Child of Light

This is Book I of the series Ye Gods!

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Characters

Aagares <neraph angel>	Keeper of the Soil; Director of sector twenty; Jovian angel responsible for taking care of the literal grounds inside the Garden of Eden.
Adrammalech <neraph angel>	Brother Courtier; Director of sector seventy-seven; Jovian angel responsible for the design and tailoring of all clothing used on Eden.
Ambassador of Gem <position>	(see: Little One)
Ambassador of Nighe <position>	(see: Ingwe)
Ambassador of Taugia <position>	(see: Appoxsex)
Angels <race>	Fathered by Jehovah, but whose actual Creator was the baag, another Jovian race. This race of angel includes all of the angelic classes, including the cherubim, seraphim, neraphim, and the god and goddess of Man.
Antios <neraph angel>	Brother Accountant, Keeper of the Numbers; Director of sector one; Jovian angel responsible for keeping track of all accounting, quotas, etc.
Appoxsex <sexton>	Ambassador of Taugia, the retreat and resort planet of Ouranos.
Asherah <tree>	Tree of Life, also known as Mendous, responsible for providing the necessary food for Lucifer and Lillith while they dwell in the Garden of Eden. Her food is completely digestible, no waste products accrued during its processing.
Asmodeus <neraph angel>	Brother Prime Director; Jovian angel who is head Director over the other angel Directors who occupy the Control Room, and who care for Lucifer's Garden of Eden.
Astaldo <god>	An Immortal One who is of the race of god, and who is an acquaintance of Hovannah and Jehovah. In a previous, primitive incarnation he first experimented with and achieved the Joining of the soul of a male to a female. He is also known as Tulkas Astaldo in his current incarnate form as an Immortal.
Astaroth <neraph angel>	Chief Witness; Jovian angel responsible for the witnessing of all trials, sentencing proclamations and their executions, and other important events as his presence is deemed warranted by Jehovah.
Azriael <neraph angel>	Jovian angel who holds the position of blacksmith and weapons creator and specialist.
Baag <race>	The first known race to be created by Jehovah upon Eden. These beings were smaller and less powerful than the angels, hairless, with translucent skin and little ability to emanate. It was their work and research that created Jehovah's angelic race.
Beelzebub <neraph angel>	Brother Caretaker, Keeper of Life; Jovian angel responsible for care and upkeep of both the incubating and living angels.
Behemoth (and his Levitators/Leviathans) <neraph angels>	Jovian angel most gifted in the control of telepathy and telekinesis, second only to Jehovah's angel Leviathan, from whom all of the other Levitators have been cloned. He is responsible for leading, controlling and guiding the Levitators/Leviathans, who are lacking in other intelligences.
Belial <neraph angel>	Brother Composor; Director who researches the emotional needs of the Holy Couple in regards to their nurture through music; Jovian angel responsible for composition of all of the musical arrangements that are produced by the angelic choir in Lucifer's Garden of Eden.
Brother Accountant <neraph angel>	(see: Antios)
Brother Caretaker <neraph angel>	(see: Beelzebub)
Brother Conductor <neraph angel>	(see: Mephistopholes)
Brother Composor <neraph angel>	(see: Belial)
Brother Courtier <neraph angel>	(see: Adrammalech)
Brother Designer <neraph angel>	(see: Fluerty)
Brother Prime Director <neraph angel>	(see: Asmodeus)
Centaur <race>	Sentient beings borne from a combination of man and equine genes. Immortal Nessa is their god of creation.
Chalydryl <race>	A quite noisy and colorful, birdlike race who possess some demigod powers.
Cherub (Cherubim) <race>	Any of the lesser rank of Jehovah's angels.
Chief Researcher <seraph angel>	(see: Michael)
Chief Witness <neraph angel>	(see: Astaroth)
Child of Light <god>	(see: Lucifer)
Corwin <titan>	An appointed leader on the planet of Gem. His was a political placement gained by an overindulgent Father.
Cosmos <God>	God supreme; the universe.
