Light Beyond the Stars

The Light Beyond the Stars, also referred to as the Beings of Light, are formless, primordial entities who are composed of pure light, and are believed to be the first creations of God, tasked with aided Him in the creation of the Universe itself and shielding all life from Forbidden Knowledge. They are mysterious and powerful beyond comprehension, existing as myths to even the oldest species in the Universe. As a result, very little is truly known about their true nature, although they are believed to reside outside of the Universe, observing their creations from the void they were created in. The most infamous of the Light Beyond the Stars is Satan, who betrayed its race after it was exposed to the Root of All Evil, who shaped its view on God's ideas, causing it to betray its Creator and the other deities.

Biography[]

The Beginning[]

In the beginning of all creation, the Light Beyond the Stars were brought into existence by God, thus making them the first creations of the Almighty. They were created as luminous, bodiless organisms who were then granted intelligence by their Creator, gifting all of them an immense understanding of their abilities and surroundings.

The Light Beyond the Stars emerged to safeguard Creation against the Root of Evil, an entity embodying forbidden knowledge. Using her knowledge to detect that the Universe would blossom into existence, Evil devised a scheme to taint the upcoming cosmos with malevolence and use its inhabitants' wrongdoings as batteries for her power. Recognizing that Evil would become too powerful to tame if she spread evil to others, the Light Beyond the Stars confronted and contained Evil. However, during the struggle, Evil succeeded in influencing at least one member of the Lightbringers, known as Satan.

God decreed that He would create a Universe inhabited with trillions of sentient creatures lower than them in terms of power, and the Light Beyond the Stars had been appointed to aid Him in the creation of said Universe. However, things went to ruin as one of their own, Satan, rejected God's orders, enraged at the idea of other lifeforms co-existing with the Light Beyond the Stars. Satan saw no point in sharing a Universe with lower lifeforms, and believed that they, as the strongest entities in creation, should live in comfort. God and His luminous creations refused to listen to Satan's misanthropic objections, and moved forward to begin crafting the Universe. This left Satan filled with anger and with a desire for vengeance. The Devil left the Light Beyond the Stars and effectively exiled itself from their council, and began plotting revenge against God and its fellow Light Beyond the Stars.

Following this, the Light Beyond the Stars constructed the entire Universe, while God laid the foundations of Heaven and one of the Light Beyond the Stars assuming the form of a mystical sanctified energy called Heaven's Light. In the process of crafting the Earth, the Light Beyond the Stars transported the Root of All Evil to Eden, transforming her into a tree-like entity and planting her outside the Garden. Ironically, they utilized Evil as a tool to construct the very world she had vowed to contaminate (I get what they were going for, but this was a misplay by the Light Beyond the Stars, ngl).

Regrettably, this decision backfired when the Root of Evil managed to sway Eve, the first woman who, by fate, happened upon the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil while exploring the outside of Eden, into partaking of the Forbidden Fruit. This action allowed Evil to spread to Earth and provided the Root of All Evil with the energy to break free from her confinement, nourishing herself on humanity's persistent transgressions.

Personalities[]

The Light Beyond the Stars are a cipher with meticulous adherence to cosmic order, upholding reverence for the Universe and its divine principles. Despite their elusive nature, they demonstrate unwavering allegiance to their divine creator, faithfully executing every directive issued by their Creator.

In a display of poetic justice, The Light Beyond the Stars imposed retribution upon Forbidden Knowledge for attempting to taint the cosmos with malice. Condemning her to the guise of a tree and tethering her to Earth, they orchestrated a fate wherein she nurtured the very realm she sought to corrupt. However, this scheme backfired tragically, as it facilitated Evil's proximity to humanity's progenitors, Adam and Eve, ultimately leading to Eve's consumption of the Forbidden Fruit. Underestimating the resilience of Evil, The Light Beyond the Stars inadvertently aided the Root of Evil in her scheme to spread Evil across all Creation.

