At 01:46 AM 6/15/2002 -0700, David Goldfarb wrote: > >*** (potential) Spoilers for To Reign in Hell *** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >How did you know Abdiel's side from his name? Was it the "iel" suffix > >-- did all such characters have the same allegiance? > >Just so. The "-el" suffix derives from the Hebrew for "God" and in >angelology is on the end of just about all the angel names. So, any >character with a name ending in "-el" I knew would end up on Yahweh's >side (frex: Abdiel, Uriel, Raphael) and any who didn't (Asmodai, >Mepistopheles, Lilith, Harut) would end up aligned with Satan. It worked >for the pair of "grunt" angels, Kyriel and Sith. What's funny is that *I* didn't realize that until you pointed it out. This is kinda weird. I mean, I remember as I was writing that I didn't know how Kyriel and Sith would jump. Strange.