Crystal (of Narth) <plant>	Grows as a grade zero plant in the Garden of Eden. It has five points in its leaf and grows offspring in the number of four, itself completing the fifth point. It is the symbolic plant of the Holy Couple, and is represented by a pentegram.
Cyclops <race>	Large, physically powerful, giants, having a single eye in the middle of the forehead where one's spiritual third eye would be located.
Demigod <subclass of god>	One of any race which possess some of the qualities of gods, but whose abilities were either genetically suppressed by the gods to keep them less powerful, or whose race's evolution has not yet reached full god potential.
Director <position>	Refers to that place held by Jovian angels who are in charge of the caretaking of the ship Eden, its inhabitants and contents.
Dwarf adj: Dwarvish <race>	Short, stockily built beings who possess great strength of body, and even greater tempers and ill manners.
Eden <ship>	The spirit of the Sentiental tree, or Ent, who takes up residence in the body of the ship that is occupied by Jehovah and his angels; also, the ship itself.
Elf adj: Elven <race>	Lithe, good looking beings who are known for their quick wits, quick tongues, talents for diplomacy, and voracious love lives.
Elwe <elf>	Ingwe's elven cousin and a fellow politician; also, a cousin to Finwe.
Ent <tree>	Sentiental tree embodied in a table located in Jehovah's private study. Her homeworld has died and her soul clings to that physical part of her body that was not baptized by fire upon her death.
Finwe <elf>	Ingwe's elven cousin and a fellow politician; also cousin to Elwe.
Flame <elemental>	An ancient fire who has existed long enough to obtain sentience, and who works and dwells with Azriael.
Fluerty <neraph angel>	Brother Designer; Jovian angel responsible for new mechanical designs and for the upkeep of existing systems.
Gabriel <seraph angel>	Director of Michael's interests; Jovian angel who is Michael's underling, sharing in the duty of blowing Michael's horn for announcements and warnings.
God <race>	Higher beings who make up Ouranos and control the worlds, lives, and most often even the creations and deaths of the other, lesser races. They are highly skilled geneticists, and great manipulators of the universe that they inhabit.
Gorgon <race>	Demigods who are quite large, with tremendous psichical powers. They can kill with a look and have such built-up psi energy that their thick and corded hair is often standing straight up on their heads and waving about, giving it a reptilian appearance.
Greeve <race>	Known for their hard working talents and capabilities, especially in the field of mining, these beings considered lesser by most other races. They are a squat, hairy race, looking like a cross between a great ape and human.
Harpy <race>	Shrill avian-like, smelly feather covored and foul mouthed creatures, most often despised by others.
Helenous <centaur>	Holds position of runner on the planet Venus.
Her/His Eminence <position>	Chief Diplomat of Pente Ouranos. This title is currently held by the gorgon Medussa, who is stationed upon Venus where the governmental seat is maintained.
Holy Couple <god>	Lord Lucifer and Lady Lillith.
Hovannah <god>	An Immortal One who is of the race of god, and who is a friend and former classmate of Jehovah's. Hovannah has an extended visit with his racemate upon Eden.
Immortal: Astaldo, Hovannah, Jehovah, Nessa <god>	title given to those who belong to the race god. All of the aforementioned were also former classmates of Jehovah's.
Immortal Highest <god>	Slightly altered god title that Jehovah gave to himself representative of his own view of the position in which he considers himself, exalted above the others in the god hierarchy.
Ingwe <elf>	Elven Ambassador of the planet Nighe, cousin to Elwe and Finwe.
Jehovah adj: Jovian <god>	Immortal Highest; Father of the baag and the angels, including those angels Lucifer and Lillith who are the god and goddess of Man.
Jove <god>	Nickname of Jehovah. (see: Jehovah)
Keeper of Life <neraph angel>	(see: Beelzebub)
Keeper of the Numbers <neraph angel>	(see: Antios)
Keeper of the Ship <neraph angel>	(see: Nergal)
Keeper of the Soil <neraph angel>	(see: Aagares)
Leviathans/Levitators <neraph angels>	Clones of Leviathan, the most telepathic and most highly skilled in telekinetic powers of any of Jehovah's angels. These angels work under the direction of Behemoth at all times, due to the fact that they are intellectually challenged.
