Post by Angel on Nov 24, 2007 12:35:44 GMT -5
First and last Name: Angel/Angelus/Liam
Nickname: Angel
Age: 280
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Character type (vampire, witch, etc): vampire
Abilities/Weapons: Angel is a normal Vampire with a soul. He has the powers of a Vampire and weakness's and is a Champion of the Powers That Be.
History(3 paragraphs at least):
Liam was born to a middle-class Irish linen merchant, in 1727. By 1753, at the age of 26, he had developed a taste for alcohol, women and sloth. Though a good man at heart and well-educated, Liam was a hedonist whose only real ambitions lay in seeing the world and wishing he could meet a woman who wasn't dull and boring like noblewomen. For the lazy Irishman, this seemed a laughable dream, especially after he was expelled from his father's household. While in a drunken tavern brawl, he caught the eye of Darla, a vampire. Liam was tossed out of the tavern for causing trouble and was lured into an alley by the seductive and elegant Darla, who, promising to show him the world, transformed him into a vampire. Becoming a vampire meant the loss of his human soul, or self, freeing the demon who took over Liam's body to act upon his darker impulses.
On the night he rose from his grave and in response to Darla's claim that he could have anyone in the village, he set about slaughtering the entire community of Galway, Ireland, starting with a gravedigger. But most important was the killing of his family. First, he killed his little sister, Kathy, who had unknowingly invited the demon in, believing that he had come back to her an "angel". This was the source of his adopted name, "Angelus", the Latinate for "Angel". He is later described as "the demon with the face of an angel". He kills his mother, and finally his father. Darla told Angelus that he had not won, because while he could not be disapproved of again, he could never be approved of either. After leaving Galway, Ireland, Angelus and Darla cut a bloody swath through Wales and northern England. In 1760, Darla split ways with the Master and chose to leave with the "stallion", Angelus.
In May 1764, Angelus and Darla killed the family of vampire killer, Daniel Holtz. Holtz vowed revenge on Angelus and Darla, chasing them across Europe. Angelus and Darla had a near miss in France, after making too much noise by ordering room service and eating the waiters. Darla fled to Austria, leaving Angelus in a burning barn on their only horse. After meeting again in Vienna, Angelus and Darla sired the vampires James and Elizabeth. In Marseilles, 1767, Holtz tracked down Angelus, Darla, James and Elizabeth and put numerous arrows in Angelus. Holtz briefly lost them in northern Africa, only to track Angelus to Rome, Italy in 1771. Instead of killing Holtz, they came to view him "like family" while making a sport of ruining his life. Holtz continued his quest, but failed and returns to York, England to die a lonely man, until in 1773 the demon, Sahjhan, offered to take him to the future to continue his revenge.
Angelus later sired a Puritan by the name of Penn, who wreaked havoc on his father and killed his family. He then copied Angelus' custom of leaving a cross-shaped mark on the left cheek of his victims in order to spite God. In 1789, Angelus encountered the Beast in Prussia, standing in a field of bodies. He declined to join with the Beast, and the Svear priestesses banished the Beast while Angelus was passed out.
In 1860, Drusilla from London, England, a young woman "cursed" with the "sight", something her mother saw as "an affront to the Lord", was shown to Angelus by Darla while Drusilla walked with her family. Drusilla and her sisters were all noted to be virgins, and Drusilla was described as having been "sweet, pure and chaste". Angelus killed her family, which caused Drusilla to flee to a convent. On the day she was to take her holy orders, Angelus massacred the convent (he had an obsession with nuns, including a massacre of those at "Our Lady of Lochenbee"). Then, he proceeded to rape her and drive her insane, before he finally sired her, cursing her with "eternal torment". Drusilla was Angelus' masterpiece; he saw her and his worst displays of torture as works of art.
