchus could also use his command over Light to command the Light Prison from the inside and the outside.

All without Lucifuge's knowledge, that is.

"Infinite Possibilities Based On A Finite Number Of Combinations Of Positions Or Roles At Any Given Time For Any One Living Being To Take On Or Assume Control Over Become Available Immediately With Those Operating It Continuing To Keep It Steadily Progressing Over The Entire World And Proceeding To Honor People With Titles, Ranks, Professions And Other Such Names Based On Archetypes Throughout All Of The Probable And Possible Combinations All Over The World Systematically." Everyone everywhere was getting rewarded and honored in the light by the Nobles and Royalty, and the Rich and Wealthy; the Important and Famous. This, too, was a distraction that blinded the hopeful masses, yet was no more than another tactic that the Demon Lords used to control and command the System that their livestock lived in. They didn't even like to have to be pushed this far, since it meant they had to dip into their actual funds and possessions, but it was better to lose stuff than to lose the whole system, they believed.

"Those That Are Within This Also Begin To Lie About Their Positions And Thus Throw Off The True Potential Outcome Of Any Given Scenario At Important Possible Times, Which Stunts The System And Creates An Enormous System Error Glitch." Ultimately, deluding people and tricking them into being underqualified only hurt the system from the inside, and didn't at all harm the actual people more or less than the entire system by trying to oppress them, since they would either believe the delusions, or lie about them knowingly, and still throw off the system, anyway. "This Creates Elioud, Nephilim, And Rephaim From The Sons Of God -- The Titans, Born From The Argus." Something of a noteworthy stage in development where the 'Lesser Demons' have the chance to become 'Greater Demons', because the 'Elite Demons' were giving them rewards. This brings out some of the latent, dormant 'Angelic' qualities of a 'Demon', which descended and degenerated from 'Fallen Angels', and did not originally simply 'exist'. Their conception is symbolized through the Nephilim, whom were children of the Anakim (rather, Amalekites, the Ancestral Peoples) whom were Giants, and related to Angels. This causes them to become corrupted Fallen Angels, which end up being things like very powerful Light Demons, such as Lucifuge, which are weaker than a Fallen Angel like Lucifer, but stronger than any Demon that has no angelic power.

"Focalor Is A Type Of Light-Bearer That Comes Along With Being Able To Create Anything And Everything You Like, Including What Is Not Good." That being that Focalor bears the light for Lucifuge, but not to show the light, like Lucifer -- but to hide it, like Lucifuge. By hiding light, he creates 'Lies', and also works best with 'False Lights', specifically 'Lies' and 'Illusions'. Essentially, he is the 'False Light' behind Lucifer, and through basically making up whatever he wants, he can create anything and everything for anyone out of nothing. But in doing this, he also creates negative things simultaneously, attached at the head to any and everything else he creates, and thus overwhelms himself by the bad things he ends up making alongside the good things totally on accident, caught up in his own lie. "Focalor Is A Creator Demon That Also Comes From Someone Else's Continual Support Or Maintenance In Operation."

As Ophiuchus droned on, reciting what he knew about the False Light Demon, he watched as Lucifuge would manipulate his 'skin' so to speak in the reverse fashion as a serpent -- not shedding it to grow, but hiding within it to disguise himself. This made him wonder if Lucifuge was already a Corruption of Lucifer as it was, and only exists because an entity corrupted Lucifer's own purpose to match their own, but could not outshine him, and thus forced himself into a corner by being this creature eternally shamed to hide his face and run from the light under a different persona. "Focalor Is Marked For Being Able To Say And Do Whatever It Likes Just By Saying Something Is So, Which Makes It A Light Demon That Also Incorporates Audible Perception Instead Of Just Visual Perception." He did notice that Lucifuge was commanding the 'wind' like Lucifer, as if it was Light -- that is, as 'Sound.' In this way, Astaroth and Lucifuge together could create something virtually inescapable with just the two of them alone.

