[169] While soulless, he was unaffected by the Judge's incinerating touch, as unlike his ensouled self, he had no humanity for the Judge to burn out. He apparently reverted to his original strengths and weaknesses following the destruction of the Seed of Wonder and Twilight's defeat. The two became separated, and Angel seemingly killed the demon, and in doing so, its blood mixed with his own and resurrected him, making him human again. Though the duo succeeded in wounding it, the Mohra escaped, and Buffy and Angel immediately tracked it down in the sewers. He refused, and along with Faith, left the church. Giles, Angelus, and Angel sharing one body. It was around this time that he realized werewolf Nina Ash was attracted to him, and the pair started dating. [citationneeded], While walking along a street after this battle, Angel was shocked to encounter what appeared to be Fred. This time, Whistler was convinced and told him he wanted to help despite the cost. [28] Holtz then devoted himself to capturing Angelus and Darla, and chased them across Europe. Angel fought against Whistler, only for him to transform into a blue-horned demon with very strong melting abilities. He killed her first, and then murdered his mother. [citationneeded] Angel also appeared to be a master of intimidation; when Connor broke free of his restraints and beat down Gunn and Fred, Angel, despite his weakened condition after three months trapped at the bottom of the ocean and only a limited amount of recently-ingested blood to restore himself, quickly stood up to Connor and ordered him to sit down, which he did after only a slight hesitation.[86]. The thought that he might someday be forgiven for his past and allowed to live on deeply affected him, causing him to latch on to it immediately. The conversation shifted to Buffy's future, and whether Angel would be a part of it romantically. Affiliation Strong examples of this include him wiping an insane Connor's memory so he would live peacefully with new parents[96] and taking away his chance of being together with Buffy as a human under the believed notion that he was saving her from death. He discovered the presence of a Thesulac demon, a paranoia demon affecting the humans in the hotel, but by the time Angel learned how to defeat it and obtained the items required, the entire hotel was overcome with pathological paranoia. For example, he was annoyed and pretended to be unimpressed when he heard Lindsey singing at Caritas,[166] and showed intense displeasure at Spike for regaining his soul, as it caused him to feel less unique. This almost killed her, but, having quickly recovered from his poison, Angel rushed Buffy to the hospital. [citationneeded]. [1], "Angel is one of those heroes who flourish on frustration," Peter S. Beagle says, "who thrive on never achieving their hearts' desire." 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. His most prominent and mocked trait was his tendency to be overly gloomy and brooding. "Angel" is the seventh episode of season 1 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He is the only character to appear in the first and last episodes of both. Does Buffy ever remember when Angel was human? [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. The destruction of a human being. After the two reminisced about the day they had met, Whistler criticized Angel for abandoning their plan before its completion. [83] After he adopted the name "Angel" circa 1943, the name "Angelus" would be brought up in reference to the time when he was still called as such,[89][174][90] or to compare his present with his evil history. "[97], Angel's year spent running Wolfram & Hart was one marred with challenge and self-doubt. [63], Immediately afterward, Angel traveled to Sunnydale to make amends. Turning to Angel, he further explained, "Angel suffered alone for decadesdecadesbefore meeting Buffy, and never thought to himself that someone with as terrible a past as his deserved someone as good as her." Turning to Buffy, he continued with a steady voice, "I bet you anything he couldn't believe his ever-living luck when it . But, in typical Joss Whedon fashion, this happy moment is quickly. Whistler did not deny this, but calmly revealed that Angel and Buffy's meeting had been predestined long before. The fear that this purpose was not for the cause of good grew in Angel's mind at Christmastime, when he began to experience what he believed to be hallucinations. In 2000, three young Wolfram & Hart associates, Lindsey McDonald, Lee Mercer, and Lilah Morgan, attempted to have Faith assassinate Angel. Nash had gained control of the plague ball, and prepared to drop it on the people below. The following morning, he and Faith caught Spike exiting the bathroom shower with Harmony. After dealing with the unfortunate effects of the aunts magical deals, Angel and Faith were suddenly visited by Willow Rosenberg. Believing that even someone as damned as him possessed the potential to become a harbinger of good and redemption, he became a Champion of the Powers That Be[16] and dedicated himself to "helping the helpless" with the Angel Investigations[17] in the hope of achieving atonement. [103], Angel was elated when Cordelia finally awoke from her coma. He traveled to the United States, and arrived in New York City via Ellis Island. Angel absorbs a fragment of Giles' soul from the Scythe. Angelus and Spike attempted to take revenge on the Immortal more than once, but failed each time.