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Canon: Angel Sanctuary
Character: Raphael
Timeline: End of Manga
Personality:
As an angel a certain level of dignity, purity and kindness is expected of you. Just as humans look up to God with the most perfect eyes, Angels share similar honor and respect. From afar, these angels are indeed the most perfect creatures who can seem to do no wrong. Unfortunately, throughout the story, it was shown time and again, that this misconception was wrong. In the beginning of the mangaka, one of the main characters, Kurai, mentioned one important fact, 'The only difference between demons and angels is the fact that demons actually admitted their innermost desire and they don't reject it and lie about it'. As an angel, Raphael was far from perfect even if he is one of the most magnificent angels of heaven.
Raphael has a very complex personality and more often than not, his words often betray his inner emotions. For example, when he does an act of kindness or anything good for his fellow angels, he dismisses the fact readily and denies it. This stems from the fact that before the first war, he had the perfect reputation, and was easily shunned by the people around him for one simple mistake. Though a big part of why a person does something good is to do right by God and do right by his morals, other people's impressions play a major role as well. To have people leave him and judge him completely because of one incident left a huge mark on Raphael. This caused him to shut people out so that he can't get hurt by them anymore. Often, when he does an act of kindness, he says that he did it out of whimsy.
Raphael can be rather emotionless about his affairs with female angels. He thinks that women are nothing more than pretty toys which makes him forget how bored he really is. He also mentions that if he wanted to, he can easily stop it. True enough, he only regards two women, Barbiel and Sara.
As the most powerful healer of Heaven, Raphael has this clinic set up where he has lots of female nurses whom he enjoys sleeping around with. He enjoys playing games with them, and persuading them to call him 'doctor'. However, there is no emotional attachment in these relationships. He thinks nothing of them but dolls that exist for his own personal entertainment. Though he readily says that they are nothing but dolls, he doesn't readily admit the nature of his actions. He starts of by saying that it was simply a medical examination, and that the woman was very sick and needed medical attention. This does not fool anyone, but clearly, it shows that Raphael values his reputation greatly.
Raphael exudes this aura of arrogance that make it hard for people to like him. It may initially seem like he doesn't care about the situation, but he studies it carefully and can be very opinionated about it. In fact, he sometimes scolds Mika(Michael) about his actions even if it was thousands of years ago. He gave a lengthy lecture about how Mika should have followed orders instead of charging in, and how he was supposed to at least warn Raphael about his actions so he could have set up counter measures during the first war.
Raphael cares about his workplace and home. He doesn't like people messing it up, or worse, blowing it up. When Raph was giving Mika a well thought out (and very long) lecture, Mika got pissed and exploded on Raphael. Raphael having powers of his own was protected, but his office was destroyed. Instantly from a calm demeanor, suddenly Raphael became angry and started summoning his powers against Mika.
Raphael deeply cares about Mika and his well-being. In fact, when he was warned that Mika headed to Assiah to challenge Setsuna/Alexiel, at first he ignored it and went back to his 'home medical examination'. But when he realized that Mika was about to fight with Nanatsuya, Alexiel's sword born of Lucifer's soul, he immediately stopped what he was doing and ran after Mika. This showed that he valued Mika more than he valued a woman's company.
Raphael knows how to repay a debt or at least knows how to show his appreciation. Michael saved Raphael from the dark world he got himself into. No one stuck with Raphy like Mika did, and when Mika needed it the most, he was there as well even if it meant having his flesh burnt. He showed no fear, neither did he scold Mika. He was very sensitive to Mika's needs and risked his life to ensure that Mika would be safe.
Though the four elemental angels, Jibrielle, Michael, Uriel and Raphael come from different hierarchy of angels, Raphael believes that there is a special bond between the four of them. For example, though Jibrielle is stiff and uncongenial towards others, there was always a sense of comradeship between them. He saw it as a bond like no other.
Unlike the perception that good beings should be forgiving, Raphael is vengeful and unforgiving. Until modern times, he could never forgive Lucifer for the damage he did to Michael.
Overall, Raphael is the type of person who segregates people into three groups: Angels he trusts and care about, Angels or Demons he hates, and People whom he couldn't care less about.
