THE DARKEST REGION

Angelic Name - Defiant Requiem Human name - Katarina Nicknames - Kat, Kitty Kat (Nexia only) Human Age - 26 Angelic age – Unsure Race - Vampire – (Angelic heritage) Gender - Female Nationality - None Lover - None Sire – Nexia Draken Siblings – Joel, Ianthe

SOME HISTORY Katarina was once arrogant. She believed she was the bringer of justice to the human realm; she worked relentlessly at regaining her angelic status but would deny this vehemently. She once killed with little regard for others, she detested those in power and has killed many leaders of cults because she believes them weak and against god’s beliefs, she hated the religions on this realm as she believed them diluted and strayed from the true path. She thinks she doesn’t care anymore about going *home* Deep down she has a lot of neurosis, she has never been *loved* and considers anyone who tries as weak, In her past she dealt with this by ripping out their heart while they are still alive.

Katarina finally wandered into RavenBlack with the intentions of seeking out the most powerful creature and after a lengthy interrogation ripping out its eyes and killing it.
When she was human she had a unique strength and quite shocking lust for blood and death, since her siring this has increased, this often forced her to leave the city for short periods of time.

She has the face of an angel and the chaotic soul of a demon.
Being torn from her angelic realm by a demon and having her wings ripped from her back has sent her over the edge, she was hunted for several days and tortured.

She has moments of complete lucidity and can be reached, when this happens the beautiful side to her is clearly seen, sadly no creature has found this clarity.

Her quest for her wings return has left her in somewhat bedraggled and confused state, she reached out at one point to the one other creature apart from her sire who she knew in the city (Loki) only to be accused of being a danger to his sweet little friend, his hero act against her was mis-timed and uncalled for, she was simply lost and looking for direction.

This one moment of reaching out and being attacked has left her with the sense that no one can be trusted, the last part of her that could be reached has withdrawn deep inside.

Her relationship with Nexia has opened her to the possibility not everyone in the city has the intention of bringing her pain, they formed a close bond and recently oathed as blood sisters.
This was followed a few months later by Nexia adopting Kat after a brutal attack on her by her Sire Scythian, who Kat then severed from.

Katarina has begun to show signs of her former state, a calmness can be seen at times on her features, other times she seems to be struggling with the two sides of her personality.

Fallen Angels – Reasons for their fall

There are a number of different beliefs regarding the origins and motivations of fallen angels. Many focus on issues of free will, lust, pride, or the incomprehensibility of the acts of God.

• Consequences of free will

It is generally accepted by most Christians that the fallen angels were cast out of Heaven because of actions taken against God.[citation needed] These actions were enabled because the angels were granted free will. Generally, these actions included active rebellion, doubt in God’s motives or plans, or a rejection of the system of Heaven. Pride is often involved, especially in cases where an angel believed itself to hold more authority than God. (Lucifer being the prime example among these).
Origen, a father of the early Christian Church, believed that God had created all angels to be equal and free. However, in possessing the power of free will, some of them began to move further away from God of their own volition.

Origen states metaphorically that, although some angels fell and became human or demonic, all hope is not lost. He theorizes that by practicing virtue, men and demons can again become angels. While considered an early Father of the Church, Origen was deemed a heretic as a result of some of his writings and teachings, which did not conform to accepted scripture or tradition. Mainly, his concept of Apocatastasis, the belief that all beings (human beings, fallen angels, demons, and Satan) will return to God through God’s love and mercy, was deemed unacceptable at that time. His excommunication was posthumously reversed.

• Lust

The following comes from a series of ancient texts referenced in the Bible called “The Three Books of Enoch”, a set of books found in the Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament.
According to these books, it is because of lust that some angels fell from Heaven. God asked the “Watchers” (Grigori), a select group of angels, to assist the Archangels in the creation of Eden. Those Grigori who descended to Earth saw the daughters of men and became enchanted with them. Consequently, the Grigori began to reveal to man some of the secrets of Heaven, such as astrology and the vanity of enhancing the face and body with perfumes and cosmetics. The Grigori then fell in love with human women. According to the text, some of the Grigori even took wives and created offspring, giants known as the Nephilim. This made God so angry that he cursed those Grigori who had betrayed Him, threw them out of Heaven, made them mortal and transformed them into demons. God sent the Great Flood to cleanse the Earth of the wanton killing and destruction perpetrated by the Nephilim. Notable angels who fell in this account are Semyazza, Samael, Azazel, and Lucifer.

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