- "Arise! ARISE! I bring a message from... My Creator. Our Heavenly Father! A being beyond any description. The source of all holiness! The author of all that is good and true! BEHOLD! ....BEHOOOoooOOoooOOOOOLD!!! BEHOoOoOooOoOOLD!!! Father of the Holy Trinity! Father, who art above Heaven! (Screaming obscenely loud) BEHOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD!!!!!! ...I will now convey His Holiness' new flavors of frozen delight to the best of my... (Trembling with reverence) Infe-e-e-rior ability..."
- — Metatron's message to the people of Heaven.
Metatron, The Speaker of God is a supporting character in Hazbin Hotel: Journey to the Light.
He serves as a mentioned character in Chapter 1, a major character in Chapter 5, and a recurring character in Holy Hell.
He is an EXTREMELY dramatic, devout and loud-mouthed Thrones angel, God's official spokesperson, occasional avatar, the primary ambassador of Heaven and the Empyrean, and Corey and Peel's sworn rival.
He is tasked with communicating God's will and message to worlds below the Almighty, and is responsible for maintaining the relationship between God and His people. He has the authority to make official pronouncements on God's behalf, and is considered a direct instrument of God's will and authority. His words are considered holy and infallible, and he carries an immense burden of responsibility at all times.
Biography
Background
In the past, Metatron was created by Asherah and given the position of being God's spokesperson, communicating the Father's will to angels and humanity.
Together, he and God raised the Morningstar children together, with Metatron fostering an "snobby uncle"-like relationship with God's children. Later, he babysat and served as an uncle to Asherah's children, Polaris, Skye, Ostara, and Forest.
Events of Hazbin Hotel: Journey to the Light
Chapter 5
In "So, You Wanted to Redeem a Sinner?", Sera arranges a meeting between Charlie and Metatron, the Speaker of God in the Embassy of Heaven. With Corey and Peel and Squish, by her side, Charlie enters the embassy with the Seraphim Sisters, where they await the Speaker of God's arrival.
As Corey and Peel chew Metatron out for showing up late, glorious trumpet music blares throughout the embassy, startling Corey and Peel so much that they jump into Charlie's arms, and signaling the entrance of Metatron. Sera looks around expectedly, Serenity and Charlie look around in anticipation, and Corey and Peel squint their eyes, as if they're gearing up to fight the final boss. Metatron stylishly emerges from a protective pentagram sigil on the ground, accompanied by a choir of angels with musical instruments.
In a dazzling musical number, Metatron addresses the group, slyly suggesting that they have come to him seeking redemption for sinners. He exudes confidence, wrapping an arm around Charlie and suggesting that he is the right person for the job. He playfully teases Charlie and her friends, acknowledging the looks of awe on their faces. Metatron's demeanor is powerful and electrifying, as he leans his arm on Corey's head before he taps the apple angel on the head, jolting him with golden lightning. Taking Charlie by the hand, Metatron suddenly conjures a portal and flies with her through the cosmos, showcasing his seemingly magical abilities. They soar through the cosmos, experiencing the rawness of fire and the exhilaration of being elevated to a higher plane. During this Metatron sings the importance of keeping one's eyes wide open to fully experience the magic. Returning to the embassy, Metatron stands confidently with his choir, reiterating the theme of redemption for sinners as the music comes to a crescendo and ends.
After Metatron's performance, Charlie introduces herself and her friends, but the exchange is quickly interrupted by Corey and Peel, who claim familiarity with Metatron, and reveal that they have beef with the Speaker of God. Tension arises between Metatron, representing Heaven, and Corey and Peel, representatives of Hell, leading to a heated exchange of insults. Metatron undermines Corey and Peel while they accuse him of incompetence. Sera intervenes, diffusing the tension, and requests Metatron to sit down while asking Charlie to present her evidence of redemption.