Background:
The Guardian of the tree of life and the shining one who heals. One of the most glorious angels in heaven, one close to the Lord, the Angel of Wind, and the great archangel of Virtues, Raphael. This is how most of the Angels and Demons see Raphael.
In heaven, there are 9 rankings of angels. However, there are lower rankings such as Gurigol, those angels who are without body, and whose life is limited by their astral powers. The highest among them are Seraphims and then followed by Cherubims, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Archangels, Principalities and Angels. Raphael is a Virtue and rules over all the Virtues, almost like how a general has his own army. He is often referred to as the shining one, because in catholic scripture, Virtues are known to be the 'shining ones' and are in-charge of miracles and providing courage and valor.
Aside from the fact that Raphael carries the title of being the Chief of Virtues, Raphael is also known as the Archangel of Wind. In heaven, there are 6 most notable angels aside from the 12 Zodiac Angels and the 7 Highest Angels. Two of these angels are Alexiel and Rosciel who are supposedly 2 parts of one powerful Seraphim, divided so that the threat they generate was minimized. The four other angels include Raphael, Michael, Jibrielle and Uriel, who are considered as the Four Elemental Angels due to the fact that they control one element each. As mentioned earlier, Raphael controls the power of wind.
Belial or the MadHatter, once mentioned to the princess of Gehenna, Kurai, that if she were to agree to be the bride of the king of hell, they can help resurrect Setsuna the main protagonist of the series. However, it remains that the only person whom can truly resurrect a dead person in both Heaven and Earth is Raphael.
As mentioned earlier, there is a certain standard expected from angels, specially those who aim to reach the highest ranks of heaven. In the beginning, Raphael was obsessed with keeping his reputation pure, untarnished and perfect. He prided himself as one of the most hardworking and pure angels that Heaven has ever seen.
In heaven, Angels are banned from human emotions, most especially love. Thus, Alexiel was punished and cast as a fallen angel because she said that she was in love with God (Though in reality, she loved her brother Rosciel the most, in an innocent way). Raphael kept his body pure and his image pristine. He denied any form of love or sexual interaction. However, an incident with Belial and another woman ruined everything for Raphael. It tarnished his perfect reputation and sent him to a downward spiral that no angel in Heaven could save him from. No one was able to save him, except for the General of Powers, Michael.
Though he was saved by Michael, nothing was ever the same again for the Chief of Virtues. Suddenly he changed to the person whom angels accused him to be. He indulged heavily in his most primal desires. In fact, in modern times, when Michael decided to pay him a visit he mentioned going to the Playboy's house. He said, that he was going to that snob, who's always spouting complete nonsense! To that lecherous surgeon, who's too fond of women, TO RAPHAEL's PLACE.
Raphael is known as the greatest healer of heaven and he has a clinic in Heaven, in Lakia, 2nd level of Yatzirah. He is portrayed like a doctor, and he enjoys playing the doctor in his little sex-games with his female nurses. He always insists that they call him 'Doctor' whilst he performs his 'Medical Examinations'. It was shown that these examinations happen often as Barbiel, Raphael's assistant/secretary, gets frustrated at one of the nurses for always falling for Raphael's tricks.
One of his chief titles in heaven is "Angel of Destruction", due to his mastery of his element. However, Michael often disregards this and calls him "the Perverted Doctor". In fact, when Michael was trying to provoke Raphael to go to Assiah (Earth) to check the Messiah(Setsuna in Alexiel's body), he was telling Raphael about the fact that he will find Alexiel interesting because she is a woman. Raphael simply responded by saying, "Alexiel...Sizes 87-58-85... I don't remember anything else". This is why Michael also enjoys calling Raphael the demigod of Lust.
Raphael played a vital role in the first war of Heaven. As the Chief of Virtues he commanded his own army. However, his army was not as massive as Michael's army since he was considered as the General of heaven's army. Though Michael won them the war, it led to many casualties. More importantly, the turmoil of fighting his own brother, and losing the person whom he loved affected Michael greatly. It was so bad that Michael started burning up and increasing casualties in their own army. Just like Michael saved Raphael, Raphael also saved Michael that day. At that time, Michael had not truly believed in his victory.
