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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's an archangel. You don't get that rank out of a cereal box.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He's an archangel. You don't get that rank out of a cereal box.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: You're not Lord of Hell unless you can back it up and Azazel damn well can.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: You're not Lord of Hell unless you can back it up and Azazel damn well can.
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* YouGotSpunk: He appreciates Tango's spirit, gloating that it'll make breaking them more fun.
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* DoingItForTheArt: A rather twisted form. Naberius's twisted tortures are his 'art', and the greater the suffering inflicted on greater scales? The more artistic Naberius finds it. And he's all about art.
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* DoingItForTheArt: A rather twisted form. Naberius's twisted tortures are his 'art', and the greater the suffering inflicted on greater scales? The more artistic Naberius finds it. And he's all about art.
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* EvilMentor: To Erebos, having ingrained his BlueAndOrangeMorality firmly into him. Unfortunately, Erebos isn't ''quite'' as converted as Azazel may think when he's shown another perspective by Tango.
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* EvilMentor: To Erebos, having ingrained his BlueAndOrangeMorality firmly into him. Unfortunately, Erebos isn't ''quite'' quite as converted as Azazel may think when he's shown another perspective by Tango.
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* ItAmusedMe: As he says, the only reason he's kept Tango alive? Sheer amusement.
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* ItAmusedMe: As he says, the only reason he's kept Tango alive? Sheer alive is sheer amusement.
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* KickTheDog: Revealing all of Erebos's life was just part of his grand little project is damned ''low.''
* LackOfEmpathy: One of his ''similarities'' to Uriel in terms of their mindset towards Earth; Azazel has a innocent couple horribly killed by turning their apartment into a Mad Room... to get Mint and Tango's attention. Turns out he's even this to his own followers, too; across each Cycle, Azazel founds a cult of immunes loyal to Heaven solely for the purpose of leading the loyal among them to their death and picking out the few that rebel for their resolve -- and turning them into [[AndIMustScream agonized warrior-slaves]] by means of "transfiguration," bloating them up with the blended essence of demons to keep them under his control and swell up their power.
* LackOfEmpathy: One of his ''similarities'' to Uriel in terms of their mindset towards Earth; Azazel has a innocent couple horribly killed by turning their apartment into a Mad Room... to get Mint and Tango's attention. Turns out he's even this to his own followers, too; across each Cycle, Azazel founds a cult of immunes loyal to Heaven solely for the purpose of leading the loyal among them to their death and picking out the few that rebel for their resolve -- and turning them into [[AndIMustScream agonized warrior-slaves]] by means of "transfiguration," bloating them up with the blended essence of demons to keep them under his control and swell up their power.
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* KickTheDog: Revealing all of Erebos's life was just part of his grand little project is damned ''low.''
low.
* LackOfEmpathy: One of his''similarities'' similarities to Uriel in terms of their mindset towards Earth; Azazel has a innocent couple horribly killed by turning their apartment into a Mad Room... to get Mint and Tango's attention. Turns out he's even this to his own followers, too; across each Cycle, Azazel founds a cult of immunes loyal to Heaven Hell solely for the purpose of leading the loyal among them to their death and picking out the few that rebel for their resolve -- and turning them into [[AndIMustScream agonized warrior-slaves]] by means of "transfiguration," "transfiguration", bloating them up with the blended essence of demons to keep them under his control and swell up their power.
* LackOfEmpathy: One of his
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* OhCrap: When Sarie channels Mint's power against him, Azazel is ''dumbfounded'' and frozen stiff.
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* OhCrap: When Sarie channels Mint's power against him, Azazel is ''dumbfounded'' dumbfounded and frozen stiff.
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* OutGambitted: Azazel's one of the most brilliant, manipulative villains in the plot who anticipates any and all defiance against him, even exploiting it for his own benefit in the case of Solomon and the transfigured Shades. Azazel thinks he's dismantled Erebos' attempt at rebellion in Tartarus... only for Erebos to reveal that ''wasn't'' his true plan, ending with Sarie coming to the rescue and Azazel out-conned for the first and last time as he's subsequently obliterated in his moment of dumbfounded vulnerability.
* ParentalSubstitute: He raised Erebos. Which...explains ''so'' much.
* ParentalSubstitute: He raised Erebos. Which...explains ''so'' much.
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* OutGambitted: Azazel's one of the most brilliant, manipulative villains in the plot who anticipates any and all defiance against him, even exploiting it for his own benefit in the case of Solomon and the transfigured Shades. Azazel thinks he's dismantled Erebos' attempt at rebellion in Tartarus... Tartarus only for Erebos to reveal that ''wasn't'' wasn't his true plan, ending with Sarie coming to the rescue and Azazel out-conned for the first and last time as he's subsequently obliterated in his moment of dumbfounded vulnerability.
* ParentalSubstitute: He raised Erebos.Which...Which explains ''so'' so much.
* ParentalSubstitute: He raised Erebos.
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: You betray him, you die. Period. He's too pragmatic to ever trust one.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Mebahel appears briefly in the beginning of the war against Heaven and Hell, possessing the Statue of Liberty to fight Tango, Mint and Nestor. Tango proceeds to ''annihilate her'' with one single blast of Mint's Godly energy.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: DroppedABridgeOnHer: Mebahel appears briefly in the beginning of the war against Heaven and Hell, possessing the Statue of Liberty to fight Tango, Mint and Nestor. Tango proceeds to ''annihilate her'' annihilate her with one single blast of Mint's Godly energy.
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* CainAndAbel: The one Abel among a gigantic ''legion'' of Cains, though Naberius stands as a special one to him.
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* CainAndAbel: The one Abel among a gigantic ''legion'' legion of Cains, though Naberius stands as a special one to him.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Occasionally dips into this towards Tango, being ''eons'' more evolved than them to start.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Occasionally dips into this towards Tango, being ''eons'' eons more evolved than them to start.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: To the tulpas. Belphegor is still unintentionally callous to humanity at times, but truly has the best interests for ''everyone'' in mind, including humanity -- whereas the rest of Hell could not be bothered to care less.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: To the tulpas. Belphegor is still unintentionally callous to humanity at times, but truly has the best interests for ''everyone'' everyone in mind, including humanity -- whereas the rest of Hell could not be bothered to care less.
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* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Ironically, his preferred form is a beautiful man, much like the classical angels. Under that, he's an utterly ''insane'' tyrant and sadist.
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Beings native to Heaven and Hell.
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[[folder:Mebahel]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Radiance of Heaven'')
One of the archangels.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Mebahel appears briefly in the beginning of the war against Heaven and Hell, possessing the Statue of Liberty to fight Tango, Mint and Nestor. Tango proceeds to ''annihilate her'' with one single blast of Mint's Godly energy.
* MeaningfulName: Mebahel is the angel of ''liberty''. Fittingly enough she possesses the Statue of Liberty.
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->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Radiance of Heaven'')
One of the archangels.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Mebahel appears briefly in the beginning of the war against Heaven and Hell, possessing the Statue of Liberty to fight Tango, Mint and Nestor. Tango proceeds to ''annihilate her'' with one single blast of Mint's Godly energy.
* MeaningfulName: Mebahel is the angel of ''liberty''. Fittingly enough she possesses the Statue of Liberty.
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->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/FromHeavensDoor'' | ''Literature/BeforeHeaven'' | ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Radiance of Heaven'')
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[[folder:The Never-becoming]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/TheTouchOfHeaven'' | ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Ambition of Hell'')
Half-formed thoughts that reside in a level of Hell representing unconsciousness, all of them driven by the urge to be something and forming in physical reality as nightmarish distortions.
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/TheTouchOfHeaven'' | ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Ambition of Hell'')
Half-formed thoughts that reside in a level of Hell representing unconsciousness, all of them driven by the urge to be something and forming in physical reality as nightmarish distortions.
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Half-formed thoughts that reside
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* EarlyBirdCameo: They're not named, but forces heavily, heavily implied to be the Never-becoming appear in the first Mad Room seen in ''From Heaven's Door'' before their proper introduction in ''The Touch of Heaven''.
* EldritchAbomination: Nightmarish, abstract forces that personify the will of unformed thoughts capable of twisting reality, driving people to madness if not outright devouring their minds, and twist a man who was once a WellIntentionedExtremist into a shrieking, insane animal fully under their control.
* EldritchAbomination: Nightmarish, abstract forces that personify the will of unformed thoughts capable of twisting reality, driving people to madness if not outright devouring their minds, and twist a man who was once a WellIntentionedExtremist into a shrieking, insane animal fully under their control.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: They're not named, but forces heavily, heavily implied to be CoolOldLady: Takes the Never-becoming appear form of a wrinkled old lady made of light, and she's one of the few benevolent tulpas in the first Mad Room seen plot.
