Age they are: Older than Creation. Er, seven millennia?
Type of being: Type being Seraphim, rank being Archangel, but he is usually referred to as an Archangel.
Personality: He's generally open and friendly. He's polite, even to demons, as long as they're willing to return the favour; sometimes this leads them to underestimate him, which is too bad for them as he may be nice but, as an Archangel and Michael's second in command, he can fight very well if he needs to. He enjoys life's little pleasures like good food and wine, and books (he has a secret love for Jane Austen's books, which only Uriel is aware of). Has a bit of backstory, with Lucifer (for more details, check out the character LJ).
He can seem rather absent-minded or clueless since he hasn't been on Earth in about a century. He enjoys art and music, although he himself isn't very good at those; although enthusiastic enough, he lacks talent, to put it mildly. He's also a little enthusiastic about electronics, although again, he doesn't know know much about them, although in this case he learns quickly.
He also loves nature, like the feel of sun or wind or rain on his skin, the softness of grass etc, although he dislikes flying in the rain since his wings take some time to dry out. Oh, and he absolutely loves cats. He loves most animals, but cats are his favourite. Currently he has two - Earl Grey and Ta-Miu.
Hair colour: Black
Texture: Soft, slightly wavy
Length: Slightly longer than in the picture; it would probably skim his jaw. Eye colour: A sort of deep, dark blue. Skin colour: Fair, as can be seen from the picture.
Height: Tall-ish.
Build: Slender, with the sort of muscles that aren't immediately obvious, but when flexed, or when you feel them, you know he's pretty b.
Accessories: Large, beautiful white wings that have a mother-of-pearl sheen; they seem slighly bluish in certain lighting.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention this – when he turned up, he had his horn hanging by his side. It’s large and white, with gold around the rim, and twining patterns on that gold rim; it looks more like an Elvish horn from the LOTR movies. These days it's generally in his room.
Outfit: When he arrives a thin white robe (with abovementioned horn hanging from the belt). Later he changes it to dark blue jeans/black trousers (usually dark blue jeans) and a white shirt; depending on his mood, activity/occasion and the weather, it can be a plain T-shirt (with perhaps a black windbreaker if it's cold out) or one of those white button-down shirts. Usually barefoot, but if need be he may wear black sneakers. Yes, I know I said he hasn't been on Earth in a century, but from looking around he's figured out what people wear, and he likes it. Sometimes he still wears robes; his default attire will be jeans and if he's wearing robes I'll say so.
Anything else?: As I said, there is a teensy, almost irrelevant bit of backstory between him and Lucifer, at http://cattygabriel.livejournal.com/1360.html#cutid1 (http://cattygabriel.livejournal.com/1360.html#cutid1), which is why he's pretty tolerant of demons, and why he, more so then other angels, has this deep, gripping fear of Falling (and why he's sensitive about people touching his wings - DO NOT TOUCH THE WINGS). It's also why an angel Falling, even after all this time, never fails to pain him, although he rarely shows it. Other than that, not much, really. Relationships: Close to the archangels and closest to Michael (will eventually become his lover); friendly towards Aziraphale. Protective of them. Also friendly with both versions of Loki, Ishtar, and generally most of the inhabitants.Suspicious of Crowley and Beelzebub.
In addition to the usual angelic powers, Gabriel can:
- recognise any angel or demon. He is sensitive to their auras, which is why he can tell from Aziraphale's aura that he's been spending a lot of time with a demon. - travel to other realms more easily - enter Hell and demand safe passage and to be brought before Lucifer if he has a message to deliver -can find people easily if he needs to for Official Business However, if the person, like Adam or one of the Crowns, is exceptionally powerful they may be able to hide form him from a while.
Character description: Tweedish, fussy, bookish, sweet yet a little bastardy angel. Loves making desserts (not secretly) and singing karaoke (secretly). Is slowly revealing himself to have ridiculously horrible self-esteem.
He looks pretty much exactly like (http://linnpuzzle.livejournal.com/profile)linnpuzzle (http://linnpuzzle.livejournal.com/) draws him, btw - not, you know, femmy, or old, or fat, or any of that. Upper end of the healthy weight range for his height.
In addition to the usual angelic powers, Aziraphale can: - most knowledgeable angel about Earth and Hell, but in return the weakest angel with the most supervision - most familiar with the other gods/monsters/etc. - knows every language except Welsh, and his Chinese is lacking - can use a sword fairly well - can hold his alcohol better than the others (without miracling it out of his blood)
Character description: Very tall, muscular, well-defined look with curly golden-blond hair and dark, dark blue eyes. (Sort of like Aziraphale if the latter were on steroids). Big boyish grin when he's happy.
On the outside, Michael is confident and charismatic with a pinch of smite-happy. On the inside, he's insecure like crazy and a bit neurotic. He can never sit still. He always, always, has his sword with him. And he hates spicy foods.
