[8] He also expressed a childish distaste of riding on the back of a motorcycle with other men on two occasions: first, with Wesley, who tried to make him wear a pink helmet,[167] and later, with Spike. She gets a significant expanded role in Angel as a result of her appearances in many flashback episodes. Soon enough, he received support in his attempts to redeem himself in the service of others. [citationneeded] He denied Whistler's wishes for him to help Buffy at first,[12] and, years later, when he was offered a chance to live without his vampiric weaknesses with the Gem of Amara, he chose to destroy it instead, justifying that he needed to continue living with his punishment. Embittered by the consequences of becoming close to a human, Angel abandoned Judy and everyone else. While in the midst of doing so, however, Angel encountered the same higher power who granted him his new powers, this time in the form of a winged lion. There's a scene in Angel that reveals this, clearly. Buffy and Angel reveled in finally being able to be happy together, but Angel soon discovered that the Powers That Be had not yet offered him forgiveness as he had not sufficiently atoned. [34] William went so far as to consider the elder vampire his sire and "Yoda. Faith found him, and asked him how he intended to resurrect someone who had died a natural death. Example, when Angel, Cordi and baby connor are laying in bed after getting that money, and Cordi is talking about a boat, it could be argued that Angel is happy and content in that moment. [36] However, Spike's victory and subsequent role as a champion[101] was later revealed to be part of Lindsey's plans to undermine Angel's confidence and new position, allowing Angel to regain his focus and faith in himself after a final meeting with Cordelia. With David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Glenn Quinn, Carey Cannon. With this, Angel quickly returned to his old ways of evil. When Doyle receives a vision that the Mohra has regenerated itself, Angel leaves to kill the demon for good. He stated to Giles that "helping the helpless" was a redundant saying since everyone, including yourself, was at one point helpless and they would eventually need someone as well. Angel reveals to Faith his intention to resurrect Giles. Liam's little sister, Kathy, had believed her brother had returned to her as an angel, and ignorantly invited him inside the family home. His soulless experience also gave him understanding of the psychosis of stalkers, giving him a unique insight into many of his enemies. Gunn manages to make it to the meeting point, the alley behind the Hyperion Hotel, where he, Angel, Spike, and Illyria engaged in battle with the dark armies that the Senior Partners had sent against them. For a few months, he became more hardened and emotionless to the point he had fired his entire crew from Angel Investigations. Buffy's friends were angry and disappointed when they discovered that Angel had returned and Buffy had not told them. Despite this setback and Giles' initial displeasure of being brought back by him under these circumstances, he was undeterred and insisted they would find a way to fix this as well. [citationneeded] He also attempted to learn the language of the Vinji and Sahrvin demons via an instruction tape. The precise source and limit of his new abilities were unknown, but he survived having a tree thrown at him without any apparent side-effects, the tree simply splintering off his chest. Faith proclaimed Drusilla to be a mess, and although Angel openly agreed with her, he made the closing statement: "But before she met me, she was beautiful. In the wake of the fight, Angel continued to shift between the three presences, much to Spike and Faith's concern. He was discovered by Wesley, who returned as a ghost to act as liaison between Angel and the Senior Partners. [52], Along with Spike and Drusilla, Angel moved to an abandoned mansion. Because time flowed differently in other dimensions, he had experienced a century of torment while only a few months had passed on Earth. [170], Angel was prone to unattractive and very obvious bouts of jealousy and possessiveness. Angel refused, and told Nadira that resurrecting Giles was only possible because his life had been so deeply steeped in magic. Drusilla and her sisters were all noted to be virgins, and Drusilla was described as being "sweet, pure and chaste." On the way back to their apartment, Angel told Faith that Giles' writings about the girl had "opened his eyes" and then sent her on her way, informing her that he could go home alone and wait for her, as she had other things to do. [124][144][135], Angel described evil as an art and created "masterpieces" out of people through intense physical and emotional torture, as example of Drusilla. [151], Angel tended to be reserved and was often seen as more wounded up and uptight in contrast to others, sometimes even rivaling Wesley and Giles. [37] The same year, Angelus and Spike used a trick that involved them holding hands and beheading their enemies with a length of wire in St. Petersburg, Russia. He took them to his headquarters, which was magically cloaked three seconds in the future, though Buffy tracked him down when the cloak was