Unlike all the angels that ran away from the scene Michael was causing, Raphael went nearer to Michael. He just stayed there beside Michael and promised that he won't leave Michael alone even if he ended up burning his flesh in the process.
Considering that all his indiscretions were not approved by Heaven, he was never bothered by the rulers of Heaven at the time. This is mainly because of his power, influence and most importantly, his assistant who kept things silent. However, his quiet life changed when Sara came into the picture using the body of Jibrielle. Though she was a nuisance at first, Raphael still did everything he could to keep her safe from harm. However, he was blackmailed by Sevotarte by sending him a lock of Barbiel's hair and stating that if he doesn't silence Sara before the trial Sevi would force Barbiel to spill all of Raphael's secrets. Though he has long forgotten his quest for a perfect reputation, he still couldn't allow his reputation to be tarnished once more, most especially if it also endangers Barbiel's life at the process. So he made Sara drink the medicine which would silence her for the rest of her trial. Though he obeyed Sevi's orders, when Barbiel was able to free herself from Sevi's hands, Raphael was able to rectify his mistake and exposing Sevi's true nature.
Basic overview
Summary of the Mangaka
Abilities/Additional Notes:
-Resurrection: He can bring any being back to life.
-Healing: He's an exceptional healer, and can heal any wound or illness with just one touch.
-Regenerative Powers: As a Virtue and someone who specializes on healing techniques, Raphael can easily heal any wound or burn inflicted on his body.
-Flight: As an Angel, he has wings which he can use to fly, aside from the fact that he has complete power of wind which helps him fly easily.
-Immunity: In the series, their wings serve as their immune system which protects them from getting infected by dust, molds, bacteria or any form of sickness.
-Wind Attack or Wind Blades: He can manipulate wind anyway he wants. He can create whirlwinds and slash through an enemy's flesh using wind.
-Wind Shield: He can protect others as well as himself with a shield made of massive wind pressure. It is almost like an actual shield that can be created there and then with the surrounding air. He can also use this wind shield to contain people, just like he contained Michael, and he can use this shield to contain an angel's powers in a certain area to prevent any damage to people outside of the shield.
A limit to his powers would include a vacuum room. If there is barely any wind present, most of his powers will be reduced significantly, including his healing and his resurrecting powers.
Other important facts include: He knows how to drive. He has medical knowledge. He seems very good at love making. He does not need to sleep or eat. If he were to have a bed, room or house, it's for comfort purposes, though not necessary.
First-Person Sample:
[The feed opens with a clear top view of the city from 400 meters away. Slowly the feed starts moving as if surveying the horizon. A loud and rhythmic sound can be heard on the background as if large wings were flapping.
Raphael was hovering around the city and trying to re-examine the place yet again for a way to get back to Briah. A few moments later he noticed that his PCD was blinking and pulled it out from his chest pocket.
His face remained neutral as he faced the feed to greet those who have been watching him fly around the city for some time now.]
Excuse me, I did not realise this was on. [There was no emotion on his face or his tone. He sounded professional at best.]
My name is Raphael, and I am one of the volunteers in the local health facility. Should anyone need assistance, I can offer it. [The feed ends with Raphael heading towards a rooftop with a red-haired angel sitting on top.]
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Third-Person Sample:
The Chief of Virtues has been in the city for more than a couple of weeks. Since he does not stop to eat nor sleep, he had spent his time exploring the whole city. The city wasn't as bad as he originally thought but he'd still rather find his way back to heaven in the arms of his lovely nurses.
Though he thinks that the set-up Unohona has in her clinic is sufficient, it is not enough for Raphael. He does not know why instead of having female nurses, she has a single and unattractive male nurse.
He stood on top of the rooftop where Michael usually stayed and consumed a couple cigar sticks before he spoke to the Power. "This place needs more female nurses!"
A few minutes later a short smile emerged on the Virtue's face. "I think I'll hire some", he said as he jumped off the rooftop and left his companion.