As the debate ensues, Charlie moves into a passionate speech about the origins of the Hazbin Hotel, highlighting the burdens and rewards it brought her, particularly the opportunity to connect with numerous remarkable sinners. Serenity is deeply moved by Charlie's words, but Metatron shows little interest, abruptly cutting off the speech and urging Charlie to cut to the chase, citing time constraints. Hastily, Charlie presents her evidence, as the embassy's crystal balls vividly depict the hotel crew's myriad acts of kindness and heroism: from Fergus rescuing Angel Dust, to the team's efforts in saving the Cambions and Manco, and even Ren's selfless sacrifice, alongside various displays of their camaraderie, community service, and friendship. Serenity emphasizes to Metatron that the embassy's crystal balls provide undeniable evidence of their deeds, something which Corey and Peel shout across the embassy to taunt Metatron. Sera quietly reminds Serenity to remain a neutral party until a verdict is reached.
In a dramatic turn, Charlie unveils her smoking gun, summoning Lux, the Holy Spirit, into the embassy, to Metatron's astonishment. Lux expresses its unwavering belief in the potential for sinners' redemption. A poignant musical duet ensues between Lux and Charlie, celebrating their shared accomplishments and honoring those they've lost. Despite the heartfelt performance and overwhelming evidence, Metatron delivers a sobering declaration: he cannot permit sinners entry into Heaven. The pronouncement deeply troubles Charlie, Lux, Corey, Peel, and Serenity, leaving them profoundly disappointed and disheartened.
Metatron launches into his own song, again emphasizing his divine authority and control over Heaven's affairs. He confronts Charlie, questioning the validity of redemption for the sinners of Hell, suggesting that if it were truly possible, they would already reside among Heaven's righteous. However, Corey and Peel interject at Metatron. The entire debate somehow turns into Metatron vs. Corey and Peel as their petty beef takes center stage, with Corey and Peel hurling childish insults at Metatron and highlighting their loyalty to Charlie. As the two harbingers of Heaven and Hell beef with each other, Metatron continues to deride Corey and Peel, exposing Lucifer's lack of faith in them, and insinuating that Charlie's acceptance of them stemmed from pity rather than any merit they really have. In retaliation, Corey and Peel challenge Metatron's leadership, inquiring what God would think of the current state of Heaven, prompting a momentary halt in the musical number as Metatron struggles to respond, eventually attempting to steer focus back to his awe-inspiring powers.
As the pressure mounts, Metatron finds himself facing significant opposition from Serenity, Charlie, Corey, and Peel. With Corey and Peel smugly observing, Serenity voices her frustration, accusing Metatron of willfully ignoring evidence. Charlie and Lux joins in, asserting that Metatron's reluctance to accept sinners into Heaven reflects an inherent bias against them, regardless of their virtue. Finally, Metatron's composure crumbles as he discloses a startling bombshell that reverberates through the embassy: he hasn't communicated with God in centuries. This revelation stuns everyone into silence, laying bare the uncertainty and disillusionment at the core of Metatron's authority.
The embassy falls into a stunned silence as Serenity and Sera, who had faithfully followed Metatron's orders for decades, grapple with the shocking revelation. Serenity, in particular, confronts Metatron, demanding an explanation for how he could have lost contact with God Himself. Metatron somberly reveals the painful truth: when God departed from Heaven, Metatron lost all contact with Him. Despite this, he chose to fabricate messages of purportedly from the Heavenly Father to preserve morale and uphold the status quo of order within Heaven. The revelation leaves everyone reeling with devastation, except for Corey and Peel, who take childish and malicious delight in having their suspicions confirmed, hugging each other and leaping for joy, flipping off Metatron as they relish in his exposed deception.
Personality
Metatron is a lawful neutral figure with a penchant for over-the-top flair, grandiosity, and charisma, greatly emphasizing his position as the Speaker of God and showcasing his power to bestow saintliness, as well as his ability to change Heaven's order with mere words. He is one of Heaven's most devout angels and takes his position as Speaker of God VERY seriously, and is a powerful, majestic, yet unintentionally comedic individual.
He speaks in a "snotty rich dude" accent and is extremely (if not overly) passionate and dramatic in his speech, prone to dramatic mannerisms, often punctuating his declarations with "BEHOLD!" and "SILENCE!" commands. He trembles and convulses with reverence of the Morningstar family and Asherah during speeches, and has a somewhat cloying nature about him, typically highlighting his inferiority in the presence of his superiors. Even when discussing the most mundane topics, like unveiling new flavors of Heaven ice cream, he exudes an unparalleled gravitas that demands attention. He seems very much unaware that even his superiors sometimes find that introductions are too lengthy and over-indulgent, as shown when he continued to brew a yap storm just glazing Serenity, even when she and Sera quickly got exhausted from his introduction.
