Low ranking angels (newly born angels) always have one halo. So long as the horns are conjoined, it’s a halo.
Angels can grow multiple horns to be conjoined into multiple halos. Some halos are so large that the Thrones use them as floating seats.
Angel feathers aren’t actual feathers, but a flaking protective layer grown from the horns. Humans mistake the large angel horns grown so far back to be wings.
Lastly, the larger the horns and more numerous the halos, the less of an individual an angel becomes. High ranking angels like Seraphim are directly controlled by God, and their bodies are no more than hanging husks.
This last part is a little morbid which is why I didn’t wanna draw it, but angels can join their halos with each other to create a “Hierarchy” or a “Choir”.
Although morbid, angels can fuse their halos with each other. This formation has many names, but the most popular are called a “Hierarchy”, “Order”, “Choir”, “Mass”, or a “Chain” of angels.
The largest group of conjoined angels is simply called “Heaven”.
I didn’t wanna draw it so here’s a 200 year old piece of art by Gustave Dore.
Hey, can I add something? Hell is frequently depicted with walls/floors etc made of merged human souls. What if it’s actually that some demons crave the unity of a choir or chain, so they make their own? Choirs of demons singing songs of rebellion round the clock. All of them divorced of God’s harmony. When you hear so many choirs singing in harmony with themselves, but in contrast to all the other chains around them, it’s no wonder it would sound like moaning and shrieking.
And imagine as mortal souls began pouring into hell, seeing these microcosms of harmony in all the chaos of hell. Why wouldn’t they want to join something bigger than themselves? Why should the demons deny mortals that right? Wouldn’t that be another beautiful rebellion against God? Perverting his holy unities by including his perfect individuals?
This actually makes perfect sense???
Both Heaven and Hell are divided into 9 Orders (Heaven) or Circles (Hell), but the HUGE difference is that demons don’t HAVE to stick around.
Angels are forced into those roles and orders, whereas demons are free to move around from circle to circle and to even explore the human world.
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