Angels (Evangelion)

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Hostile Species
Full Name	Angels
Alias	Adam's Offspring Apostles Emissaries of God Enemies Descendants of Adam Messengers Sky Messengers True Heirs of White Moon
Origin	Neon Genesis Evangelion
Homeworld	Earth
Abilities	Apocalypse Inducement (with Lilith's body) AT Field Self-Sustenance Regeneration Space Survivability Energy Projection Levitation Supernatural Powers
Members	Arael Armisael Bardiel Gaghiel Ireul Israfel Kaworu Nagisa Leliel Matarael Ramiel Sachiel Sahaquiel Sandalphon Shamshel Zeruel
Hobby	Searching for Lilith's body. Fighting Evangelion Units.
Goals	Reclaim the Earth from Lilith and her children, humanity. Eliminate Evangelion Units, as they are profanation of Adam.
Crimes	Arson Omnicide (temporarily) Mass destruction Mass murder Mutilation Pollution Psychological torture Slavery Torture
Type of Hostile Species	Cataclysmic Monsters

“	-"Those Who Ate Fruit of Life?" -"Correct. They exist only to eliminate us - Those Who Ate Fruit of Knowledge."	„
	~ Kozo Fuyutsuki and Gendo Ikari, Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone.

Angels are the secondary antagonists of the Neon Genesis Evangelion series. They are giant malevolent monsters of extremely varied shapes and powers, originating from a being known as Adam. Their sole goal is to reach Lilith, a giant humanoid lifeform restrained in Terminal Dogma of NERV Organization's headquarters, in order to cause Third Impact, an apocalyptic event that would annihilate all life on Earth in the blink of an eye.

Physical Appearance and Traits

“	Angels are made up of a strange substance that has the properties of both a wave and a particle, just like light. (...) Even though they’re made of different material, their signal distribution and coordinates are strikingly similar to human DNA. 99.89% similar.	„
	~ Ritsuko, Episode 5.

There's very little in common between Adam's offspring when it comes to physical appearance. Most of them are colossal in size, often ranging from hundreds of feet to a few miles, although some specimens such as Ireul or Kaworu Nagisa can be around or smaller than an average human being. As demonstrated by Shamshel, their bodies are generally made out of "particle-wave matter", which has traits of both wave and particle, making them impervious to Anti-AT Fields deployed by both Adam and Lilith. Their DNA is 99.89% identical to human DNA.

Some Angels, such as Sachiel or Israfel, take the form of a bipedal humanoid with long and thin limbs, small mask-like faces, no neck or head and a pair of eyes hidden deep in eye sockets. Generally however, most Angels like Leliel or Sahaquiel take a form of monstrous, levitating eldritch horrors with no limbs, no heads, with either multiple or no eyes, often akin to geometrical object. There are also Angels of aquatic anatomy, for example Gaghiel, whose body resembles a demonic whale with legs turned into a fish-like tail and exaggerated jaws filled with hundreds of sharp teeth.

Despite them being almost impossible to injure, many Angels have blood-like liquid in their bodies, typically crimson-red in color, although Sachiel had blue blood. In Rebuild of Evangelion, the bodies of killed Angels have released immense amounts of this substance, either in a form of river or rain.

Personalities

Being mostly concerned about fulfilling their goals, most of the Angels are cold, brutal and ruthless.

Initially, Angels like Sachiel or Shamshel have ignored attacks from the military, as they were incapable of harming them. Although this did not mean they were completely harmless, as Sachiel twice shot down a jet fighter that flew too close to him. Later, Angels like Ramiel or Zeruel started attacking military units on the spot, firing their energy rays at tanks that attacked them.

All Angels demonstrated an extreme hostility towards Evangelion Units, as those are genetic imitations of their parent Adam. In combat, Angels used varied fighting styles, ranging from shooting their energy beams, to engaging in physical combat, to even mentally attacking them.