Drusilla, in turn, sired William, for whom Angelus largely served as a mentor and "role model." William, who later becomes known as "Spike", goes so far as to call the elder vampire his "Yoda". Angelus taught William about the art of mass slaughter, including an incident during a wedding party where Angelus beat the groom to death with his own arm. Angelus threatened to stake Spike in a London mine shaft in 1888, for putting the quartet on the run after attracting too much attention. Angelus introduced Spike to the existence of the Slayer as a cautionary tale.
In 1890, Angelus attended a production of Giselle by the Blinnikov, a Russian ballet troupe run by Count Kurskov. Despite being evil, he is moved to tears during the performance (Angel refers to this incident in an episode, saying that he "cried like a baby, and I was evil!"). In 1894, Angelus and Spike were captured by the Immortal's henchmen in Rome, Italy and tortured while the Immortal had a threesome with a willing Darla and Drusilla. Darla and Angelus were also present at an earthquake in Budapest, Hungary around the turn of the century, where Angelus was a particularly "bad boy".
In 1898, while in Borşa, Romania, Angelus tortureed and killed the favorite daughter of a tribe of Kalderash gypsies. To avenge her death, the Kalderash gypsies cursed him by restoring his human soul, thus afflicting him with a conscience and condemning him to an eternity of remorse for the crimes he had committed. Darla found Angel huddling in their apartment talking of all the atrocities they had committed, and she recognized that he had a "filthy human soul". Darla tried to reverse the curse, but the father of the dead Gypsy girl refused to help. Darla snapped his neck, and with Drusilla and Spike, proceeded to slaughter the entire tribe. Angel killed several men who insulted him, but when he tried to kill the woman, he found that he could not bring himself to.
During the Boxer Rebellion in Beijing, China, the ensouled vampire, now known as "Angel", tried and failed to resume his life with Darla. To satisfy Darla he started killing humans again, but she noticed that he was only hunting rapists, murderers and evil-doers. Darla caught Angel trying to save a group of Christian missionaries from her while they huddled in an alley. While Angel was feeding on rats down at the waterfront, Darla killed the missionary family and brought back their baby to test Angel, but he found himself unable to kill it. Angel fled with the baby and finally left Darla.
Angel came to New York City, New York through Ellis Island in 1902. During World War II, Angel was coerced by The Demon Research Initiative into undertaking a secret mission . He was ordered to rescue an American submarine crew from three Nazi-captured vampires (including Spike), who had murdered most of the crew after escaping. During this adventure, Angel was forced to sire a fatally-injured Sam Lawson in order for him to repair damage to the engine, which they sustained after a German attack. Angel later claims to have known Bugsy Siegel around this era, in the early days of Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 1952, while in Los Angeles, California, Angel was a resident at the Hyperion Hotel, the future base of Angel Investigations. [1] Although he tried to isolate himself, Angel was forced to become involved by the actions of Judy, who had fled her home town after stealing a sum of money from her job. Things quickly deteriorated when a string of murders and suicides gripped the hotel, and everyone slowly grows increasingly paranoid. As Angel learned, this was the result of a Thesulac demon, a demon living off fear, and he initially tried to kill the demon, until the people at the hotel turned against him, and lynched him. Surviving the hanging, and disgusted with the humans, Angel allowed the demon to take everyone inside the hotel.
Angel claims to have known the Rat Pack and to have been present during Elvis Presley's wedding reception after his marriage to Priscilla Ann Beaulieu in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 1, 1967.
In New York during the 1970s, Angel witnessed a robbery at a doughnut shop. [2] After the robber shot an employee and fled, Angel stayed with the man as he died, and then proceeded to feed on him. Deeply disgusted by his own weakness, Angel fled the shop, and then exiled himself to a life of homelessness, living in alleyways and feeding on rats.
Two decades later, a shadow of his former self, the reclusive and emotionally tortured Angel was sought out in 1996 by a demon named Whistler, who persuaded him to join the fight against evil. Whistler helped Angel meet the newly-called Vampire Slayer, Buffy Summers. The following year, when he and Buffy finally meet in Sunnydale, he introduces himself, not as Angelus, but as Angel.
