Nephilim

**Nephilim** are a hybrid species -- the offspring of a union between an angel and a human or a witch. Their parent can be any kind of angel -- including whitelighters, fallen angels and archangels -- although the variety of angel will determine the powers, abilities, and strength of the nephilim and may even have an impact on how quickly they age. Nephilim tend to be more powerful than their angel parent.

Nephilim are generally feared by angels, and even the Powers That Be have set forth strict rules to prevent their creation. Similarly, laws within the Hosts of Heaven dictate that most angels should have only a limited amount of time on Earth in order to prevent them from creating a nephilim. When nephilim were more common, in the early age of humanity, God himself intervened to remove them.

## Powers & Abilities

Nephilim can have a wide variety of powers, due to the wide variety of angels. Potential powers include:

* Astral Perception - nephilim may be able to see the true forms of all angels.
* Superhuman Strength - nephilim may be physically stronger than humans.
* Healing - most nephilim have the ability to heal injuries on others.
* Resurrection - nephilim may be able to restore life to deceased humans.
* Reality Warping - nephilim may be able to alter reality to their will, to a limited degree.
* Portal Opening - some nephilim may be able to open gateways to other dimensions.
* Rapid Aging - some nephilim have control over their aging process, others simply age faster than ordinary humans.
* Telekinesis - nephilim may be able to manipulate objects with their mind.
	+ Telekinetic Orbing - nephilim born of a whitelighter may be able to orb objects without being directly in contact with them.
* Immunity - nephilim are immune to many of the weaknesses of angels.
* Regeneration - many nephilim are able to rapidly heal from injury.
* Heightened Senses - nephilim may have more acute senses than ordinary humans.
* Teleportation - most nephilim have inherited some form of teleportation ability from their angel parent. This may include orbing or beaming.
* Telepathy - many nephilim are able to read the minds of others, and project their thoughts to others.
	+ Mind Control - some nephilim can control the behavior of other beings.
	+ Precognition - nephilim may have the ability to see glimpses of the future.
	+ Sedation - nephilim may be able to put others to sleep with a mere touch.
* Illusion - some nephilim are able to cast illusions and glamours.

Nephilim who also have a witch parent will also have the unique individual powers of natural witches, though these powers may be hybridized with angelic powers. The powers will be stronger than those of an ordinary witch or an ordinary angel.

## Weaknesses

* Angel blades - depending upon the power of the nephilim, they may be able to be killed or wounded by an angel blade. A nephilim offspring of an archangel would not have this weakness, but would be able to be effected by an archangel blade.
* Grace Extraction - removing the angelic grace from a nephilim would remove all of their angelic power.
* "Angel Radio" - while some nephilim are able to hear angel radio, it is debilitatingly painful for them.
* Heavy Angel Warding - while immune to most angelic warding, very heavy warding can be debilitating to nephilim.
* Resurrecting Angel Ritual - using a nephilim's blood in this ritual is very painful for the nephilim.
* Primordial Entities - primordial entities such as God and Death are very capable of killing or destroying nephilim.

## Sources

Nephilim are derived from:

* Charmed
* Charmed Reboot
* Supernatural
* Wynonna Earp