Lillith <goddess of Man>	Lucifer's mate and Completor that Jehovah made for him and to whom he has been Joined. The female part of the Holy Couple. She is also known as Lady Lillith.
Little: One, Man, Person <race>	One of the Little People who inhabit the tunnels upon Gem, as well as those upon numerous other planets. He is a mechanic on Nighe ships, and is appointed by Corwin as Ambassador of Gem. What was his name, anyway?
Lucifer <god> adj: Luciferian	Child of Light; Jehovah's cloned but altered son. Lucifer is Joined to Lillith, who is his Completor. He is the male part of the Holy Couple and the new Lord of many of the angels of Jehovah's creation.
Malachi <watusi>	Assistant to Volwrath, appointed leader of the planet Nighe.
Man <race>	The angelic class that is solely occupied by Lord Lucifer and Lady Lillith. This term is used in reference to the race when the gender is unknown, or if it is known to be male.
Medussa <gorgon>	Her Eminence, Chief Diplomat of Pente Ouranos. She is stationed upon Venus.
Melkor <god>	An Immortal One with whom Ingwe has had previous negative encounters.
Mendous <tree>	Tree of Life; also known as Asherah. She is responsible for providing the necessary food for Lucifer and Lillith while they are in the Garden of Eden.
Mephistopholes <neraph angel>	Brother Conductor; Jovian angel responsible for conducting the angelic choir in Lucifer's Garden of Eden in their performance of the music composed by Belial.
Michael <seraph angel>	Chief Researcher; Jovian angel who is the player of the same's horn. Often, this duty is left to his Brother and assistant underling, Director Gabriel.
Mim <dwarf>	Ingwe's dwarvish aid.
Molan <cherub angel>	Jovian angel who is valet and companion to Raphael.
Neraph <Neraphim>	One of the angelic race who is at the highest level of angelic perfection, surpassed in abilities only by the Holy Couple.
Nergal <neraph angel>	Keeper of the Ship; Director of sector two; Jovian angel responsible for keeping all of the mechanics of Eden running smoothly with the help of Fluerty. He is a troubleshooter and knows all of the entranceways and exitways that are secret to the other angels.
Nessa (1) <god>	An Immortal One who is an acquaintance of Hovannah and Jehovah. In a previous, primitive and female incarnation he was Joined with the soul of a scientist named Astaldo, now incarnated as Immortal Astaldo. Nessa is also in his current incarnate form as an Immortal.
Nessa (2) <centaur>	Betrothed of the centaur Helenous.
Nereides <race>	Equivalent to the mythological mermaids and mermen. Man-like beings who possess the ability to live and function in and under water.
Orc <race>	Primitive being associated with the Immortal One named Melkor. Some of these creatures currently inhabit Taugia.
Ouranos	Government of the gods; made up of those who control and make the rules and laws for their known universe.
Pente Ouranos	The governmental seat of the five inhabited worlds of the Solar system. A subbranch of Ouranos located in Galaxias.
Phoenix <demigod>	A race with many avian features and possessing some of the powers of the elements of fire. A powerful creature, particularly in regards to defying death.
Ptah <God>	A god of the gods. A force that is responsible for maintaining the balance between good and evil.
Raguil <seraph angel>	Helpmeet of Fluerty; Jovian angel with great talent in mechanics. Most often seen in the company of his Brother, Samuil.
Raphael <seraph angel>	Brother Bureaucrat, Master of the Inner Chambers; Jovian angel responsible for carrying out sentencing of the damned.
River of Life <elemental>	Life giving breathable and nutritious waters that make up the connective waterway that originates underneath Jehovah's throne and winds through the Garden of Eden.
Sammael <neraph angel>	Keeper of the Flora; Director of sector 33; Jovian angel responsible for upkeep of the various plant life in the Garden of Eden.
