Raphael

**Raphael**, **God's Healing**, also known as the **Fifth Archangel**, is one of the five archangels created by Yahweh before the birth of the Universe, to assist him in the Primeval Battles against Tehom and her Monster Gods.

In the Seven Heavens, Raphael was known as the purest, most honest and kindest archangel. He had a strong relationship with his brother Gabriel, always giving him advices. When the archangels began to kill humans, he openly objected, believing the brothers were breaking God's final order.

After the catastrophes sent by the angels to Earth, Raphael disappeared from the Seven Heavens, after supposedly being killed by Lucifer.

## Biography

### Creation

Raphael, like the other archangels, was created by Yahweh in the Protouniverse, a primordial state of reality in which neither matter nor time existed. The Mighty gave birth to the archangels so that they would help him in the Primeval Battles against Tehom, the Darkness, and her Monster Gods. Raphael received the Redeemer, his mystical sword that could resurrect the brothers if they were mortally wounded.

Following the death of Tehom and the Creator's dominion over the provinces of light and darkness, Raphael and his brothers walked through the void of the Cosmos, accompanying the Creator as he gave birth to the Universe. After the Fulgiston and the creation of the celestial race, Raphael was named as the patron of the Ophanim caste.

Billions of years passed before humanity emerged, fascinating the Splendent and attracting its full attention. When Yahweh gave his soul to humanity and went to rest, he gave control of the Universe and Earth to the archangels, directing them to guide humanity without interfering in its path. In order for souls to have a resting place after death, Raphael created the Elysian Fields, a paradise located on the Deep Ethereal Plane. However, the Ophanim decided to give up the Third Heaven so that the spirits of the righteous could spend eternity in peace, leaving the Elysian Fields abandoned.

### The Cataclysms

Because of the rivalry against Metatron, Lucifer decided to attack humanity and make them suffer, to reach the enemy deeply. In order for his plans to work, he convinced the brothers that humanity was evil and did not deserve the love and soul given to them by Yahweh, starting an era of cataclysms and genocidal campaigns. However, Raphael was the only one among the archangels who was against the extermination of humans, saying that his father's last command was to guide and love them.

The Dark Archangel knew that Raphael would stand in the way of his future plans to wipe out humanity, so at a conference in the Fifth Heaven, he ordered Apollyon to kill his brother with his sword. The truth was that, because of his divine powers, the Fifth Archangel had not really died and had exiled himself from celestial politics, tired of the genocidal policies of the brothers.

After he disappeared, Raphael resolved to guard the gate of the Celestial Eden, the Third Heaven, allowing only the souls of righteous humans to enter paradise.

### Meeting with Kaira

In the present time, after Kaira was killed, the sentry met with Rafael, in front of the doors of the Third Heaven. As she had received a soul from Yahweh, the Fifth Archangel decided to resurrect her, as he knew her mission was very important.

## Appearance

Unlike the brothers, Rafael does not have a human-like form, appearing as a silhouette made of light and spiritual energy.

## Personality

Known for being the purest among the archangels, Raphael was a symbol of peace and harmony, refusing aggression and violence. He opposed the extermination of humans and believed that the archangels' true mission was to guide humanity, not destroy it.

Like the Ophanim under his command, Raphael didn't fight back attacks aimed at him, like when he didn't even try to stop Apollyon's blow. Furthermore, he believed that nothing exists in a permanent way and that each moment should be lived intensely.

## Powers & Skills

* **Nigh-Omnipotence:** Raphael is an archangel, created even before time and matter. Because of this, he is one of the most powerful beings in the entire cosmos. Along with his father and brothers, he defeated Tehom and her Monster Gods, helped create the Universe and rule the angels. According to theories, Raphael is the true firstborn of the archangels and not Michael. Hence, he would be the most powerful among them, but he does not demonstrate his true power out of humility.
* **Reality Warping:** After the Creator bestowed the soul on humanity, Raphael decided to preserve them after the body's death by building an entire domain in the Deep Ethereal known as the Elysian Fields.
* **Resurrection:** Raphael, using his sword the Redeemer, can bring back to life spiritual entities such as angels that, in theory, cannot be resurrected because they do not have an eternal soul, like human beings. Additionally, he can send human souls back to Earth if necessary.
* **Complete Immortality:** Rafael claimed that, among his brothers, he was the only truly immortal. This was to some extent proven when he returned to life even after being fatally wounded by Dark Fire, which was created to kill the archangels, and how he was the only archangel alive at the end of the Apocalypse.

### Weapons

* **The Redeemer:** As stated above, Raphael can resurrect angels and archangels using the Redeemer, his mystical sword given to him by Yahweh so that, during Primeval Battles, he could help the brothers against the Monster Gods.

## Relationships

### Yahweh

Raphael was created by Yahweh to aid him in the Primeval Battles against Tehom and her Monster Gods. After the creation of the Universe, the Mighty and the archangels lived alone throughout the Cosmos, in what they referred to as an age of peace and glory.

### Michael

Raphael did not agree with Michael's genocidal attitudes.

### Gabriel

Raphael was the archangel Gabriel trusted most. When God's Healing disappeared from the Seven Heavens, he was very desolate.

## Trivia

* Raphael (from Hebrew רָפָאֵל, transl. Rāp̄āʾēl, "God heals"; Arabic: رافائيل; transl. Rāfāʾīl; Amharic: ሩፋዔል, transl. Rāfāʾīl), also known as Saint Raphael the Archangel, is the name of an archangel common to Jewish religions , Christian and Islamic, responsible for performing all types of healing (physical, psychic or spiritual). Sent by God to heal in His Name, Raphael means "God heals" in Hebrew; the word for doctor is Rophe.
	+ One of his nicknames, Angel of Death, is because he receives human spirits at the gates of the Third Heaven after the death of the physical body.
* Despite having disappeared from the celestial scene, Raphael was the only archangel alive at the end of the Battle of Armageddon, as, in chronological order, Uziel was killed by Michael in a duel on Mount Tsaphon; Gabriel dispersed his energy across the Universe; Michael was killed by Ablon and Lucifer was incinerated alive by Aziel and Amael.