According to Satan and Calcifer, the Light Beyond the Stars loathe and despise free will, incapable of tolerating defiance from their own creations or deviations from their grand design. Lux has also stated that the Light Beyond the Stars are excessively orderly and controlling, even saying that they would find it heresy for Lux to want to be their own entity rather than what they were assigned from creation to be.

Appearance[]

As a result of their primordial nature, the Light Beyond the Stars are implied to have forms that are beyond the comprehension of lower lifeforms. It is stated that when the Light Beyond the Stars were first brought into existence, they appeared in a form similar to that of the Holy Spirit; illuminous, sphere-shaped globes of pure light. After they are granted intelligence, they merely take on a form they see as the most fitting, which could imply that the Light Beyond the Stars have no true physical form.

The Light Beyond the Stars are most often represented as giant, disembodied white eyes with vertical pupils.

Powers and Abilities[]

"You will be capable of crafting and razing entire worlds, and bend them from the inside out. You will become life and death itself."

— Satan to Charlie, while revealing it would grant her the powers of a Light Beyond the Stars if she submitted to it.

Omnificience/Creation: The Light Beyond the Stars possess ultimate power over creation and are able to construct absolutely everything they desire from their own essence; from intelligent lifeforms to entire planes of existence. They constructed the majority (if not the entirety) of the Universe, including other dimensions such as Purgatory.
Divinity: As the first creations of God and His allies in the creation of the Universe, the Light Beyond the Stars possess near-limitless amount of divine magic that enables them to construct or destroy entire planets and planes of existence, and completely warp reality itself to their liking. This gives them power over the souls of undead or spiritual entities, such as sinners, demons, and angels.
Nigh-Omniscience: The Light Beyond the Stars possess nearly infinite knowledge, comprehension, and cosmic awareness of all creation.
Immortality: The Light Beyond the Stars possess an infinite lifespan, as they predate the Universe itself, being the second oldest entities in all creation behind God Himself. They are completely immune to mortal ailments and are seemingly invulnerable to every form of weaponry, including the angelic and archangelic weapons such as Excalibur. Despite their divinely immense power, it is confirmed that they can truly die when Root of All Evil impaled and drained Lux into nothingness, permanently and effectively ending their existence, showing that they can only be completely obliterated by superior beings.
But, like in the case of Satan, where it could potentially be truly killed if its physical body is destroyed, it is possible that the Light Beyond the Stars are not completely immortal and could be destroyed. It is also possible that the Light beyond the Stars can be destroyed by entities who possess superior power to them, such as God or even one of their own.
Nigh-Omnipotence: The Light Beyond the Stars are the most powerful species in The Universe and possess magical divine and supreme power beyond comprehension, surpassed by God Himself. They are capable of layering and constructing entire dimensions, creating intelligent lifeforms out of nothing, and can universally manipulate the fabric of reality in a limitless way.
Photokinesis: The Light Beyond the Stars are composed purely of light itself and as such are masterfully skilled in light manipulation, manipulating it with no limits.
Reality Warping: The Light Beyond the Stars can effortlessly control, warp, order and manipulate the fabric of reality.
Shapeshifting: The Light Beyond the Stars each lack a true physical form and can take on any form of their preference. In most events, they are perceived by lower entities as glowing white eyes of various sizes.

Trivia[]

While the Light Beyond the Stars were initially claimed to reside in Heaven, in "The Key", Oswald states that the Light Beyond the Stars reside outside of The Universe.
The Light Beyond the Stars were originally meant to appear in "The Fading Light" on two separate occasions; in the first instance, they were meant to appear very briefly when Vaggie was being mentally tortured by Satan over her horrific childhood. Secondly, they were meant to appear when Charlie comforts Vaggie after saving her team with Millicent.
In earlier drafts of the series, there were numerous malevolent Light Beyond the Stars who agreed with Satan's beliefs about life and followed it after it defied God, and were meant to serve as the Devil's underlings in a sense, although this concept has apparently been scrapped.
Their names were originally the "Beings of Light", but the series' creators changed their names to "Light Beyond the Stars" as they felt the original name was an overused title in fictional works.