Zarathos

Siblings: The Dark Angels

**Zarathos**, also known as the **Spirit of Justice** later being the **Spirit of Vengeance**, is a powerful dark angel that was originally sent by God to protect the world of man but after witnessing the atrocities that humanity had done he was driven insane. Now, his mission to protect the innocent was perverted into a lust to punish the guilty, thus becoming the spirit of vengeance.

## Overview

Among the dark angels, Zarathos is perhaps the most well-known out of them all, mostly due to the fact that Zarathos has not only a long line of vessels he used throughout the centuries but also because of his reputation.

One of Zarathos' epithets is the "Mad Angel" which is a title he has earned for his sheer demented methods of punishing the sinful and the malicious. Due to his madness and untamed power, his vessels have also been driven mad from Zarathos' usage. He would discard his vessels if they are rendered into a drooling mess or have perished from overusing Zarathos' power.

## Description

Zarathos is described as being volatile, wrathful, depraved, gluttonous, and unreasonable. He is driven by one goal and that is to satiate his hunger for sinners. Zarathos is so consumed by his lust to punish the guilty that it seem as though he almost cares not for who gets harmed in his path even if they are innocents. Zarathos is said to have viewed all sins or crimes as equal, even if it was as seemingly harmless as a "white lie" or "illegal download".

Johnathon Blaze, the most well-known vessel of Zarathos, describes this in simpler terms as Zarathos having "tunnel vision" where he is focused on what is in front of him than the world around him. It is also because of this that Zarathos has a difficult time distinguishing friend from foe although later on this flaw starts to fade with more control. Nevertheless, many have stated that no vessel would be fortunate to have Zarathos as the possessor.

## Powers and Abilities

**Angelic Aura:** Zarathos can surround themselves in glorious angelic energy. It is impressively sacred, it can also turn others into angels as well and can cause goodness.

**Angelic Form:** Zarathos is an angel, who possesses this form naturally and/or can naturally channels their own angelic powers through their bodies to bring out their true inner forms, empowering them to their fullest potential. The angelic form usually manifests as an extremely beautiful winged light-like entity with varying amounts of goodly/light powers and intense energies, and overwhelming feelings of fear/love/holy power through the body/appearance of the angel and grants improved versions of their lower assuming form and abilities gaining the full potential of their abilities and reflect their true selves. Sometimes these forms angels take are minor minor alternations from there lower or hidden in forms, merely gaining holy light, a halo, aura and/or the wings of an angel.

**Angelic Wings:** Zarathos has/or possesses the ability to manifest or generate two or multiple pairs of powerful wings on themselves at will as a natural feature of the divine/celestial species. Flight is an angel's wing's main function; however, it is not their only purpose as they also enable angels to teleport and travel to other planes and dimensions, possess healing and magical powers, aid in combat and are said to contain their angelic powers and immortality. So, if their wings were removed, they could be rendered a mortal human in certain worlds/fantasies. Angel wings, depending on the situation, can also be regenerated if removed. This, however, varies per fantasy world and mythology itself.

**Feather Wing Manifestation:** Zarathos does or can form feathered wings and use them from transportation to offensive and defensive purposes.

**Angelic Force Manipulation:** Zarathos with this power possesses and is able to use strong angelic power. This ability not only grants Zarathos great strength, abilities, and control over numerous variations of holy energies, but also allows them to overwhelm weaker angels as well as rival that of powerful sacred entities.

**Divine Force Manipulation:** Zarathos has control of anything that is divine. They are able to manipulate divine objects and relics that are connected to the gods or divine power. With this, Zarathos is completely considered worthy of spiritual respect, allowing them to achieve feats that are impossible to be reached by mere mortals.

**Demonic Slayer:** Zarathos can kill demons/demonic entities of any form, being able to go toe-to-toe with even the strongest of demons and gain resistance to their demonic powers and demonic corrupting effects.

**Enhanced Condition:** Zarathos possesses all their capabilities, attributes and aspects at an advanced level, beyond that of the peak members of their own species. This means the Dark Angels aspects (E.g., beauty, charisma, character and physique) attributes (E.g., physical and mental condition) as well as capabilities (E.g., potential, feats, skills and abilities, be it natural or supernatural) would be beyond that of standard individuals.

**Super-Condition:** Zarathos possesses supernatural capabilities, attributes and aspects that are beyond what is naturally possible. With their condition alone, they can dwarf most beings in their respective universe, being virtually supreme in their existential aspects and attributes. With their superhuman physique, they can move buildings, run at the speed of light, survive nuclear explosions unscathed, and remain active for days to weeks untired. With their mind, they can amass knowledge and information about everything, allowing them to invent and create things beyond the grasps of regular humans. They can master languages and subjects in mere days or even hours too.

**Semi-Immortality:** Zarathos with this ability never age, and as a result, they stay young forever or at least never suffer the ravages of aging. Because of this, the Dark Angels will always be at their physical prime. Zarathos will also be immune to aging abilities, such as Age Acceleration or Reversal.

**Immortality:** Zarathos possesses immortality, a state where one has eternal life and is undying. They never age, are completely self-sustaining, free from all bodily necessities, and can survive virtually any kind of harm, remaining immune to all forms of decay. Any damage done to Zarathos would either be regenerated or simply remain non-fatal. As a byproduct of having everlasting life, Zarathos may have an infinite reservoir of life energy that fuels the dynamic system of their immortality.