Johnny Powell things

AF AND HEMAH

"O-oh, okay... Geez... First off? Holy [i]sh**[/i]! Second... do you know what these are? These are [i]Af[/i] and [i]Hemah[/i]. That ring any bells? No? Okay, let me put it this way. There are six Angels of Death. *nervous twitch and mumble* You are currently holding [i]two[/i] of them! Yeeeah. Their names, Af and Hemah, roughly translate to [i]'Wrath'[/i] and [i]'Anger'[/i]. *more nervous mumbling* It was on the seventh level of Heaven that God bound Af and Hemah with chains of [i]fire[/i] and [i]shadow[/i]. Which was no small feat, mind you. Th-these weren't your run-of-the-mill chubby cherubs. A-Af and Hemah were roughly the size of a large volcano and packed [i]ten times[/i] the firepower! Right, then again, God being God, I guess it really wasn't a fair fight. But whatever, I'm getting off topic. As the story goes, The Angelus asked God for a weapon to aid her war against The Darkness. God was in a giving mood that day, s-s-so he reforged Af and Hemah into the flames of [i]creation[/i]. Tempering them down into [i]blades[/i]. These, these, right here! Some say the angels are still alive within the blades, and I.... tend to agree. Try all you like, but you can't separate 'em. *twitch* Take only one out of this room and it might slip out of your hand, or you might drop dead of a stroke. You never know! But they will not be parted. We're talkin' peanut butter and jelly, ham and [i]cheese[/i] level of commitment here, man. [i]Somewhere[/i], somehow, Af and Hemah are still bound by the chains of fire and shadow."

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CAIN OVERVIEW

[i]"Really, [b]that[/b]? Wow, okay, [b]sh**[/b], where do I start? What he got there is 'The First'. As you can guess by its name, this thing goes [i]was[/i] back. Like [i][b]way[/b][/i] back, to the beginning! Not sure what religions you two are, so I don't know if you remember the story of Cain and Abel, but here's the lowdown. Abel's like 'Oh, God loves me!' And Cain's like 'Jealousy! [b]WHAM[/b]!' And killed him! With [b]this[/b]! That's right -- he's the new proud owner of Murder Stick [b]#1[/b]! So... congrats, I guess. Now the story goes that God was so pissed he marked Cain, sent him walking the Earth forever, unable to die! But that's only half true. See, Cain brought murder into my world. Back when it was still [b]new[/b], and teeming with free-range [b]evil[/b]. This made him a target for certain dark influences -- [b]if[/b] you [b]catch[/b] my [b]emphasis[/b]. Even if Cain was a brother-murdering [b]jacka**[/b], God wasn't going to let The Darkness run a [b]train[/b] on him. So, he made Cain [b]unkillable[/b]. You know, The Darkness deals in death. If Cain couldn't [b]die[/b], The Darkness couldn't [b]take[/b] him. Not a bad move on God's part. But God doesn't hand out free prizes, especially not for murdering your [b]brother. So[/b], He set Cain to a [b]task[/b]: cleaning up all of that leftover darkness from before [b]creation[/b]. Unfortunately for Cain, 'unkillable' did not mean '[b]immortal[/b]'. N-now, there are two theories about what happened to Cain. The [b]first[/b] claims that he married his [b]sister[/b] and built a [b]house[/b]; a house where they lived until the day it collapsed, [b]killing[/b] him. And honesty [b]that's so f***ing boring I almost believe it.[/b] The second theory, however, claims Cain wandered the world for a hundred years, alone, armed with nothing but his [b]murder[/b] stick. That's how he went, fighting to rid my world of [b]darkness[/b]. And by all accounts, he was pretty good at it. Not that I'm surprised. I mean, this is the guy who invented murder, fratricide, and [b]hate[/b] crime all in one go. Obviously, he had talent. But talent won't get you very far against The Darkness. Cain had heard of a woman called the '[b]Sister[/b] of Light'. You know her as The Angelus. Cain tracked her down, seeking an ally against The Darkness. Thing [b]is[/b], The Angelus is one. Nasty. [b]b****[/b]. Real stickler for the rules. A hundred years couldn't remove the stench of Abel's blood, so when The Angelus got a whiff of Cain, she [b]burned him on the spot[/b]. *beat* Seeing as... how I'm holding a box of his ashes, I'm [i]inclined[/i] to believe the second theory."[/i]