Aro's Demon: Kobal's History

Kobal is the Demon Prince of Dark Humor or Mockery. Kobal was created Archangel of Laughter, one of the second generation of Archangels. He brought joy to Heaven with his sometimes sharp, but always gentle, observations. He was valued in particular by Lucifer, Janus and, secretly, Dominic. Lucifer appreciated first Kobal's awesome intellect, a match for his own in many situations. Janus respected the way that Kobal fought prejudice and mental stasis, in much the same way that the word of Wind opposed laziness and stagnation. Dominic was often the target of Kobal's humour, but was always left feeling that he gained more self-insight and perspective from Kobal's observations than he lost in embarrassment.
Then came the Fall. Lucifer had been watching carefully as his support grew, and as an opposition formed in response. Since heresy and discord had never been seen before in Heaven, those who suspected Lucifer were far too slow to counter him. Thus it was that he was able to rally his legions around him and strike against the Eternal City in an attempt to capture Heaven for himself. He failed, and his armies were cast into Hell. Among them was Kobal. As he saw the Rebellion fail, watched as those opposed to God were defeated, but not destroyed, Kobal became aware of a Truth. He saw, in an instant, the future of the War, and he recognised it for what it was. While the newly altered demons were writhing in agony and despair in what became Hell, torn from the presence of God, Kobal looked at them, and he laughed. Then he approached Lucifer, and spoke with him.
When Lucifer rallied the demons, and urged them to join him in continuing the War with Heaven, Kobal was quiet. When some of the demons councilled surrender, he only smiled. When the idea was first put forward that the Archangels clearly would have destroyed the rebels if they could, his smile perhaps twitched a little. The final decision, to fight on if possible, earned his polite applause. When Baal made it known that he still believed in God's omnipotence, and was fighting only in order to provoke Him into direct action, Kobal bowed to him with a flourish, and departed. Where he went is not clear - Lucifer had not by this stage created and opened the gates of Hell, but Kobal and his few servitors played no part in the creation of Pandemonium and the laying out of the Principalities. When Kobal returned, he was the dark, bitter figure that all Hell has come to know, hate and fear. He declared that he would take no territory of his own, and asked the Princes how long they expected to hold their properties against their rivals. Kobal created very few servitors, and ridiculed the energy with which Baal and Belial, especially, had been pouring their energies into armies of pointless flunkies. He scrutinised the elaborate systems of games that Asmodeus laid out, and asked him whether he had noticed such and such a flaw in his plans, or how he intended to reply to the obvious move that Heaven would surely make to counter some brilliant attack.
He asked Beleth whether how the Nighmares she created compared to the terror she herself felt at the idea of her own existence. He asked Andrealphus whether he thought his carnal pleasures would ever fill the cavernous, aching void left in him by the loss of the Love of Heaven. Finally, he asked Lucifer how he hoped to defeat Heaven with such a ragged mob of pathetic, snivelling, brawling, fractured reflections of everything they wished they could be but were not. Lucifer gave his hideous smile, and answered: "We will win, Prince Kobal, because however strong we become, you will always be here to tell us that we are not yet strong enough."