Jaded Halo (Ongoing Novel)

A little writeup that sparked in me at the spur of the moment. Amazing how some deep contemplation could bring about an ephiphany. I have always been fascinated about angels, and an older colleague had given me a compilation of them from all forms of religion in alphabetical order. If anyone has references on Angelology, please point me their way. I am also interested in reading about their counterparts. No, I don't mean ill intention with my curiosity. I merely like to read and collect references. It may help in my future works. This novel is on a dry run. Let me know if you guys want to read a little more. --- PROLOGUE: AZURIEL'S INTRODUCTION --- Since the beginnings of religion, mortals have, one way or another, become aware of our presences in their world. We were called by many names, many titles. Heralds. Guardians. Protectors. Healers. Guides. Seraphs... and even more commonly known: Angels. Whenever one heard the words, by stereotype we were naturally the immediate the Good Guys. We fought various Evils, who frequented the forms people know as Demons. When we were not kicking ass, we sing. Might I add, our voices rocked the Heavens literally - you'd think a party's going on all the way up there. We dance, too, with the exception being some of us -including me- who couldn't manage with two left feet. I mean, who could handle dancing around in ankle-length togas? Oh, come now, I kid. The togas were our little joke. We don't really dress ourselves in frock coats, and our cherubs don't dress themselves in loincloth either. I'll have you know they're H-U-G-E! You know, four heads, blinding light, obviously NOT adorable newborn babes with little halos over their curly hair. I can't imagine having them prancing around singing "Hallelujah!" with that scanty cover. Saint Peter will be beside himself with blasphemy. But Good Guys? Not all of us are. Oh, no. Please don't take us that way. We all knew what went wrong with Lucifer. I know. I'm one of the Fallen. My name is Azuriel. I'm an earthbound angel. I am not one of Lucifer's lackeys. Neither am I one of the Angelic Host you humans revere so much. I am a repenting rebel, outcast by my fellow Brethren, and sentenced by the High Ones to an eternity of walking the Mortal Realm in the guise of man. As penance for my uprising with the first Angelic war, and the sin of being blinded by Lucifer himself, I am now an Overseer bound to watch over Earth, and only intervene where the Demons' influences are obvious. No, I'm not supposed to act like some superhero in disguise. Don't start with that. Capes suck as hell. Spandex is just meh. I don't understand this thing called Hollywood, never did see the logic of how men in tights could fight and save the world without getting their nuts cracked open in the not-so-rare opportunity. Okay, now I'm straying. My point is, sometimes, bad things have to happen, it's where good shines out the most. Balance eventually sets itself right. I'm only there in case it's starting to lean out of control. I'm stuck with this job for Eternity. No shit. I'm hoping that perhaps an Eternity won't be needed in order to complete my Penance. That's how it works. At least, that's the decree that has been passed to me. Which is why in the hundreds of years and the many mortal incarnations I took form in, I got to meet both bad and good entities. They weren't necessarily ordinary men, either. We have an unspoken understanding. They do their thing, I do mine. Either of us are prepared to leap at each other's throats the sooner someone steps out of line. Speaking of those entities, I will be drinking coffee with one of them now. While I'm waiting, though, it would be nice to have a chat. How about it?

That's an interesting concept. Kind of off-putting to see an angel talk in such a colloquial way but you might have something interesting here. I'd like to see where you're going with it.

@Key I wanted to write a character that wouldn't be called pretty typical. Azuriel's gotten quite jaded, that he's lost touch of his, er, holiness. Going to continue writing this! Thank you! :D