Samuil <seraph angel>	Helpmeet of Fluerty; Jovian angel with great talent in mechanics. Most often seen in the company of his Brother, Raguil.
Satan <neraph angel>	Chief Engineer; Jovian angel who is the top representation of the entire race, the most beautiful and most intelligent of all of the demigod angels. He is used as a communicator between Jehovah and his minions.
Sentiental Tree <tree>	Ent who lives with Jehovah, embodied in a table located in his private study. She later takes up residence in Eden herself.
Seraph (Seraphim)	One of the middle rank in abilities of Jehovah's angelic race. These beings are not as powerful as the neraphic class, but are far superior to any cherubic classes.
Sexton <race>	Highly intelligent and possessing six digits on each appendage. It is a sexton who currently holds position of Ambassador to Taugia.
Singing Trees <tree>	Plants within the Garden of Eden who gained sentience as a result of their interaction with the Holy Couple.
Titan <race>	Large, pale-skinned, working class beings. One of those non-god races persecuted for their, perceived, genetic inferiority.
Tulkas Astaldo <god>	An Immortal One who is of the race of god, and who is an acquaintance of Hovannah and Jehovah. In a previous, primitive incarnation as a scientist known simply as, Astaldo, he was the first to experiment with and achieve the Joining of the soul of a male to a female. His Completor's name, whom he made for himself, is Nessa. He is in his current incarnate form as an Immortal One.
Tulkas Nessa <god>	An Immortal One who is of the race of god, and who is an acquaintance of Hovannah and Jehovah. He is the Completor of Tulkas Astaldo, resultant from a time when he was in a previous, primitive and female incarnation, and was Joined with the soul of the then scientist, Astaldo. He is in his current incarnate form as an Immortal.
Uphir <neraph angel>	Keeper of Life; Director of sector seven; medic; Jovian angel responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of illness.
Voice of the Air <neraph angel>	The name by which Raphael is known to Azriael.
Volwrath <watusi>	Appointed leader on the planet Nighe.
Watusi <race>	Very large, very dark beings who were a favorite of the gods. This race only procreates scientifically with their offspring born from nurture tanks, and pursues same-sex relationships otherwise. Historically, they have persecuted pale skinned, non-god races.
Whale <race>	Large aquatic, highly evolved mammals who are currently occupying Taugia. They are known throughout Ouranos for their beautiful and calming songs. This race made a conscious choice to give up appendages with digits, such as hands, so as to blend in with their environment and represent no threat or harm in any attempt to manipulate it. Their existence might be seen as represented by the priesthoods of today.
Woman <race>	The term used to refer to the female of the angelic class that is solely occupied by Lord Lucifer and Lady Lillith

Places

Andromeda	Galaxy nearest Galaxias.
Bashall	Capitol of the planet Gem.
Common Room	A large room provided for the angels upon Eden wherein they may socialize and entertain themselves during their Free Times.
Cosmos	Encompassing all that is; also, Cosmos as God.
Deimos	A satellite of Mars that is the abandoned ship of Hovannah.
Eden	A satellite of Mars that is the ship that houses Jehovah and his kingdoms; also known as Phobos.
Galaxias	A galaxy ruled by Ouranos wherein Pente Ouranos is located. Today it is known by the name of the Milky Way.
Garden	Place on the outer rim of the ship that is Eden wherein the Holy Couple dwell.
Gem	The Sister planet of Nighe, and one of the five planets of Pente Ouranos.
homeworld	The world on which a being or a thing was born or reared, and where it considers home.
Isol	A distant, cold, dead planet.
Isolation Chambers	Private Chambers wherein no recordors are allowed in order to provide a private place for the angels. There they may acquire rest, socialize or gambol.
Inner Chambers	Raphael's domain upon Eden. This is the innermost coil of Jehovah's ship, beyond which only the mechanical workings of Eden, and Fluerty's domain, are found.
Ith	A planet controlled by Ouranos.
Lake of Rolling Hills	One of the lakes, created by the River of Life, in Lucifer's Garden. Semi-sentient hills who possess motion and retractable, suctioned grippers, yet are confined to the lake, are present there.