Ophiuchus, though, was very aware of how important a target Lucifuge was, and how taking him out would spell total doom for the System's repair. He wasn't up in high ranks with Lucifer for no reason, even if he was literally the copy knock-off that is only kept around to serve as an example for other copy knock-offs. "Lucifuge Is Attributed To Being Or Being Afflicted By Focalor Because As A Form Of Lucifer Is What Those Who Know Something And That Run Away From Or With That Light Will Eventually Be Destroyed For It, Because Of Its Importance And The Severity Of Its Gravity." Hence, 'Die With The Lie.'

"Nothing More Than The Runaway Lie By A False Light Because Of A False Prophet Using A Scapegoat." This was the curse of Lucifuge from Lucifer, as Lucifuge inherited being a Liar, Fake, and False Light more than inheriting Lucifer's awesome Godly, Fallen Angel power. It was something that couldn't be copied, and thus was only corrupted into the form a demon of such lesser power could form for itself.

This would pose a problem for saving Sinners and converting Demons, since this Vanity Sin brought by the False Light was more powerful than what most of them would be able to handle, since this was a Vanity Sin, and was classified as 'Light'. Most Demons and Sinners were inherently very susceptible to the Light, and thus were particularly weak to Vanity Demons and Light Demons, whom controlled Vanities, in many regards.

All of these Sinners and Demons were caught up in nothing but Vanities bestowed by themselves and Greater Demons trying to keep control over them. They wouldn't be able to be easily salvaged any longer, but they also no longer needed to be tended to nor watched over, and were mostly marked for destruction by being in that Black Labyrinth Light Prison of riddles at all. Ophiuchus wanted to take the perfect shot at Lucifuge before he went away, but in order to do that, he had to manipulate the Light Prison against him, so that he would remain in one place, out in the open, to be seen by Ophiuchus and traced by his light work, in any level of visibility or perception to him.

All the while, the Void Sun became ever more bright.

Meanwhile, the Dukes Of Hell all remained wary of the seemingly lowly demon in an unusual part of Hell. "Who are you?" they demanded, waiting for the Demon to submit to them and their great power. None but the Princes and Kings were above the Dukes, so if it wasn't one of them, it had to either be a higher Duke, or a Lesser Demon. Whomever it was, they definitely weren't this much lesser of a Lesser Demon to be hanging around this high up the Mountain Of Death.

"It is I, Dantalion," the simple demonic vessel responded. "I am here to halt your foolish attempt at the life of King Bael. Return to your places -- the flock needs tending before the Royal Inspection. The Greater Dukes have already been summoned, continuing the chain."

The notion that this was Dantalion was astonishing to them, and they felt awful. In that negative awe, the Dukes Of Hell conspired to either make a mad rush and see how far they got after mowing down Dantalion, or to go along with what was happening until a greater opportunity arose. "... If you are the one here to greet us, Dantalion, then we must deign ourselves to your submission, mustn't we?" The Dukes were not unwise; they were not Dukes Of Hell for no reason.

Though, Dantalion did not seem fazed by this. "... You have civic duties to uphold that I have prepared for you," he explained via the vessel. "I will have my vessels escort you back to your places so you can keep watch over their flock and be sure that they do not go out of place. Focalor has already started serving his purpose to get them rounded up for you. Now, it is your turn to serve your purposes again."

The unnerving way that Dantalion spoke so emotionlessly was too eerie for them. They knew it best to let themselves be taken back alive than to die here and not get another opportunity. "... It is as you wish, Dantalion," the Dukes Of Hell said, and more of Dantalion's copies came to guide them back.

On the other hand, Lucifuge -- as Focalor -- was getting ready to finish the 'Shadow Ritual' that was initiated by the unscrambling of his anagram and erection of the Black Labyrinth, Sathariel. Once the weaving of False Light sealed all of the unsuspecting ones in, they would be ready to be 'Sealed' and sent off for the 'Royal Examination.' Lucifuge did notice lots of biting back from them this time, as many times as he'd done this... Which worried him. But they didn't have time. He remained meticulously careful, yet had to rush the 'Shadow Ritual' by summoning the next Great Duke. For some reason, the Light Prison wouldn't seal all the way up, no matter how close he got, but he figured that having it close enough would be passable. Not like it hadn't been done before when cutting corners.