undone by Willow and Amy. During the siege, Twilight left behind his "seconds" Amy, Warren, and the General to kidnap Giles, Faith, and Andrew. He inculpated Whistler for allowing so many people to die for his cause, and for manipulating both him and Buffy in the past. [citationneeded], Twilight empowerment: As Twilight, Angel had obtained new abilities, including flight and invulnerability. "[91] In contrast, the time he had lost his soul in 1997, he kept his most recent name and reaffirmed his identity as "Angel. [106], Together with his comrades, Angel prepared to destroy the Circle of the Black Thorn, a battle that none of them expected to survive. As they fight, the Mohra demon cuts Angel. How do you interpret Buffy getting her memory back in "Tabula Rasa"? Seeing her again with her sanity restored, he desperately asked her how she had managed it, causing her to reveal that the Lorophage demon had consumed the traumatic memories that had caused her lunacy. Finale [55] Angel began to suspect that his return from hell was not accidental, that he must be meant to serve some unknown purpose. The power revealed itself to be the very dimension, itself called "Twilight," that Buffy and Angel chose to abandon, and insisted that Angel and Buffy finish what they started. [22] He eventually succeeded, and was soon after forced into conflict by the maddened Whistler, who wished to restore magic to the world by unleashing a mystical plague, even if it meant killing billions of people. He was also known as the One with the Angelic Face because of his physical beauty. He also warned her that, if they survived the ordeal, he would leave without saying goodbye. Almost immediately thereafter, Angel ran into Cordelia Chase, a former classmate of Buffy's who had moved to Los Angeles to find wealth and fame. They followed a lead to Mother Superior's church, only to find both the Lorophage demon and a completely sane Drusilla.[127]. Later that night, Team Angel assassinated the members of the Circle of the Black Thorn with Angel taking on Marcus Hamilton with the help of Connor. [32][33], 1880: Desiring a companion of her own, Drusilla sired the mild-mannered and lovesick poet, William Pratt, to whom Angelus served as a mentor and role model for a while. "Angel was meant to suffer. While working in these areas, her work has focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the Americas.Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war . However, Angel eventually accepted his new status as a vampire with a soul; initially only killing murderers and rapists, until Darla put him in a position where he would have to kill a baby to prove himself, when he instead took the child away from Darla. He was also very self-conscious, and worried what other people thought of him very often. With Nadira's help, Angel speculatively established that the new rules of magic had caused some old spells to "reset," resulting in Illyria's resurrection being "undone" and allowing Fred to exist once again, although she retains memories of her time in Illyria. The Fairweather sisters informed them that Ethan Rayne had been on the guest book for the funeral, much to Angel and Faith's confusion, because he had been killed by General Voll during the Twilight crisis. Angel Wolfram & Hart then summoned Drusilla,[67] who turned Darla into a vampire again. Such cases include his quick acceptance of the taking up the mantle of Twilight because of Whistler and his misguided period in Wolfram & Hart. Unlike humans, who grow and learn as they age, Angel was frozen in time. As Angel is (at least at that time) the only known "vampire with a soul," he can only assume that the prophecy refers to him. He refused again and apologized for what he had done to her; however, she declared that she no longer cared. [81] He was devoted to those he cared about, willing to do almost anything for their safety and well-being. In an attempt to control him, the firm resurrected his sire and former lover, Darla, though she came back as a human rather than as a vampire. [4][153] Despite this, he nonetheless displayed a tendency to throw taunts and insults to his enemies or just those he intensely disliked. "[97], Angel's year spent running Wolfram & Hart was one marred with challenge and self-doubt. He had decided to bring Giles back to life. The trio formed Angel Investigations, a private detective agency whose mission statement was to "help the helpless." He was also an expert in torture. Born Drusilla then offered to remove his suffering. There's a scene in Angel that reveals this, clearly. Over the years, Angel became increasingly disillusioned with the Shanshu Prophecy, eventually coming to believe that the prophecy was wholly unreliable, causing him to focus on doing good for the sake of it rather than for a reward. Angel takes a secondary role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 12, serving mostly as support for Buffy in her big fight against the future. He came very close to ending Cordelia's life to prevent Jasmine from being born,[94] fought ferociously against an insane Connor,[96] lied to his friends and killed his longtime friend and ally Drogyn to trick the Circle of the Black Thorn into believing that he had been