When evil becomes a part of the world there is something else that comes with it and this destruction. Perhaps nothing is more destructive than Death itself.
Death is a hooded figure resembling any artist from the Reinassance unfortunate enough to gaze upon it as a grim reaper looking figure. He carries with him the scythe that represents the death of agriculture. His wings of darkness are made of the shards of creation. Beneath his wool hood is nothing but a decaying skeleton. The face of death. Defentatntly not someone you wish to come across late at night or awake to.
He was there during the war in heaven in which the archangels meet their fate. You may have been wondering where those archangel souls went and the answer is they are in plain of existence in heaven but not in heaven. They are literally walking the footsteps of the Almighty. This is where all those souls go having little to no memory of who they were before.
Death was also there waiting as Adam slayed the first lion another death and was also there to greet the soul of the demon girl who had talked back to Satan as he tore her physical and celestial form apart until she no longer existed. Her corpse was laid to rest upon the doorway of hell as a warning to all sinners and demons to never disrespect or talk back to the ruler of the firey pit.
As it would come to pass Death would also be there for the first human soul. His name was Abel a bright young man who was a shepherd. He lived his life selflessly and worshiped the Almighty with all his heart. He loved and cared for the sheep and his aging mother and father.
He also had a younger brother named Cain who grew jealous of the adoration and praise Abel received from all parts of creation. He was a vegetable farmer and was the inventor of agriculture. A certain demon had been assigned to him. Two in fact. The demon of jealousy also known as Hannya and the demon Crawly to helps his crops be successful. One would turn his heart away from kindness while the other would help him be spoiled with success. The thing with demons is they are like leeches. Always preying on those who are weak within their struggles.
Crawly hated every second of it. He did not like being any part of ruining a young man's life and he despised how Hannya constantly filled the corners of self-doubt and self-loathing with anger and hatred. She laughed at this as though humans were nothing but toys to be mocked and played with. But Crawly didn't see a toy. He saw a living being.
As the story goes Cain would take Abel out into the fields and allow his jealousy to overtake him and kill his own brother in cold blood. He would then lie to the Almighty who would then proceed to punish him by labeling him as a murderer as well as protecting him from those who wished to end his life.
Azreal had her first soul to take to heaven.
It was the night where she was to meet the reaper of Death in the fields where Cain had slain Abel.
Micheal looked upon her standing at the foot of the exit from heaven to the Earthly world. Azreal held nothing but admiration in her eyes for Micheal as did Micheal for Azreal. Micheal tenderly placed her hand upon her cheek and wished her good blessing before Azreal spread her grey wings and flew down to meet the reaper Death.
When she came upon the field she noticed standing beside Death was the soul of Abel looking distraught. It was Azreal approached closer she realized the teen was crying tears of sorrow.
Many people think of Death as a monster but in reality he is just a being with a terrible job. He does not comfort nor brings fear when he brings the souls to Azreal to transport to heaven or hell. She is the one who does this. She comforted the boy as he went on and on about how he didn't want his brother Cain to suffer and how he wanted to say goodbye to his parents. As Azrael would have to explain many times that they could not do so and convince them to look at Death from a new perspective. Other than God Herself Azreal knew everything about the souls she touched and transported. She knew their pasts, their motivations and their hearts. Abel was pure as the sheep he helped raise.
Adam and Eve had never experienced death before and their cries of sorrows filled the days and nights. It was more than Crawly could take. Worse yet he had to celebrate this with the demons in Hell as an accomplishment. He returned to Earth alone after the Almighty had made many more humans. He felt responsible for Cain's demise and was all too glad when he saw he was attempting to change his life for the better and had a family of his own.
He was also pleased to see that Adam and Eve had born a new son named Seth in which they loved and adored.
Seth also one day like his older brother would become a father and would give birth to Enosh. At this time Adam and Eve and many of the other first humans had passed on into the wings of Death and had Azrael carry their souls to their final destination all under the watchful eyes of Micheal. Not because she cared for the humans but because she carried for the undertaker.
And so forth and so on the timeline continued to chugg along. The Earth became filled with humans of all shapes, sizes and colors. The humans invented agriculture which would cause fights and violence would break out. Neighbor killing neighbor.
War watching this and gave the humans weapons to do so. She laughed with joy as the humans destroyed themselves.
Humans bought and sold each. Killed their own children and beat them. They treated each other terribly. Earth was far from what if first appeared as and Crawly hated himself for being part of bringing this awful sin into the world. He only wanted to bring knowledge but he had brought to life a monster within the humans of bloodthirst and greed. One in which never seemed to be quenched.
The Principality Aziraphale watched from afar never interacting with the humans. Even though he was not at the gates of Eden he was still guarding it. Whenever a human got too close a river would appear or a thunderstorm blocking their path. The angel kept his distance but felt as though he had to do something and would run into the demon Crawly once more.