[39]. He used various enchantments to keep up the appearance that he was still a vampire and heal the worst of his injuries. As well as the leather pants, his shirts were generally silk button shirts in black and red, as well as paisley button shirt, though his full length black wool duster remained. Angel weakly defended himself, reminding him of his possession, yet barely put up a fight against Xander. Beginning with Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4, Angel aired immediately after its parent show on The WB for two years. Buffy and Angel escaped Spike's minions and fled to Angel's apartment, where they had sex. [182], Despite this, Spike would mock his appearance in terms of his hair, claiming he used "Nancy boy hair gel. As they fight, the Mohra demon cuts Angel. Angel forces the Lorophage to feed on itself. When Angel was nearly killed by the regenerated Mohra, Buffy managed to slay it with his help. Angel reveals to Faith his intention to resurrect Giles. [152] He also refused Drusilla's offer to remove his pain with her Lorophage demon because he felt that his guilt drove him to do good and kept Angelus at bay. [114], Following their victory, Team Angel returned to their old base, the Hyperion Hotel,[114] where Angel resumed his patrols of the city. [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. Spike and Angel worked together very effectively to defeat Eyghon, and almost succeeded in capturing him, but were hindered when Eyghon possessed Spike's body despite the fact that he already housed a demon. However, the Wolfram & Hart building had mysteriously vanished from existence, and everybody remembered their time in Hell, making Angel and his allies city-wide celebrities recognized for their heroism. However, complications arose due to appearances of Whistler, Pearl, and Nash, intending to steal Alasdair's collection. This episode, in which Angel relinquishes the chance to have a normal, happy life with Buffy in order to "fulfill his penance," perfectly typifies Angel's character and fate, says Beagle. Consequently, this plan tied heavily into the new world revolutionized by Whistler. "[8][9], Enhanced vampire abilities: Angel had the standard powers and vulnerabilities of a vampire; he was immortal, regenerated damage, possessed superhuman physical attributes, and had heightened senses, able to track people by scent alone. [171], Angel maintained essentially the same combat style; however, without a soul he tended to taunt his opponents to put them off-guard, while with a soul he was generally a silent combatant unless the other person talked to him first. [4][153] Despite this, he nonetheless displayed a tendency to throw taunts and insults to his enemies or just those he intensely disliked. He was always one of the first to come up with ideas and usually made quick, effective decisions. Around the same time that audiences found out his true identity is when the Buffy cast and crew knew what to do with Angel's character. His soulless experience also gave him understanding of the psychosis of stalkers, giving him a unique insight into many of his enemies. [92] Interestingly, Angel once reverted to his soulless personality without his curse being broken, due to having been secretly fed a happy pill that, while under its effects, made him experience perfect happiness. As Giles used his knowledge and experience to pinpoint the location of Whistler, Pearl, and Nash, they set out to oppose them after coming to a consensus that not all of them would make it out alive in the battle. [125] Following this, Angel had been reduced to an apparently catatonic state, with Faith taking care of him in the London flat that Giles left to her as she feels that she was the only person who would not judge Angel for his actions as Twilight due to her past experience with redemption.[21]. During his first year in Los Angeles with Angel Investigations, he displayed an acute lack of people skills, and was very anti-social and reclusive. One moment of true happiness, of contentment, one moment where the soul that we restored no longer plagues his thoughts, and that soul is taken from him." Enyos [src] The Ritual of Restoration was a curse to restore a vampire 's soul. He also showed immunity to sunlight and all vampire weaknesses, and his new abilities also seemed to have altered the conditions of his curse, as he had sex with Buffy without losing his soul. With the assistance of Monsignor Rivalli, Holtz tortured Angelus while trying to figure out how to get Angelus to help him to capture Darla. 