Evelyn "Haniel" Bianchi

**Evelyn Bianchi** is a member and Dominion of the Heavenly Hosts. Formerly part of the Martyrdom, she found doubts after the violently zealotry of her past profession as an Inquisitor, a reassessment that couldn't have been possible without her encounters with the Host Raguel. Even after leaving for a more peaceful life in the Ordination, she eventually deserted and joined the Hosts instead. With a strong bond with the Angel Haniel, Evelyn serves as one of the healing specialists of the Hosts, faithfully serving those in need with the best of her abilities.

## Background

Evelyn was born into a former magus family that converted to the Martyrdom several generations ago. Their pursuit of magic and prestige ended when Evelyn’s great-great-grandma became a Christian and truly displayed the zeal of the converted. She would express this belief by becoming an agent of the Lord and joining the Martyrdom, the largest magically aware Christian organization.

Evelyn’s great-grandmother grandfather and father were all raised as Catholics devoted to furthering the influence of the Martyrdom. So of course Evelyn herself was also raised as a devout catholic. She took to the faith well and was excited when she finally became a member of the Martyrdom. This was her chance to spread the Lord’s influence as an inquisitor of the Martyrdom.

She hunted down enemies of the Martyrdom without question or mercy for years, being conditioned to view it as simply a purification of the heretical. This would change one day when a certain mission brought her into contact with Raguel of the Heavenly Hosts. Under normal circumstances, the Hosts are attacked for being heretics but in this case they had more or less the same goal and the target was quite powerful. This led to them working together but something that Evelyn noticed was that while she focused on eliminating the target, Raguel was focused on helping the people in the area. Afterward, they had a discussion that gave her her first questioning of the Martyrdom. She ultimately just thanked him for his help and then let him go off the book.

After this as though by fate, Evelyn and Raguel would constantly run into each other on missions. They fairly regularly were dealing with the same problems but Raguel displayed acts of faith that protected the innocent rather than focusing single mindedly on the elimination of the wicked like Evelyn had been trained to do.

This eventually led to Evelyn being unable to destroy her targets with the same single-minded zeal and when she was twenty she requested transfer to the Ordination instead. Working as an Ordinator was far more peaceful than as an inquisitor, her job turning from the destruction of heretics to the gathering and storage of holy relics. However even if she herself was no longer an inquisitor, they were still her coworkers, a rather large amount of her coworkers in fact. These doubts continued to grow and eventually she came across Raguel again while retrieving a holy relic. Sensing her confusion and loss, he spoke to her as both the host “Raguel” and the person “Reinhard”.

This conversation was what finally convinced her to leave the Martyrdom. The next time she was able to, she took an opportunity to slip away and get out of Martyrdom influence quickly. Her path brought her to finally join with the Heavenly Hosts. When she approached the tree to be given an angelic partner she was chosen by Haniel who sensed her capacity for compassion and joy, as well as her desire to find more fulfillment with the Hosts. She was given the name Haniel herself and has found her work with the Hosts to be much more agreeable.

## Personality

Evelyn tries to live up to the name and association of the Angel she is bonded with. She's always willing to help out her fellow members as well as anyone else who asks and is morally neutral or good. She also is good at reading people and in combination with her angel sense, she usually uses it to help people with internal pains or confusion. It is a responsibility to her to help those who need it. Even with enemies and traitors to the Hosts she does not often get angry with them, usually more so being sad and or disappointed about their nature or whatever led them to their current state.

She does not particularly enjoy combat or killing but will do either when it's necessary. Generally, she only does it in defense of herself or others, or against an evil target who would prove to be a danger if allowed to live/given a chance to escape. Otherwise, she does her best to fight non-lethally or to avoid combat entirely.

Evelyn’s faith has had its ups and downs but it is very strong. She believes in God and his salvation without doubt. Were she born in the age of persecution against Abrahamic faiths she would easily have become a saint and/or a martyr. She acknowledges that bad things happen in this world and understands how people can doubt faith because of it. However, while she doesn't like these events, she thinks it shows they were gifted with free will to act as they want even if that goes against God's desires. She also sees it overall as a sort of tough love.

Evelyn, by her own admission, is someone who needs a hobby. She was raised since childhood solely to be a servant of God and as a result, she never really thought about what she likes to do for pleasure throughout her life. So she is often at a pretty big loss at what to do with her free time other than overtime or random acts of kindness. She is open to suggestions about these things

She possesses great willpower though she isn't stubborn fortunately. This makes her hard to break mentally even under the hardest torture or the most intense tragedy. Once she sets her mind to something she will complete it unless there’s a good reason not to.

Evelyn has a lot of admiration, gratefulness, and respect for Reinhard/Raguel. He was the Host who showed her the light and helped her to cast off her old allegiances. She also greatly admires how he acts like a romanticized version of a knight and tries to help others. Recently she has actually started to develop romantic feelings for him. She isn’t sure how to approach these feelings or if he might return them and often gets flustered in their recent interactions.

