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U.S. Army General in charge of the United States military in Iraq during the initial invasion. Later commands US forces in Hell, promoted to General of the Armies, and then the commanding general of the Human Expeditionary Army.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Pretty much his only flaw in the story is his handwriting, "an almost indecipherable scrawl." Then again, this is an age of "email and datalinks"...
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: A bookish 57-year-old with a back problem, an old gunshot wound and a habit of Motrin-popping is ''Supreme Commander of Earth, Heaven, and Hell'', and earned it too.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: [http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?p=3330269#p3330269 Explicitly declared] by the author. Also, from Chapter 32 of ''Armageddon'', when Petraeus and a scientist discuss the physiology of the daemons (almost a thousand of whom were in a POW camp):
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Former Corporal in the US Army's 10th Mountain Brigade, killed during the defense of Hit, Iraq. Forms part of the human resistance in Hell following his death.
* [[Southern
== '''Forces of Hell''' ==
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General of the first demonic army sent to invade Earth. Ran headlong into modern, mechanized human warfare and barely survived.
* [[Anti
* [[Attack Attack Attack]]: Pretty much Abigor's attitude regarding humans up until a battered flying messenger reports that {{spoiler|the bulk of his cavalry and harpies were wiped out on the first day}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: Surrenders his "army" -- the first army's survivors, his mates and their kidlings -- to humanity after it was destroyed by them.}}
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Yahweh's head general, prosecutor of the heavenly war on Earth, and resident scheming bastard.
* [[Anti
** Could also be seen as [[Anti
* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: A very popular character despite the horrifying results of his scheming.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: What becomes of him is ''the'' big plot-wrap-up readers have been waiting to see, as Michael-lan-{{spoiler|Michael}}'s intending to get away with it all.
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* [[Magnificent Bastard]]
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: His treatment of Maion.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: His first reaction on actually seeing the conditions within the concentration camp that he helped create. May be subverted when he claims later on in his own thoughts that he doesn't feel any guilt whatsoever for the repercussions of his schemes, although this may be denial.
* [[Pyrrhic Villainy]]: When the dust settles, Michael escapes justice for his crimes. However, {{spoiler|It costs him his most trusted friend, he doesn't end up in charge of Heaven (General of the Armies Petraeus summarily ousts him, appointsg his replacement ''and'' holds final say over the replacement's deputies), he's [[Out Gambitted]] in the eleventh hour by someone even cleverer than he is and he ends Pantheocide defeated and alone. He even loses his cherished nightclub, the only thing that he actually loves, Petraeus having exiled him to a countryside estate and monitoring the nightclub's new supervisor.}}
** This is Michael, Chessmaster extraordinaire, and natural inspirer of loyalty. Only one person in the entire series has worked out all of what he did and why, and he seems to be content with taking the backseat and keeping a weather eye on Michael. More than likely he'll be back in charge of his nightclub soon enough, albeit under very heavy watch indeed.
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