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. [128], When he arrived at the apartment again, he and Faith confronted her father, who revealed that he had come to ask his Slayer daughter to kill a mobster for him. Still, their vehemence was not as strong as it once had been, and they managed to focus on coming up with a strategy. Because of this, he could easily make dangerous decisions. Willow allowed him to take the fragment of Giles' soul from the Scythe, and he, Faith, and Connor returned to Los Angeles while Willow and Connor's worshipers escaped to the World Without Shrimp.[134]. [citationneeded], Angel's viewpoints on battling evil was often seen as mostly realistic and cynical. Though his father told him that he would only end up homeless and alone, Liam stormed out. And that's an example an inconsistency from one show to the next. 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. [citationneeded], Angel was quite self-detrimental and was prone to long spells of doubt, depression and regret. Upon digging up his coffin, they were shocked to find his body missing; upon returning to their apartment, they realized that the body had been taken before it was ever buried, as the ground had been untouched. He spoke up, much to Spike's surprise, and sadly confessed that he hadn't moved on from her either. 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. Although he was momentarily free to wreak a little havoc of his own while soulless, Angel was recaptured and re-ensouled after a fight with Faith. [69], In his past, Angel had been known as the man "Liam" and the vampire "Angelus." At Alasdair's, Angel and Faith regrouped their forces. After being kicked out of the bar for fighting,[11] he followed the woman the vampire Darla into an alleyway, where she promised to show him a whole new world then sired him. [102] The kiss was instrumental in Angel returning to his path; Cordelia passed onto Angel a single vision, which came later that night, and Angel realized what he had to do. [119], Realizing that the Senior Partners needed him alive for their plans, Angel provoked Gunn into beheading him with the flaming sword. Doing this, Angel attracted the attention of the evil law firm, Wolfram & Hart. "Welcome to the Hellmouth" Angel acted quickly and grabbed his wrist. With the knowledge extracted from Giles, Angel then activated the vortex to Acathla's dimension. However, Angel would also state that it was important to keep trying because things were important enough to fight for. When Faith gave herself up to the police, he and Buffy got into an argument, during which Buffy used her relationship with her new boyfriend, Riley Finn, to attack him. Eventually, Angel became more comfortable with himself and social interaction the more he connected with people in Los Angeles, noting after a few months that he had come to think of his new colleagues as his family. [citationneeded], The other demons at the auction ran for a chance to get it while Angel and Faith went to examine the basement of the establishment. When Doyle receives a vision that the Mohra has regenerated itself, Angel leaves to kill the demon for good. [13] However, he would eventually convince himself that he could make a difference, redeem himself, and receive some sort of reward for it. Buffy described as being happy and at peace in this place; feeling warm, loved, finished, and complete. [85] Connor then sank his father to the bottom of the ocean in a steel coffin, while Cordelia ascended to a higher plane, the feelings shared between her and Angel still left unspoken.[86]. Angelus expressed no interest in the Order of Aurelius' plan to destroy the human world and bring about the return of the Old Ones, as he preferred the hedonistic pleasures of the world above. "[183] Doyle attempted to offend Angel describing his forehead as "overhanging. [69] Angel was also able to physically dominate The Beast, forcing the demon to its knees before finally succumbing to The Beast's strength. [citationneeded], Twilight empowerment: As Twilight, Angel had obtained new abilities, including flight and invulnerability. Buffy's friends were angry and disappointed when they discovered that Angel had returned and Buffy had not told them. Appearances [citationneeded], Despite his limited knowledge over most pop culture and educational attributes, Angel was usually fairly intelligent in other aspects. As the Oracles explain that only Angel will remember the moments he shared with Buffy, Angel's theme ends on a minor key, underscoring the sacrifice being made. [131] Having already deduced Angel's plan to bring Giles back, Willow dismissed him as he was selfish, stupid, reckless, and delusional to think that his attempts would not end in disaster, particularly after all of the pain and suffering she put Buffy and the rest of the gang through after Buffy's own resurrection. He also told Angel about his parents, a pureblood demon and an agent of the Powers That Be, who had been eliminated as a result of their forbidden relationship. Soon enough, he received support in his attempts