Anyway, from the Light Prison's 'coming together' so to speak came the formation of the seal of Baʿal Berith ("Lord of the Covenant") and El Berith ("God of the Covenant"). They are two gods, or one god, worshiped in Shechem, in ancient Israel. The term "covenant" (Hebrew Berith) appears also in Ugaritic texts (second millennium BCE) as brt, in connection with Baʿal, and perhaps as Beruth in Sanchuniathon's work.

Judges is the only Biblical book that mentions Baʿal Berith and El Berith. It is not clear whether they are separate forms of the gods Baʿal and El or are actually one god. Scholars suppose that he or they may have been worshiped for connections to fertility and vegetation, based on another passage in Judges (That is, the terms of the 'Covenant' with God). Also unclear is what covenant or covenants are referred to by the name Berith. Elsewhere, some of the Shechemites are called "men of Hamor"; this is compared to "sons of Hamor", which in the ancient Middle East referred to people who had entered into a covenant sealed by the sacrifice of a hamor, an ass. "Children" or "sons of Hamor" itself appears in Genesis and Joshua, in both of which, as in Judges, Hamor is called the father of Shechem. Genesis also features a man named Hamor who ruled in the area of Shechem and had a son named Shechem.

All of that to say, these two deities were Fallen Gods that were corruptions of the original God created by the 'Children Of The Ass' (as is what 'Hamor' means). These people sacrificing an ass to God as an insult resulted in his shedding of such names by breaking the Covenant, leaving the 'Sons Of The Ass' to continue worshiping his discarded form -- ergo, his 'waste byproduct that comes from the ass'. Thus, the two entities became demonized as Fallen Gods, but still served their purposes, and only served those purposes to actually create binding Covenants (rather, Contracts and Consecrations) between others, to permanently seal them in place.

Hence why Lucifuge wanted to summon Ba'al Berith and El Berith to seal Sathariel and trap everyone in an eternal Light Prison by the binding Covenant Sealing from the Lord and Master Fallen Gods.

Rabbinic tradition equates Baʿal Berith with Beelzebub, the god of Philistine Ekron. Since Beelzebub is a Demon of Misinformation, and also the Demon Lord of Gluttony, it is natural that Berith is symbolized by Beelzebub in terms of the gluttony of the covenant and its sacrifices for maintaining it when people who were wild and unruly, as the Ass-People, were bound by a Covenant and didn't live up to it properly, or acted against it by corrupting its meaning, yet still following it through technicalities.

Which was why, by technicality, Ba'al Berith and El Berith were Fallen Gods, despite being Demon Lords only ranking as Dukes in the Hell System, and under one Duke. That's because like the rest of the theme of this part of the System, the two entities that were the images of Fallen Gods were False Lights. The actual entity was the Covenant, itself -- Berith. The forms of the Fallen Gods were nothing more than projections to symbolize where the Covenant Demon, Berith, originated before being corrupted and symbolized of Corruption in binding Covenants.

Berith (also Baal-berith) is a Great Duke of Hell, powerful and terrible, and has twenty-six legions of demons under his command. He tells things of the past, present and future with true answers; he can also turn all metals into gold, give dignities to men and confirm them. He speaks with a clear and subtle voice, and as recounted in Aleister Crowley's Illustrated Goetia, he is a liar when not answering questions. To speak with him the conjurer must wear a silver ring and put it before his face in the same form as it is needed in Beleth's case and demons do before Amaymon. He is depicted as a soldier wearing red clothes, a golden crown, and riding a red horse. Books on the subject tell that he is called according to whom invokes him, being called Berith by the Jews.

According to some demonologists from the 16th century, his power is stronger in June, meanwhile to Sebastien Michaelis he suggests murder and blasphemy and his adversary is St. Barnabas. His name was surely taken from Baal Berith (god), a form of Baal worshiped in Berith (Beirut), Phoenicia. In Alchemy Berith was the element with which all metals could be transmuted into gold. "Berith" is the Hebrew word for covenant, it was originated from the Akkadian (Babylonian) word "Biritu" which means "to fetter" or "to bond".