Despite his comedically serious disposition, Metatron is not above belittling others and can show a sense of snide sarcasm, especially towards his rivals Corey and Peel, readily engaging into petty squabbles with the two apple servants of Hell despite such behavior being beneath him. Despite the secret he holds, he has a strong sense of confidence in his role and his ability to maintain the status quo.
He is also implied to have a more soft and loving side, seeing as how he raised the Morningstar children with God, and how they view him as an uncle to them. He is view similarly by Asherah's children- Polaris, Ostara, Skye, and Forest, and used to babysit them.
Despite his outward confidence, Metatron is secretly insecure, stressed, and deceitful; in reality, during Azrael's reign, he did not personally communicate with God in centuries, admitting to fabricating messages to uphold the illusion of divine authority. Though this hints at his fear of losing control, he also highlights that this was to keep the denizens of Heaven from becoming disillusioned and demoralized, suggesting that he does truly value Heaven's people.
During his meeting with Charlie and the Seraphim sisters, Metatron showed a reluctance to accept sinners into Heaven, at first hinting at a bias towards them, regardless of any evidence of redemption presented. He dismisses Charlie's passionate speech and the evidence provided, indicating a deep-seated disdain for those deemed unworthy in his eyes. However, as it came to light that he has lost communication with God, his reluctance to accept redeemed sinners seems to moreso stem from an unwillingness to change Heaven's order in such a radical way without divine permission.
Appearance
Metatron is a Thrones Angel adorned in a pristine white cassock. He has onyx-colored skin and his head, lacking a a neck, comprises two resplendent golden wheels adorned with eyes encircling each ring. Within the heart of these rings blazes a sphere of divine fire, while four wings grace his back, each adorned with its own watchful eyes along their expanse.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Divine Power: As the divine messenger of God, the Speaker of God was created with immense, reality-altering divine magic that allows him to do nearly anything he wants and travel anywhere across the Universe. With his powers, he can bend and manipulate reality around him, as well as create and destroy almost anything he desires. He also has the power to erase and manipulate the souls of supernatural beings, including demons and angels, and wipe out or create entire dimensions.
- Biokinesis: The Speaker can manipulate biology on a molecular level. He is capable of crafting his own minions in the form of levitating, disembodied eyeballs.
- Creation: The Speaker is an extremely skilled master of creation magic, producing sentient creatures of his design, creating money, and constructing entire solar systems. He can also generate riches using his matter manipulation and creation magic, making currency of any kind practically worthless to him.
- Clairvoyance: Metatron can summon magical images that allow him to see anywhere in the Universe, even across other dimensions.
- Cloudwalking: Metatron is capable of standing and traveling on clouds. He is almost never seen actually walking, preferring to instead materialize small clouds and use them for transportation.
- Duplication: Given the critical nature of his responsibilities and his indispensable role, Metatron possesses the ability to duplicate himself, allowing him to be in two places simultaneously. Interestingly, his duplicate is often more calm than the real Metatron.
- Electrokinesis: Metatron can produce golden lightning with a mere tap of his fingers.
- Flight: Metatron is capable of flying and hovering at up to lightspeed, shifting into a shooting star while traveling through the vacuum of space.
- Interstellar Travel: Metatron is capable of flying at speeds far beyond the speed of light, as shown in his musical number when he took Charlie on a brief joyride through the cosmos.
- Immortality: Metatron possesses an infinitely long lifespan and is eternally youthful, despite existing for likely millions of years.
- Life Manipulation: Metatron can create sentient beings of his design, entirely from scratch.
- Photokinesis: Metatron has a habit of appearing abruptly in a flash of light through his teleportation, light so bright that the angels around him often shield their eyes in response.
- Portal Creation: Metatron can create portals to almost anywhere he wants in Creation, as shown by him conjuring and taking Charlie with him into a portal that lead deep into the cosmos.
- Pyrokinesis: Metatron can summon, conjure, and manipulate holy flames.