to redeem himself in the service of others. "[61], Visions: While running Wolfram & Hart, Angel was given Cordelia's visions[104] on her last day on Earth;[102] however, he believed that this was a "one-shot deal," suggesting that this ability was not permanent. In the ensuing battle, Angel discovers the consequences of having only human strength; Buffy must come to his rescue and slay the demon herself. [120], At some point, Angel gained new abilities after a meeting with a shape-shifting higher power, including flight and invulnerability, which he quickly used to save a damaged airplane. [110] The dragon took Angel back to W&H, where he relied on neo-primitive healing salves and incantations to repair his broken body. It's my destiny." [18] When Angel came to his senses and rebelled against the real Twilight, it possessed him[19] and fought Buffy in the ruins of Sunnydale, where she stopped Twilight by destroying the Seed of Wonder, causing the end of magic. [citationneeded], Despite his stubbornness, Angel could be impressionable and easily swayed by the thought of destiny. The masked Twilight reveals his identity. [160] Still, he would on occasion put them below the "bigger picture," particularly the fate of the world. [14], In the late 20th century, Angel, as he began calling himself, became an ally and lover of the current Slayer, Buffy Summers. Still, for a long time he believed himself a lost cause. Angel again attempted to reason to Whistler over the wrongness of killing so many innocent people, not feeling any desire to kill him. [155] Angel had been seen many times to be obsessively single-minded in his plans or goals, to the point that he occasionally disregarded his moral code and crossed a line; he could be impulsive, often running blindly down any path he believed would help redeem himself and not bothering to think about the consequences of his actions until it was too late,[citationneeded] something that Willow criticized him over. Having hoped to get Angel back, Darla was disgusted and infuriated by Angel's epiphany, and left Los Angeles. Maggie Walsh. 1900: In China, during the Boxer Rebellion, Angelus tried to resume his life with Darla, who had abandoned him after finding out that his soul had been restored, but found himself able to kill only animals, murderers, and rapists while protecting innocents from Darla. [72], After the death of Buffy's mother, Angel returned to Sunnydale to comfort Buffy, and the two spent a night discussing how life would continue after Joyce's death. 1898: Angelus' unlife took a pivotal turn when Darla kidnapped the favorite daughter of the Kalderash people in Bora, Romania, as a "birthday present." 2 . While posing as her priest in order to torment her, Angelus killed her family in front of her, which caused Drusilla to flee to a convent. [48] Drusilla and Spike then sought to reawaken a demon called the Judge to bring an end to the human race. "[50] In addition, in the two times he defeated Eyghon, Angel counted with the aid of his inner demon as a separate entity in the fight;[177] this evil persona was referred to as "Angelus" in the second time,[140] when Spike explained: "Not sure you can call Angelus a 'being,' really. Angel then decided that he would be the one to attack Eyghon, as he believed that he would be immune to the demon's ability of possession. Buffy Sainte-Marie, CC (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American (Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Though initially reluctant to deceive Buffy, Angel assumed the identity of "Twilight" and gathered a cabal of those most likely to oppose the Slayer army, consisting of several demons, members of the United States military such as General Voll, and Lieutenant Moulter, as well as Buffy's old enemies Warren Mears and Amy Madison, and her ex-boyfriend Agent Riley Finn, the latter of whom was acting as a double agent for Buffy, though "Twilight" was aware of this fact. [26], 1789: A lone Angelus encountered the Beast in Prussia, standing in a field of bodies. Under Twilight's influence, Angel murders Rupert Giles. The people below began to mutate into monsters, Angel and the others looking on in helpless horror. Angel, while not exactly quick to anger, could become irritated at times. Both of them had lost their memories of her since she was losing her magical essence due to the loss of magic, so Angel and Faith would be the first to forget her since they interacted little with her.