The symbol of Berith changing Silver to Gold relates to how the element Berith can transmute any metals, and that the 'Silver' Class Society could become the 'Gold' Class Society after being sworn to the Covenant. Yet, this, too, was a false dignity, and a False Light to keep the Sinners and Demons in the System, under their tyrants, and flashed up to look like they were far more powerful than they actually were as an intimidation tactic.

In his euhemeristic account of the Phoenician deities, Sanchuniathon says that a certain Elioun, called also "the Most High", and a female named Beruth dwelt in the neighbourhood of Byblos, on the coast of present-day Lebanon. They had two children—a male called Epigeius (Autochthon {Sky}) and a daughter called Earth. Because of the latter pair's beauty, the sky and the earth, respectively, were named after them. According to Sanchuniathon it is from Sky and Earth that El and various other deities are born, though ancient texts refer to El as creator of heaven and earth. A relationship with Hebrew bərīt ("covenant") or with the city of Beirut have both been suggested for Beruth. The Hittite theogony knows of a primal god named Alalu who fathered Sky (and possibly Earth) and who was overthrown by his son Sky, who was in turn overthrown by his (Sky's) son Kumarbi. A similar tradition seems to be at the basis of Sanchuniathon's account.

All that meant was that the Covenant with Heaven and Earth was Corrupted into a Demonic Form and the Covenant remains steadfast and unbreakable no matter how it is corrupted, and corrupting it only hurts the ones who corrupted it -- as we see with the Ass-People.

The idol Baʿal Berith, which the Jews worshiped after the death of Gideon, was identical, according to the Rabbis, with Baʿal Zebub, "the lord of flies," the god of Ekron (II Kings 1:2). He was worshiped in the shape of a fly; and Jewish tradition states that so addicted were the Jews to his cult that they would carry an image of him in their pockets, producing it, and kissing it from time to time. Baʿal Zebub is called Baʿal Berith because such Jews might be said to make a covenant (Hebrew: berith) of devotion with the idol, being unwilling to part with it for a single moment. According to another conception, Baʿal Berith was an obscene article of idolatrous worship, possibly a simulacrum priapi. This is evidently based on the later significance of the word "berit," meaning circumcision.

Again, the entire concept is nothing but corruption of the original terms and meanings and creation of lies and deceit to make false lights into making whatever the one who has command of it wishes it to be, even if that isn't what it really is. They would do this by making Covenants, and then forcing people to do evil or corrupt things by Covenants, from which is how the 'Lord Of The Flies' gets the title and position as 'God Of Ekron, Baal Zebub.' And also why his punishment is a corruption of his name, status, and purpose in Hell as the Demon Lord of Gluttony (since, all those people who joined the Covenant and made Covenants for bad or vain reasons ended up being like flies that were lapped up for the sake of someone else's lies and deceit).

The Zamzummim would begin amongst the 'Flies' (as, Zamzummim is a name for 'Whisperers', and also like the sound of flies buzzing), and their whispers of discord and confusion would disturb and warp their perception of reality and understanding until they were so perverted in their understanding, nothing that was meant to make sense in its intended way was ever done so, which caused disturbances, which caused fights, which caused greater antagonism, and thus the feeding of Moloch through Satan and Satanism.

All of that pent up antagonism from just Lies and False Light.

The Flies (Zamzummim) would eventually start worshiping Beelzebub because of his alter ego as Ba'al Berith, so that the Corrupt Covenant he established with the Zamzummim would remain, and he would eternally have command over them as long as they made a Covenant. He would make deals just to get them to make a deal, and they would do it because they worshiped the deity. But this, too, was all part of the System's structure -- they were also called flies because they only lived for a day, and were picked off by the Greed Demons, who were Frogs, when Beelzebub gathered them all for himself via Gluttony.

According to the Admirable History written by Father Sebastien Michaelis in 1612, Baʿal Berith once possessed a nun in Aix-en-Provence. In the process of the exorcism, Baʿal Berith volunteered not only his own name and the names of all the other demons possessing her, but the names of the saints who would be most effective in opposing them. Of course, all of them went to Hell, but they were bound to the Corrupt Covenant, which consumed them through Gluttony. It was by sheer numbers alone through a secret conspiracy that made others feel like they could tag along and get away with it, but the thing about Gluttony was, it was just as ignorant as Sloth, and by the time it was done eating up everything, it was too big and could no longer function. Such was the end of all the obese.

