Aengel

**Angels** are spirits that function as the obedient messengers of God, and are a concept that's primarily acknowledged inside Abrahamic religions. This page covers a reinterpretation, called "Aengels".

Aengels are powerful demons that represent life and light, yet are rarely seen and only care about their own desires. They and beasts are different sides of the same coin, yet archenemies who have long engaged in a competition to surpass their own bodily restrictions for the right to call themselves the most powerful race. Beasts achieved this by adapting the form of a vaempire, while Aengels are held back by many restrictions and have not succeeded at producing an Earth-dwelling race of their own, arguably.

Though they found out about the beasts' escape from Hell the moment it happened, their lack of care for Earth's creatures made them not intervene. When the beasts established a form that allowed them to keep their powers and enjoy pleasures only mortals understand, the Aengels became jealous over the mere thought they didn't have it all, and finally began seeing them as rivals worthy of their attention.

Aengels were conceived on December 19, 2022, but aren't tied to any series or fanfiction and made no official online appearance.

## Origin

> Aengels are mysterious creatures whose origin is unknown. There's no god ruling over them and the Aengels themselves are the closest thing to a deity. Their mere existence shaped Earth as it developed throughout time; their light and influence spawning life on the nearest sustainable planet, even though they and their world reside in a different reality.
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## Behaviour

Aengels and vaempires are nearly identical in their core, both being shameless, entitled creatures.

While vaempires are feared by humans over their observed strength and manipulation skills, Aengels rarely make an appearance or care to brag. Their pride mainly manifests in the form of total disinterest, and they lack the beauty, delicacy, and willpower to put on a facade.

Despite representing life, they don't value the living and will kill or torture any creature without regret or a reason. Their self-centeredness makes them wholly impartial; and they think humans to be on par with any other animal, plant, and bacteria. Even so, they're drawn towards living beings with good-natured, unblemished souls, since these not only have the same properties as them, but Aengels also believe sinless organisms are their key to a similar "evolution" to what the vaempires achieved.

Aengels too desire unrestricted access to other realms of existence and gain the experience of mortal pleasures. They're strongly bound to their divine home and still can't be seen by most people when they choose to descend, which became dissatisfying limitations after the weaker Hell beasts conquered theirs. Though they condemn the vaempire race -believing spirits and the dead have no business walking the earth- they're envious and wish to obtain that same freedom, yet are ironically held back by their restrictive "biology" and aggressive indifference. They have a want, but struggle to make themselves care more, since they recognize that walking the land of mortals is an objectively pointless endeavour and human emotions a liability.

Their displeasure for the vaempires is comparable to a jealous, spoiled child watching a homeless child enjoying themselves with a rare toy they don't yet have, even though it looks ugly to them.

Though their arrogance is strong, the demons are intelligent enough to understand they are their own biggest roadblock and there's power in "having and knowing it all".

In order to be reborn the same way vaempires managed to, it is deduced they need to procreate with an organism that possesses an unblemished soul, then kill their offspring and take over its body. They've never succeeded at finding a suitable candidate, as only a handful of people are born with an unblemished soul every few decades or so, and it can't be manufactured with good behaviour.

They're able to reproduce with beasts and their vaempiric offspring, though vaempires have only ever been approached as means of inflicting cruel punishment. Since the light demons are so hated by them and their powers effective, there've been instances of wrathful Aengels assaulting vaempires with the sole purpose of forcing an indestructible crossbreed in their midst. These cases are admittedly rare and have always been in response to a vaempire -or a close loved one of theirs- slighting the Aengel multiple times.

The targets are always female, as to ensure she and her surroundings are the ones having to deal with the hated child. No Aengel has ever fallen for a vaempire or accepted to carry the child of one, and these unions are impossible because of their conflicting spiritual properties.

Vengeful Aengels are disturbingly ruthless, also as evidenced by the security system they've set up in their home, consisting out of mindless guards that will swarm and attack anything that makes the slightest of noise.

Unless angered, Aengels move around with an unhurried pace and seldom speak, since there's little desire to engage with people and their own kind seem to have a mutual understanding based on gestures and eye contact. When they do speak, they do so calmly. They have an androgynous voice, though sometimes it sounds like a man and a woman are speaking at the same time.

## Appearance

Aengels are skinny semi-giants of about 27.6 feet (840cm) tall, with smooth, milky, cream-coloured skin, a fanged mouth, and multiple round eyes covering the entire top half of their face. These are all black with a small pupil of any colour. They don't have eyelids and thus never shut their eyes.

They have long white hair and four arms, with hands that have a more conventional eye on the back and a noticeably long index finger. They don't have a nose or visible ears, and areas of "exposed flesh", like their gums and tongue, are yellow. Their facial expression is nearly always that of "smiling joy", and to see them upset in any way is uncommon.

What looks like a halo of light hovers above their head at all times and its presence determines whether the creature is alive or not. An Aengel with a halo will regenerate, no matter how unsalvageable it looks.

A handful of white feathers are attached to their ankles and arms, but when these move, it's like they fade away and new ones grow back.

They are two-gendered and don't care to keep it a secret because of their non-concern with covering up their body. As inspired by the human form they look, they don't have pre-developed breasts, rather 8 teats like many of Earth's quadrupedal mammals do. Their feet are somewhat shaped like high heel shoes.

## Abilities

Aengels possess a few supernatural powers and traits:

## Trivia

* Humans prefer the original spelling of "angel", as written in the Bible, with the vaempires being the ones to change it;
	+ Aengels themselves are nameless creatures who don't acknowledge either title, and only address each other with "child".
* An Aengel can only die if every Aengel agrees to come together and kill it;
	+ As such, Aengel deaths are the result of misbehaviour;
	+ The "Light blade" ability is the only power known to destroy the body of an Aengel;
	+ No Aengel has ever been given the death penalty.
* Heaven's guards -who look much like Aengels- don't have a halo.
* Aengels and the aebominations are physically inspired by The Once-ler from The Lorax reboot.

## See also

* Beast (Archenemies)
	+ Vaempire (Archenemies)
* Aebomination (Aengel-vaempire crossbreed)
* Aeternity (Home)