The Offbeats

The Offbeats are a group of Overworld denizens established by Melody Reed. Initially formed as a nameless group of unorthodox friends, repeated interferences from Heaven dwellers caused The Offbeats to band together in an effort to defend themselves, and later, to dismantle Heaven's societal norms and restrictions in order to live their lives as free individuals.

Originally an insult towards its members by Atlas Powell, Melody has since taken the term 'offbeats' and turned it into a symbol of rebellion, having fully embraced her and her friends' roles as outcasts.

Background
The Offbeats were formed long ago prior to its official naming and stance as a rebel team. Originally just a group of friends consisting of guardian angel Melody Reed and her Familiar Scampi, as well as humans Autumn Jaye and Lux Lennerman, their circle would gradually expand as new faces befriended them. A kitsune demon, Kiyomi, would later join their group after a bonding with Autumn, and their friendship would soon change Melody's view on demons. After a run-in with The Divine Choir, Melody attempts to convince seraphim angel Oswald Sterling that not all demons are bad. Following more encounters, Oswald finds himself slowly spending more time with the group, before his final defiance against The Divine Choir in protection of Kiyomi - officially making him, as well as his Familiar Sooty, Offbeats.

Having changed a lot since her departure from Heaven, Melody's new friends inspired her to make amends with her childhood snow angel, Peppermint. After a stealth mission to Heaven thanks to Oswald, Melody rekindles her relationship with Peppermint and apologizes for her years of uninterest and cold attitude. Following Melody's return to the Overworld, she would begin sending Peppermint routine letters. Lux and Oswald had also began befriending one of the resident janitor bots, NX, as they try and make a good name for themselves in the local area. Subsequent trips to town square would always be greeted with the robot joining them, happy to be of service in ways outside of their programming.

Architect-turned-investigator Marigold would have occasional run-ins with the group, with both parties seemingly oblivious to the other's nature. As the heaven moth begins investigating the sudden influx of new arrivals in Heaven consisting of the best of the best, Marigold would meet NX, who would occasionally help her with suspects. After piecing together evidence thanks to NX's memory databanks, Marigold eventually discovers that Throne angel Coral is culprit of killing good people in order to indoctrinate them into her following. Linking her with The Divine Choir, Marigold would ask NX to assist her in tracking down Melody and her friends in an attempt to warn them of Coral's plans, which now include the memory wiping of Autumn and Lux, as well as the assassination of Kiyomi.

After Melody is recalled back to Heaven by Coral to congratulate her on a job well done, Melody demands Coral let her return to Earth to live with her newfound girlfriend. Disgusted at Melody's rebellious spirit and disappointed that her time on Earth had changed her for the worse, Coral freezes Scampi and sends Melody to Heaven's Prison. A result of their rekindled relationship, Peppermint finds Scampi and rescues Melody, rebelling against Heaven's orders. After informing her of a plan, Melody thanks Peppermint and returns to Earth with a golden ring given to her by fellow in-mate Gadreel.

When Coral finally arrives on the Overworld herself in order to confront the humans, Marigold and NX defend the guardian, taking a stance against Heaven and cementing them as Offbeats. Despite their best efforts, Coral, The Divine Choir, and her army of Power angels overpower The Offbeats, and all are captured. When Melody returns, she bargains with Coral, saying that she'll let her follow through with her plans so long as the rest of Heaven is not told of what happened.

With The Offbeats forcefully taken to Heaven, Coral creates walls that conceal them from the view of other angels. Just as Coral is about to erase memories, she's attacked by a pillar of ice courtesy of Peppermint, and Melody engages in battle with her former employer as the remaining Offbeats fight The Divine Choir. Clearly weaker and outmatched by Coral, Melody chooses to fight not in an attempt to win, but merely to distract Coral, as the others arrive after defeating The Divine Choir, and she's finally overpowered by the combined efforts of all ten Offbeats.

In a last ditch attempt to win, Coral lowers the walls and uses the last of her magic to form a Power angel. Without her scythe, trapped, and barely conscious, the Power angel is weak, but with a clear view of outside unknowing angels, it attaches to them, spreading as it corrupts and assembles them into a large monstrosity that saves Coral. Now with the help of The Divine Choir, The Offbeats take one final stance against Coral, weakening her until God arrives and promptly defeats her.

As he uncorrupts the attacked angels and scolds Coral, God sends her to Hell as another Fallen Angel. As thanks for helping save Heaven from Coral's actions, God promises not to erase Autumn and Lux's memories so long as they promise to never mention this to anybody else, and allows Kiyomi to live her life on Earth under His watchful eye. As punishment for breaking several laws and rules of conduct, however, Melody, Oswald, Marigold, and Peppermint are stripped of their positions and banished from ever entering Heaven again, sentencing them to life on the Overworld.

Having inspired other angels to protest against Heaven's rules, The Offbeats return to Earth, where they rejoice, knowing that they can finally begin living their lives as true friends.

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Trivia

 * Offbeat is used to refer to things or people that outside the ordinary or against their true purpose. True to the name, every member deviates from the norm in one way or another.
 * Melody and Oswald are both angels that have given their positions away to humans and are willing to fraternize with a demon.
 * Similarly to their masters, Scampi and Sooty both gave away their positions as Familiars.
 * Autumn and Lux are both humans with knowledge of angels and Heaven, something that is meant to be confidential.
 * Kiyomi is a demon that hates life in Hell and instead wants to live on the Overworld as a normal human girl.
 * Marigold is a heaven moth that turned towards investigating rather than her assigned role as architect.
 * NX is a janitor bot that rejected their programming and instead used their services as weaponry against Heaven.
 * Peppermint is an angel that directly disobeyed Heaven's orders and released what was considered to be a criminal.
 * The Offbeats and The Arcana are the only groups that have more females than males. Coincidentally, both groups also have a nonbinary member.
 * If one were to count Kerberos' three heads as three separate people, however, then The Offbeats are the only group with more females.
 * The Offbeats have the most species variety of any group, being consisted of four angels, two Familiars, two humans, one demon, and one automaton.