Brust, Steven - To Reign In Hell


In the beginning, there was cacoastrum, the stuff of chaos. As the flux shaped itself, it occasionally created illiaster, the fabric of order. A being of illiaster was spontaneously created, imbued with self-preservation, and this being fought against the cacoastrum. In the struggle, six more beings were created, and together, the seven created a vast hollow orb that temporarily sealed out the chaos. These were the Firstborn: Yaweh, Satan, Michael, Lucifer, Raphael, Leviathan and Belial.
During the Second Wave, the walls of Heaven collapsed, and the Firstborn fought again, rebuilding their stronghold, and in the process, hundreds of archangels were created. This happened yet again, and the ordinary angels were created.
In the peace after the Third Wave, Heaven has been divided into four regencies. Belial, half-mad and trapped in the form of a dragon, rules the mountains of the Northern Regency, and few dare disturb his slumber. Leviathan, a kindly woman in the shape of a sea serpent, oversees the Western Regency. Satan rules the deserts of the South with his loyal servant Beelzebub, trapped in the body of a Golden retriever. Lucifer rules the plains of East, with his consort Lilith, who has recently left Satan’s side. Yaweh oversees all of Heaven from the center, aided by his healer Raphael and warrior Michae
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