Oriax

 

THE LOYAL FLAME

In the radiant courts of Shamayim, where the rivers of living fire flowed and the songs of angels filled the firmament, Oriax stood as one of the noble governors under the banner of Archangel Chamuel. His eyes shone with the calm flame of duty, and his heart was shaped by devotion to his King-angel — a sovereign whose compassion and justice reflected the essence of their clan. When the Peace Fall trembled through the heavens, ten King-angels rose in protest against the 24 Elders. They claimed that the Council had shown mercy where judgment was due, granting the fallen Archangel Lucifer a realm of his own, the Olam-Chuphshah Universe. The cry of the Ten Kings was not born of rage, but of grief — grief for law betrayed.

Oriax watched as the procession of royal light departed from Shamayim. He heard the lamentations of angels who would no longer bow in the Great Halls, and though his spirit quivered, his oath to his King compelled him to follow. Thus he stepped beyond the gates of everlasting day and entered the shadow of destiny. For the first time, the glow of Shamayim dimmed behind him, and the weight of silence followed his every stride.

Oriax was a Governor-angel within the clan of Archangel Chamuel, serving directly under Chamuel’s King-angel, one of the Ten Kings who initiated the Peace Fall. The Peace Fall occurred after the First War of Shamayim, when Lucifer and his angels were cast into the Olam-Chuphshah Universe. Dissatisfied with the 24 Elders’ judgment — particularly their perceived leniency toward Lucifer — ten King-angels representing ten Archangels’ clans withdrew from Shamayim in an act of diplomatic protest. Archangel Michael’s clan did not participate, accounting for the term Ten Kings.

During this secession, Oriax followed his King as a loyal subordinate. His action was considered lawful at the time, for the Peace Fall was not an act of rebellion but of principled dissent. However, the event created a division that later became vulnerable to Lucifer’s influence. When Lucifer, now known as Satan, initiated the Strike against the Most High in Olam-Chuphshah, Oriax and many of the former Peace Fall angels were persuaded to join the cause, believing it a quest for divine reform. The failed Strike resulted in their transformation: their celestial forms decayed, and their glory was consumed by shadow. From that hour, Oriax ceased to be an angel and was henceforth numbered among the demons.

They say Oriax never raised his voice in defiance — only whispered the words “I will follow.” Perhaps it was loyalty that damned him. Perhaps it was fear. When the stars dimmed over Olam-Chuphshah and the Strike began, Oriax stood beside his King again, sword trembling in his grasp. He believed they fought for justice — that if Ahavah’s throne was seized, purity could be restored. But when the heavens cracked and the light of the Most High tore through the armies of the fallen, Oriax saw the truth: they were not liberators. They were lost.

The fire of his soul turned black, and the name that once shone on the scrolls of Shamayim became a mark of curse. Now, in the depths where the exiled burn yet never die, Oriax wanders the desolate fields of Olam-Chuphshah, haunted by the memory of his King’s voice. Some say he still believes that his cause was just — that the fault was not his but fate’s. Others whisper that, in rare moments, a faint glimmer of his old light flickers in the darkness, like a prayer unspoken.

Was Oriax’s fall the fruit of loyalty or the bloom of pride concealed beneath obedience? None can say. But among the chronicles of the fallen, his story endures as the most tragic of all the faithful — a servant who followed too far.