Samael's name means roughly Venom of God or Poison of God. He is known to be the Archangel of Death and is regarded as both good and evil. He serves the Heavenly Host by way of grim and destructive duties.

Fictional character biography. When the Demiurgic Archangel Lucifer Morningstar began his revolt in Heaven, he was hopelessly outnumbered. He was eventually defeated by his brother the Demiurgic Archangel Michael who used the Demiurgos (God's power) to destroy his angelic forces.