Nephilim

**Nephilim** are hybrid offsprings of an angel and human.

They are the product of an angel mating with a human and first appeared during Noah's time. The Nephilim came to be when the Watchers mated with human women and broke their oath of "watch don't tell".

Because of their unique and unstable makeup, the Nephilim are extraordinarily powerful, as well as immensely dangerous, beings.

## Description

Nephilim resembled humans though some were more humanoid than others. In some cases, they were much taller than the average human and bore features of their angelic parents such as having four eyes, extra limbs, and wings. Interestingly, Nephilim do not have any halos nor do they even have souls. Death herself claims that whatever makes them operate is something else entirely and reveals that they are the 'antique' souls that dwell within Limbo.

Nephilim were known to grow much more quickly than regular humans however most do not survive past their adolescence as their mixed heritage often becomes unstable to where it results in their death. This is due to the fact that their bodies are more fleshed than spirit and as such cannot contain their inherent divine power.

## Overview

Nephilim were born when the Watchers mated with human women. The Nephilims that survived their growth development were appointed as kings and even worshipped as deities due to their extraordinary power and wisdom. However, Nephilim were extremely dangerous even to Heaven as they, according to Gabriel, are an affront to the natural order of things which means that they are not supposed to exist.

They eventually began to regress into more beastial states, pillaging and plundering many human settlements and kingdoms, taking them for their own, because of their deteriorating mental and physical state. Their activities garnered the attention of Heaven who, as advised by the recently ascended Enoch now known as Metatron, had sent Gabriel to manipulate them into fighting and killing each other but even then the destruction they left in their wake just from combatting one another only brought further devastation.

The surviving Nephilim were said to have been destroyed by the Flood sent forth by God. In the aftermath, whatever could be considered as their 'souls' was thrown in Limbo where they remained. However, demons attempted to retrieve their essence in order to use them as their fighting force against Heaven to "even out the playing field" according to Azazel.

## Trivia

* The Nephilim are based on the beings of the same name found in the Hebrew bible, particularly the *Book of Enoch*. They are described as monstrous giants who are offspring of the "sons of God" and the "daughters of Adam" with the "sons of God" being the Watchers. The Nephilim were said to have been so terrible that God was forced to unleash a devastating flood throughout the Earth to completely wipe them out.
* It is revealed that the reason Charlie was sheltered so much by her parents was because she herself is a Nephilim. And understandably, her parents feared that Heaven may make an attempt on her life due to the potential danger she poses, thus opted to shield her as much as possible which explains as to why she is naive about the outside world.
	+ Charlie's cousins are also considered Nephilim as the other five emperors are fallen angels.
	+ It is widely believed that the first Nephilim was in fact Cain himself since he is the product of Samael and Eve a fallen angel and human respectively.
* Children born from the Nephilim are known as Elioud while those born from the latter are called Gibborim.
* Metatron has a deep personal hatred towards Nephilim which is also one of the main reasons as to why he is a major antagonist towards Charlie. Another is that Metatron had come to believe that the Nephilim would have a pivotal hand in bringing forth the Apocalypse but he was uncertain if it were an individual Nephil or the species as a whole.