In essence, all these people part of this Covenant couldn't hide the Conspiracy anymore because everyone was part of it, and they started figuring it out, because it had grown too large, and there was no way to stop it -- hence the Zamzummim being the 'Whisperers.'

But, Berith didn't care about what happened to them, nor that the Light Prison was not totally complete -- all that mattered was the transmutation of the Lesser Demons into Greater Demons so that they could get back to work in their new classes, and all the formalities could get done. The Greater Demons didn't want to have to do this at all, let alone continue to waste time on it -- it was all just a 'Light Show' to keep the masses happy and oblivious about the real things happening... As usual.

Having great control over the light that was spread and isolated within the Light Prison, Ophiuchus had eyes and ears of his own, plus his own level of influence that was counterpart to Lucifuge. Yet Lucifuge still had no idea, and everyone was ignoring Ophiuchus as the actual greatest spectacle Hell had ever seen -- as expected of Hellians, though. They ignored everything they didn't like which they couldn't destroy. So, this wasn't to be unexpected. So, he would say to them, through that same trapped light, which cycled inside the Light Prison, "By The Time All Peoples Are Sworn In By The Judicar -- Great Duke Baal Berith -- As Part Of The Devil's Army Of False Lights, False Prophets, Fool's Gold, Liars, Deceivers And Those That Are Dressed Up In A Vainglory Or Exuding Some Type Of Vanity Are Consigned To Their Contracts By Berith In The Light So That It Can Be Attributed To Him That He Had Done So With His Great Judgment." They would get that tidbit, and the Demon Lords would hear amongst the whispers, "The Great Duke Over The Lesser Dukes Appears, Giving The New Alleged Sons Of God -- The Titans -- As Nephilim Under Their Princedom In The Demon Kingdom The Opportunity To Swear Themselves To The Devil (Who Is Pretending To Be God) And Sign Away Their Souls And Their Bodies With Willing Minds So That They Will Be Under The Eternal Legion And Servitude Of The Devil Himself As God."

This, in short, was Baal's master plan the whole time -- to force people to be sworn to him in their souls, so they would be enslaved to be subservient to him all the time, no matter what. By completing the Ritual with Baal Berith, they were forming a secret covenant with Baal himself, as Bael, and swearing themselves to the System in their souls. "All The Devil Wants Is For Everyone To Worship Him As God, So All Of This Was Nothing But A Scheme To Get The Entire World To Swear Allegiance To The Devil Through All Of His Units So He Can Say That He Is God."

That last remark was said to everyone, simultaneously, all so they could all see and hear and know all at once, in the light, where all of them could tell. But they still wouldn't know it was Ophiuchus.
"Everyone Who Is Ignorant Sees Crocell And Believes That He Is An Angel That Is Sending Them To God, Whilst They See Allocer As One Of The Horsemen Of God." Typical 'Priming' tactics to make people believe they see God when it's actually just Fallen Angels or Demon Lords manipulating others to make people stay in line. "Therefore They Sign You Up For The Ranks Of The Devil Like A Military Force, Telling You That You Are Of The Army Of God Using The Next Great Duke -- Berith, Who Takes On Two Forms As Lord And God Of The Covenant (Which Is Just A Contract To The Demons Pretending To Be Angels And Godly)." Basically, an 'Idol' for everyone to look up to with admiration and worship, wanting to serve and perhaps to even be, even over themselves.

As Ophiuchus went on, he enlightened all the ignorant to the wily schemes of the Demon Lords and Fallen Angels. "Duke Berith Takes On Two Forms To Make It Seem Like He Is Of A Greater Importance Than Others By Being Both Lord And God. He Is Able To Lord People -- Especially Over Another Person -- And Causes Them To Feel Superior To Others So That They Will Be More Loyal." Ophiuchus was testing to see if his words of wisdom would reach these people, or if they were too far gone in their Vanity or general Sin to listen to the true Light and voice of reason. "He Gives Them A Contract That Is Allegedly A Covenant (But Is Generally Broken Immediately After Servitude Is Sworn To He And The Devil He Works For) So That The Army Will Be More Willing To Sell Their Souls And Their Bodies. Their Minds Remain Intact So That They Can Mentally Give Themselves Up." If these people were truly able to be saved, here and now would be the decisive factor for such a judgment, which was why Ophiuchus had yet to directly intervene again, as he did before. "One Of The Main Reasons Berith Gives You A Contract Looking Like A Covenant Is So That You Can Be Used As A Sacrifice For He And Any Other Greater Person Than Himself At Any Given Time For Any Given Reason -- Which You Believe Is Necessary To Follow Because You Have Given Your Word By The Contract, Which None Above You Even Care About Nor Follow Except Before Your Face."