In addition to the usual angelic powers, Michael can: - Michael is the Warrior, and thus he is the quintessential butt-kicker. He's the best at fighting, and it doesn't take him long at all to figure out how to use new weaponry. - Also, no supervision required. He reports to God and that's it. - He knows the most about demons. For example, upon Descending he not only knew how many demons were at the Manor, but which ones they were and how to best kill them. However, he knows next to nothing about entities of other pantheons and humans. - He's terrible at healing himself or others. Not only is it a Healer's job to Heal, but also Michael doesn't really feel pain unless it would be enough to knock another angel unconscious. Very, very high pain tolerance. - On paper, he is the most powerful angel - he is strong enough to, when the End comes, take on Satan one on one after all. However, does that power apply to fighting other angels and gods? Hopefully he won't have to find out.
Heaven
Gabriel
Age they are: Older than Creation. Er, seven millennia?
Type of being: Type being Seraphim, rank being Archangel, but he is usually referred to as an Archangel.
Personality: He's generally open and friendly. He's polite, even to demons, as long as they're willing to return the favour; sometimes this leads them to underestimate him, which is too bad for them as he may be nice but, as an Archangel and Michael's second in command, he can fight very well if he needs to. He enjoys life's little pleasures like good food and wine, and books (he has a secret love for Jane Austen's books, which only Uriel is aware of). Has a bit of backstory, with Lucifer (for more details, check out the character LJ).
He can seem rather absent-minded or clueless since he hasn't been on Earth in about a century. He enjoys art and music, although he himself isn't very good at those; although enthusiastic enough, he lacks talent, to put it mildly. He's also a little enthusiastic about electronics, although again, he doesn't know know much about them, although in this case he learns quickly.
He also loves nature, like the feel of sun or wind or rain on his skin, the softness of grass etc, although he dislikes flying in the rain since his wings take some time to dry out.
Oh, and he absolutely loves cats. He loves most animals, but cats are his favourite. Currently he has two - Earl Grey and Ta-Miu.
Hair colour: Black
Texture: Soft, slightly wavy
Length: Slightly longer than in the picture; it would probably skim his jaw.
Eye colour: A sort of deep, dark blue.
Skin colour: Fair, as can be seen from the picture.
Height: Tall-ish.
Build: Slender, with the sort of muscles that aren't immediately obvious, but when flexed, or when you feel them, you know he's pretty b.
Accessories: Large, beautiful white wings that have a mother-of-pearl sheen; they seem slighly bluish in certain lighting.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention this – when he turned up, he had his horn hanging by his side. It’s large and white, with gold around the rim, and twining patterns on that gold rim; it looks more like an Elvish horn from the LOTR movies. These days it's generally in his room.
Outfit: When he arrives a thin white robe (with abovementioned horn hanging from the belt). Later he changes it to dark blue jeans/black trousers (usually dark blue jeans) and a white shirt; depending on his mood, activity/occasion and the weather, it can be a plain T-shirt (with perhaps a black windbreaker if it's cold out) or one of those white button-down shirts. Usually barefoot, but if need be he may wear black sneakers. Yes, I know I said he hasn't been on Earth in a century, but from looking around he's figured out what people wear, and he likes it.
Sometimes he still wears robes; his default attire will be jeans and if he's wearing robes I'll say so.
Gabriel (cont.)
Relationships: Close to the archangels and closest to Michael (will eventually become his lover); friendly towards Aziraphale. Protective of them. Also friendly with both versions of Loki, Ishtar, and generally most of the inhabitants.Suspicious of Crowley and Beelzebub.
In addition to the usual angelic powers, Gabriel can:
- recognise any angel or demon.
He is sensitive to their auras, which is why he can tell from Aziraphale's aura that he's been spending a lot of time with a demon.
- travel to other realms more easily
- enter Hell
and demand safe passage and to be brought before Lucifer if he has a message to deliver
-can find people easily if he needs to for Official Business
However, if the person, like Adam or one of the Crowns, is exceptionally powerful they may be able to hide form him from a while.
Aziraphale
He looks pretty much exactly like
In addition to the usual angelic powers, Aziraphale can:
- most knowledgeable angel about Earth and Hell, but in return the weakest angel with the most supervision
- most familiar with the other gods/monsters/etc.
- knows every language except Welsh, and his Chinese is lacking
- can use a sword fairly well
- can hold his alcohol better than the others (without miracling it out of his blood)
Michael
On the outside, Michael is confident and charismatic with a pinch of smite-happy. On the inside, he's insecure like crazy and a bit neurotic. He can never sit still. He always, always, has his sword with him. And he hates spicy foods.
In addition to the usual angelic powers, Michael can:
- Michael is the Warrior, and thus he is the quintessential butt-kicker. He's the best at fighting, and it doesn't take him long at all to figure out how to use new weaponry.
- Also, no supervision required. He reports to God and that's it.
- He knows the most about demons. For example, upon Descending he not only knew how many demons were at the Manor, but which ones they were and how to best kill them. However, he knows next to nothing about entities of other pantheons and humans.
- He's terrible at healing himself or others. Not only is it a Healer's job to Heal, but also Michael doesn't really feel pain unless it would be enough to knock another angel unconscious. Very, very high pain tolerance.
- On paper, he is the most powerful angel - he is strong enough to, when the End comes, take on Satan one on one after all. However, does that power apply to fighting other angels and gods? Hopefully he won't have to find out.