# Chaos — Paradise Lost character guide

> Chaos in Paradise Lost by John Milton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-book-ii

## Who they are

Personification of primordial disorder who rules the realm between Heaven and Hell.

## In the story

### [Book II: The Council of Hell and Satan's Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/paradise_lost_se/chapters/book-ii)

Rules the Abyss; directs Satan toward the new world after Satan offers to restore order.

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