User blog comment:Rafe Adler/"Bring em' Back Alive" Discussion/@comment-1031724-20180413054244/@comment-3045936-20180414020339

As far as Demi-gods I assume it was other tricksters. Seeing as Gabriel was masquerading as one, and his connection to Lucifer is why most of the gods in Hammer of the Gods died. So maybe Asmodeus simply gave them freedom from Gabriel. After all the old gods were at their prime when tributes were given to them and were much stronger. A nd now most are just a step above the average demon. So an Archangel in their inner circles would be dangerous as Gabriel is far stronger than them.