* NotQuiteDead: Naberius sadistically gloats he killed Azrael to Aria's face when after she wakes up in''From Heaven's Door'' before their proper introduction Nirvana. Turns out she's not as dead as he'd hoped and is instead stuck in ''The Touch of Heaven''.
Cocytus, helping Jenny later when she finds herself marooned there.
*EldritchAbomination: Nightmarish, abstract forces that personify SoleSurvivor: When reality is restored following Prime!Chayne's defeat, Azrael is the will only one left of unformed thoughts capable her kind.
* TokenGoodTeammate: One oftwisting reality, driving people to madness if not outright devouring their minds, and twist a man two tulpas, alongside Belphegor, who was once ''isn't'' a WellIntentionedExtremist into a shrieking, insane animal fully under their control.monstrous EldritchAbomination seeking the destruction of all humanity.
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->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/TheTouchOfHeaven'' | ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Ambition of Hell'')
Half-formed thoughts that reside in a level of Hell representing unconsciousness, all of them driven by the urge to be something and forming in physical reality as nightmarish distortions.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: They're not named, but forces heavily, heavily implied to be the Never-becoming appear in the first Mad Room seen in ''From Heaven's Door'' before their proper introduction in ''The Touch of Heaven''.
* EldritchAbomination: Nightmarish, abstract forces that personify the will of unformed thoughts capable of twisting reality, driving people to madness if not outright devouring their minds, and twist a man who was once a WellIntentionedExtremist into a shrieking, insane animal fully under their control.
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The mysterious eldritch horror lurking in Heaven that serves as the catalyst for the plot in ''From Heaven's Door''. They are, in actuality, the original Alison Witzenberg -- or, rather, ''Mint'', who accidentally created Heaven and decided to spend the rest of the Cycle slowly dismantling Chayne's plans to take down the Heaven Cycle.
* {{Adorkable}}: As the usual with Mint, but even ''more'' so considering they're a naive, ten-year-old kid by the time they've Ascended who's incredibly eager to make friends with the original Aria.
* BadassAdorable: One of the strongest characters in the setting, being a full God -- and also an adorable, dorky ten-year-old kid underneath that.
* BigGood: In their nature as a {{foil}} to the original Chayne Summers, and as it turns out, the biggest force going against her.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Cryne speculates that God may have wanted to enter Earth again because it was missing its human life, noting that's an anxiety that most Gods learn to get past once they Ascend -- even in spite of the fact it seemingly ''nearly destroyed Earth'' trying to get back to it. As it turns out, that was a major bit of foreshadowing; Mint ''doesn't'' subscribe to BlueAndOrangeMorality and rather wholeheartedly embraces their role as the BigGood of the setting.
* TheChessmaster: On the same level as Chayne (even lampshaded when Mint compares themself to a Queen on the board, opposite to Chayne's Queen) perhaps even ''more'' proficiently as they can't directly interfere with Earth without destroying it all. ''Unlike'' Chayne, Mint is thoroughly benevolent.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: ''The Touch of Heaven'' reveals that God is one of many people who were capable of [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascending]] – that is, instantaneously evolving into a perfectly evolved organism in complete harmony with their mind. As we knew ''Mint'' could do.
* EldritchAbomination: Through human terms, God can no longer be described as anything more than a horrific, unfathomably cosmic presence capable of annihilating the entire universe just by ''existing''. They do, at least, take a [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith recognizable form]]
* GodWasMyCopilot: God was the ''original Mint'' the whole time.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Ashes to Ashes" is a persisting song throughout ''Radiance'' that goes hand-in-hand with the identity of the first God, with them even dubbing themself "Major Tom."
* TheReveal: Bits and bobs were dropped to foreshadow the mystery of God from the beginning of the entire, with it finally taking center stage in the last act of ''Radiance''. As it's revealed in the climax? The first God is ''the original Mint''.
* ShroudedInMyth: For the majority of the series, we know virtually ''nothing'' about it. Not who it once was a human, not why it wanted to come back to Earth (although Cryne speculates as early as ''The Touch of Heaven'' that it was missing its old life as a human), nothing except the utterly bizarre, lurid descriptions it gets in ''From Heaven's Door'' that are nothing short of a pure, unthinkable EldritchAbomination. This is all cleared up in the climax of ''Radiance'' where it's established God is actually the original Mint.
* SomeCallMeTim: 'Major Tom' to be exact. God's a fan of Bowie. As it turns out? Mint fell in love with "Ashes to Ashes" before they Ascended, even teaching the song to Aria.
* WalkingSpoiler: One of the biggest in the setting, right up there with the original Chayne.
* WasOnceAMan: Like all Gods. Speciifcally, "God" used to be the original Alison Witzenberg before they Ascended. What separates them from becoming a full-on EldritchAbomination is that Mint retained their humanity even after they Ascended.
* WhenSheSmiles: Unbelievably ''cute'' when they smile there.
* {{Adorkable}}: As the usual with Mint, but even ''more'' so considering they're a naive, ten-year-old kid by the time they've Ascended who's incredibly eager to make friends with the original Aria.
* BadassAdorable: One of the strongest characters in the setting, being a full God -- and also an adorable, dorky ten-year-old kid underneath that.
* BigGood: In their nature as a {{foil}} to the original Chayne Summers, and as it turns out, the biggest force going against her.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Cryne speculates that God may have wanted to enter Earth again because it was missing its human life, noting that's an anxiety that most Gods learn to get past once they Ascend -- even in spite of the fact it seemingly ''nearly destroyed Earth'' trying to get back to it. As it turns out, that was a major bit of foreshadowing; Mint ''doesn't'' subscribe to BlueAndOrangeMorality and rather wholeheartedly embraces their role as the BigGood of the setting.
* TheChessmaster: On the same level as Chayne (even lampshaded when Mint compares themself to a Queen on the board, opposite to Chayne's Queen) perhaps even ''more'' proficiently as they can't directly interfere with Earth without destroying it all. ''Unlike'' Chayne, Mint is thoroughly benevolent.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: ''The Touch of Heaven'' reveals that God is one of many people who were capable of [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascending]] – that is, instantaneously evolving into a perfectly evolved organism in complete harmony with their mind. As we knew ''Mint'' could do.
* EldritchAbomination: Through human terms, God can no longer be described as anything more than a horrific, unfathomably cosmic presence capable of annihilating the entire universe just by ''existing''. They do, at least, take a [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith recognizable form]]
* GodWasMyCopilot: God was the ''original Mint'' the whole time.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Ashes to Ashes" is a persisting song throughout ''Radiance'' that goes hand-in-hand with the identity of the first God, with them even dubbing themself "Major Tom."
* TheReveal: Bits and bobs were dropped to foreshadow the mystery of God from the beginning of the entire, with it finally taking center stage in the last act of ''Radiance''. As it's revealed in the climax? The first God is ''the original Mint''.
* ShroudedInMyth: For the majority of the series, we know virtually ''nothing'' about it. Not who it once was a human, not why it wanted to come back to Earth (although Cryne speculates as early as ''The Touch of Heaven'' that it was missing its old life as a human), nothing except the utterly bizarre, lurid descriptions it gets in ''From Heaven's Door'' that are nothing short of a pure, unthinkable EldritchAbomination. This is all cleared up in the climax of ''Radiance'' where it's established God is actually the original Mint.
* SomeCallMeTim: 'Major Tom' to be exact. God's a fan of Bowie. As it turns out? Mint fell in love with "Ashes to Ashes" before they Ascended, even teaching the song to Aria.
* WalkingSpoiler: One of the biggest in the setting, right up there with the original Chayne.
* WasOnceAMan: Like all Gods. Speciifcally, "God" used to be the original Alison Witzenberg before they Ascended. What separates them from becoming a full-on EldritchAbomination is that Mint retained their humanity even after they Ascended.
* WhenSheSmiles: Unbelievably ''cute'' when they smile there.
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The mysterious eldritch horror lurking in Heaven that serves later revealed as the catalyst for the plot in ''From Heaven's Door''. They are, in actuality, the original Alison Witzenberg -- or, rather, ''Mint'', who accidentally created Heaven and decided to spend the rest of the Cycle slowly dismantling Chayne's plans to take down the Heaven Cycle.
* {{Adorkable}}: As the usual with Mint, but even ''more'' so considering they're a naive, ten-year-old kid by the time they've Ascended who's incredibly eager to make friends with the original Aria.
* BadassAdorable: One of the strongest characters in the setting, being a full God -- and also an adorable, dorky ten-year-old kid underneath that.