"Secretly, Berith -- Being Closer To The Top -- Wishes To Lord Himself God Over His Own Lord, Bael, However He Also Knows That Not Serving For The Period Of Time Necessary Will Make His Mutiny All Too Obvious And Also Prove Him Untrustworthy Before All Of His Units That He Just Signs Over To His Covenant Contract." This was the fate of Gluttony -- always wanting everything, like Greed, but not for the sake of control, for the sake of pleasuring itself ignorantly, in endless indulgence never needed to be tended to, cared for, cleaned up, nor understood where the splendor and abundance originate, nor the circumstances. It elevated itself into a Vanity, as well -- just like all the Seven Deadly Sins, which just became Vanity, the Eighth Sin, when they were at their greatest power.

Yet, Vanity was a stronger Sin altogether than the Seven Deadly Sins.

"Baal Berith, Who Takes On Two Forms As Lord And God Of The Covenant, Is Just A Contract To The Demons Pretending To Be Angels And Godly, To See If You Are Able To Comprehend As Well As See Baal As The Demon Lord Of The Devil System. He Swears Himself In And Continues To Maintain The Light As Well As Keeps Track Of Those In The Covenant Of Light In Order To Eventually One Day Lord Himself Over All Of Them As God." After telling everyone all of that, Ophiuchus would wait to see how everyone reacted. If the reaction was advantageous, he could strike then and there.

The words of Ophiuchus were resonant in the masses all throughout the hierarchy this time. It was as clear as day to all of them, especially with how familiarized they all were now -- those who were running the system and those who just learned what was going on during this recent uprising. It was a bitter, sour, salty feeling, and it made them feel very terribly. However, this was brief, because they still had to live their lives the way that they made them for themselves, and were therefore, more or less, forced to continue down their path to destruction, because too many of them were just going to guide their society in that direction no matter what, and they were going to follow them or be too weak to stop them.

This made the swearing ceremony for the Shadow Ritual to Baal through Baal Berith halted somewhat, because the masses were indecisive now, due to the enlightenment. Berith, though, was cunning, and knew that his own fodder as the guise of the Demon Lord Of Gluttony, was best fed through these Zamzummim. So he needed them to be sworn.

Since they were all here, there was no reason why he couldn't just force them to be sworn in, whether they actually agreed to it or not. It wasn't as if they could really do anything to stop anyone if they resisted.

So that's what he did! Because that's what people in those situations actually do when they have their way and there is literally nothing stopping them and no perceivable consequence to it.

By doing this, Berith sealed the Shadow Ritual and swore the souls of the Damned to a Covenant in Hell with Baal, the Slavemaster -- they would forever be the slaves of Slavemaster Baal, through Baal Berith, and El Berith, the Covenants of the Lord and Master by Earth and Sky. As long as Baal ruled over the Earth and Sky, everyone here would be his slaves.

This Covenant being Consecrated would allow for the souls involved to be sacrificed all at once to Moloch through Satan via their own Satanism and use their own bloodshed within their ranks or anywhere they got to as the Blood Sacrifice for the finalizing of the Shadow Ritual. They were all sacrificed on the spot, and this broke the seal of the next Great Duke, Murmur, who was the signet for the Covenant of the System. In demonology, Murmur is a Great Duke and Earl of Hell, and has thirty legions of demons under his command. He teaches Philosophy, and can oblige the souls of the deceased to appear before the conjurer to answer every desired question. Before his rebellion against God, Murmur held the name "Matthias."