Mars	One of the five inhabited worlds of Pente Ouranos.
Narth	One of the planets ruled by Ouranos.
Nighe	The Sister planet of Gem and one of the five planets ruled by Pente Ouranos.
Private Chambers	Isolation chambers wherein no holographs or recordors are allowed, permitting some degree of privacy for the angels.
Phobos	Official, registered name for the ship called Eden.
Room of High Council	Room wherein Jehovah makes his judgments, and having been created from one immense pearl.
Sector Zero	Sector run by Gabriel as Director, but ultimately controlled by Raphael.
Sector Zero-negative-eleven	Sector responsible for creating the Crystal of Narth, a unique grade zero plant. This sector was destroyed directly after their creation of said plant, by being shifted and sent to Isol.
Taugia	Planet of holy sanctuary that is the most proud possession of Pente Ouranos. It is one of the five planets inhabited in the Solar system, and has been created as a vacation resort and showplace for variant plants and animals that the gods and the lesser races are able to enjoy. No disagreements, fighting or wars are permitted to interfere here, by order of Ouranos.
Venus	The planet that holds the governmental seat of the five inhabited worlds of Pente Ouranos, of which it is one.

Glossary

abuzz	The state of a place saturated with the excited and low sounds of conversation.
ambrosia	Food of the gods with remarkable healing and other life powers.
automatonatically	Like an automaton.
awakening	Becoming aware and conscious upon removal from one's nurture fluid.
baptize	To cleanse with water or consume by fire. A ritual performed with water at birth, naming or reaffirmation, or with fire, at death, to help complete the cycle of a life.
Couple verb	A sexual act between two hermaphrodites wherein the sexual organs of each are involved in a mutual act of intercourse.
Class 69	An untraceable vessel used by the gods and others at work for them.
Completor	Refers to the one who is Joined with another to make that other Complete.
Composor	One who creates music.
computor	Instrument used by the gods and their workers for controlling their universe, and the computation of various elements at work within it.
Day of Presentation	The holy day on which Lillith was presented to Lucifer.
Day of Awakening	The day when one is awakened from one's nurture fluid. This does not apply to births of babies, for they are not born totally aware.
dematerialized	Caused to be without material form.
driplet	A word coined from droplet and drip, consisting of elements of both.
eggborn	Born from an egg as opposed to a tank or a body.
empath adj: empathy	One who can feel and feed from the emotions surrounding them; also, one who can emit.
ethereal	One sharing genetic traits of the gods.
everbearing	Coined word meaning having always to bear.
everpresent	Coined word meaning always present.
extinctuation verb: extinctuate	The act of becoming extinct. Where the gods are concerned, this sometimes consists of genocide for what they consider the best interest of an ill-created race.
fem	Considered to have feminine characteristics.
Free Time	A nonwork time given to the angels by Jehovah to do with as they so please. Some choose to spend it in their Private Chambers, some visit the Common Room, still others work through it.
gambol	A session of pleasure, for at least one party, that amounts to a sexual encounter as we know it.
Game	An angelic plaything invented by Nergal. It consists of a three dimensional pyramidal Gameboard, and various, carved Gamepieces.
gambolor	One who gambols.
grade zero	A thing that has never before been produced and that cannot reproduce itself. It is a challenge for the gods to make such objects, and they are treasured once achieved. In Jehovah's Eden, there are many plants of grade zero class.
grok (grokked, grokking)	The act and experience of taking in and absorbing the total existence of a person, place, thing or idea.
haremdry	The act of maintaining a harem.
holo- (anything!)	Equipment used which produces a holographic image or representation of subject matter being viewed or addressed; also referencing equipment used to access or create the holographic forms.
instinctual	Done of instinct.
Join	The act of combining or connecting the souls of two things so that each needs the other to be a Complete soul.