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Are you 18 or over? YES
Canon: Angel Sanctuary
Character: Raphael
Timeline: End of Manga
Personality:
As an angel a certain level of dignity, purity and kindness is expected of you. Just as humans look up to God with the most perfect eyes, Angels share similar honor and respect. From afar, these angels are indeed the most perfect creatures who can seem to do no wrong. Unfortunately, throughout the story, it was shown time and again, that this misconception was wrong. In the beginning of the mangaka, one of the main characters, Kurai, mentioned one important fact, 'The only difference between demons and angels is the fact that demons actually admitted their innermost desire and they don't reject it and lie about it'. As an angel, Raphael was far from perfect even if he is one of the most magnificent angels of heaven.
Raphael has a very complex personality and more often than not, his words often betray his inner emotions. For example, when he does an act of kindness or anything good for his fellow angels, he dismisses the fact readily and denies it. This stems from the fact that before the first war, he had the perfect reputation, and was easily shunned by the people around him for one simple mistake. Though a big part of why a person does something good is to do right by God and do right by his morals, other people's impressions play a major role as well. To have people leave him and judge him completely because of one incident left a huge mark on Raphael. This caused him to shut people out so that he can't get hurt by them anymore. Often, when he does an act of kindness, he says that he did it out of whimsy.
Raphael can be rather emotionless about his affairs with female angels. He thinks that women are nothing more than pretty toys which makes him forget how bored he really is. He also mentions that if he wanted to, he can easily stop it. True enough, he only regards two women, Barbiel and Sara.
As the most powerful healer of Heaven, Raphael has this clinic set up where he has lots of female nurses whom he enjoys sleeping around with. He enjoys playing games with them, and persuading them to call him 'doctor'. However, there is no emotional attachment in these relationships. He thinks nothing of them but dolls that exist for his own personal entertainment. Though he readily says that they are nothing but dolls, he doesn't readily admit the nature of his actions. He starts of by saying that it was simply a medical examination, and that the woman was very sick and needed medical attention. This does not fool anyone, but clearly, it shows that Raphael values his reputation greatly.
Raphael exudes this aura of arrogance that make it hard for people to like him. It may initially seem like he doesn't care about the situation, but he studies it carefully and can be very opinionated about it. In fact, he sometimes scolds Mika(Michael) about his actions even if it was thousands of years ago. He gave a lengthy lecture about how Mika should have followed orders instead of charging in, and how he was supposed to at least warn Raphael about his actions so he could have set up counter measures during the first war.
Raphael cares about his workplace and home. He doesn't like people messing it up, or worse, blowing it up. When Raph was giving Mika a well thought out (and very long) lecture, Mika got pissed and exploded on Raphael. Raphael having powers of his own was protected, but his office was destroyed. Instantly from a calm demeanor, suddenly Raphael became angry and started summoning his powers against Mika.
Raphael deeply cares about Mika and his well-being. In fact, when he was warned that Mika headed to Assiah to challenge Setsuna/Alexiel, at first he ignored it and went back to his 'home medical examination'. But when he realized that Mika was about to fight with Nanatsuya, Alexiel's sword born of Lucifer's soul, he immediately stopped what he was doing and ran after Mika. This showed that he valued Mika more than he valued a woman's company.
Raphael knows how to repay a debt or at least knows how to show his appreciation. Michael saved Raphael from the dark world he got himself into. No one stuck with Raphy like Mika did, and when Mika needed it the most, he was there as well even if it meant having his flesh burnt. He showed no fear, neither did he scold Mika. He was very sensitive to Mika's needs and risked his life to ensure that Mika would be safe.
Though the four elemental angels, Jibrielle, Michael, Uriel and Raphael come from different hierarchy of angels, Raphael believes that there is a special bond between the four of them. For example, though Jibrielle is stiff and uncongenial towards others, there was always a sense of comradeship between them. He saw it as a bond like no other.
Unlike the perception that good beings should be forgiving, Raphael is vengeful and unforgiving. Until modern times, he could never forgive Lucifer for the damage he did to Michael.
Overall, Raphael is the type of person who segregates people into three groups: Angels he trusts and care about, Angels or Demons he hates, and People whom he couldn't care less about.