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Nickname: Angel
Age: 280
Height/weight:
Character type (vampire, witch, etc): vampire
Abilities/Weapons: Angel is a normal Vampire with a soul. He has the powers of a Vampire and weakness's and is a Champion of the Powers That Be.
History(3 paragraphs at least):
Liam was born to a middle-class Irish linen merchant, in 1727. By 1753, at the age of 26, he had developed a taste for alcohol, women and sloth. Though a good man at heart and well-educated, Liam was a hedonist whose only real ambitions lay in seeing the world and wishing he could meet a woman who wasn't dull and boring like noblewomen. For the lazy Irishman, this seemed a laughable dream, especially after he was expelled from his father's household. While in a drunken tavern brawl, he caught the eye of Darla, a vampire. Liam was tossed out of the tavern for causing trouble and was lured into an alley by the seductive and elegant Darla, who, promising to show him the world, transformed him into a vampire. Becoming a vampire meant the loss of his human soul, or self, freeing the demon who took over Liam's body to act upon his darker impulses.
On the night he rose from his grave and in response to Darla's claim that he could have anyone in the village, he set about slaughtering the entire community of Galway, Ireland, starting with a gravedigger. But most important was the killing of his family. First, he killed his little sister, Kathy, who had unknowingly invited the demon in, believing that he had come back to her an "angel". This was the source of his adopted name, "Angelus", the Latinate for "Angel". He is later described as "the demon with the face of an angel". He kills his mother, and finally his father. Darla told Angelus that he had not won, because while he could not be disapproved of again, he could never be approved of either. After leaving Galway, Ireland, Angelus and Darla cut a bloody swath through Wales and northern England. In 1760, Darla split ways with the Master and chose to leave with the "stallion", Angelus.
In May 1764, Angelus and Darla killed the family of vampire killer, Daniel Holtz. Holtz vowed revenge on Angelus and Darla, chasing them across Europe. Angelus and Darla had a near miss in France, after making too much noise by ordering room service and eating the waiters. Darla fled to Austria, leaving Angelus in a burning barn on their only horse. After meeting again in Vienna, Angelus and Darla sired the vampires James and Elizabeth. In Marseilles, 1767, Holtz tracked down Angelus, Darla, James and Elizabeth and put numerous arrows in Angelus. Holtz briefly lost them in northern Africa, only to track Angelus to Rome, Italy in 1771. Instead of killing Holtz, they came to view him "like family" while making a sport of ruining his life. Holtz continued his quest, but failed and returns to York, England to die a lonely man, until in 1773 the demon, Sahjhan, offered to take him to the future to continue his revenge.
Angelus later sired a Puritan by the name of Penn, who wreaked havoc on his father and killed his family. He then copied Angelus' custom of leaving a cross-shaped mark on the left cheek of his victims in order to spite God. In 1789, Angelus encountered the Beast in Prussia, standing in a field of bodies. He declined to join with the Beast, and the Svear priestesses banished the Beast while Angelus was passed out.
In 1860, Drusilla from London, England, a young woman "cursed" with the "sight", something her mother saw as "an affront to the Lord", was shown to Angelus by Darla while Drusilla walked with her family. Drusilla and her sisters were all noted to be virgins, and Drusilla was described as having been "sweet, pure and chaste". Angelus killed her family, which caused Drusilla to flee to a convent. On the day she was to take her holy orders, Angelus massacred the convent (he had an obsession with nuns, including a massacre of those at "Our Lady of Lochenbee"). Then, he proceeded to rape her and drive her insane, before he finally sired her, cursing her with "eternal torment". Drusilla was Angelus' masterpiece; he saw her and his worst displays of torture as works of art.