corrupted,[104] and tortured Buffy under the guise of Twilight for an entire year so she could be empowered. So, Angel sets out with Doyle to kill the demon, without Buffy's much-needed supernatural assistance. "[106] The Master once commented that Angel was "the most vicious creature [he had] ever met. "[50], The distinction between his states with and without a soul was sometimes referred as separate entities. Buffy went to Angel and they had a sword fight while Spike escaped with Drusilla. Me, I fought for my soul, went through the demon trials, almost did me in a dozen times over, but I kept fighting. Angel kills the demon. He could be roused to anger when they were harmed or threatened in any way, and openly threatened to kill Lilah Morgan when she tortured Cordelia to force him to work for her,[159] and nearly smothered Wesley to death when his actions resulted in Connor being trapped in Quor'toth. Classif. [13], 1890: Angelus attended a production of Giselle by the Blinnikov World Ballet Corps, a Russian ballet troupe run by Count Kurskov. More of a demon, who's always there. Angel realizes how useless he is in his human form, and asks the Oracles to turn back time to make him a "demon with a soul" once more. While he did not deny that he had been dominated by Twilight during the actual murder, he reminded Faith that he had been himself on many other occasions, and that he then had more blood on his hands than even Angelus. [23], As the others were ordered to focus on their memories of Giles to make sure they pulled it off, Angel expressed his desperate need to fix what he did as he thought about when he had killed him. [10] Born Liam in 1727 in Galway, Ireland,[11] he was sired by Darla in 1753,[12] taking the name Angelus, he earned notoriety as the worst vampire in history. While there, he followed the scent of blood to a seniors' home, where he came across a deranged young man slaughtering the residents. [citationneeded] Because of his borderline martyr complex, Angel repeatedly sacrificed his own happiness for the sake of the world or individual people who mean a lot to him, such as giving up his humanity to in an attempt to save Buffy from her prophesied death[60] and destroying the Gem of Amara. "[3], In Entertainment Weekly's list of the 25 best Whedonverse episodesincluding episodes from Angel, as well as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dollhouse"I Will Remember You" placed at #14. "[13] However, while he was soulless, Buffy's claimed that he was "not Angel," so he responded: "Wrong. Understanding the truth of her statements, Angel complied without complaint. Angel and Faith then traveled to Peru to retrieve the Crown of Coils from a demons' lair. [61] Furthermore, he also had a dislike of churches, though this was due to the fact that he often preyed on nuns while soulless and they brought up bad memories rather than atheism or blasphemy. I was only in it for the evil. He helped out with the people, but rejected Alasdair's implication of him becoming the next balance demon. [74][75], Devastated by Buffy's death, Angel spent several months mourning her in a Tibetan monastery in Sri Lanka, returning despondent and believing that he had betrayed Buffy by continuing to live while she was dead, though Cordelia assured him that he was in fact honoring her memory by continuing to fight the good fight in Buffy's stead. Died He could also be unintentionally blunt in his reasonings and manner of speech, though this eventually became less frequent over the years. [147], Having returned to Magic Town, Angel explained the situation to Faith and Fred after Archaeus managed to abduct Nadira. [119], Realizing that the Senior Partners needed him alive for their plans, Angel provoked Gunn into beheading him with the flaming sword. Angelus is cursed with the restoration of his soul. [citationneeded]. [14][175][80][43][104], In 2003, when all reference to the Beast was erased from Earth, Angel was also affected, but his soulless past was not, for this identity technically did not exist anymore when the spell was cast. Angel #1.7 The Batchelor Party to Buffy #4.8 Pangs to Angel #1.8 I Will Remember You-Angel goes to Sunnydale to 'help' Buffy, . We all know this, we saw it. [169] He's particularly sensitive to criticism, usually trivial, such as ones about his looks or nit-picky comments about himself. Spike was shocked at her phrasing and tried to remind her she knew Dawn. [44], 1952: Angel was a resident of the Hyperion Hotel in Los Angeles. For example, when taunted by the First Evil for his past crimes, Angel cried out: "It wasn't me! While he initially wore untucked white button down shirts with black dress jackets and a black leather bomber jacket (which he gave to Buffy), he began wearing white undershirts, white and black wife beaters, a red velvet shirt, gray and black soft pullovers and long-sleeved dress shirts in colors such as blue and red. With his body healed, Angel, using various spells and enchantments to provide himself with his vampiric abilities, began patrolling the hell-ridden city with the dragon Cordelia, rescuing citizens and sending them, anonymously, to a safe-house run by Connor, Nina, and Gwen Raiden. 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