THE SACRED MANUSCRIPT OF THE MALAKINS
THE BATTLE OF THE APOCALYPSE
FROM THE FALL OF ANGELS TO THE TWILIGHT OF THE WORLD
EDUARDO SPOHR
THE BATTLE OF THE APOCALYPSE
The Fall of the Angels at the Twilight of the World
- 1st EDITION -
The sword does not live without the Cherub, and the Cherub does not live without its sword.
THE BATTLE OF THE APOCALYPSE
FROM THE FALL OF ANGELS TO THE TWILIGHT OF THE WORLD
REVISION
GUILHERME SIMÕES REIS
COVER ART
HARALD STRICKER
GRAPHIC DESIGN
RODRIGO TOBIAS, DEIVE PAZOS, ALEXANDRE OTTONI
CONCEPTUAL ART
ANDRÉS RAMOS AND HARALD STRICKER
EPUB EDITION
EXILED FROM MARÍLIA
ISBN
978-85-909900-0-0
To the memory of my grandfather, Carlos Spohr, who from an early age taught me to love fantastic stories.
SUMMARY
THE SACRED MANUSCRIPT OF THE MALAKINS
PART 1: SACRED AVENGER
PROLOGUE
The Fallen King of Atlantis
The Third War
Tropical Autumn
Sacred Avenger
At Midnight
PART 2: WRATH OF GOD
6. The Fire Master
PART 3: FIRE SCOURGE
7. Almost a Murderer
8. Human Nightmares
9. A Spy in the Cafeteria
10. The Primeval Battles
11. The Leviathans
12. The Sixth Trumpet: The Battle Begins
13. The Kiss of the Dead
EPILOGUE
GLOSSARY
THE SACRED MANUSCRIPT OF THE MALAKINS
Many, many years ago, as many years as there are stars in the sky, the Celestial Paradise was the stage for a terrible uprising. Armed with mystical swords and divine courage, Cherubim loyal to Jehovah fought a bloody battle against the archangel Saint Michael and the angels who followed him.
God, the Supreme Lord of All Things, remained immersed in the deep sleep He had fallen into after completing the work of Creation—the rest of the Seventh Day. While He remained absent, the archangels dictated orders, imposing their designs on Heaven and Earth. Sitting atop their thrones of light, each of them aspired to achieve divinity.
Concentrating all power beneath their wings, the mighty archangels, omnipotent and untouchable, used the Word of God to serve their own will. Disgusted by the Creator's love for human beings and driven by intense jealousy, they decided to defy the laws of the Almighty and destroy every man who walked the Earth, thus ending part of the Divine Creation.
Driven by this fury, Michael, the Prince of Angels, sent Haled several calamities, but like persistent insects, mortals resisted. The winged tyrants longed for a return to the dawn of time, when only animals populated the world. They would never accept worshiping a creature made of clay, since they had been created from the Lord's own splendor and glory.
Determined to eliminate humanity once and for all, Michael ordered the Ishim, the angelic caste that controls the forces of nature, to engineer the Final Destruction. Submissive, they melted the polar ice caps, and the Earth was flooded by a massive deluge. Nevertheless, mortals once again survived.
In the face of so much death and devastation, a conspiracy began. In their political innocence, the leaders of this conspiracy were betrayed by another archangel, Lucifer, the Morning Star, the only one who knew the rebels' plan to free Paradise from the oppression to which it was subjected. When the Dark Archangel denounced the revolutionary ideas, the rebels were defeated, expelled from Heaven, and condemned to wander the world of men until the end of time. While the light of the Seventh Day shines, while God remains asleep, the renegade angels will be hunted and killed by celestial agents.
With the power and prestige he gained from betraying the insurgents, Lucifer plotted his own revolution. Driven by far-from-just motives, the Dark Archangel intended to seize Michael's principality and ascend even above the Creator, crowning himself in Tsaphon, the Mount of Congregation, and thus becoming equal to God. The Son of Dawn didn't just want to defeat his brother but desired to become God himself—to subjugate not only the monarch but also Yahweh.
Many angels, disgusted with celestial politics, unaware of Lucifer's selfish motivations, joined him. Upon discovering the betrayal, the Prince of Angels declared a new war, and a second battle erupted. For their macabre deeds and ambitions, the Morning Star and his followers were cast into Sheol, a dark pit of darkness and suffering, a terrible place, a permanent prison. There, the Dark Archangel rules, waiting for the right moment to begin his revenge. Today, mortals know this dimension as Hell.
Many millennia followed the two angelic wars, and then humans reinvented the era of great catastrophes with their own modern weapons.
In the Fortress of Zion, the Wheel of Time is about to complete its turn. At the dawn of the millennium, humanity is slowly heading toward the Apocalypse. At a regional level, marginality, violence, and organized crime are stronger than the police and the government. Poverty and misery are increasing. Internationally, wars rage across the globe, with people killing each other and conflicts where the most harmed are members of the defenseless civilian population. Thousands of children die every day, victims of the hatred and pride of faceless leaders who fight for hypocritical and selfish ideals. There is no justice. The world cries. People suffer. Civilization gives its last desperate cries in search of salvation. But it's likely that no one will hear them anymore.
In Heaven and Hell, Armageddon marks the beginning of a new era. When the cycle is completed, God will awaken from His sleep, and all sentences will be revised. The Fabric of Reality will fall. Ancient enemies will face each other, and there will be no borders between parallel dimensions. And this will be the Day of Reckoning.
The twilight of the Seventh Day approaches, and night will soon fall.