Arael

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Arael
Alias	The Angel of Birds
Origin	Neon Genesis Evangelion
Occupation	Angel
Powers / Skills	Force-field generation Space survivability Mentakinesis Mnemokinesis Photokinesis Voxikinesis Mental breakdown Memory reading Memory recall Memory alteration Voice alteration Light generation Illusion generation
Hobby	Observing foes from long distances and attacking their minds.
Goals	Study the human mind (possibly, failed). Cause the Third Impact (failed).
Crimes	Attempted omnicide Psychological torture Terrorism
Type of Villain	Lovecraftian Mind-Breaker

Arael is the 15th Angel and the main antagonist of Episode 22 in Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series. This multi-winged entity was considered one of the strongest Angels due to its ability to attack a victim's mind through extremely long distance, right at the almost unreachable place - out of the Earth's atmosphere.

Though it was eventually killed, the entity had left traumatic damage on Asuka's mind, temporarily stripping her the ability to pilot her Eva.

Appearance

Arael is a multi-winged, giant entity whose whole body (with the exception of the core that held outside its main body by two smaller wings) is seemingly made out of intense white light which is so bright that one cannot see its core. Its wingspan was estimated to be several times larger than an Evangelion, based on its size relative to the Spear of Longinus when speared by it.

When pierced by the Spear of Longinus, Arael's body breaks down and swirls into a vortex, finally vanishing in a pinpoint of light. An outburst of red blood is briefly visible upon the Spear's exit, implies that the creature possesses flesh and bone like some Angels before it, albeit coated by bright light.

Biography

While other Angels engage any Angel-based entities or anything that stood in their way on sight in physical confrontation, Arael instead confronted them with mental attacks by tearing their mind apart through analyzing their memories and forcing them to relieved said memories. Although, its motives when attacking Asuka's mind when she tries to engage it on Earth was either due to it indeed attacking her psyche or intending to learned about humanity from her for the next confrontation is ambiguous, but the purpose was unmistakably to ease its mission to cause Third Impact.

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