Curse

Ashleigh McMahon · Jan 02, 2007, 02:05 PM // 14:05

Hey. I just watched the final episode of Torchwood last night, and it featured a demonic creature by the name of 'Abbadon'. He was described as 'Abbadon The Devourer'. In his physical form, he appeared as a 'gigantic' horned like creature. The actors in Torchwood also read some things from a Holy Book(didn't catch which one) about Abbadon.

Heres some things taken from Wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbadon)
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Abaddon
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This article is about the Hebrew word. For other uses, see Abaddon (disambiguation).

Abaddon (Hebrew אבדון Avadon, meaning "destruction"). In Biblical poetry (Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11), it comes to mean "place of destruction", or the realm of the dead, and is associated with Sheol. Abaddon is also one of the compartments of Gehenna.

In Revelation 9:11, it is personified as the demon Abaddon, "Angel of the Abyss", rendered in Greek as Apollyon; and he is described as king of the locusts which rose at the sounding of the fifth trumpet. In like manner, in Rev. vi. 8, Hades is personified following after death to conquer the fourth part of the earth.

Abaddon is one of the infernal names used in Satanism, and is first in the list—only as it comes first alphabetically—and means "the destroyer."

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Can anyone comment on this? Is it just a co-incidence or have Anet intended this? Or has anyone more information on the religious side of things?

Thanks.
Ashleigh

Serafita Kayin · Jan 02, 2007, 04:05 PM // 16:05

Abbadon: literally destruction embodied, first featured as a daimon, or Hebrew spirit. Daimon does not entail good or evil, merely not human. Angels, djinn, and elementals all would fall into this category.

As Apollyon: Once again, destruction's embodiment, also now referenced as a fallen angel in the employ of Lucifer, once Lucifel, brightest of the angels, until he sought to exalt himself above God and was cast out.

As ingame fodder, Abbadon is a perfect choice, as it fits the area, the god's sphere of influence (breaking ****) and the story in which it is told. When creating a story, it is often advantageous to use terms and names with which we have some familiarity, as it makes us feel as though it could actually happen, or that we are experiencing something that's just past the doors of our reality, but close enough to view. Examples here would be the FF series, where the references are too many to list.

In closing, though I can go further on the subject, think of it as a grounding point for the story. We've heard the name somewhere, we know it's a bad thing, and now here it it. Go kill it.

Greek, Hebrew, and Latin in college FTW!

Ashleigh McMahon · Jan 02, 2007, 04:37 PM // 16:37

Thanks alot

As soon as I heard the word 'Abbadon' in Torchwood I was like 'eh?'

Thanks alot for that insight