Drusilla, in turn, sired William, for whom Angelus largely served as a mentor and "role model." William, who later becomes known as "Spike", goes so far as to call the elder vampire his "Yoda". Angelus taught William about the art of mass slaughter, including an incident during a wedding party where Angelus beat the groom to death with his own arm. Angelus threatened to stake Spike in a London mine shaft in 1888, for putting the quartet on the run after attracting too much attention. Angelus introduced Spike to the existence of the Slayer as a cautionary tale.
In 1890, Angelus attended a production of Giselle by the Blinnikov, a Russian ballet troupe run by Count Kurskov. Despite being evil, he is moved to tears during the performance (Angel refers to this incident in an episode, saying that he "cried like a baby, and I was evil!"). In 1894, Angelus and Spike were captured by the Immortal's henchmen in Rome, Italy and tortured while the Immortal had a threesome with a willing Darla and Drusilla. Darla and Angelus were also present at an earthquake in Budapest, Hungary around the turn of the century, where Angelus was a particularly "bad boy".
In 1898, while in Borşa, Romania, Angelus tortureed and killed the favorite daughter of a tribe of Kalderash gypsies. To avenge her death, the Kalderash gypsies cursed him by restoring his human soul, thus afflicting him with a conscience and condemning him to an eternity of remorse for the crimes he had committed. Darla found Angel huddling in their apartment talking of all the atrocities they had committed, and she recognized that he had a "filthy human soul". Darla tried to reverse the curse, but the father of the dead Gypsy girl refused to help. Darla snapped his neck, and with Drusilla and Spike, proceeded to slaughter the entire tribe. Angel killed several men who insulted him, but when he tried to kill the woman, he found that he could not bring himself to.
During the Boxer Rebellion in Beijing, China, the ensouled vampire, now known as "Angel", tried and failed to resume his life with Darla. To satisfy Darla he started killing humans again, but she noticed that he was only hunting rapists, murderers and evil-doers. Darla caught Angel trying to save a group of Christian missionaries from her while they huddled in an alley. While Angel was feeding on rats down at the waterfront, Darla killed the missionary family and brought back their baby to test Angel, but he found himself unable to kill it. Angel fled with the baby and finally left Darla.
Angel came to New York City, New York through Ellis Island in 1902. During World War II, Angel was coerced by The Demon Research Initiative into undertaking a secret mission . He was ordered to rescue an American submarine crew from three Nazi-captured vampires (including Spike), who had murdered most of the crew after escaping. During this adventure, Angel was forced to sire a fatally-injured Sam Lawson in order for him to repair damage to the engine, which they sustained after a German attack. Angel later claims to have known Bugsy Siegel around this era, in the early days of Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 1952, while in Los Angeles, California, Angel was a resident at the Hyperion Hotel, the future base of Angel Investigations. [1] Although he tried to isolate himself, Angel was forced to become involved by the actions of Judy, who had fled her home town after stealing a sum of money from her job. Things quickly deteriorated when a string of murders and suicides gripped the hotel, and everyone slowly grows increasingly paranoid. As Angel learned, this was the result of a Thesulac demon, a demon living off fear, and he initially tried to kill the demon, until the people at the hotel turned against him, and lynched him. Surviving the hanging, and disgusted with the humans, Angel allowed the demon to take everyone inside the hotel.
Angel claims to have known the Rat Pack and to have been present during Elvis Presley's wedding reception after his marriage to Priscilla Ann Beaulieu in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 1, 1967.
In New York during the 1970s, Angel witnessed a robbery at a doughnut shop. [2] After the robber shot an employee and fled, Angel stayed with the man as he died, and then proceeded to feed on him. Deeply disgusted by his own weakness, Angel fled the shop, and then exiled himself to a life of homelessness, living in alleyways and feeding on rats.
Two decades later, a shadow of his former self, the reclusive and emotionally tortured Angel was sought out in 1996 by a demon named Whistler, who persuaded him to join the fight against evil. Whistler helped Angel meet the newly-called Vampire Slayer, Buffy Summers. The following year, when he and Buffy finally meet in Sunnydale, he introduces himself, not as Angelus, but as Angel.
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