Satan Prompts In The Council Of Fallen Angels

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An interesting factor about Book 2 is that it mostly revolves around the decisions made by parties within the debate that Satan prompts in the Council of Fallen Angels. Opening the floor, he addresses those who follow him and asks their opinion on how they think the best way to initially fight God is. Those who speak are Satan himself, Moloch, Belial, Beelzebub, and Mammon. These are the devils of the Great Consult. Their opinions seem to all vary and differ from one another’s.
Moloch, who speaks first, is all for open war against God, thinking that initially they may as well fight because things couldn’t possibly get any worse for them than they already have. Belial, however, is totally against it because a fear is instilled in Belial that