In Book V, Raphael relates to Adam how Satan rebelled and fell from heaven. An interesting sidelight in this story is the account of Abdiel, who was present at the initial meeting Satan had called to discuss rebellion, but who alone opposed the plan...
So spake the Seraph Abdiel faithful found,
Among the faithless, faithful only he;
Among innumerable false, unmoved,
Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified
His Loyalty he kept, his Love, his Zeal...
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