Grigori

The Grigori, Daniel

Archangels (older brothers)

The Darkness (uncle)

Nephilim (nephews and nieces)

The **Grigori** are an elite class of powerful angels that were sent to Earth to protect humanity. They were some of the first angels to arrive on Earth. They eventually fell from their post and started bedding the woman, creating Nephilim, and teaching the mortals practices forbidden by God. Most of them were wiped out, but a few of them still remain on Earth. A few of them have been said to feed on human souls so that they become more powerful.

## History

The Grigori started out as a squad of elite angels thousands of years ago and were some of the first angels to walk the Earth. According to Daniel, there were originally hundreds of them and they each had their name engraved on their angel sword. However, they eventually went bad and the other angels hunted them down and killed them. Unknown to the other angels, some of the Grigori survived and began feeding off of human souls as they saw humans as beneath them. While other Grigori went off and started living normal lives with humans.

In 2018, a Grigori named Daniel, after having set himself up as a faith healer named Matthew Hendricks in Tulsa, Oklahoma for fifty years, begins feeding on the soul of Sarah Henry, the wife of John Henry and cousin of Jared Bartholomew, the vessel of his fellow angel Nathaniel. His actions draw the attention of Nathaniel, Raziel, and Lisa Murray when Sarah's daughter Claire begins looking for her. As a result, the Grigori's survival is exposed. While Sarah dies, Daniel is killed by Claire with his own angel sword.

In 2019, a Grigori named Turiel was found by Nathaniel and was killed by Nathaniel when Turiel pissed Nathaniel off.

## Powers and Abilities

The Grigori are an elite and very powerful class of angel.

* **Immortality** - The Grigori have existed for thousands of years.
* **Angelic Possession** - Like all angels, the Grigori need a vessel to interact on Earth. Like other angels, they need the vessel's permission.
* **Teleportation** - Grigori can teleport anywhere instantly.
* **Sedation** - A Grigori can put people to sleep with a touch.
* **Perception Altering** - A Grigori can put people in dreams of their perfect Heavens and maintain it from a distance.
* **Soul-Feeding** - The Grigori are able to feed on human souls to absorb their heavenly power. The Grigori Turiel did this by cutting their arms and drawing parts of the soul into their mouths. One indicated that this was inevitably fatal to the victim even if they were rescued and the injuries this caused could not be healed.
* **Healing** - As an angel, the Grigori are able to heal injuries and illnesses.
* **Biokinesis** - With just a touch, Daniel was able to render a guy blind.
* **Invulnerability** - As angels, the Grigori possess a degree of invulnerability.
* **Super Strength** - Being a higher class of angel, the Grigori are unusually strong compared to most angels.
* **Apporting** - Both Turiel and Daniel were able to summon his sword.

## Weaknesses

Despite them being an elite and powerful group of celestial beings, the Grigori can still be killed by the common methods used to vanquish angels.

* **Angel Blades** - An angel blade is capable of killing a Grigori.
	+ **Angel Swords** - The Grigori were vulnerable to their own swords.

## Known Grigori

* Daniel (deceased)
* Turiel (deceased)

## In Lore

Grigori is Slavic transliteration of biblical watcher angels. The word is transliterated from Greek, which literally means "fast". The name of this angel group's in Aramaic, was *Iyr*(singular)/*Iyrin* (plural). The apocryphal Books of Enoch (1st and 2nd centuries BC) refer to both good and bad Watchers, with a primary focus on the rebellious ones.

According to the Book of Enoch, the angels of the Lord who were called Watchers descended to Earth upon the Mount of Hermon after they turned away from heaven. Hermon also means "to swear" as the Watchers "swore" to take wives of human women (this was forbidden by God) due to a strong desire for their beauty. In their lust and subsequent procreation, the Watchers had sons by human women called "The Nephilim" or "fallen ones" (also referred to as the Giants). The Watchers taught their wives and sons forbidden and secret knowledge that corrupted the hearts and minds of mankind which eventually led to the destruction of the first world through the flood of Noah.