* BigGood: In their nature as a {{foil}} to the original Chayne Summers, and as it turns out, the biggest force going against her.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Cryne speculates that God may have wanted to enter Earth again because it was missing its human life, noting that's an anxiety that most Gods learn to get past once they Ascend -- even in spite of the fact it seemingly ''nearly destroyed Earth'' trying to get back to it. As it turns out, that was a major bit of foreshadowing; Mint ''doesn't'' subscribe to BlueAndOrangeMorality and rather wholeheartedly embraces their role as the BigGood of the setting.
* TheChessmaster: On the same level as Chayne (even lampshaded when Mint compares themself to a Queen on the board, opposite to Chayne's Queen) perhaps even ''more'' proficiently as they can't directly interfere with Earth without destroying it all. ''Unlike'' Chayne, Mint is thoroughly benevolent.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: ''The Touch of Heaven'' reveals that God is one of many people who were capable of [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascending]] – that is, instantaneously evolving into a perfectly evolved organism in complete harmony with their mind. As we knew ''Mint'' could do.
* EldritchAbomination: Through human terms, God can no longer be described as anything more than a horrific, unfathomably cosmic presence capable of annihilating the entire universe just by ''existing''. They do, at least, take a [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith recognizable form]]
* GodWasMyCopilot: God was the ''original Mint'' the whole time.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Ashes to Ashes" is a persisting song throughout ''Radiance'' that goes hand-in-hand with the identity ofthe first God, with them even dubbing themself "Major Tom."
* TheReveal: Bits and bobs were dropped to foreshadow the mysteryversion of God from the beginning of the entire, with it finally taking center stage in the last act of ''Radiance''. As it's revealed in the climax? The first God is ''the original Mint''.
* ShroudedInMyth: For the majority of the series, we know virtually ''nothing'' about it. Not who it once was a human, not why it wanted to come back to Earth (although Cryne speculates as early as ''The Touch of Heaven'' that it was missing its old life as a human), nothing except the utterly bizarre, lurid descriptions it gets in ''From Heaven's Door'' that are nothing short of a pure, unthinkable EldritchAbomination. This is all cleared up in the climax of ''Radiance'' where it's established God is actually the original Mint.
* SomeCallMeTim: 'Major Tom' to be exact. God's a fan of Bowie. As it turns out? Mint fell in love with "Ashes to Ashes" before they Ascended, even teaching the song to Aria.
* WalkingSpoiler: One of the biggest in the setting, right up there with the original Chayne.
* WasOnceAMan: Like all Gods. Speciifcally, "God" used to be the original Alison Witzenberg before they Ascended. What separates them from becoming a full-on EldritchAbomination is that Mint retained their humanity even after they Ascended.
* WhenSheSmiles: Unbelievably ''cute'' when they smile there.Mint. [[Characters/TheHeavenCycleAlternateEarths See here for details regarding them]].
* {{Adorkable}}: As the usual with Mint, but even ''more'' so considering they're a naive, ten-year-old kid by the time they've Ascended who's incredibly eager to make friends with the original Aria.
* BadassAdorable: One of the strongest characters in the setting, being a full God -- and also an adorable, dorky ten-year-old kid underneath that.
* BigGood: In their nature as a {{foil}} to the original Chayne Summers, and as it turns out, the biggest force going against her.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Cryne speculates that God may have wanted to enter Earth again because it was missing its human life, noting that's an anxiety that most Gods learn to get past once they Ascend -- even in spite of the fact it seemingly ''nearly destroyed Earth'' trying to get back to it. As it turns out, that was a major bit of foreshadowing; Mint ''doesn't'' subscribe to BlueAndOrangeMorality and rather wholeheartedly embraces their role as the BigGood of the setting.
* TheChessmaster: On the same level as Chayne (even lampshaded when Mint compares themself to a Queen on the board, opposite to Chayne's Queen) perhaps even ''more'' proficiently as they can't directly interfere with Earth without destroying it all. ''Unlike'' Chayne, Mint is thoroughly benevolent.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: ''The Touch of Heaven'' reveals that God is one of many people who were capable of [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascending]] – that is, instantaneously evolving into a perfectly evolved organism in complete harmony with their mind. As we knew ''Mint'' could do.
* EldritchAbomination: Through human terms, God can no longer be described as anything more than a horrific, unfathomably cosmic presence capable of annihilating the entire universe just by ''existing''. They do, at least, take a [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith recognizable form]]
* GodWasMyCopilot: God was the ''original Mint'' the whole time.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Ashes to Ashes" is a persisting song throughout ''Radiance'' that goes hand-in-hand with the identity of
* TheReveal: Bits and bobs were dropped to foreshadow the mystery
* ShroudedInMyth: For the majority of the series, we know virtually ''nothing'' about it. Not who it once was a human, not why it wanted to come back to Earth (although Cryne speculates as early as ''The Touch of Heaven'' that it was missing its old life as a human), nothing except the utterly bizarre, lurid descriptions it gets in ''From Heaven's Door'' that are nothing short of a pure, unthinkable EldritchAbomination. This is all cleared up in the climax of ''Radiance'' where it's established God is actually the original Mint.
* SomeCallMeTim: 'Major Tom' to be exact. God's a fan of Bowie. As it turns out? Mint fell in love with "Ashes to Ashes" before they Ascended, even teaching the song to Aria.
* WalkingSpoiler: One of the biggest in the setting, right up there with the original Chayne.
* WasOnceAMan: Like all Gods. Speciifcally, "God" used to be the original Alison Witzenberg before they Ascended. What separates them from becoming a full-on EldritchAbomination is that Mint retained their humanity even after they Ascended.
* WhenSheSmiles: Unbelievably ''cute'' when they smile there.
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[[folder:Uriel]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Ambition of Hell'' and ''The Radiance of Heaven'')
The lord of the archangels, commander of Heaven's forces, and the chief emissary of the Gods.
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Assumes this during his first physical appearance, a guise Tango manages to see through due to their evolved mind.
* AngelicBeauty: To untrained human eyes, Uriel is described as having the grace of a “Greek statue” and looking like a beautiful man – but [[SubvertedTrope Tango quickly realizes]] this is just a cover for his horrifying true form.
* ArchangelUriel: Depicted, instead of a wise and patient angel, as a sneering, contemptuous asshole who banishes Tango and their friends to the deserts of Hell because they backtalked him.
* {{Archenemy}}: Considers Azazel, lord of Hell, to his greatest foe. After Azazel dies this gets shifted to Abaddon.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's an archangel. You don't get that rank out of a cereal box.
* AxCrazy: Under that angelic veneer of serenity, Uriel is ''nuts'' and eager to massacre everything around him at the slightest provocation.
* BadBoss: Insults his fellow archangels on a good day, slaughters unfathomable amounts of lower-ranking angels on a normal one, and incinerates ''hundreds'' of them in a brief bout of impatience.
* DirtyCoward: The moment he realizes Naberius has him outgunned and is making him look incompetent, Uriel turns tail and runs.
* TheDragon: To 'the gods'...Uriel is the top enforcer in heaven and the commander of their forces.
* DragonInChief: Despite being the Dragon to the gods, Uriel has the closest to full authority.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Willing to do anything to establish a hideous kingdom for himself, with endless pain and terror for all others.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Averted. He is angry at Azazel's murder of Michael...but only because he hates Azazel and considers Michael a pathetic weakling who got what was coming to him.
* FantasticRacism: Are you a human? Then be exterminated as you deserve you filthy ape.
* TheHeavy: The most prevalent threat of the Heaven Side.
* HumanoidAbomination: Looks like the stereotypical benevolent depiction of an angel, but... decidedly ''[[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm isn't]]''.
* {{Jerkass}}: Uriel isn't just horrible, malicious, and arrogant; he's a pure and utter ''asshole'' who can't go two words without utterly demeaning and insulting every single thing around him.
* KnightTemplar: Utterly obsessed with the order and glory of heaven. Not so much with the betterment of anyone or anything, but just that extreme order.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Credit Uriel this: he does know when Naberius has him dead to rights and gets while the getting's good.
* LackOfEmpathy: To not only the life on Earth he proudly boast of having destroyed thousands of times over, but to his own fellow angels as well, having ''countless'' numbers of them killed for every minor transgression to his system.
* LightIsNotGood: Being an angel comes with all the shininess this entails, but Uriel is a petty, egotistical monster thoroughly unconcerned with wiping out all life on Earth thousands of times over, seeing all life as below him and the other Archangels.
* OhCrap: Subject to this when Nestor takes him out in a suicide attack.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Casually capable of vaporizing huge chunks of cities just by fighting someone.