## Haniel

Haniel was one of the supposed angels that was once part of a beyond-ancient civilization/people known as the Sabragash. A member of the elite sabragash who were turned into ethereal beings to avoid an extinction event. Haniel was very young by Sabragash standards when this happened and was able to more quickly adapt to their new situation because of it. Haniel is considered to be a fairly easy angel to pair with thanks to her liking of humanity and her desire to help them. Her ideal partner is someone who is selfless, compassionate, faithful, and joyful. The only thing she demands from her partner is that they always do their best to be good to others.

Haniel herself is a very excitable and friendly individual. She often acts like a young woman with an abundance of energy. Within their inner world she almost always keeps moving around while talking with Evelyn. She usually displays a pretty cheerful attitude. She happens to find this inner world pretty nice and enjoys the coastal setting.

Because of this energy however, Haniel can often get bored pretty easily. One of her requests to Evelyn is that she enter that inner world at least twice a day, something that Evelyn has been happy to do. She also sometimes requests that Evelyn do certain things that Haniel wants to experience such as eating certain foods or going to an arcade. Their bond resembles that of close friends who always have each other’s backs.

One of the ways that Haniel likes to pass time when she’s not needed is to engage in matchmaking. She justifies this by saying that finding someone to love can make your life better and therefore more joyful. In truth, she’s just a bit of a shipper and even applies this to the fictional media that she consumes through Evelyn. The current biggest match she is trying to make is Evelyn and Reinhard.

The inner world that Evelyn and Haniel reside in takes the form of a part of the Italian coast. There’s a seaside cliff with a small unassuming building near the edge. Once one enters it becomes clear that this is a place of worship, a church. Specifically it is a recreation of the church that Evelyn was baptized in, the place where she truly felt her faith for the first time, the place where she officially joined the Martyrdom, and the place where she deliberated whether or not to leave for the Hosts. The church is relatively humble and even a little cramped but that’s enough for her and she also loves the view.

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## Abilities

### Magic

Due to her upbringing, most of Haniel’s magical skills focus on the magic of the Martyrdom. Alteration and Restoration. In combat this mainly means reinforcement spells to greatly enhance her strength, speed, and durability. Outside of that she knows many spells for healing one’s body or soul. Even without her angel, Evelyn is also an expert in dealing with spirits and exorcisms.

### Martial arts and Physical Capabilities

As a member of the Heavenly Hosts she has been well trained in the martial art of Jacob’s Limb. Before becoming a host she learned much of bajiquan, emphasizing powerful explosive strikes many of which involve the elbows. She is an expert in this and is confident enough to even take on other martial artists with only her bare hands. Despite her looks, she has the strength honed through the brutal training of an inquisitor, members of the Martyrdom who often expect to kill the threats they face rather than exorcise them. Even at her normal level she can become a blur to average humans and kill most with a single punch. When using reinforcement this becomes more extreme and she could even punch straight through a human body. She is fast enough to, combined with her skill and experience, deflect bullets with relative ease.

### Equipment

#### Spear

A spear that was made for Haniel to make up for her Malak Instrument not having a physical manifestation. The spear isn’t particularly special but it is well made and possesses the power of purification. Creatures like demons, vampires, and evil spirits take massive damage from this blade.

#### Bayonets

A more standard piece of equipment for the Heavenly Hosts. The bayonet is meant to be used as a thrown weapon but has some application in close combat as well. For easy storage, the bayonets usually only appear as a handle but upon activation they grow a blade of purification. Bayonets can also be modified with additional effects, in Haniel’s case she has ones that can freeze and redirect themselves mid-air, pin down targets by piercing their shadows, and stun an opponent by surging electricity through their body. She is an expert with the bayonets as her training in the Martyrdom involved similar weapons and even without the usage of magic she can throw her bayonets in seemingly impossible paths.

### Angelic Abilities

Thanks to her very high rate of resonance with her angel, Evelyn has unlocked and mastered many of the powers offered by Haniel. She has mastered the rare angel flight power. Out of the more common abilities she knows angel sense, angel step, exorcism, and angel pulse. Evelyn’s particular variant of angel sense turns her into something of an empath, being able to sense the thoughts and feelings of those who are in close proximity to her.

#### Advent: Gaudium

Haniel’s advent is known as Gaudium or “Joy”, a representation of her realm as an angel. It is a constantly active advent that runs off of faith rather than magical energy, similar to the Ink Dragon which runs off the willpower of the user. The joy and compassion of Haniel and God fills the user, rejuvenating and restoring them. This removes exhaustion, repels curses, cures diseases, and heals wounds. Evelyn’s faith is so strong that killing her without an anti-regeneration ability would require the destruction of her brain or instant destruction of at least 83% of her body including a significant amount of her head. Thanks to this ability Haniel is the ultimate endurance fighter who can easily win most battles of attrition. This ability can also be invoked to heal others that Evelyn touches.

#### Testament: Martyres

The second and final stage of Haniel’s Malak instrument. The name Martyres means martyr, also serving as an ironic callback to Evelyn’s past. Upon activation of the testament a bright light emanates from the user’s body. Any ally or individual they wish to protect will be warmed by this light. For as long as this testament is maintained any and all injuries and pain will immediately be transferred to Evelyn. It also massively increases the rate of healing on herself. Though she must still experience the pain, thanks to her iron willpower and powerful faith this is no obstacle to her. With her testament active, even destruction of her brain is no longer a reliable way to kill her and one would likely need to destroy her entire body in one attack.