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==Superiors: The Authors' DMPCs==
The final major notable thing about the setting is the heavy focus on Superiors, the Archangels and Demon Princes of the setting. The relations between the factions on each side form a major consideration of the setting (for example, the servitors of Death and Lust (both Hell) usually hate each other at least as much or more than they hate Heaven's servants, and while Angels acknowledge they're all on the same side they have disagreements about how to serve said-side). The PCs typically work for them and get extra abilities based on who they serve. 

Some of the major <s>Author's DMPCs</s>Superiors:
* Heaven:
** Michael, Archangel of War and the first Commander of the Host. In a perpetual feud with Dominic, mainly because of their respective personalities (Michael's a pragmatist who's willing to bend the rules if it means winning the War, and Dominic is much more rulebound. That, and Dominic put Michael on trial for pride, in which God Himself had to exonerate Michael).
** Dominic, Archangel of Judgment. Acts as Heaven's Internal Affairs. Paranoid, but generally well-intentioned (although that can vary from campaign to campaign; how good and/or just Dominic is is one of the useful sliders for '''Tone''', below).
** Novalis, Archangel of Flowers. Hippy-dippy leader of Heaven's "Peace" faction, which seeks to convince demons to redeem themselves and become angels again rather than destroying them outright.
** Eli, Archangel of Creation. Notable for currently being AWOL from Heaven, and even he isn't entirely sure why. 
** Laurence, Archangel of the Sword. Heaven's current Commander of the Host, taking over for Uriel (the Archangel of Purity, who was recalled to the Higher Heavens after a genocidal crusade against the Ethereals). An excellent strategist but sometimes forgets that Hell doesn't fight fair. 
** Gabriel, Archangel of (Divine) Fire. Has gone crazy due to the ongoing Word fight she has with Belial, below. Dominic accusing her of adding unauthorized verses to the Quran when she dictated it to Muhammad didn't help there. Emphasizes punishing the cruel, but also has elements of inspiration. 
** Yves, Archangel of Destiny. Said to be the very first being created by God, and is as close to omniscient as any Superior can be. However, what little he does reveal of his knowledge is cryptic and difficult to understand. Ineffability is annoying like that. 

* Hell:
** Baal, Demon Prince of The War. Michael and Laurence's direct counterpart. 
** Asmodeus, Demon Prince of the Game. Hell's Secret Policeman, making the Gestapo and the KGB at their worst look positively humane by comparison. Notably, has some degree of open cooperation with Dominic; in most campaigns, and most of the time, this amounts to the handing of Renegade Demons who are not Redemption candidates over to The Game.
** Belial, Demon Prince of (Infernal) Fire. A pyromaniac even more unhinged than Gabriel.
** Kobal, Demon Prince of Dark Humor. Hell's Prankster, not to be underestimated just because his word doesn't scream "evil" like those of the other Princes. Major factor in the rise of Haagenti.
** Haagenti, Demon Prince of Gluttony. Notable mainly for rising from a minor demonling to full Demon Prince on his own (most promoted Demon Princes are either sponsored by another, or date back to the Fall), and eating two Demon Princes (his former boss, the Prince of Sloth, and the Princess of Oblivion).
** Saminga, Demon Prince of Death. While commonly mocked by the other Princes as an imbecile with no ambitions beyond making people die, he was the one who discovered how to create undead and uses them to great effect. 
** Nybbas, Demon Prince of the Media. Elevated by Lucifer after guiding the invention of the television, he's equal parts propagandist and purveyor of corruption with the personality of a slimy game show host slash network executive.
** Lilith, Human Princess of Freedom. Sole source of Lilim. Yes, she was Adam's first wife, and yes, Adam and Eve happened here, while evolution is true at the same time. (Eden was an experiment proposed by Lucifer, meant to prove that given an ideal environment a pair of perfect humans could not attain their Destinies without celestial help and therefore should not have the Earth all to themselves as God had decreed. Lilith didn't like the idea of having to be subordinate to Adam, so she left Eden. After Eve was made using one of Adam's forces, Lucifer enlisted Baal to rig the experiment by sending one of his servitors to play the role of the serpent. God was not impressed with this blatant act of cheating and the Fall happened soon afterwards.) Technically a free agent who works with Hell for protection and due to her personal sympathies, so she's occasionally made deals with Archangels when their goals coincide.