The Fall of the Fallen

The Fall of the Fallen refers to an event in Fallen Angel history that is regarded as the most disastrous. It refers to a period when the Fallen Angel race was corrupted by Mephisto, the Lord of Hatred, following his capture and imprisonment within a soulstone after the Second Dark Exile.

Following the capture of Mephisto, his soulstone was buried deep beneath a Fallen Angel prison labyrinth. There, over the millennia that passed by, Mephisto spread his dark influence all over the Fallen Angel guards, with his warden Kokabiel being the first. It soon spread like a virulent plague all over the Fallen Angel territory throughout the Underworld, corrupting those unaware of the darkness. The only ones to resist his corruption were those of strong power like Azazel, Baraqiel, Shemhazai, Shamsiel, and a few dozen other loyalists. Mephisto therefore ordered his followers to wage a civil war against their incorruptible brethren, which easily ended with the scattering of the loyalists.

Mephisto then ordered Kokabiel to shatter his Soulstone. Six shards of the Soulstone were driven into the left palms of powerful Fallen Angels like Raynare, who became corrupted and turned into Demons in disguise as Fallen Angels. The seventh and largest shard was driven into Kokabiel, who would become the living embodiment of Mephisto, warped into an approximation of his master's true visage. Mephisto used his newfound followers to procure him power and nourishment in the form of human sacrifices.

From then on until his second defeat, Mephisto had full control over the corrupted Grigori, with Azazel and many of his scattered loyalists going into hiding and cutting off contact with one another to prevent themselves from being discovered. Mephisto thus orchestrated a hunt of "traitors", intent on either corrupting or destroying the rest of the Fallen Angel race.

The Four Great Satans sealed off their borders to prevent the Fallen Angel race from seeking refuge out of fear of taking in corrupted members. They also tightened their security and kept watch over the Fallen Angel territory in the Underworld.