Although many of them may seem like mindless monstrosities, some Angels have shown some degree of intelligence, and even the ability to communicate with humans. Examples include Arael, Armisael, Kaworu Nagisa and Leliel. While all others needed to enter the minds of their respective human victims, Kaworu Nagisa has shown to be able to replicate human speech.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Apocalypse Inducement: All Angels are able to cause an apocalyptic event called the Third Impact. But in order to do this, Angels need to reach Terminal Dogma where Lilith is located. Because Lilith is a Fruit of Knowledge while Angels posses Fruit of Life, merging those two items would create an absolute being. This would grant them omnipotence, power to destroy all Lilith-based life on Earth while replacing them with Adam-based life.
• AT Field: A signature trait among all Angels is their power to generate AT Field; described as "light of soul" by Kaworu Nagisa, most Angels use AT Fields to create nigh-impenetrable force fields, which can stop all conventional weaponry humanity uses, but can be penetrated by massive amounts of energy focused in one area (N² Weaponry, Positron Cannon, Ramiel's energy beam, other AT Fields). Initially, Angels of gigantic size had practically no use in AT Fields, as their bodies were already dense enough to withstand all forms of conventional weaponry alongside N² Weaponry without a scratch. Its strength strongly varies depending on specimen, as Angels like Israfel or Matarael had very weak AT Fields, while Ramiel and Zeruel had AT Fields so powerful they could not be attacked directly by Evangelion Unit.
• Self-Sustenance: None of the Angels need to eat, drink, sleep or even breathe, thanks to their unique organ called S² Engine. Said organ continuously provides them infinite amount of internal energy, granting them infinite stamina.
• Regeneration: Thanks to their infinite amount of energy, Angels have shown the power to rapidly heal from physical wounds in a short matter of time; for example, Sachiel regenerated 18% of its biomass after it was melted off by N² Mine. Possessing two S² Engines, Israfel can survive the destruction of one of them and then completely regenerate itself. The same Angel was shown to regenerate 28% of its biomass within 6 days after it was melted off by N² Depth Charge.
• Space Survivability: Not requiring any oxygen to survive, Angels can live in vacuums of space for infinite periods of time. Angels like Sahaquiel or Arael used this power to their advantage, with Arael staying beyond the reach of any of humanity's weapons and attacking them with psychic power instead, and Sahaquiel trying to launch itself into Tokyo-III from the stratosphere to destroy the city with the impact's kinetic force. Kaworu Nagisa has also shown this ability in the films from the Rebuild of Evangelion series.
• Energy Projection: Angels can also weaponize their infinite energy into focused, highly-destructive energy beams of extremely long-range. It was first demonstrated by Sachiel, who after growing a second face as a result of exposure to N² Weaponry started using it as its primary attack; energy beams were golden in color and caused cruciform-shaped explosions. Later, Ramiel displayed a much more powerful variant of this attack, capable of breaching Evangelion Unit-01's AT Field within seconds, although the explosions it created were not cruciform in shape and the beam itself was purple. Energy beams were also used by Zeruel and Israfel.
• Levitation: Very common means of locomotion amongst the Angels; thanks to their AT Fields, they are capable of twisting space and gravity around themselves, causing their bodies to float above the ground. This power is used by Shamshel, Ramiel, Leliel, Zeruel, Armisael, as well as Kaworu Nagisa.
• Other: Almost every single Angel in the series displayed some supernatural power unique to itself; for example, both Sachiel and Gaghiel were able to swim at high speed underwater, while other Angels had to float above water. Both Bardiel and Kaworu Nagisa could control Evangelion Units, Unit-03 and Unit-02 respectively. Ireul had the ability to control highly advanced technology, which almost lead to the self-destruction of NERV's base. In the Rebuild of Evangelion films, Zeruel could absorb organic creatures like Evangelion Unit-00, imprison the soul of Rei Ayanami inside its core, and then transform itself into a gigantic pale-skinned woman. In the Rebuild of Evangelion films, Kaworu Nagisa was shown to be unaffected by extremely cold temperatures, walking naked around the Moon's surface and later shrugging off cold winds in a post-Third Impact world. On the other hand, Sandalphon was unaffected by being submerged in lava, even as an infant. Matarael can emit highly corrosive acid from its "eye" that can melt through NERV's armoring. Both Sachiel and Bardiel could leap high into the air, with the latter doing unnatural acrobatics in the process. Armisael could merge with other life forms, synchronizing their nervous system, as well as creating a biological growth called "the Angel Tower". Israfel can split itself into two different specimens or merge itself back together. Both Bardiel and Zeruel were able to stretch their arms by several times the length of their bodies.