* {{Pride}}: Defined. Even compared to the other archangels, Uriel is haughty and arrogant enough to "humble Lucifer."
* SmugSnake: Uriel talks a good game, but he's extremely arrogant, and something of a coward when the chips are against him.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Come home victorious or don't bother. It'll be better than what Uriel will do to you if you come home empty handed.
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[[folder:Raguel and Saraqael]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Radiance of Heaven'')
The angelic lawmakers of Heaven.
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* CoDragons: To Uriel, who himself is TheDragon to the Gods.
* CreepyTwins: Essentially twins and eerily in sync with everything.
* TheDividual: They speak, move, and act all simultaneously.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Evil they may be, but even they balk at how far Uriel is willing to go.
* SingleMindedTwins: Act more like one person in two bodies.
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[[folder:”God”/"Major Tom" ('''MAJOR UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
!!Alison Witzenberg/"Mint" (Prime)
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/FromHeavensDoor'' | ''Literature/BeforeHeaven'' | ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Radiance of Heaven'')
The mysterious eldritch horror lurking in Heaven that serves as the catalyst for the plot in ''From Heaven's Door''. They are, in actuality, the original Alison Witzenberg -- or, rather, ''Mint'', who accidentally created Heaven and decided to spend the rest of the Cycle slowly dismantling Chayne's plans to take down the Heaven Cycle.
* {{Adorkable}}: As the usual with Mint, but even ''more'' so considering they're a naive, ten-year-old kid by the time they've Ascended who's incredibly eager to make friends with the original Aria.
* BadassAdorable: One of the strongest characters in the setting, being a full God -- and also an adorable, dorky ten-year-old kid underneath that.
* BigGood: In their nature as a {{foil}} to the original Chayne Summers, and as it turns out, the biggest force going against her.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Cryne speculates that God may have wanted to enter Earth again because it was missing its human life, noting that's an anxiety that most Gods learn to get past once they Ascend -- even in spite of the fact it seemingly ''nearly destroyed Earth'' trying to get back to it. As it turns out, that was a major bit of foreshadowing; Mint ''doesn't'' subscribe to BlueAndOrangeMorality and rather wholeheartedly embraces their role as the BigGood of the setting.
* TheChessmaster: On the same level as Chayne (even lampshaded when Mint compares themself to a Queen on the board, opposite to Chayne's Queen) perhaps even ''more'' proficiently as they can't directly interfere with Earth without destroying it all. ''Unlike'' Chayne, Mint is thoroughly benevolent.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: ''The Touch of Heaven'' reveals that God is one of many people who were capable of [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascending]] – that is, instantaneously evolving into a perfectly evolved organism in complete harmony with their mind. As we knew ''Mint'' could do.
* EldritchAbomination: Through human terms, God can no longer be described as anything more than a horrific, unfathomably cosmic presence capable of annihilating the entire universe just by ''existing''. They do, at least, take a [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith recognizable form]]
* GodWasMyCopilot: God was the ''original Mint'' the whole time.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Ashes to Ashes" is a persisting song throughout ''Radiance'' that goes hand-in-hand with the identity of the first God, with them even dubbing themself "Major Tom."
* TheReveal: Bits and bobs were dropped to foreshadow the mystery of God from the beginning of the entire, with it finally taking center stage in the last act of ''Radiance''. As it's revealed in the climax? The first God is ''the original Mint''.
* ShroudedInMyth: For the majority of the series, we know virtually ''nothing'' about it. Not who it once was a human, not why it wanted to come back to Earth (although Cryne speculates as early as ''The Touch of Heaven'' that it was missing its old life as a human), nothing except the utterly bizarre, lurid descriptions it gets in ''From Heaven's Door'' that are nothing short of a pure, unthinkable EldritchAbomination. This is all cleared up in the climax of ''Radiance'' where it's established God is actually the original Mint.
* SomeCallMeTim: 'Major Tom' to be exact. God's a fan of Bowie. As it turns out? Mint fell in love with "Ashes to Ashes" before they Ascended, even teaching the song to Aria.
* WalkingSpoiler: One of the biggest in the setting, right up there with the original Chayne.
* WasOnceAMan: Like all Gods. Speciifcally, "God" used to be the original Alison Witzenberg before they Ascended. What separates them from becoming a full-on EldritchAbomination is that Mint retained their humanity even after they Ascended.
* WhenSheSmiles: Unbelievably ''cute'' when they smile there.
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!!Hell
[[folder:The Preceptor/Belphegor]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/TheTouchOfHeaven'' | ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Ambition of Hell'' and ''The Radiance of Heaven'')
The tulpa who initially greets Tango in Hell to tell them of their role in the upcoming divine war, serving as their mentor for the rest of the series.
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* CainAndAbel: The one Abel among a gigantic ''legion'' of Cains, though Naberius stands as a special one to him.
* CoolOldGuy: Positively ancient and rather chill for a Tulpa.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Occasionally dips into this towards Tango, being ''eons'' more evolved than them to start.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Preceptor is his only known name for a vast part of the series, until he's casually name-dropped as Belphegor by the Sect. Naturally, Tango's pissed off he apparently didn't even trust them enough to tell them his actual name.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: His final words are to tell Tango it has been an honor being their teacher.
* ManipulativeBastard: The Preceptor manipulates Tango up until the first part of ''Heaven and Hell'' to goad them into helping him save the world by lying that Tango is TheChosenOne. When Tango exposes the Preceptor, he does frankly seem guilty about it (which turns out to not mean much anyways as Tango is such a PluckyGirl they decide to try and stop the war anyways).
* TheMentor: To Tango, teaching them Mylotheian techniques to help them get used to their new abilities while they (or rather, their Shade) are in Hell.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Suffers the fate of many a mentor at the claws of Naberius.
* MixAndMatchCritters: Seems somewhere between a goat and a pug, with odd hands -- one furred, and one scaly, with lion-like claws.
* MrExposition: Since his role is primarily to introduce Tango to the bizarre, lengthy lore of Heaven and Hell and the powers of Mylotheia, the Preceptor serves this role in the series for the more fantastical elements.
* OnlySaneMan: Nestor notes he's the only Tulpa who's reasonable and sane.
* TokenGoodTeammate: To the tulpas. Belphegor is still unintentionally callous to humanity at times, but truly has the best interests for ''everyone'' in mind, including humanity -- whereas the rest of Hell could not be bothered to care less.
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[[folder:Azazel]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Radiance of Heaven'')
The Lord of Hell, Erebos' tulpa mentor, and one of the strongest tulpas in existence.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: You're not Lord of Hell unless you can back it up and Azazel damn well can.
* BatmanGambit: Azazel sits by and watches as Tango goes into Solomon to fetch the "Menhir" -- only to reveal the Menhir was fake and the entire mission was a set-up by Azazel to lure Naberius to Solomon and deal Heaven a crippling blow even before the war starts.
* CainAndAbel: He and Naberius have....differing priorities now. However, a rare example where Cain and Abel are as monstrous as one another. He also considers Uriel his 'once brother'...but same issue there.
* DemonicPossession: Engages in this liberally with Erebos to speak to the others, saying Erebos' body is as much Azazel's as it is his own.
* EvilMentor: To Erebos, having ingrained his BlueAndOrangeMorality firmly into him. Unfortunately, Erebos isn't ''quite'' as converted as Azazel may think when he's shown another perspective by Tango.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's vile and willing to use and manipulate even his own disciples, but he takes a calmer approach to it than Uriel and he smugly thanks Tango after they end up playing right into his hands.
* {{Foil}}: To Uriel. They're both godawful, horrible beings, but they approach it in different ways. Uriel is loud, bombastic, ''incredibly'' arrogant, and utterly and openly condescending towards everyone and everything that isn't himself. Azazel, by contrast, is understated, manipulative, subtle, and is much better at ''pretending'' to be civil.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Azazel's ComplexityAddiction finally gets the better of him, and wanting to drag out Tango and Erebos's defeats results in his obliteration.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Says part of his motivation in destroying Heaven is to keep his own safe, but casually sacrifices his own talented warriors as the "cost of doing business" and morbidly punishes those who defy him.
* ItAmusedMe: As he says, the only reason he's kept Tango alive? Sheer amusement.
* KarmicDeath: Obliterated by godly power, the same type he wanted to take, by the lower beings' he looked down on for so long.
* KickTheDog: Revealing all of Erebos's life was just part of his grand little project is damned ''low.''