Background:
The Guardian of the tree of life and the shining one who heals. One of the most glorious angels in heaven, one close to the Lord, the Angel of Wind, and the great archangel of Virtues, Raphael. This is how most of the Angels and Demons see Raphael.
In heaven, there are 9 rankings of angels. However, there are lower rankings such as Gurigol, those angels who are without body, and whose life is limited by their astral powers. The highest among them are Seraphims and then followed by Cherubims, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Archangels, Principalities and Angels. Raphael is a Virtue and rules over all the Virtues, almost like how a general has his own army. He is often referred to as the shining one, because in catholic scripture, Virtues are known to be the 'shining ones' and are in-charge of miracles and providing courage and valor.
Aside from the fact that Raphael carries the title of being the Chief of Virtues, Raphael is also known as the Archangel of Wind. In heaven, there are 6 most notable angels aside from the 12 Zodiac Angels and the 7 Highest Angels. Two of these angels are Alexiel and Rosciel who are supposedly 2 parts of one powerful Seraphim, divided so that the threat they generate was minimized. The four other angels include Raphael, Michael, Jibrielle and Uriel, who are considered as the Four Elemental Angels due to the fact that they control one element each. As mentioned earlier, Raphael controls the power of wind.
Belial or the MadHatter, once mentioned to the princess of Gehenna, Kurai, that if she were to agree to be the bride of the king of hell, they can help resurrect Setsuna the main protagonist of the series. However, it remains that the only person whom can truly resurrect a dead person in both Heaven and Earth is Raphael.
As mentioned earlier, there is a certain standard expected from angels, specially those who aim to reach the highest ranks of heaven. In the beginning, Raphael was obsessed with keeping his reputation pure, untarnished and perfect. He prided himself as one of the most hardworking and pure angels that Heaven has ever seen.
In heaven, Angels are banned from human emotions, most especially love. Thus, Alexiel was punished and cast as a fallen angel because she said that she was in love with God (Though in reality, she loved her brother Rosciel the most, in an innocent way). Raphael kept his body pure and his image pristine. He denied any form of love or sexual interaction. However, an incident with Belial and another woman ruined everything for Raphael. It tarnished his perfect reputation and sent him to a downward spiral that no angel in Heaven could save him from. No one was able to save him, except for the General of Powers, Michael.
Though he was saved by Michael, nothing was ever the same again for the Chief of Virtues. Suddenly he changed to the person whom angels accused him to be. He indulged heavily in his most primal desires. In fact, in modern times, when Michael decided to pay him a visit he mentioned going to the Playboy's house. He said, that he was going to that snob, who's always spouting complete nonsense! To that lecherous surgeon, who's too fond of women, TO RAPHAEL's PLACE.
Raphael is known as the greatest healer of heaven and he has a clinic in Heaven, in Lakia, 2nd level of Yatzirah. He is portrayed like a doctor, and he enjoys playing the doctor in his little sex-games with his female nurses. He always insists that they call him 'Doctor' whilst he performs his 'Medical Examinations'. It was shown that these examinations happen often as Barbiel, Raphael's assistant/secretary, gets frustrated at one of the nurses for always falling for Raphael's tricks.
One of his chief titles in heaven is "Angel of Destruction", due to his mastery of his element. However, Michael often disregards this and calls him "the Perverted Doctor". In fact, when Michael was trying to provoke Raphael to go to Assiah (Earth) to check the Messiah(Setsuna in Alexiel's body), he was telling Raphael about the fact that he will find Alexiel interesting because she is a woman. Raphael simply responded by saying, "Alexiel...Sizes 87-58-85... I don't remember anything else". This is why Michael also enjoys calling Raphael the demigod of Lust.
Raphael played a vital role in the first war of Heaven. As the Chief of Virtues he commanded his own army. However, his army was not as massive as Michael's army since he was considered as the General of heaven's army. Though Michael won them the war, it led to many casualties. More importantly, the turmoil of fighting his own brother, and losing the person whom he loved affected Michael greatly. It was so bad that Michael started burning up and increasing casualties in their own army. Just like Michael saved Raphael, Raphael also saved Michael that day. At that time, Michael had not truly believed in his victory.