Murmur was considered an 'Earl Of Hell' because like the other 'Earls Of Hell', his position was a borderline-cusp position, which meant that he was the last of his own and introduced the next tier -- the Princedom.

Murmur is depicted as a soldier riding a vulture or a griffin, and wearing a ducal crown. Two of his ministers go before him making the sound of trumpets. 'Murmur' in Latin means noise, whisper, murmur, and the sound of the trumpet. Some authors portray him simply as a vulture.

The vulturous Murmur that came over the Whispers became a rising Buzzard over the land that filled it with the stinking hot garbage breath of their lies, attracted to the sound of the noise it made, as well as the residual remnants of its presence being telltale signs. They were primed to become liars with shit from the mouth, consecrated by the ass-people for a reason, and it was to become waste byproduct known as Rephaim and Belial. The Rephaim were those who were like nothing, but Belial were like less than nothing.

Little did the Demons and Sinners know, by consigning their souls (or whatever was left) to Baal through Berith, they'd become Rephaites -- that is, Rephaim -- a class of worthless nothings that serve no purpose and have no distinctive existence or personality that makes them significant or valuable in literally any way, even to themselves. They would be sent to Limbo -- otherwise known as 'Endsville'. These soulless entities would forever be endless labor for the System, with no hopes of redemption at all, nor any kind of salvation, and would simply cease to exist over time with no one remembering them nor caring at all because of how unremarkable they are and the very little impact, if any, they left on all creation, in all their time in life, and any afterlife.

The sign of Murmur's coming was to be the talk of whispers, as well -- something that would stir their intrigue into the matters that were going on and also to come, so they would keep interest by their ignorance of the spectacles happening revolving around them, looking like some sort of performance or show, when it was actually a ritual designed specifically to use them as the sacrifices. They still thought it was a pretty light show, though, so that was good. They were lost in that vanity and passed away in it, totally blind and oblivious to their deaths by the light itself fading them away.

The blaring sound of trumpets meant to those who were in the highest of heights that things had reached critical mass now, and were about to spill over into their territory. Time was short, and the Kings needed to protect themselves, since Murmur's trumpets were sounded. To others, it looked like some kind of Ritual or Ceremony, but to the Kings, it was a secret, layered warning about their impending doom should anything get past their Princedom. Though they never wanted to give up their lineage of Successors that they lined up over the past centuries to succeed their Spirits, they had no choice if they wanted to save themselves.

So the Kings Of Hell would command the Princes Of Hell to go handle the situation, telling them that it was their time to prove themselves to the royalty and earn their place as a King Of Hell. They said that the trumpets meant specifically this, and that they were free to do whatever they liked to get their will and way accomplished under the will and way of their fathers, the Kings. With the Princedom deployed, the Kings were sure to have enough time to prepare or to escape. They were basically going to perform something like a 'Jericho', wherein which to save oneself, they sacrifice their own loved ones to establish a name or glory or wealth for themselves.

The Princedom which was bade forth would also be in charge of the Hellaverse Wars that were going on there, and would have to take executive action against the other Hell Systems in other Hells amongst the Hellaverses in lieu of the Kings Of Hell. In fact, all their important duties were signed off to the Princes, feigned as a 'test' for them to prove their worth as the highest ranking authority in Hell under the actual Lucifer.

Ophiuchus finally saw the moment he needed come upon him, and he took that moment to speak clearly to all of the people in Hell, saying, "Murmur Is A Great Duke That Is Part Of The Great Assigning After The Grand Judgment." It may have seemed strange to them now, but after seeing and hearing Ophiuchus actually in the Void Sun, and then piecing it to him being the one having been speaking to each of them this entire time, they were all very dumbfounded. To a degree they actually would have to stop what they were doing and consider their actions further, which is what he wanted. "Murmur Has This Position Because Of His Notoriety Spreading Messages And Passing Along Information." Hence why Ophiuchus was riding such a wave to get his own things accomplished, and not trying to fight against it, or to do something else entirely. "Murmur Is Whispering Information About What Is Going On And Also Giving People Orders As Well As Receiving Instructions Whilst Maintaining All Of What Is Going On As Part Of The Communication And Exchange Systems." Fortunately, Ophiuchus had also been doing that. Murmur's whispers were underlying undertones, hidden underneath the meanings behind everything that meant something to someone else, which was part of the confusion of this part of Hell and Sinners, known as Chaigidel, which is related to Beelzebub, the Flies, and Belial. "Murmur Is Also Spreading Malicious Information, Some Of Which Can Be Misinformation That Is Misguided And Creates Malignant Discord." Hence the war and the conflict amongst people who don't speak and cannot mediate and do not want to after they have a preconceived notion about someone they've never spoken to.