- Reality Warping: Metatron is capable of manipulating the environment around him, changing the forms, colors, and even the sensations around himself or other beings.
- Teleportation: Metatron can travel anywhere he wants in the Universe by instantly teleporting, often appearing in a flash of bright light with shooting stars coming out of it.
- Typhokinesis: Metatron can produce thick, white smoke through his teleportations, often causing those in close proximity around him to start coughing.
Abilities
- Authority: Thanks to his high position in Heaven, the Speaker is highly reputable figure, with even the king of the Serpaim family bowing in respect of him. He is one of the few entities in the entire Universe who is allowed to speak to God at all times, and has sway over all diplomats of Hell, such as Corey and Peel. He commands his own small army of eye angels which he can use to see through and entrap others.
- Omnilingualism: As a diplomat of Heaven, the Speaker can speak all languages, including angelic, demonic, human, and alien languages.
Relationships
Allies
God
God is the Speaker's master and creator. Metatron's description of God are filled with adoration and reverence, portraying Him as the epitome of holiness and goodness, beyond human and even angel comprehension. He emphasizes God's position as the Father of the Holy Trinity, the ultimate authority above Heaven.
Others
Corey and Peel
As the two spokespeople of Heaven and Hell respectively, Metatron has known Corey and Peel for quite some time, having gone on many diplomatic missions to meet them. He has a very petty rivalry with them ripe with animosity and past grievances. Metatron enjoys belittling and insulting Corey and Peel for their incompetence, lack of power and received respect, while Corey and Peel enjoy breaking down Metatron's confidence with childish insults and insinuating that God would not be pleased with the state Metatron let Heaven fall into. Overall, Metatron's relationship with Corey and Peel is ripe with antagonism and somewhat petty conflict, with both sides vying for power and authority in the cosmic hierarchy between Heaven and Hell. Still, Metatron doesn't seem to hate them; he just thinks they are insignificant and annoying.
During Metatron's meeting with Charlie, Metatron and the two apple servants almost instantly began beefing with each other, with Corey and Peel challenging Metatron's authority and competence, accusing him of various shortcomings within the Kingdom of Heaven. Metatron, in turn, undermined them and exposes the fact that Lucifer has let them go, attempting to diminish their credibility.
The situation escalates into a heated exchange of insults and accusations, with Corey and Peel and Metatron practically turning the debate in the embassy into a petty contest. Upon getting Serenity, Lux, and Charlie involved, Corey and Peel successfully pushed Metatron into revealing that he hasn't communicated with God in centuries and has been fabricating messages to maintain the illusion of divine guidance. Corey and Peel, instead of feeling vindicated, take delight in Metatron's downfall, highlighting the deep-seated enmity between them and Metatron.
Quotes
Chapter 5
- "♪'Cuz I am Metatron, the Speaker of God!
If I should, I could change Heaven with a single thought
So, if you want them to be winners
Show what you've wrought...
And let's redeem some fuckin' sinners.♪" - — Metatron to Charlie.
- "Charlie: And Mr. Speaker... (she motions to Corey and Peel) This is Co-
Metatron: Ahhhh, Corey and Peel! Nice to see you've secured sinful employment, y'know, in lieu of Lucifer's navigation in the depths of melancholy. (he chuckles and checks looks aside) You're lucky the Princess of Hell is so kind.
Corey: Actually, Speaker of Fraud, she came to us, I'll have you know! Charlie, our glorious, bright, beautiful princess-
Charlie: Awww!
Corey: -is putting our talents to good use at the hotel until Lucifer is back in spirits!
Metatron Oh, shit! (he chuckles again; to Charlie) Good for you, Charlie! Your devotion to your hotel's namesake signifies diligence! These two certainly put the "has been" in Hazbin Hotel! (he laughs before looking down at Corey and Peel) Or perhaps not, considering you two were always the products of Lucifer's blasphemous attempts to imitate the Lord's power of creation.
Corey: (he stomps up to Metatron as Peel holds him back) How 'bout I take one of those rings of yours and use them as a dick ring?! HOW 'BOUT THAT!!
Metatron: (looking up distantly as Corey continues raving) You don't have a dick, dumbass. Good to know your intelligence is proportional to your vocabulary.