Unlike all the angels that ran away from the scene Michael was causing, Raphael went nearer to Michael. He just stayed there beside Michael and promised that he won't leave Michael alone even if he ended up burning his flesh in the process.
Considering that all his indiscretions were not approved by Heaven, he was never bothered by the rulers of Heaven at the time. This is mainly because of his power, influence and most importantly, his assistant who kept things silent. However, his quiet life changed when Sara came into the picture using the body of Jibrielle. Though she was a nuisance at first, Raphael still did everything he could to keep her safe from harm. However, he was blackmailed by Sevotarte by sending him a lock of Barbiel's hair and stating that if he doesn't silence Sara before the trial Sevi would force Barbiel to spill all of Raphael's secrets. Though he has long forgotten his quest for a perfect reputation, he still couldn't allow his reputation to be tarnished once more, most especially if it also endangers Barbiel's life at the process. So he made Sara drink the medicine which would silence her for the rest of her trial. Though he obeyed Sevi's orders, when Barbiel was able to free herself from Sevi's hands, Raphael was able to rectify his mistake and exposing Sevi's true nature.
Basic overview
Summary of the Mangaka
Abilities/Additional Notes:
-Resurrection: He can bring any being back to life.
-Healing: He's an exceptional healer, and can heal any wound or illness with just one touch.
-Regenerative Powers: As a Virtue and someone who specializes on healing techniques, Raphael can easily heal any wound or burn inflicted on his body.
-Flight: As an Angel, he has wings which he can use to fly, aside from the fact that he has complete power of wind which helps him fly easily.
-Immunity: In the series, their wings serve as their immune system which protects them from getting infected by dust, molds, bacteria or any form of sickness.
-Wind Attack or Wind Blades: He can manipulate wind anyway he wants. He can create whirlwinds and slash through an enemy's flesh using wind.
-Wind Shield: He can protect others as well as himself with a shield made of massive wind pressure. It is almost like an actual shield that can be created there and then with the surrounding air. He can also use this wind shield to contain people, just like he contained Michael, and he can use this shield to contain an angel's powers in a certain area to prevent any damage to people outside of the shield.
A limit to his powers would include a vacuum room. If there is barely any wind present, most of his powers will be reduced significantly, including his healing and his resurrecting powers.
Other important facts include: He knows how to drive. He has medical knowledge. He seems very good at love making. He does not need to sleep or eat. If he were to have a bed, room or house, it's for comfort purposes, though not necessary.
First-Person Sample:
[The feed opens with a clear top view of the city from 400 meters away. Slowly the feed starts moving as if surveying the horizon. A loud and rhythmic sound can be heard on the background as if large wings were flapping.
Raphael was hovering around the city and trying to re-examine the place yet again for a way to get back to Briah. A few moments later he noticed that his PCD was blinking and pulled it out from his chest pocket.
His face remained neutral as he faced the feed to greet those who have been watching him fly around the city for some time now.]
Excuse me, I did not realise this was on. [There was no emotion on his face or his tone. He sounded professional at best.]
My name is Raphael, and I am one of the volunteers in the local health facility. Should anyone need assistance, I can offer it. [The feed ends with Raphael heading towards a rooftop with a red-haired angel sitting on top.]
A Mini-sample for you to enjoy
another one.
Third-Person Sample:
The Chief of Virtues has been in the city for more than a couple of weeks. Since he does not stop to eat nor sleep, he had spent his time exploring the whole city. The city wasn't as bad as he originally thought but he'd still rather find his way back to heaven in the arms of his lovely nurses.
Though he thinks that the set-up Unohona has in her clinic is sufficient, it is not enough for Raphael. He does not know why instead of having female nurses, she has a single and unattractive male nurse.
He stood on top of the rooftop where Michael usually stayed and consumed a couple cigar sticks before he spoke to the Power. "This place needs more female nurses!"
A few minutes later a short smile emerged on the Virtue's face. "I think I'll hire some", he said as he jumped off the rooftop and left his companion.
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