Angel Physiology (High School DxD)

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==Summary==
Angels are a race of beings that make up one of the Three Factions as described in the Bible alongside the Devils and Fallen Angels in the world of High School DxD. In contrast to the Devils who reside in the Underworld, Angels are beings who reside in Heaven, the afterlife of the deceased in Christianity Mythology as well as where the God of the Bible once reigned. A Great War occurred between the factions and by the end of it, a large number of causalities occurred including the deaths of God and the original four Devil Kings. This led to the Angels, particularly the Seraphs who once served as the Guardians of Heaven's Throne, were left to uphold the system their creator had made, with the efficiency of said system such as the Holy Power System not acting as potent and properly as it once was.
Eventually, the Angels had also adopted a system of their own inspired by the Devil's Reincarnation system, allowing Heaven to replenish their Angel population. With this, the classification of Angels also come into two types: Pureblooded Angels, which are Angels born in Heaven. And Reincarnated Angels, those who were reincarnated to fill in the population and ranks of the Angels.
==General Abilities==
The following are abilities that all Angels can or should be capable of utilizing regardless of their class. Fallen Angels are also capable of using the majority of these powers as well due to once being pure Angels prior to falling from grace and thus are capable of using them aside from Holy Power:
* Superhuman Physical Characteristics: Just like Devils and other supernatural races, Angels are naturally stronger, faster, and more durable than ordinary humans. 
* Longevity: Angels should have a naturally long life-span as the Seraphs themselves have been around for at least thousands of years when God was still around. Azazel, a Fallen Angel formerly of Heaven, has been around long enough to deem the likes of Sirzech's, a pure-blooded Devil who was born hundreds of years already prior to the main storyline as a "young man" due to not yet living to a thousand years.High School DxD Volume 21, Khaos Disaster
* Flight (True Flight): Angels possess wings which they can use to fly and levitate in mid-air with.
* Automatic Translation: Just like Devils, Angels have the innate ability known as "Language" that enables anyone they're talking with to understand them through the language they're most familiar with (Ex. Japanese to English) and vice versa, allowing them to perfectly communicate with anyone in the world.High School DxD Volume 1, Life 2
* Subjective Reality, Physics Manipulation, Light Manipulation, and Holy Manipulation: Angels should naturally possess Holy Power, a power once wielded by their creator and used by their followers of the church and exorcists. Holy Power is similar to yet different from Demonic Power as the power of "Reverse" can convert the twoHigh School DxD Volume 5, Life 4, being a power that is wielded only by those who have the imagination to conjure it into form. In their case, Holy Power at its core is the manipulation of light and all that is holy, allowing the wielder to enact miracles such as exorcisms or to empower objects of holy nature like holy water and crosses. Just like with Demonic Power, Holy Power can be used to combine with certain phenomena of elemental nature such as lightning and fire to create Holy Lightning and Holy Fire as well as it can be used for simpler purposes like firing them off as blasts of energy.
* Light Manipulation and Weapon Creation: Angels and their Fallen counterparts possess Light Power, which allows them to form weapons made out of light that they can use for combat such as forming spears of light.High School DxD, Volume 1, Life 0
* Non-Physical Interaction and Purification: Angels should be more than capable of exorcising and interacting with ghosts, as Xenovia was able to exorcise evil spirits back when she was an exorcist and member of the church.High School DxD, Fantasia Heroine Calendar Book 2015 SS As Devils have even taken on jobs similar to exorcists in exorcising them and interacting with spiritsHigh School DxD, Gremory Real Estate SS, Angels should be more than capable of doing the same. 
* Teleportation: Angels possess their own means of teleportation with their own magic crest, allowing them to move from Heaven to the Human World and back. 
==Resistances==
The following are things that Angels are capable of resisting or should be able to varying degrees: 
* Perception Manipulation and Illusion Creation: Those with special powers such as magic wielders and Sacred Gear wielders are capable of bypassing area's laced with an effect that causes ordinary beings to be driven away from said area in question, which should make Angel also capable of doing the same.High School DxD, DX 5, Life 6 Angels should also be similar to Devils, who can see through illusions that ordinary people aren't able to perceive.Is the Order a Devil SS
* Curse Manipulation: Angels should possess the same ability to resist curses as Devils do, as people who are reincarnated as them cannot be cursed by evil spirits, thus also implying that Natural-born Devils also can't be cursed.High School DxD, DX 3, Life 2
* Possible Resistance to Mind Manipulation: As the opposite to Demonic Power yet similar to it, Angels should be capable of using their Holy Power to lessen the effects of mind manipulation.
* Possible Resistance to Poison Manipulation: As the opposite to Demonic Power yet similar to it, Angels should be capable of using their Holy Power to endure the effects of poison.
==Weaknesses==
* Impure Thoughts and Actions: Angels who deviate from the Teachings of God and Heaven in any way can fall from grace, becoming Fallen Angels in the process. This can range from committing acts of pleasure with other species that isn't done out of pure love to simply going against their way of life and departing from Heaven as was the case of the Angels who collaborated with Khaos Brigade to disrupt the united force of the Three Bible Factions (Angels, Fallen, and Devils). 
** Vulnerability to Holy Manipulation/Holy-related weapons and powers: Becoming a Fallen Angel also comes with the downside of the Fallen in question becoming just as vulnerable to Holy Power, Light Power, and Holy-natured weapons and powers as Devils do.High School DxD Volume 3, Life 2
==References==
Category:Verse-specific Powers and Abilities
Category:High School DXD