* LackOfEmpathy: One of his ''similarities'' to Uriel in terms of their mindset towards Earth; Azazel has a innocent couple horribly killed by turning their apartment into a Mad Room... to get Mint and Tango's attention. Turns out he's even this to his own followers, too; across each Cycle, Azazel founds a cult of immunes loyal to Heaven solely for the purpose of leading the loyal among them to their death and picking out the few that rebel for their resolve -- and turning them into [[AndIMustScream agonized warrior-slaves]] by means of "transfiguration," bloating them up with the blended essence of demons to keep them under his control and swell up their power.
* ManipulativeBastard: Towards even his own disciples. Azazel lies and manipulates Tango in his first introduction to coax them into a DealWithTheDevil, then led them on a false flag mission to retrieve a Menhir solely to get Naberius' attention and have him deal Heaven a powerful blow.
* OhCrap: When Sarie channels Mint's power against him, Azazel is ''dumbfounded'' and frozen stiff.
* OmnicidalManiac: Anything not one of Hell's side? To be erased. Even the gods.
* OutGambitted: Azazel's one of the most brilliant, manipulative villains in the plot who anticipates any and all defiance against him, even exploiting it for his own benefit in the case of Solomon and the transfigured Shades. Azazel thinks he's dismantled Erebos' attempt at rebellion in Tartarus... only for Erebos to reveal that ''wasn't'' his true plan, ending with Sarie coming to the rescue and Azazel out-conned for the first and last time as he's subsequently obliterated in his moment of dumbfounded vulnerability.
* ParentalSubstitute: He raised Erebos. Which...explains ''so'' much.
* PetTheDog: He rescued a baby Erebos from Naberius's evil pleasures. Subverted in that it was done in cold, hard pragmatism.
* PragmaticVillainy: The only type he practices.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: You betray him, you die. Period. He's too pragmatic to ever trust one.
* SatanicArchetype: He's the Lord of Hell, a ManipulativeBastard and is out to take over existence. It just so happens GodAndSatanAreBothJerks here.
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[[folder:Abaddon]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Radiance of Heaven'')
Azazel's right hand Tulpa, and a powerful monster in his own right.
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* CombatByChampion: In the great war, he ends up engaging Uriel in single combat.
* DealWithTheDevil: Ironically, as lord of Hell, but he still treats with Chayne to keep Hell existing.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Just before Uriel crushes his skull, Abaddon simply sneers and tells Uriel that he'll reunite with his beloved master in oblivion -- but Uriel will have ''nothing'' waiting for him.
* DirtyCoward: Dives out of the way of a blast when he realizes it's targeting Azazel to save his own hide.
* TheDragon: Azazel's right hand, who has spent every cycle helping to wipe out the world at the side-and upon the shoulder of Azazel.
* DragonAscendant: Rises to become the leader of Hell with Azazel's death.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Of all the main villains, Abaddon takes his death the best, to be sure.
* FantasticRacism: Oh, he ''really'' dislikes angels and humans.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Considers the way Azazel was trapped and destroyed to be dishonorable even for demons.
** Even ''he'' is utterly disgusted by Naberius and his excessive atrocities.
* MoralMyopia: He takes a ''very'' myopic view on things...anything a demon does? Fine. But if humans trick demons? Dishonorable bugs. He also has nothing but contempt for Naberius and his pleasures.
* OmnicidalManiac: Erase everything that isn't a Tulpa. It all must die.
* OneWingedAngel: Usually assumes the form of a small bird on his master's shoulder. During the war, he shows his full power.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Just him ''clashing'' with a being of equal power vaporizes huge swaths of a city.
* UndyingLoyalty: Oddly loyal to Azazel his anger at humanity? Is for the death of his 'beloved master.'
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[[folder:Adrammelech]]
One of the strongest tulpas and Horace's former teacher. A major player in the war.
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* EldritchAbomination: Described as a disturbing blend between bull and lamprey. His true form, per the norm of the tulpas, is even ''[[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm worse]]''.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His taking the heroes too lightly results in him being utterly fried and incinerated.
* KarmicDeath: No tears shed when Horace sacrifices himself to allow Sarie and Zita to turn him into charcoal.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: A mouth with tons of very sharp teeth.
* YourSoulIsMine: Devours the souls of his victims.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Naberius ('''MAJOR UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Ambition of Hell'' and ''The Radiance of Heaven'')
A rogue tulpa banished long ago to the deepest parts of Hell for his uncontrollable demeanor even compared to the other creations of the Gods. Serves as TheDragon to the original Chayne Summers.
* AndIMustScream: Inflicts this horrific fate upon countless beings; trillions in fact. Naberius forces them into endless, eternal toture with no respite of death.
* CardCarryingVillain: Admits that the sob story Chayne dreamed up for him holds no weight, and when Aria tearfully accuses him of being no better than Chayne, Naberius elatedly posits that he's "ten times worse than she'll ever be!"
* ColdBloodedTorture: Naberius has spent the entirety of the Cycle making this his specialty, having tortured countless people to death across thousands of Earths to entertain himself. Ironically, Chayne makes ''him'' the target of this as [[YouHaveFailedMe punishment for his failure to protect the second Menhir]] with a cool quip stating "so many centuries of dishing out pain -- one would think you'd be used to it."
* DealWithTheDevil: Naberius brought Alice back to life under the clause they bring Aria back to him, and then forces that deal to Mint once Alice attempts to destroy the former's conscience in return for preserving Mint's conscience – [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse while Mint is having their conscience chewed up by the Never-becoming.]]
* TheDragon: Serves as this to the original Chayne Summers, having had a major part in kickstarting the Heaven Cycle and working behind the scenes in ''Heaven & Hell'' on Chayne's behalf.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Naberius' priorities clearly extend beyond Chayne, as he's willing to undermine and pilfer Chayne's Godly power for his own interests, and he ultimately reveals that, while he's willing to spare Nirvana, ''his'' priority after the Cycle ends is simply to amuse himself for the rest of eternity in a pocket dimension of tortured innocents
* TheDreaded: Naberius' power is enough to dwarf even Uriel and Azazel, and his name is spoken in horror in both Heaven ''and'' Hell. As he demonstrates numerous times? The horror stories told about him may actually be ''downplayed'' to what he's truly like.
-->"''He knew he was a boogieman. He knew his name was still uttered in dread within Heaven's walls. He basked in that terror, and for once, I thought the stories had downplayed the reality of the monster before us.''"
* EldritchAbomination: A horrific amalgamation of body parts of animals, insects and human bits in a godawful shape.
* EvilGloating: Fond of engaging in this to his enemies.
* EvilIsPetty: Naberius isn't just evil, he's something of a total dick, fond of insults and nasty, petty little touches.
* ForTheEvulz: All that torture, 'collecting' and evil? He just enjoys it. Period.
* TheHeavy: Naberius is the most present threat, even with Chayne around.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Twofold:
** Naberius, ironically enough, ''cannot'' handle pain dealt to him (doubly ironic as he was literally ''spawned'' from God's suffering). Tango exploits this by looking into the memory he has of Chayne torturing him and using that to literally rewrite his existence to experience nothing but suffering -- which destroys Naberius' mind so thoroughly that he ''begs'' for death (which Tango grants a few minutes after).
** Adding to this, what allows Tango to rewrite Naberius? Naberius has been sneaking Chayne's Godly power to reign over the Garden of Eden -- and Tango promptly absorbs all of it from his own mind to give them the power necessary to get the upper hand on Naberius.
* IronicEcho: '''Free me!!!'''...just the same thing his little tormented 'pretties' scream.
* ItAmusedMe: His explanation for his tortures and pettier actions.
* KarmicDeath: He's forced to feel endless agony-all the pain he himself had inflicted upon others, that utterly obliterates his mind before Tango snuffs him out.
* MadArtist: How Naberius seems to view himself, with his "craft" being the countless people he's tortured to death.
* MadeOfEvil: Or of ''pain'', rather. Naberius is the embodiment of the first God's rage, frustration, and anguish, a being who decided, instead of fading away, to ''embrace'' the way he was created and spend all his time gleefully savaging everything around him.
* NervesOfSteel: To Naberius's credit, it takes a lot to even rattle him. Burles launching a powerful mental attack on him doesn't make him bat an eye.
* NightmareFace: Naberius' “face” is a horrifying mishmash of various body parts from humans, animals, and insects, twisted into a Picasso-esque picture of evil.
* NobleTopEnforcer: Inverted. While Chayne is a monster responsible for trillions of deaths, she has borderline understandable reasons for doing it, utopian motives, and genuine loved ones. Naberius, by contrast, is the most evil tulpa ever seen in the series, having gleefully had a central role in kickstarting the Heaven Cycle for no other reason than spite and amusement and happily admitting [[CardCarryingVillain he has none of Chayne's sympathies to Aria and he's happy to make her life a living Hell if she's fickle.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: One of the strongest in the setting and capable of doing ''massive'' amounts of damage.
