User blog comment:ImperiexSeed/The oldest being, archangel or leviathan?/@comment-124.169.129.145-20111011054940

You guys are thinking about this to linearly. Not everything has to be a level up/down to another. Perhaps some were equal to others yet possesed different abilities. Example, just because the Phoenix's ashes can kill Eve, does not necessarily make the Phoenix more powerful than Eve (remember it has to be dead, in order for its ashes to kill Eve). Perhaps, Eve is stronger than the Phoenix, but is weakened/poisoned by its ashes, e.g, Humans are more powerful than snakes, yet snakes' venom can still kill people. The way I see it, is that God and Death existed at the very beginning (hence why Death was mentioned to be able to kill God (or even superpowered Castiel for that matter) and thus are equal. God creates leviathans as creatures to populate the Earth. He then banishes them to purgatory (which he then created for that purpose) after deciding that they would not be a good idea, as he was deciding to create humans, etc for earth. Archangels are angels, and are seen as the 'older brother' to normal angels, hence why they are stronger/powerful than normal angels. As such, one could say that Archangels were created before normal angels. Archangels are powerful in regards to their age. Hence why Michael is seen as the more powerful archangel, as he is the oldest, followed by Lucifer, Raphal and Gabriel. Those who say Gabriel is stronger cause he had the powers of a trickster is incorrect, He changed his powers to be similar to a trickster, thus meaning that it is possible that other archangels would be able to do the same, should they wish to. Demons however, were created after Lucifer had rebelled and was sent to hell. It is implied that Lucifer created the demons, either from humans who have died, or from the angels who sided with him in his rebellion, and thus have fallen. The various other monsters such as vampires, werewolves, dragons, etc, were created by Eve; the Mother of all monsters. Since she was the 'boss/keeper' of purgatory, one would assume that she is more powerful than the leviathans, but not necessarily so. She could be equal to them in power, or that they were imprisoned in a manner that they could not interact with Eve (think prison where the Warden is the boss, yet he can still be killed by criminals, if they were given the chance). Jesse turner (aka the antichrist or cambion) is also a very stronger entity, said to be able to kill the host of heaven. He is indeed powerful, but not infallible (given the right circumstances). If he was, then Castiel would not even consider killing him (even though he was thwarted) To put them all in a hierarchy I would have to go with God and Death = 1st Highest (not including the other horseman such as war, famine, pestilence, simply as they would only exist after the creation of humans) Archangels (Lucifer is still technically an archangel, despite being banished to hell) and Jesse turner = 2nd highest (reason being that Jesse can kill the host of heaven (which is essentially all normal angels)) Eve, Phoenix, Leviathans = 3rd highest (Eve is older than angels. Phoenix ashes can kill Eve, so they equal in power, but with different abilities) Angels = 4th highest (Castiel, Anna, Uriel) Demons = 5th highest ( can be easily overpowered by angels) Monsters (vampires, dragons, etc) = 6 Humans = 7