Azrael, The Messenger of Death – a character introduction & AI image

Hi everyone, I hope that you’re all doing well. It’s been a while since my last post.

I’m currently editing my Gothic horror/ dark fantasy short story ‘The Fall’, which is set in Heaven after the events of ‘Reign in Hell: A Gothic Romance’. As mentioned before, this story is about Meredith’s great-grandfather Lucifer and his new wife Azrael. I plan to make it available as a free download once it’s ready. For now I’d like to share a new update. Last time I shared the cover art. This time I wanted to tell you more about one of the main characters – Azrael.

Azrael is a blind, dark seraph known as the Messenger of Death. She acts as Yahweh’s (God’s) messenger to the netherworld, an intermediary between Heaven and Hell. Each time a sinner dies on Earth, Azrael flies to Hell and informs the demons to open their portals for the new arrival. She typically covers her eyes with a small set of wings. Her powers enable her to navigate with ease in darkness but she’s as blind as a bat when at home in Heaven. Her function and grim appearance makes her the black sheep of the seraphim community and she has very few friends. Lucifer loves her for her kindness and also because she reminds him of his deceased wife Lilith.

Here’s an AI generated I made of her using Freepik.