Charlie: (intervening) ANYWAY-" - — Metatron when Charlie introduced him to Corey and Peel.
- "Metatron: Behooold! Welcome to Heaven, wayward souls! Worry not, for I, Metatron, the Speaker of God, are here to guide you in these most hallowed grounds...
Angel Dust: (panting) You made us... climb... up, million-mile stairs! You couldn't bust out tha fuckin' escalator fer these 'wayward souls'?
Metatron: (hurriedly) Theescalatorwasbroken." - — Metatron greeting the hotel crew at the gates of Heaven.
Holy Hell
- "Metatron: (he appears in an explosion of sparkles and gold dust) Arise! ARISE, for the Queen of Heaven! The Great Mother! Other Half of the Heavenly Father! The Tree of Life! The giver of all life and power! Behold! BEHOOOLD! BEHOLD! The Goddess of Fertility! ...MOTHER Earth! ARISE... for the Mother of aaaaall Angels!! (screaming as loud as he possibly can) BEHOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD!!!!!!
Asherah: (after a pause, she briefly covers her mouth with a giggle, gently patting Metatron on the head as he looks up at her like a proud puppy) Thank you, dear Metatron. You do know how to make a woman feel special, don't you?" - — Asherah's introduction.
- "Metatron: (He teleports to Asherah's side as one of Heaven's denizens offers Asherah jewels of the finest ruby.) NAY!!! The Great Mother needs not such garish apparel, for her own, natural beauty would SHAME them!
Asherah: Oh, my. (Asherah chuckles, before gently patting Metatron's back.) Now, now, there's no need for that, Met. Let them pay tribute however they wish. (She puts a hand on the angel who offered the jewels.) It's a sweet gesture, truly. But, keep these beauties for yourself, and add this to your treasures. (She takes a golden rose from her hair and places it in the angels. She then closes her eyes and touches foreheads with the angel, who cries tears of joy.)
Metatron: (He nervously backs away, fidgeting.) Mayhaps I was too... Hasty in my judgement.
Asherah: Verily. (She gently pats Metatron's rings, who blushes.) But don't sweat it. I know it's because you care :)." - — Asherah and Metatron.
- "Metatron: (he suddenly appears next to Sera and Serenity as they stand before a crowd of millions) EVERYONE!!! Behold!!! BehOoOoOOOolld!!! ...ARISE!!! Rise and genuflect for Her Seraphic Majesty... The joy purveyor of all moral souls... THE VERY ANGEL OF JOY itself.... Princess Serenity... THE VERY FACE OF HEAVEN!!!! (Serenity and Sera share an exhausted look) HEAVEN'S VALUES AND ETHOS INCARNATE!!!! ...THE-
Serenity: (she flies in front of Metatron, her arms spread out) One politely cutting you off 'cuz you are giving me WAY too much credit for being nice to otherrrrrs!!! (she does jazz hands and giggles nervously with that last word) Goodness gracious, you're making me blush! Tee-hehe!" - — Metatron introducing Serenity as the Head Seraphim.
Trivia
- He is based on Metatron, a figure primarily found in Jewish mysticism. In Jewish tradition, Metatron is said to be the highest of the angels, often associated with divine authority and acting as the celestial scribe who records the deeds of humanity. In Kabbalistic teachings, Metatron is often depicted as a mediator between the divine and the material world, tasked with transmitting the will of God to the lower realms.
- Metatron's name is derived from the Greek words "meta" (meaning "beyond" or "transcendent") and "thronos" (meaning "throne").
- The series' authors consider Metatron to be more of a joke character than an actual character, and that he is best in small doses.
- The series' authors crackship him with Death.
- Basically the rental dad and resident babysitter at the Empyrean. He babysat all of God's children when He was busy, and later did the same for Asherah's children, fostering a strong bond with both of them.
- Metatron has the ability to duplicate himself. His clones are often more calm and professional than the real Metatron.
- He is sort of an uncle figure to the Virtues and Asherah's children. While a few of them find him annoying, stuck-up or overbearing, they also can't help but find him endearing, due to him being a constant in their lives as well as him raising them alongside their parents.