* PragmaticVillainy: Bizarrely enough for a character that otherwise embodies ChaoticEvil at its finest, Naberius realizes betraying Chayne would be a move that would result in his utter destruction and is fully intent on letting Nirvana go so he can amuse himself in his own pocket universe.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The sick fucker sets up people farms in his pocket dimension where he conducts forced breeding to never, ever run out of toys.
* RedBaron: "The Fallen Savager."
* {{Sadist}}: Beats out every character in the series when it comes to the sheer, unmitigated ''glee'' he gets when perpetrating atrocities, callously remarking that the concept of all of reality being snuffed out in an instant is "boring" and lacks a certain pizzazz when it comes to the various ways he's found to kill people. Naberius's ultimate plan is a pocket dimension of endless agony for ''trillions'' of souls.
* TheStarscream: Subverted. Naberius is a DragonWithAnAgenda who's only serving Chayne out of mutual interest (as well as the immunity it gives him) who clearly seems to ''hint'' that he's ready to betray Chayne -- until near the end where it's revealed that he has no intention of trying to backstab his master, making a point to avoid the suicidal arrogance of Azazel and Uriel and fashioning himself a pocket dimension full of lives for him to play with so he doesn't get bored once the Cycle ends.
* ToThePain: He's a fan of elaborating every single gruesome detail of the tortures he intends to inflict on threats to him. Unlike Pluto, though, Naberius is completely and fully willing to fulfill every last detail of his detailed, macabre threats, and he's made an art of fulfilling ''all'' of them to the letter throughout the Cycle -- with entire Earths turned into wretched hellscapes of agony by his hand.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Tango's first clash with him in Hell ends with them curb-stomped and all the other experienced immunes massacred effortlessly by him, proving he and Chayne are an ''entirely'' different breed of threat from.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Tulpa in this case. Excepting Chayne, who's divine, Naberius is ''the'' strongest bastard about.
* YouGotSpunk: He appreciates Tango's spirit, gloating that it'll make breaking them more fun.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Never-becoming]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/TheTouchOfHeaven'' | ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Ambition of Hell'')
Half-formed thoughts that reside in a level of Hell representing unconsciousness, all of them driven by the urge to be something and forming in physical reality as nightmarish distortions.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: They're not named, but forces heavily, heavily implied to be the Never-becoming appear in the first Mad Room seen in ''From Heaven's Door'' before their proper introduction in ''The Touch of Heaven''.
* EldritchAbomination: Nightmarish, abstract forces that personify the will of unformed thoughts capable of twisting reality, driving people to madness if not outright devouring their minds, and twist a man who was once a WellIntentionedExtremist into a shrieking, insane animal fully under their control.
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[[folder:Uriel]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Ambition of Hell'' and ''The Radiance of Heaven'')
The lord of the archangels, commander of Heaven's forces, and the chief emissary of the Gods.
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Assumes this during his first physical appearance, a guise Tango manages to see through due to their evolved mind.
* AngelicBeauty: To untrained human eyes, Uriel is described as having the grace of a “Greek statue” and looking like a beautiful man – but [[SubvertedTrope Tango quickly realizes]] this is just a cover for his horrifying true form.
* ArchangelUriel: Depicted, instead of a wise and patient angel, as a sneering, contemptuous asshole who banishes Tango and their friends to the deserts of Hell because they backtalked him.
* {{Archenemy}}: Considers Azazel, lord of Hell, to his greatest foe. After Azazel dies this gets shifted to Abaddon.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's an archangel. You don't get that rank out of a cereal box.
* AxCrazy: Under that angelic veneer of serenity, Uriel is ''nuts'' and eager to massacre everything around him at the slightest provocation.
* BadBoss: Insults his fellow archangels on a good day, slaughters unfathomable amounts of lower-ranking angels on a normal one, and incinerates ''hundreds'' of them in a brief bout of impatience.
* DirtyCoward: The moment he realizes Naberius has him outgunned and is making him look incompetent, Uriel turns tail and runs.
* TheDragon: To 'the gods'...Uriel is the top enforcer in heaven and the commander of their forces.
* DragonInChief: Despite being the Dragon to the gods, Uriel has the closest to full authority.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Willing to do anything to establish a hideous kingdom for himself, with endless pain and terror for all others.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Averted. He is angry at Azazel's murder of Michael...but only because he hates Azazel and considers Michael a pathetic weakling who got what was coming to him.
* FantasticRacism: Are you a human? Then be exterminated as you deserve you filthy ape.
* TheHeavy: The most prevalent threat of the Heaven Side.
* HumanoidAbomination: Looks like the stereotypical benevolent depiction of an angel, but... decidedly ''[[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm isn't]]''.
* {{Jerkass}}: Uriel isn't just horrible, malicious, and arrogant; he's a pure and utter ''asshole'' who can't go two words without utterly demeaning and insulting every single thing around him.
* KnightTemplar: Utterly obsessed with the order and glory of heaven. Not so much with the betterment of anyone or anything, but just that extreme order.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Credit Uriel this: he does know when Naberius has him dead to rights and gets while the getting's good.
* LackOfEmpathy: To not only the life on Earth he proudly boast of having destroyed thousands of times over, but to his own fellow angels as well, having ''countless'' numbers of them killed for every minor transgression to his system.
* LightIsNotGood: Being an angel comes with all the shininess this entails, but Uriel is a petty, egotistical monster thoroughly unconcerned with wiping out all life on Earth thousands of times over, seeing all life as below him and the other Archangels.
* OhCrap: Subject to this when Nestor takes him out in a suicide attack.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Casually capable of vaporizing huge chunks of cities just by fighting someone.
* {{Pride}}: Defined. Even compared to the other archangels, Uriel is haughty and arrogant enough to "humble Lucifer."
* SmugSnake: Uriel talks a good game, but he's extremely arrogant, and something of a coward when the chips are against him.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Come home victorious or don't bother. It'll be better than what Uriel will do to you if you come home empty handed.
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[[folder:Raguel and Saraqael]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Radiance of Heaven'')
The angelic lawmakers of Heaven.
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* CoDragons: To Uriel, who himself is TheDragon to the Gods.
* CreepyTwins: Essentially twins and eerily in sync with everything.
* TheDividual: They speak, move, and act all simultaneously.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Evil they may be, but even they balk at how far Uriel is willing to go.
* SingleMindedTwins: Act more like one person in two bodies.
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[[folder:”God”/"Major Tom" ('''MAJOR UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
!!Alison Witzenberg/"Mint" (Prime)
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/FromHeavensDoor'' | ''Literature/BeforeHeaven'' | ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Radiance of Heaven'')
The mysterious eldritch horror lurking in Heaven that serves as the catalyst for the plot in ''From Heaven's Door''. They are, in actuality, the original Alison Witzenberg -- or, rather, ''Mint'', who accidentally created Heaven and decided to spend the rest of the Cycle slowly dismantling Chayne's plans to take down the Heaven Cycle.
* {{Adorkable}}: As the usual with Mint, but even ''more'' so considering they're a naive, ten-year-old kid by the time they've Ascended who's incredibly eager to make friends with the original Aria.
* BadassAdorable: One of the strongest characters in the setting, being a full God -- and also an adorable, dorky ten-year-old kid underneath that.
* BigGood: In their nature as a {{foil}} to the original Chayne Summers, and as it turns out, the biggest force going against her.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Cryne speculates that God may have wanted to enter Earth again because it was missing its human life, noting that's an anxiety that most Gods learn to get past once they Ascend -- even in spite of the fact it seemingly ''nearly destroyed Earth'' trying to get back to it. As it turns out, that was a major bit of foreshadowing; Mint ''doesn't'' subscribe to BlueAndOrangeMorality and rather wholeheartedly embraces their role as the BigGood of the setting.
* TheChessmaster: On the same level as Chayne (even lampshaded when Mint compares themself to a Queen on the board, opposite to Chayne's Queen) perhaps even ''more'' proficiently as they can't directly interfere with Earth without destroying it all. ''Unlike'' Chayne, Mint is thoroughly benevolent.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: ''The Touch of Heaven'' reveals that God is one of many people who were capable of [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascending]] – that is, instantaneously evolving into a perfectly evolved organism in complete harmony with their mind. As we knew ''Mint'' could do.