[23]. [2], While in the Twilight persona, Angel wore a black leather duster along with metal chest armor, black pants, black gloves, black boots and a red, black and gold mask. [111] However, last-minute encouragement from Connor inspired him to keep fighting,[117] and Angel's friends healed his injuries, but at the same time, Gunn caused Illyria to revert to her true form. [165], Angel often adopted a controlling persona around people, especially those he was closest too. [10] Giving Cordelia the dragon over to the Groosalugg to remain as inconspicuous as possible, Angel reopened Angel Investigations. He was also vulnerable to holy items and sunlight, could be killed by decapitation and a stake to the heart, needed to regularly ingest mammal blood to maintain his vitality, and could not enter the residence of a living human without being invited by a resident. [98][36][39], Angel was also a fan of pop culture to some degree, enjoying Barry Manilow's music[171] and being a fan of ice hockey;[172] indeed, part of the reason he originally founded Angel Investigations was because of his liking of old detective novels. Soon, Willow performed the ritual Jenny had rediscovered and preserved to restore his soul. [106], During the battle, Angel was teleported away from Gunn and towards the dragon he later befriended, who had been tricked in fighting for Wolfram & Hart; Gunn was dragged away and subsequently turned into a vampire. Angry and stricken by grief, Nadira attacked Angel, and threatened him. Angel was sad by his passing and took a brief moment to grieve for him before rounding up his group to tend to the changed humans. Angel realized that a vampire might be controlling the Lorophage through hypnosis. With David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Glenn Quinn, Carey Cannon. In the episode "Angel", it's revealed that Darla is the one who turned Angel into a vampire, as well as the one who was his former lover. [162][163] He was competent, but uncomfortable, with modern technology; he frequently struggled to understand cellphones (once claiming that they must have been invented by a "bored warlock") and confused computer terminology such as "chatty rooms. To this end, Angel pretended to delve deeper into the darkness and fooled the Senior Partners and his teammates into thinking that he desired to join the Circle of the Black Thorn, the Senior Partners' instruments on Earth. [73], Afterward, Cordelia was sucked into Lorne's home dimension of Pylea, and the Angel Investigations team followed her. This thought process eventually triggered Angel into a massive depression after being severely thwarted by several obstacles (Wolfram & Hart, Darla's resurrection), changing his outlook and attitude. [47] Though they had a mutual attraction, Buffy was not aware of Angel's vampiric nature until several weeks after their first meeting. 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. [173], During his darker phases, Angel also smoked, such as his reversion to soulless state in 1998,[50] his ensouled depression pre-Buffy,[45] and his dark phase in Los Angeles in late 2000. [104] He even went so far as to sign away his candidacy for the Shanshu Prophecy to prove his loyalty, exploiting the Circle's inability to realize that he would do good for its own sake rather than to receive a reward. Realizing that he would only ever be a burden to Buffy, and would be unable to protect her as a human, Angel made an impossibly painful decision: he had the Oracles rewind time to reverse his transformation into a human, leaving no one but himself with any memory of the incident. Having discovered a ritual that might allow her to access Quor'toth using the residual energy in the Scythe as a "battery," Willow needed something from the target dimension to access it in the first place, requiring Connor due to the time he had spent in that world. Before leaving, he gave Buffy a Claddagh ring for her seventeenth birthday, a traditional courting gift in Ireland. Died For other uses, see. However, Angel was spared when Buffy saved his life and prevented her friend from killing him. [citationneeded], Nadira and her fellow Slayers arrived unexpectedly, carrying with them the body of a dead Slayer. She had chosen to help people with her newfound clarity, but as Angel was aware, her efforts had gone in vain. [143], After ordering Faith to retrieve the pure magic orb, Angel resumed his face-off against Whistler. [128] Jasmine also described "Angelus" as forced to live inside Angel's head, being a powerless voice buried under his conscience. He was also known as the One with the Angelic Face because of his physical beauty. [31] During the two times he lost his soul, Angel regularly exploited his knowledge of his past allies to play on their weaknesses, such as Buffy's insecurities about her sexual performance after losing her virginity,[50] Xander's crush on Buffy with the knowledge that Angel got to her first,[179] mentioning Wesley's affair with Lilah so Fred could hear it,[176] revealing his knowledge that Gunn and Fred killed Professor Seidel,[176] and taunting Connor about the deaths of Holtz and Darla. 1 year for just $29.99 $8 + a free tote. Debut There's a scene in Angel that reveals this, clearly. After regaining his soul, he cut his hair shorter by the 1920s, occasionally slicked with a side part. He once again tried to talk him out of his obsession with releasing the plague across the world, the two conflicting heavily with their differing ideologies. Angel and Spike fighting for the Shanshu Prophecy. 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