Lord Chainsaw
07-23-2004, 02:58 AM
I finally got a volunteer job at the local library. Well they have me align book spines with the shelves (pretty strange someone with OCD is bothered by doing something as obsessive as this)
It can be rather boring, and to top it off I got to do the non-fiction section. I go straight to the religious section, cause that's probably the only type of non-fiction I find interesting. Who am I kidding, this job is boring and I'm not getting paid, so I skim through some of the books they got there on the shelf. I spot my favorite topic: angels.
They've got some interesting information on the celestial hierarchy in those books. For anyone who doesn't know what the celestial hierarchy is, it is basically nine orders of angels that revolve around God. Kind of like the planets in our solar system, we've got nine different ranks of angels in orbit around the omni-deity himself. They are divided into different ranks, the closest to God being the most important.
The ranks of the angels in the Celestial Hierarchy are:
1) Seraphim
2) Cherubim (kind of strange, as I always thought cherubs were the lowest class of angels)
3) Thrones (my favorite)
4) Dominions (pay attention to this one)
5) Virtues
6) Powers
7) Principalities
8) Archangels (strange, I figured the archangels would be the mightiest of God's angels. I am lead to believe that Michael and Gabriel are actually classified as Seraphim)
9) Angels
I've always thought it would be incredibly cool if a video game incorporated the Celestial Hierarchy into a group of bosses. For a while I've been thinking it would be downright awesome. Just think of it, fighting nine consecutive bosses each named after a different order. Well, little did I know a game had already done that, just not in that exact way.
I was flipping through the book on angels when I came across the 4th order, the Dominions. Apparently, the Dominions are lead by an angel named Hashmallim. What's even weirder is that the Dominions are often times referred to as Regulators. Hashmallim the Regulator... Hmmm....
Why is his name Hashmalum? They've cut out an l and given him a u. Is it a simple mistranslation, or did Square not want to go with a direct allusion? I've known Final Fantasy Tactics to have many religious references, and I wouldn't be surprised to find more out there.
I haven't been able to associate the Angel Hashmallim with a tiger of any sorts, but I also wouldn't be surprised if that were true. If you want more information on Hashmallim, you can google it, it is rather interesting.
It can be rather boring, and to top it off I got to do the non-fiction section. I go straight to the religious section, cause that's probably the only type of non-fiction I find interesting. Who am I kidding, this job is boring and I'm not getting paid, so I skim through some of the books they got there on the shelf. I spot my favorite topic: angels.
They've got some interesting information on the celestial hierarchy in those books. For anyone who doesn't know what the celestial hierarchy is, it is basically nine orders of angels that revolve around God. Kind of like the planets in our solar system, we've got nine different ranks of angels in orbit around the omni-deity himself. They are divided into different ranks, the closest to God being the most important.
The ranks of the angels in the Celestial Hierarchy are:
1) Seraphim
2) Cherubim (kind of strange, as I always thought cherubs were the lowest class of angels)
3) Thrones (my favorite)
4) Dominions (pay attention to this one)
5) Virtues
6) Powers
7) Principalities
8) Archangels (strange, I figured the archangels would be the mightiest of God's angels. I am lead to believe that Michael and Gabriel are actually classified as Seraphim)
9) Angels
I've always thought it would be incredibly cool if a video game incorporated the Celestial Hierarchy into a group of bosses. For a while I've been thinking it would be downright awesome. Just think of it, fighting nine consecutive bosses each named after a different order. Well, little did I know a game had already done that, just not in that exact way.
I was flipping through the book on angels when I came across the 4th order, the Dominions. Apparently, the Dominions are lead by an angel named Hashmallim. What's even weirder is that the Dominions are often times referred to as Regulators. Hashmallim the Regulator... Hmmm....
Why is his name Hashmalum? They've cut out an l and given him a u. Is it a simple mistranslation, or did Square not want to go with a direct allusion? I've known Final Fantasy Tactics to have many religious references, and I wouldn't be surprised to find more out there.
I haven't been able to associate the Angel Hashmallim with a tiger of any sorts, but I also wouldn't be surprised if that were true. If you want more information on Hashmallim, you can google it, it is rather interesting.