The Tragedy of Man

God creates the universe and sets the stage for humanity's arc. Lucifer mocks humanity's potential and vows to claim part of creation for himself. He proclaims to be as old as God and manipulates the balance of knowledge and immortality to gain power.

Adam and Eve are cast out of the Garden as punishment for disobedience. Abandoned by God, Adam declares he will no longer owe gratitude to a divine authority. He resolves to rely on his own strength from now on.

Lucifer tempts Adam to glimpse his possible future and whisks him away from the Garden. He transports Adam from the Stone Age into the broader sweep of human history. The voyage marks the start of a long journey through civilizations.

Adam inhabits the body of Pharaoh Djoser in 2650 BC and falls in love with Eve, who appears as a slave. He attempts to abolish slavery, challenging entrenched power. Lucifer, as Anubis, contends that history will always recycle itself.

In 489 BC, Adam becomes Miltiades in Athens. Democracy has degenerated into corruption and factional politics. He is eventually sentenced to death as the mob stirs against him.

In 67 AD, Adam and Lucifer roam Rome, enjoying gladiator games and prostitution. Civilization grows decadent and begins to falter. They encounter Saint Peter and then Jesus, whose message of love and fraternity offers a new path.

Adam becomes Tancred, Prince of Galilee, in 1096 AD, but is repelled by petty savagery and schisms within the Church. Eve is locked away in a monastery as the world is torn by conflict. The episode exposes the cruelty of faith without compassion.

Adam inhabits Georges Danton during the French Revolution in Paris. Eve appears in two guises—as an aristocrat who is guillotined and as a prostitute who revels in the terror. Danton is eventually executed for conspiring with the aristocracy.

Adam and Eve travel to Victorian London in 1897 as unnamed Englishmen. Adam is initially impressed by the outward sophistication, but Lucifer argues that spiritual decay lurks beneath. Adam tries to court Eve in a world where everything feels commodified and hollow.

After World War I, Adam seduces Eve with jewels and a Gypsy fortune-teller's mock mystique. The episode demonstrates a society wrestling with material allure amid seismic social change. The drive for progress still clashes with human longing for meaning.

Lucifer transports Adam to a future egalitarian world state centered in the 21st century. At first the removal of nations and identities seems appealing, but Adam soon regrets the loss of history and belonging. He is arrested for criminal thinking as he questions the state's control over life.

Adam and Eve travel further into a dehumanized future in space. The spirit of Earth urges him to return, and he declares that his spirit can live beyond the body. The search for meaning transcends physical realm and nation.

In a desolate future, Earth sees its last humans as deformed savages, and Lucifer argues that human nature remains unchanged through the ages. The struggle to endure and to find purpose persists despite catastrophe.

Adam wakes in a cave around 50,000 BC and stands with Lucifer on a cliff, debating free will and the futility of suicide. Eve arrives and reveals she is pregnant, bringing a thread of hope to the scene. God urges Adam to keep faith, and he chooses to follow God's word and embrace struggle as life’s end.