"Murmur Is Seen As A Vulture Because He Picks Up Any Form Of Information, Including The Specks, Specifics And Particulars, Including The Waste Particles And Disposes Of Them All Systematically, Recycling What Is Good And Destroying Only What Is Evil. It Is Only The Fact That His Purpose Is To Actually Pick Up The Waste Particles That Makes Him More Important Only Whilst There Are Waste Particles To Pick Up, And He Immediately Descends Once There Are No More." Simply a last resort 'Waste Management' service. "This Whole Process Is Akin To Training The Dogs." He meant for the Lesser to become Greater, and the entire system being totally based on someone wanting to be greater than the next, to a degree where someone literally stacked up everyone by their envies and gave them ranks and positions all to support himself and perhaps one day get the chance to BE him -- as all Envy wishes. A test for the Princes to inherit the Kingdom, in short.

Ophiuchus, though, had other things in mind -- this was a prime opportunity to get involved with the Hellaverse Wars that were going on, and though they would ultimately play out the same way, -- all of the infinitely many things within their finite variables playing out because their uniform isolations were released and the chaos inside disturbs their order so much that everything and everyone everywhere breaks down in a chain reaction -- he actually was going to recycle some of them, save some of their souls, redeem them, or generally put them to better use wherever he could. And, since he already had a contract signed up with someone who would take his Sinners and Demons... He was about to give them another shipment soon.

"YOUR END HAS COME," spake Ophiuchus to all, "FOR, THIS IS THE GREAT SUPPER OF GOD -- YOU. EACH OTHER. YOU ARE THE LOCUSTS THAT FEED ON YOURSELVES; THE SNAKES THAT EAT YOUR TAILS. YOUR ENVY CONSUMES ONLY ITSELF, AND MAKES YOU WEAK AND DEPRIVED. IN YOUR DEPRAVITY, YOU WILL DIE OF DEPRIVING YOURSELVES, AND EVERYONE AROUND YOU, AND BEING USELESS TO EVERYONE, BRINGING EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE YOU CLING TO DOWN." This would likely get their attention.

"I AM OPHIUCHUS, THE SERPENT-BEARER -- I, WHO AM SUCCESSOR OF THE LIGHT-BEARER, LUCIFER, WHO RULETH THE SECRET THIRTEENTH ZODIAC BELONGING TO MAN, THAT BINDETH THE LUNAR AND SOLAR ZODIACS BY THE THIRTEENTH ANIMAL." To them, since they followed the stars and cosmos and such to tell time and learn and everything else, this would still have great meaning to them, because Demons and Sinners still did need to tell time and do space stuff, and space and time were neutral, shared, public domain territory in all creation. "MY BEING HERE, AS WELL AS MY VOICE TO YOU, PLUS ALL MATTERS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON, INCLUDING THIS BRIGHTNESS OF THE ONCE VOID SUN, ARE ALL SIGNS OF THE TRUE END. SOON, MY LIGHT WILL WIPE YOU ALL AWAY, AND YOUR SYSTEM WILL MEAN NOTHING. YOU WILL BE THE HAUNTS -- THE DEAD -- THAT WILL PASS AWAY IN THIS CITY, BABYLON THE GREAT, TRYING TO KEEP IT ALIVE. THOSE OF YOU WHO STILL HAVE ANY SPIRIT OF YOUR OWN TO RESIST OR TO WISH TO BE SAVED, YOU WILL BE. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT... YOU WILL SHARE THE SAME FATE AS YOUR KING THAT PERPETUATES THIS FOOLISH NONSENSICAL MONUMENT TO NOTHING."

These were the true and holy words of The Ophiuchus.