Zaphkiel

Siblings: The True Archangels

**Zaphkiel**, also known as **Tzaphkiel**, is a True Archangel of Wisdom and the Planet Saturn.

## Overview

Zaphkiel is an Archangel of Judaic lore whose name means "God's knowledge" or "The Beholder of God". He is the angel of deep contemplation and is associated with the Name of God called Elohim and the planet Saturn. He presides over the Aralims (Thrones) of Judaic lore.

Zaphkiel is said to represent the feminine aspect of God's creation. He gives blessings to those who stengthen their faith, work to increase their understanding and impart wisdom that improves their spiritual growth.

## Powers and Abilities

**Angelic Energy Manipulation:** Zaphkiel can create, shape and manipulate the angelic energy, the energy associated with angelic beings.

**Chivalry:** Zaphkiel is a noble knight: they have an innate ability to manifest great courage and nobility at all times, especially in the face of adversity. The knights express a desire to maintain order and are well rounded in many aspects. They are well versed in the seven knightly virtues, and some are as jealous as to try and destroy that which they see as impure, as well as suffering from psychological stress due to having to suppress their natural instincts and desires. Their selflessness and compassion make them very charismatic, and they soon earned the trust of those around them.

**Healing:** Zaphkiel can Heal themselves and restore biotic organisms to their optimal health, curing damaged or withered organisms, wounds, broken bones, low vitality, and diseases/poisoning. Though Zaphkiel may potentially heal any form of bodily damage, the patient must be alive, even if hanging by a thin thread, in order to be healed; once the patient has died, it would transcend healing and would require resurrection instead.

**Weapon Physiology:** Zaphkiel with this ability either is or can transform into a weapon or weapons. Zaphkiel's transformed form is anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of weapons, in which case it contains all to organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately Zaphkiel can transform into homogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.

**Justice Manipulation:** Zaphkiel can manipulate justice among living and non-living beings in different ways.

**Nigh-Omniscience:** Zaphkiel knows almost everything bar certain details, or is limited in some other way, such as being able to see one timeline or universe or have just small patches of information that are missing or blocked out. More simply, they may be in possession of such a vast reserve of knowledge that they can be regarded as "practically omniscient."

**Path Maker:** Zaphkiel can create new possibilities/methods/ways of doing things in their universe without any kind limitation or restriction, possibly by altering the laws of the universe. They can create new ways to get things done. For example, they could create a new way to kill undead beings or unkillable creatures, way to live forever, way to generate electricity to provide power, way to make machines work without using electricity, make it possible/make ways for humans to do superhuman feats, etc.

**Sephirot Empowerment:** Zaphkiel gains access to the various emanations of the Sephirot of the Tree of Life in Kabbalah, allowing them to tap into the primal, undiluted forces of creation and the divine.

**Supreme Observation:** Zaphkiel can observe/view/watch absolutely everything, everywhere, everywhen, and everyhow at the exact same time and regardless of where or when it is or might be. They can view realities outside of the whole of existence, into dimensions shielding against every form of observation, see the lives and connections that tie together anything/everything and the thoughts and dreams of every creature/entity/demon/god or eldritch horror that exists or doesn't exist. They can view out into the boundless emptiness and nonexistence where isolated and locked entities dwell.

## Myths and Legends

Zaphkiel (Hebrew: צפקיאל‎), also written as Tzaphqiel, Tzaphkiel, Zafkiel, Zafchial, Zaphchial, Zaphiel, or Zelel, is an archangel. His name means "God's knowledge". He is sometimes equated with Jophiel/Zophiel, but other times considered to be a different angel. Zaphkiel is "chief of the order of thrones and one of the 9 angels that rule Heaven; also one of the 7 archangels." He can watch people when they need to make important decisions and when they need to put them into words for others. If they are unsure of the words, he will help them to make the message more clear. The leader of the Erelim, he is associated with the planet Saturn. It is associated also with the sephira of Binah. He is also called Cassiel or Binael.

### In Popular Culture

Although not a well-known angel, Zaphkiel has inspired some authors to create their own angels. For example, Zaphkiel was the inspiration for Kurumi Tokisaki's angel from Date a Live, where he is an angel associated with time. In the anime Gabriel Dropout, one of Zaphkiel's names served to be the name of the protagonist's older sister, the angel Zelel. Zaphkiel was also an angel in the Shin Megami Tensei game, where he is called Tzaphkiel.