* EldritchAbomination: Through human terms, God can no longer be described as anything more than a horrific, unfathomably cosmic presence capable of annihilating the entire universe just by ''existing''. They do, at least, take a [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith recognizable form]]
* GodWasMyCopilot: God was the ''original Mint'' the whole time.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Ashes to Ashes" is a persisting song throughout ''Radiance'' that goes hand-in-hand with the identity of the first God, with them even dubbing themself "Major Tom."
* TheReveal: Bits and bobs were dropped to foreshadow the mystery of God from the beginning of the entire, with it finally taking center stage in the last act of ''Radiance''. As it's revealed in the climax? The first God is ''the original Mint''.
* ShroudedInMyth: For the majority of the series, we know virtually ''nothing'' about it. Not who it once was a human, not why it wanted to come back to Earth (although Cryne speculates as early as ''The Touch of Heaven'' that it was missing its old life as a human), nothing except the utterly bizarre, lurid descriptions it gets in ''From Heaven's Door'' that are nothing short of a pure, unthinkable EldritchAbomination. This is all cleared up in the climax of ''Radiance'' where it's established God is actually the original Mint.
* SomeCallMeTim: 'Major Tom' to be exact. God's a fan of Bowie. As it turns out? Mint fell in love with "Ashes to Ashes" before they Ascended, even teaching the song to Aria.
* WalkingSpoiler: One of the biggest in the setting, right up there with the original Chayne.
* WasOnceAMan: Like all Gods. Speciifcally, "God" used to be the original Alison Witzenberg before they Ascended. What separates them from becoming a full-on EldritchAbomination is that Mint retained their humanity even after they Ascended.
* WhenSheSmiles: Unbelievably ''cute'' when they smile there.
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!!Hell
[[folder:The Preceptor/Belphegor]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/TheTouchOfHeaven'' | ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Ambition of Hell'' and ''The Radiance of Heaven'')
The tulpa who initially greets Tango in Hell to tell them of their role in the upcoming divine war, serving as their mentor for the rest of the series.
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* CainAndAbel: The one Abel among a gigantic ''legion'' of Cains, though Naberius stands as a special one to him.
* CoolOldGuy: Positively ancient and rather chill for a Tulpa.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Occasionally dips into this towards Tango, being ''eons'' more evolved than them to start.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Preceptor is his only known name for a vast part of the series, until he's casually name-dropped as Belphegor by the Sect. Naturally, Tango's pissed off he apparently didn't even trust them enough to tell them his actual name.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: His final words are to tell Tango it has been an honor being their teacher.
* ManipulativeBastard: The Preceptor manipulates Tango up until the first part of ''Heaven and Hell'' to goad them into helping him save the world by lying that Tango is TheChosenOne. When Tango exposes the Preceptor, he does frankly seem guilty about it (which turns out to not mean much anyways as Tango is such a PluckyGirl they decide to try and stop the war anyways).
* TheMentor: To Tango, teaching them Mylotheian techniques to help them get used to their new abilities while they (or rather, their Shade) are in Hell.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Suffers the fate of many a mentor at the claws of Naberius.
* MixAndMatchCritters: Seems somewhere between a goat and a pug, with odd hands -- one furred, and one scaly, with lion-like claws.
* MrExposition: Since his role is primarily to introduce Tango to the bizarre, lengthy lore of Heaven and Hell and the powers of Mylotheia, the Preceptor serves this role in the series for the more fantastical elements.
* OnlySaneMan: Nestor notes he's the only Tulpa who's reasonable and sane.
* TokenGoodTeammate: To the tulpas. Belphegor is still unintentionally callous to humanity at times, but truly has the best interests for ''everyone'' in mind, including humanity -- whereas the rest of Hell could not be bothered to care less.
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[[folder:Azazel]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Radiance of Heaven'')
The Lord of Hell, Erebos' tulpa mentor, and one of the strongest tulpas in existence.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: You're not Lord of Hell unless you can back it up and Azazel damn well can.
* BatmanGambit: Azazel sits by and watches as Tango goes into Solomon to fetch the "Menhir" -- only to reveal the Menhir was fake and the entire mission was a set-up by Azazel to lure Naberius to Solomon and deal Heaven a crippling blow even before the war starts.
* CainAndAbel: He and Naberius have....differing priorities now. However, a rare example where Cain and Abel are as monstrous as one another. He also considers Uriel his 'once brother'...but same issue there.
* DemonicPossession: Engages in this liberally with Erebos to speak to the others, saying Erebos' body is as much Azazel's as it is his own.
* EvilMentor: To Erebos, having ingrained his BlueAndOrangeMorality firmly into him. Unfortunately, Erebos isn't ''quite'' as converted as Azazel may think when he's shown another perspective by Tango.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's vile and willing to use and manipulate even his own disciples, but he takes a calmer approach to it than Uriel and he smugly thanks Tango after they end up playing right into his hands.
* {{Foil}}: To Uriel. They're both godawful, horrible beings, but they approach it in different ways. Uriel is loud, bombastic, ''incredibly'' arrogant, and utterly and openly condescending towards everyone and everything that isn't himself. Azazel, by contrast, is understated, manipulative, subtle, and is much better at ''pretending'' to be civil.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Azazel's ComplexityAddiction finally gets the better of him, and wanting to drag out Tango and Erebos's defeats results in his obliteration.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Says part of his motivation in destroying Heaven is to keep his own safe, but casually sacrifices his own talented warriors as the "cost of doing business" and morbidly punishes those who defy him.
* ItAmusedMe: As he says, the only reason he's kept Tango alive? Sheer amusement.
* KarmicDeath: Obliterated by godly power, the same type he wanted to take, by the lower beings' he looked down on for so long.
* KickTheDog: Revealing all of Erebos's life was just part of his grand little project is damned ''low.''
* LackOfEmpathy: One of his ''similarities'' to Uriel in terms of their mindset towards Earth; Azazel has a innocent couple horribly killed by turning their apartment into a Mad Room... to get Mint and Tango's attention. Turns out he's even this to his own followers, too; across each Cycle, Azazel founds a cult of immunes loyal to Heaven solely for the purpose of leading the loyal among them to their death and picking out the few that rebel for their resolve -- and turning them into [[AndIMustScream agonized warrior-slaves]] by means of "transfiguration," bloating them up with the blended essence of demons to keep them under his control and swell up their power.
* ManipulativeBastard: Towards even his own disciples. Azazel lies and manipulates Tango in his first introduction to coax them into a DealWithTheDevil, then led them on a false flag mission to retrieve a Menhir solely to get Naberius' attention and have him deal Heaven a powerful blow.
* OhCrap: When Sarie channels Mint's power against him, Azazel is ''dumbfounded'' and frozen stiff.
* OmnicidalManiac: Anything not one of Hell's side? To be erased. Even the gods.
* OutGambitted: Azazel's one of the most brilliant, manipulative villains in the plot who anticipates any and all defiance against him, even exploiting it for his own benefit in the case of Solomon and the transfigured Shades. Azazel thinks he's dismantled Erebos' attempt at rebellion in Tartarus... only for Erebos to reveal that ''wasn't'' his true plan, ending with Sarie coming to the rescue and Azazel out-conned for the first and last time as he's subsequently obliterated in his moment of dumbfounded vulnerability.
* ParentalSubstitute: He raised Erebos. Which...explains ''so'' much.
* PetTheDog: He rescued a baby Erebos from Naberius's evil pleasures. Subverted in that it was done in cold, hard pragmatism.
* PragmaticVillainy: The only type he practices.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: You betray him, you die. Period. He's too pragmatic to ever trust one.
* SatanicArchetype: He's the Lord of Hell, a ManipulativeBastard and is out to take over existence. It just so happens GodAndSatanAreBothJerks here.
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[[folder:Abaddon]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Radiance of Heaven'')
Azazel's right hand Tulpa, and a powerful monster in his own right.
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* CombatByChampion: In the great war, he ends up engaging Uriel in single combat.
* DealWithTheDevil: Ironically, as lord of Hell, but he still treats with Chayne to keep Hell existing.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Just before Uriel crushes his skull, Abaddon simply sneers and tells Uriel that he'll reunite with his beloved master in oblivion -- but Uriel will have ''nothing'' waiting for him.
* DirtyCoward: Dives out of the way of a blast when he realizes it's targeting Azazel to save his own hide.
* TheDragon: Azazel's right hand, who has spent every cycle helping to wipe out the world at the side-and upon the shoulder of Azazel.
* DragonAscendant: Rises to become the leader of Hell with Azazel's death.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Of all the main villains, Abaddon takes his death the best, to be sure.
* FantasticRacism: Oh, he ''really'' dislikes angels and humans.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Considers the way Azazel was trapped and destroyed to be dishonorable even for demons.
