Editing Angel (section)

==History==
Angels existed as abstract patterns of pure creation long before humanity. When humanity evolved, angels took on intelligence in reflection of them, and began to guide them in a symbiotic relationship. As humanity grew more powerful, however, the angels weakened, and were reduced to merely maintaining creation.<ref>Once, he had built. He had been a ''theme'', spelling out a thousand narratives simply by ''being'', like so many pens touched to an endless scroll of paper. He inked out paths and behaviors on the broadest scale.<br><br>When ''man'' had come about, he had been reflected in man’s thoughts and behavior. As man became intelligent, so had the angel. He had guided man and been guided in turn, a symbiotic relationship.<br><br>Man, however, created its own demons. Some were obvious, while others stirred in the midst of the noise and chaos and took ''form.'' Sentiments became figures, fears took form, and in some cases, man abandoned his kind to join the storm of thoughts and ideas. To become the monster.<br><br>The creating ended, and man took the center stage, bringing change to that steady, stable creation. Born from chaos and noise like anything else, a chance configuration of molecules, man carried that change and chance with him. Each movement brought change, like a stirring of dust swelling and spreading out from underfoot. As man’s power waxed, the creators’ power waned. Soon, man’s power would wane, and it seemed ruin would follow.<br><br>Once the angel had created. Now, he only maintained. He mended that which had been destroyed, and he watched as the world spiraled to an end. A distant end, yes, but an inevitable one. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2015/01/03 excerpt] from [[Interlude 14|14.x (Histories: Faysal)]]</ref>

The tower of Babel may have been an attempt to build a space elevator using a bound angel.<ref name=":1" />