Joined One	The Completor of another.
latinum	A highly valued metal.
lessers	Persons considered beneath the political, social or genetic station of others.
lifescan	A scan for lifesigns.
lifesigns	Readable information coming from a physical body, and that denotes life.
midword	Coined word meaning in the middle of a word.
nondetection (waves)	A conscious effort put forth by an empath to cover emotings, or the perception of them.
nosebone	That part of the bone in the skull that constitutes construction of a nose. It is used in reference to the equine in this story.
oralism	The vocalization of sounds, usually in making speech.
orgasmically	With reactions like unto those experienced during sexual orgasm.
orichalcum	A gold/copper toned metal held in high value by the gods.
Pente Ouranos	That branch of Ouranos that rules and controls the five inhabitable planets orbiting around the star Sol in Galaxias.
pentegram	A five pointed star. This is the symbol of Pente Ouranos as representative of the five inhabited worlds of Sol that are ruled by the same. Lord Lucifer and Lady Lillith also choose this as their own symbol, as it is evident in the physical makeup of Crystal, a grade zero plant in the Garden of Eden. ****(Insert pix.)
phaze (phazed, phazing, phazic)	A condition purposefully initiated that scatters the molecules of an existing thing so that other objects within the same universe might pass through it unhampered.
pheromones	Hormonal signals given off that are detectable by a sense possessed by most species; especially, these are used to denote sexual desire, fear, love, and other strong emotions.
portors	Persons specializing in the transport of goods.
Prime God	Most powerful status that a god can achieve in regard to his powers.
pseudomammal	Like unto, but not being a true mammal.
psi adj: psichical	That which pertains to the use of the mind, be it the power to teleport, emote or empathize, speak telepathically, etc.
Ptah sphere	Game played by members of Ouranos at varying levels. It involves the act of drawing to one and tossing back and forth the opposing forces at work in the universe until a state of supreme balance of the same is reached by the players.
quantiful	An amount in a large, known number. Abundant and definite.
quelch	A coined word made up of the base words squelch and quench, denoting elements of both.
racemate	One sharing lineage of the same genetic race with another.
recordor	A device used for recording sound and pictures.
revivor	A medical device employed to bring about consciousness upon an unconscious victim.
roarous	Like unto a roar.
roundlet	Referencing an object that is round in shape.
seductor	One who seduces.
self-actualization	The epitome of enlightenment. The highest point of emotional development that can be obtained within the confines of a physical body.
Sentiental	One who possesses sentience, often used in the context of differentiating between those within a race who lack sentience and those who have obtained it.
schmuck	A very small, flaccid, uncircumcised penis.
swain	A current male or hermaphroditic gamboling partner.
swoosh	To sweep down making a loud and windy noise.
tachion	A subatomic energy source used to power spacegoing vessels.
Terrigoctic	A period of historical development on an Ouranos world.
telecom	Telepathically induced communication.
telepath	One capable of telepathy.
teleport	To use telekinetic powers to move an object.
telescreen	Screen used to receive visual communication displays.
teleskills	Skills used in the art of psichic communication or telekinetic movement.
televoice	A voice transmitted through psichic communication.
unmalleable	A state of being unchangeable or unable to be shaped.
unscanned	the act of being revealed due to a scan.
unsouled	A being or object that does not possess a soul that can reincarnate, but that may be sentient and/or alive.
viewscreen	A two-dimensional screen, different in make-up from holographs which project three-dimensional forms.
Wake Time	What constitutes a biological part of the day of Lucifer and Lillith. That portion of the biological day between periods of sleep.
wallway	Equivalent to a doorway, but removal of the larger portion of the wall is employed. This portion phazes out of material form, allowing passage from place to place. These entranceways are stationary.
warpons	Missile weapons employed in warfare.
watering mists	Irrigation system of Eden that makes a daily circuit around the entire sphere occupied by the Garden, dropping a fine mist or dew upon the foliage.
wave	Referencing the means of communication employed by the gods.
whalesong	Music made by the race of the whales, particularly during the Terrigoctic Period.
X	Sex chromosome that determines feminine gender traits.
Y	Sex chromosome that determines male gender traits.

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