Fallen Angel

Samael, the Governor-Queen of Grigori

## Origin

### Origin

Fallen Angels are Angels that have fallen from the grace of the God, due to having "impure thoughts" that divert them from the teachings of God

The **Fallen Angels** are one of the Three Factions of the Abrahamic Pantheon, alongside the Angels and Devils. They are originally Angels but fell from the grace of the God for violating his rules and was thus banished from Heaven.

## Summary

Fallen Angels are Angels that have fallen from the grace of God, due to various reasons ranging from violating the sacred rules of Heaven to betraying their fellow Angels to having "sinful desires" that divert them from the teaching of God. For example, the leaders of Grigori were tempted by human women and had fallen after having sex with them, violating God's order not to interact with humans.

After being cast out of Heaven, they invaded and claimed the primordial realms of Limbo and Purgatory for their own, either killing all the natural inhabitants or keeping them as slaves for working or sexual purposes. This action eventually led to the Celestial War between the forces of the Heavenly Host and the Grigori, with the Angels ultimately won but the Fallen Angels managed to keep the two realms for their own.

Despite being cast out of Heaven, Fallen Angels and their subordinates have been known to occupy religious institutes such as churches and use them as bases. However, they will often go out of their way to destroy all of the religious icons in these churches in the process out of spite for their Father.

## Appearance

Fallen Angels have the appearance of attractive humans that can only be described as "seduction personification", with their faces and forms sculpted to absolute perfection that easily capture the heart and mind of those who gaze upon them.

Most Fallen Angels have their hair black and purple-colored eyes, though this isn't shared by their angelic brethren, the Angels; who have silver/gold hair and emerald eyes. Despite this, they are known for using their shapeshifting ability to change their appearance as will to easier seducing their targets, from the colors of their hair and eyes to the form of their body to even their gender.

They have giant black feathered-wings of roughly 3 meters in wingspan, which can be retracted into their back as if they've disappeared completely. Their wings, being similar to a raven's, are iridescent when under certain angles and lighting.

The number of wings a Fallen Angel possesses is a vague estimation of their ranking and power, with one pair of wings being the lowest and six pairs of wings being the highest. For example, the standard amount of wings a regular Fallen Angel possess is two wings (one pair) while a standard Thronic Fallen Angel have around six to eight wings (three to four pairs).

Despite all of the Fallen Angels being once Pure Angels, not all of them still possess their additional form similar to how they were depicted in biblical texts. This is because when they were banished from Heaven, they have lost the majority of their angelic power, and with it, their secondary and true form.

The Fallen Angels who still possess their second form are the Cadres, who were once Seraph-ranked Angels and the current leaders of the Fallen Angel organization, Grigori. However, following their banishment, their true form also morphed to represent their exiled status. According to Azazel, their true forms now are more comparable to the eldritch hords they used to command in battle instead of the symbols of angelic supremacy they once were.

## Ranking

### Cadre

**Cadre** (カドレ, *Kadore*) are a group of high tier fallen angels who are noted for their power. They have a unique characteristic of having multiple fallen angel wings, as they possess 5 pairs of fallen angels wings. The Cadres are noted to be very powerful and proficient in using their light weapon abilities as they can shoot out multiple light weapons without fatigue. Most of the Cadres have become executives of the Grigori.

## Population

The population of Fallen Angels consisted of the Angels who fell after being tempted by desires and had sex with humans in exchange for the knowledge of Heaven. The Fallen Angels are capable of interbreeding among themselves unlike Angels, though the rate of pregnancy is low, as they are capable of breeding with other supernatural species as well but the rate of pregnancy is also low. Fallen Angels can easily produce children with humans, as seen with the birth of Himejima Akeno: between the union of the Cadre; Baraqiel and his human wife Himejima Shuri.

During the Great War, the Fallen Angels lost a good majority of their population as numerous Fallen Angels were killed including several leader-class fallen angels. The Fallen Angels are noted to have the smallest population among the Three Factions. During the Demonic Beast Riot, Azazel also reveals that Grigori lost more of its members to the Khaos Brigade after a group of top-class Fallen Angels had been discovered to be giving out information to them.

Due to losing more of its top-brass members and the decreasing rate of natural-born Fallen Angels, Azazel says that the leaders of the Grigori didn't have any intention of trying to continue the existence of the Fallen Angels as a race, as they opted not to make a reincarnation system like the Evil Pieces and Brave Saints, despite being capable of doing so as Azazel stated that the Fallen Angels can end with him and the Grigori, though they would accept any angel who fell.

## Factions

### Grigori

**Grigori** (グリゴリ, *Gurigori*) is an organization created by Azazel and the Fallen Angels who fell with him; they were also called "**The Watchers of the Children of God" (**in other words, the “Sacred Gear” possessors), and arguably represents the Fallen Angel "mainstream." The members of Grigori include exiled Church members (Valper Galilei and Freed Sellzen, for example) and Sacred Gear wielders that Azazel and the other members kept as their respected members; for example of these members are Tobio and Vali (Vali would later defect). Grigori invites or takes in possessors of Sacred Gears that have no family and are left alone, looking after these Sacred Gear possessors while training them on how to use their powers, turning them into experienced possessors to remain within the organization.

During the Great War, Grigori was the first to retreat after losing most of their forces, except for their leaders. Ever since then, Azazel has become more peaceful and tries to avoid battles as much as possible. However, there were still small fights between the Fallen Angels and other factions which did not reach Azazel's knowledge. An example was when Raynare and a group of Fallen Angels acted behind Azazel's back and performed a ritual to steal Asia Argento's Twilight Healing.

## Trivia

* Grigori is an alternative name for the Watchers from the Book of Enoch. Also, the leaders of Grigori are all Fallen Angels from the Book of Enoch.
* Azazel mentions in Chapert XXX that female Fallen Angels possess seductive bodies in order to seduce men.
	+ Azazel has stated that, even for a Fallen Angel, Akeno is particularly seductive.
* The members of Grigori originally lived in the Fifth Heaven.
* The Fallen Angels have started going into the entertainment industry in the Underworld, where they have started to make vacation homes for powerful allies like Odin and the Seven Great Satans.
* The leaders of the Fallen Angels all are quite taken with the game Mahjong to the point they created a competition many years back called the "Leader of Fallen Angel Mahjong Competition", which currently has had a total of 316 competitions.
* Members of the Grigori become members of **Team Lightning** for the Azazel Cup such as Armaros and under the leadership of Baraqiel.
* The Fallen Angels have the smallest population amongst the Three Factions.