Ramiel

**Ramiel**, also known as the **Thunder of God**, is the Angel of Hope and Morality, and is the sub-leader of Raguel's choir. Personally, he is the head of the Angiris Council of the Watchers' Guild, and is the guardian angel of the current pope, Pope Theodore III.

## Overview

**Râmîêl**, also known as **Remiel**, is a an archangel of God in the apocryphal Book of Enoch. He is one of the seven main archangels assigned in watching over the universe and those who rise. His name means "thunder of God" from the Hebrew elements *ra'am* and *El*, "God".

He is the archangel of hope, and he is credited with two tasks: he is responsible for divine visions, and he guides the souls of the faithful into Heaven. He is called Jeremiel or Uriel in various translations of IV Esdras. He is said to have been the archangel responsible for the destruction of the armies of Sennacherib, as well as being the bearer of the instructions of the seven archangels.

## Appearance

Ramiel appears as a tall and attractive man whose muscular frame is described as "putting Greek statues to shame". He has slicked-back golden hair, with spiky strands pointing backwards, though some fall down in a small tuft on his forehead, with eyes like the sky before a storm. He also has a distinct lightning bolt-shaped scar over his right eye.

Like other angels, he possesses six pairs of large and feathered wings, each with a wingspan of 3-meters in length. His wings are dark-blue in color, with glowing goldish-white lines running across them, reminiscent of strikes of lightning in the middle of a thunderstorm. Scattered across his wings are glowing golden eyes "filled with God's mercy and wrath".

He wears a relatively casual attire, consisting of a wide-collared purple shirt, a black coat with gray fur trimming, dark-colored pants held up by a leather belt with golden chains dangling on the sides, and a pair of leather boots.

He's almost always seen wearing a pair of spiky wireless headphones, quietly playing out indiscernible voices of hundreds of millions of people, which are prayers of followers of the Abrahamic religions.

## Personality

Initially, Ramiel appeared as an arrogant, overbearing, violent, and selfish commander who had little respect for his underlings. Supposedly, he saw humans as "nuisances" incapable of protecting themselves. In addition, rumors said that he opposed the current state of the Three Factions, mainly due to his zealotry and his hatred toward enemies of Heaven, such as devils and fallen angels.

However, as the story went on, more and more of his actual personality is revealed, showing him as a caring and good-natured person, albeit a bit rough on the edges. According to Gabriel, he is a "giant teddy bear", with "hard exterior but soft and squishy inside", something he denied with a giant blush.

Despite popular belief, not only is he not against the peace treaty between the Three Factions, he was one of the angels who convinced the Abrahamic Factions into signing the alliance. He believes in second-chances and in the potential to be good in others, such as devils, sinners, or even those damned into the Underworld for their undeniably terrible crimes in their lives.

He is quite stubborn and tends to misunderstand others. This, in combination with his tendency to "act first, think later", has resulted in many terrible consequences across the millennia, much to the Heavenly Council's annoyance. Despite this, he's gifted in reading the room, and can still understand reasons and apologize when he's truly in the wrong.

He is an honorable warrior who believes all proper battles should be fought on equal ground and considers those who fight using underhanded tactics unworthy of their strength. Obviously, this philosophy doesn't extend to fights where one side got the support of God and/or a Divine Aeon, in which case, he'd gladly destroy the other side himself to fulfish God's desire. He also has no problems using the methods he normally looks down upon in serious warfare as "war by itself is already unfair".

While he may appear as stern, intimidating, and distant to the reincarnated angels under his commands, he truly cares about them like a typical father would. Most of his overbearing tendencies came from a place of genuine worry over their safety, though it's difficult to recognize due to his unfamiliarity with human emotions. However, he's shown to be proud of their growth, even if it's not what he's planned.

He cares greatly for his angelic family - Regardless if they are angels, fallen angels, or even demons - and deeply wishes that they can just be together again like how they once were before the Heavenly War. However, the love he has for his family is not always reciprocated by his siblings, and was even used as a leverage against him many times before, yet he still doesn't seem to learn. According to Gabriel, Ramiel's "too sentimental" for his own goods.

## Trivia

* His favorite music is Classic rock.
* He hates wearing jeans, comparing it to a torture device.
* His is said to smell like ozone, rain and clear winds, with the soft hint of oaks.
* It was rumored that he was the one who asked God to spare the surviving Nephilim, though the Heavenly Council neither confirms nor denies it.
* He is said to be responsible for the destruction of the armies of Sennacherib.
* He is more "tolerable" of pagans and pagan gods than his fellow seraphim.
* He's believed to be the inspiration for the [Sky God] archetype in Proto-Indo-European religions.