** Even ''he'' is utterly disgusted by Naberius and his excessive atrocities.
* MoralMyopia: He takes a ''very'' myopic view on things...anything a demon does? Fine. But if humans trick demons? Dishonorable bugs. He also has nothing but contempt for Naberius and his pleasures.
* OmnicidalManiac: Erase everything that isn't a Tulpa. It all must die.
* OneWingedAngel: Usually assumes the form of a small bird on his master's shoulder. During the war, he shows his full power.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Just him ''clashing'' with a being of equal power vaporizes huge swaths of a city.
* UndyingLoyalty: Oddly loyal to Azazel his anger at humanity? Is for the death of his 'beloved master.'
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[[folder:Adrammelech]]
One of the strongest tulpas and Horace's former teacher. A major player in the war.
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* EldritchAbomination: Described as a disturbing blend between bull and lamprey. His true form, per the norm of the tulpas, is even ''[[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm worse]]''.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His taking the heroes too lightly results in him being utterly fried and incinerated.
* KarmicDeath: No tears shed when Horace sacrifices himself to allow Sarie and Zita to turn him into charcoal.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: A mouth with tons of very sharp teeth.
* YourSoulIsMine: Devours the souls of his victims.
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[[folder:Naberius ('''MAJOR UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Ambition of Hell'' and ''The Radiance of Heaven'')
A rogue tulpa banished long ago to the deepest parts of Hell for his uncontrollable demeanor even compared to the other creations of the Gods. Serves as TheDragon to the original Chayne Summers.
* AndIMustScream: Inflicts this horrific fate upon countless beings; trillions in fact. Naberius forces them into endless, eternal toture with no respite of death.
* CardCarryingVillain: Admits that the sob story Chayne dreamed up for him holds no weight, and when Aria tearfully accuses him of being no better than Chayne, Naberius elatedly posits that he's "ten times worse than she'll ever be!"
* ColdBloodedTorture: Naberius has spent the entirety of the Cycle making this his specialty, having tortured countless people to death across thousands of Earths to entertain himself. Ironically, Chayne makes ''him'' the target of this as [[YouHaveFailedMe punishment for his failure to protect the second Menhir]] with a cool quip stating "so many centuries of dishing out pain -- one would think you'd be used to it."
* DealWithTheDevil: Naberius brought Alice back to life under the clause they bring Aria back to him, and then forces that deal to Mint once Alice attempts to destroy the former's conscience in return for preserving Mint's conscience – [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse while Mint is having their conscience chewed up by the Never-becoming.]]
* TheDragon: Serves as this to the original Chayne Summers, having had a major part in kickstarting the Heaven Cycle and working behind the scenes in ''Heaven & Hell'' on Chayne's behalf.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Naberius' priorities clearly extend beyond Chayne, as he's willing to undermine and pilfer Chayne's Godly power for his own interests, and he ultimately reveals that, while he's willing to spare Nirvana, ''his'' priority after the Cycle ends is simply to amuse himself for the rest of eternity in a pocket dimension of tortured innocents
* TheDreaded: Naberius' power is enough to dwarf even Uriel and Azazel, and his name is spoken in horror in both Heaven ''and'' Hell. As he demonstrates numerous times? The horror stories told about him may actually be ''downplayed'' to what he's truly like.
-->"''He knew he was a boogieman. He knew his name was still uttered in dread within Heaven's walls. He basked in that terror, and for once, I thought the stories had downplayed the reality of the monster before us.''"
* EldritchAbomination: A horrific amalgamation of body parts of animals, insects and human bits in a godawful shape.
* EvilGloating: Fond of engaging in this to his enemies.
* EvilIsPetty: Naberius isn't just evil, he's something of a total dick, fond of insults and nasty, petty little touches.
* ForTheEvulz: All that torture, 'collecting' and evil? He just enjoys it. Period.
* TheHeavy: Naberius is the most present threat, even with Chayne around.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Twofold:
** Naberius, ironically enough, ''cannot'' handle pain dealt to him (doubly ironic as he was literally ''spawned'' from God's suffering). Tango exploits this by looking into the memory he has of Chayne torturing him and using that to literally rewrite his existence to experience nothing but suffering -- which destroys Naberius' mind so thoroughly that he ''begs'' for death (which Tango grants a few minutes after).
** Adding to this, what allows Tango to rewrite Naberius? Naberius has been sneaking Chayne's Godly power to reign over the Garden of Eden -- and Tango promptly absorbs all of it from his own mind to give them the power necessary to get the upper hand on Naberius.
* IronicEcho: '''Free me!!!'''...just the same thing his little tormented 'pretties' scream.
* ItAmusedMe: His explanation for his tortures and pettier actions.
* KarmicDeath: He's forced to feel endless agony-all the pain he himself had inflicted upon others, that utterly obliterates his mind before Tango snuffs him out.
* MadArtist: How Naberius seems to view himself, with his "craft" being the countless people he's tortured to death.
* MadeOfEvil: Or of ''pain'', rather. Naberius is the embodiment of the first God's rage, frustration, and anguish, a being who decided, instead of fading away, to ''embrace'' the way he was created and spend all his time gleefully savaging everything around him.
* NervesOfSteel: To Naberius's credit, it takes a lot to even rattle him. Burles launching a powerful mental attack on him doesn't make him bat an eye.
* NightmareFace: Naberius' “face” is a horrifying mishmash of various body parts from humans, animals, and insects, twisted into a Picasso-esque picture of evil.
* NobleTopEnforcer: Inverted. While Chayne is a monster responsible for trillions of deaths, she has borderline understandable reasons for doing it, utopian motives, and genuine loved ones. Naberius, by contrast, is the most evil tulpa ever seen in the series, having gleefully had a central role in kickstarting the Heaven Cycle for no other reason than spite and amusement and happily admitting [[CardCarryingVillain he has none of Chayne's sympathies to Aria and he's happy to make her life a living Hell if she's fickle.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: One of the strongest in the setting and capable of doing ''massive'' amounts of damage.
* PragmaticVillainy: Bizarrely enough for a character that otherwise embodies ChaoticEvil at its finest, Naberius realizes betraying Chayne would be a move that would result in his utter destruction and is fully intent on letting Nirvana go so he can amuse himself in his own pocket universe.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The sick fucker sets up people farms in his pocket dimension where he conducts forced breeding to never, ever run out of toys.
* RedBaron: "The Fallen Savager."
* {{Sadist}}: Beats out every character in the series when it comes to the sheer, unmitigated ''glee'' he gets when perpetrating atrocities, callously remarking that the concept of all of reality being snuffed out in an instant is "boring" and lacks a certain pizzazz when it comes to the various ways he's found to kill people. Naberius's ultimate plan is a pocket dimension of endless agony for ''trillions'' of souls.
* TheStarscream: Subverted. Naberius is a DragonWithAnAgenda who's only serving Chayne out of mutual interest (as well as the immunity it gives him) who clearly seems to ''hint'' that he's ready to betray Chayne -- until near the end where it's revealed that he has no intention of trying to backstab his master, making a point to avoid the suicidal arrogance of Azazel and Uriel and fashioning himself a pocket dimension full of lives for him to play with so he doesn't get bored once the Cycle ends.
* ToThePain: He's a fan of elaborating every single gruesome detail of the tortures he intends to inflict on threats to him. Unlike Pluto, though, Naberius is completely and fully willing to fulfill every last detail of his detailed, macabre threats, and he's made an art of fulfilling ''all'' of them to the letter throughout the Cycle -- with entire Earths turned into wretched hellscapes of agony by his hand.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Tango's first clash with him in Hell ends with them curb-stomped and all the other experienced immunes massacred effortlessly by him, proving he and Chayne are an ''entirely'' different breed of threat from.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Tulpa in this case. Excepting Chayne, who's divine, Naberius is ''the'' strongest bastard about.
* YouGotSpunk: He appreciates Tango's spirit, gloating that it'll make breaking them more fun.
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[[folder:The Never-becoming]]
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/TheTouchOfHeaven'' | ''Literature/HeavenAndHell'' (''The Ambition of Hell'')
Half-formed thoughts that reside in a level of Hell representing unconsciousness, all of them driven by the urge to be something and forming in physical reality as nightmarish distortions.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: They're not named, but forces heavily, heavily implied to be the Never-becoming appear in the first Mad Room seen in ''From Heaven's Door'' before their proper introduction in ''The Touch of Heaven''.
* EldritchAbomination: Nightmarish, abstract forces that personify the will of unformed thoughts capable of twisting reality, driving people to madness if not outright devouring their minds, and twist a man who was once a WellIntentionedExtremist into a shrieking, insane animal fully under their control.
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