Angel (vampire)

**Angel** was a vampire, initially renown for his cruelty before being cursed with a human soul.

## History

### Human Life

Born as **Liam** in 1727 CE in Galway, Ireland; he was the son of a linen and silk merchant and his wife. He also had a younger sister named Kathy. Liam was a drunkard, and lazy, who spent much of his time in taverns and whoring. He was disillusioned with the noblewomen of the era, finding most of them to be "incredibly dull" and "simpering morons." He longed for excitement an wished to travel the world. His father found him to be a tremendous disappointment, and was not shy about letting him know this. As a result, Liam had a very troubled relationship with both of his parents -- though he was quite fond of his sister.

One evening in 1753 CE, after his typical drunken debauchery and failing to seduce one of his family's maidservants, he and his father engaged in a heated argument. Liam's father was angered by his son's reckless behavior, whereas Liam argued that he was a product of his upbringing. Liam's father proclaimed that Liam would only ever end up drunk, homeless, and alone. Liam stormed out, determined to leave home, but only made it as far as a tavern. In the tavern, he caught the eye of a beautiful and affluent woman -- whom he followed after he was thrown out of the tavern. The woman, Darla, led Liam into an alley... and sired him.

### Angelus

Liam was buried and soon rose as a vampire, with Darla waiting for him at his grave. He fed on the groundskeeper almost immediately and then made his way to his family's home. Kathy believed her brother had returned as an angel, and invited him inside. He killed her first, then his mother, and slaughtered his father last. He gloated over his father's body that he had managed to make something of himself after all, though Darla countered him by pointing out that his father's pain had been brief, but the effects of his words would last forever.

Inspired by his sister's mistake, Liam took on the name **Angelus**. Historical writings would commonly refer to him as "**the demon with the face of an angel**." Beginning with the rest of his village, Angelus and Darla cut a bloody swath through Ireland and then Northern England before finally reaching London in 1760 CE. There Darla introduced him to her own sire, the Master. The Master attempted to convert Angelus into one of his followers in the Order of Aurelius, but Angelus refused -- he had no interest in bringing the Old Ones back to Earth, and was mostly enjoying violent hedonism. Darla, too, abandoned the Order so that she could continue to travel with her progeny.

In May of 1764 CE, Darla and Angelus killed the wife and infant son of a vampire hunter named Daniel Holtz, and sired his daughter. Holtz engaged in a years long vendetta against the pair -- chasing them across Europe and killing over 400 vampires in the process. The following year, Holtz nearly caught them in Arles when they ordered room service and made too much noise eating the waitstaff. In their attempt to escape, Darla knocked Angelus out in a burning barn and took their only horse to flee to Vienna. Angelus did escape as well, and did reunite with Darla in Austria. The duo fed from a troubadour, and then met James and Elisabeth who they traveled with for a short time.

In 1767 CE, Holtz managed to put several arrows in Angelus -- though never hitting his heart -- before the vampires left Marseilles for Northern Africa. Holtz lost their trail in Morocco. Holtz did encounter them again in Rome in 1771 CE -- he captured Angelus and, with the help of Monsignor Rivalli, tortured him in the hopes of luring out Darla as well. This worked, although Darla arrived with a horde of vampires that killed Rivalli. However, Darla refused to kill Holtz -- she claimed she was having fun and he was part of their family. This proclamation led Holtz to abandon his hunt and return to England.

In 1786 CE, Angelus sired a Puritan named Penn. Penn mimicked Angelus, including his then-signature of carving a cross-shaped mark in his victim's faces. Although they did not travel together consistently, Penn always emulated Angelus and they often planned to rendezvous together. In 1789 CE, Angelus encountered the demon known a the Beast who sought the vampire's help in destroying the Svear priestesses. Angelus refused -- incurring the demon's wrath. Angelus survived only with the help of the Svear -- who banished the demon while Angelus was unconscious.

Angelus' whereabouts afterwards are mostly unknown until Christmas day 1838 CE, when he won a card game against a man named Daniel who was to be married the next day. When Daniel could not pay, he was killed instead.

### The Whirlwind

Angelus' next major activity was not recorded until 1860 CE, when a young girl with the power of premonition named Drusilla caught his attention. He mentally and emotionally tortured her -- posing as a priest and telling her she was meant to be evil, and later killing her family in front of her. Drusilla fled to a convent. On the day she was meant to take her holy orders, Angelus slaughtered the nuns and then had sex with Darla on top of her. After driving her truly mad, he sired her. She began to travel with him and Darla.

In 1880 CE, Drusilla sired the poet William Pratt. He joined the trio of vampires, making them a fearsome group of four that would become known as the Whirlwind. Pratt, who took on the name "Spike" after using railroad spikes as a weapon, took after Angelus and considered him a mentor. Angelus, however, delighted in torturing his pupil -- having sex with Drusilla just to cause him emotional pain. Spike managed to get the Whirlwind chased out of London. While they hid in a mine shaft, Angelus warned Spike about the attention that he had drawn towards them -- telling him about the existence of the Slayer. This inspired an obsession in Spike -- he became determined that he would kill the Slayer.

At a Christmas party in London in 1883 CE, killed a servant named Margaret and her son. In 1890 CE, Angelus was in Russia where he watched the Blinnikov World Ballet Corps perform *Giselle*. The ballet was so beautiful, even the soulless monster shed a tear. Shortly thereafter, in St. Petersburg, Angelus and Spike beheaded people with a trick that involved them holding hands and using a length of wire.

In 1894 CE, in Rome, the Whirlwind became separated by henchmen of the Immortal. Angelus and Spike were held captive while the Immortal had a threesome with Drusilla and Darla. Angelus and Spike attempted to take revenge on the Immortal, but failed each time.

### The Curse

Four years later in Borşa, Romania, Darla brought Angelus a "birthday gift" of the favored daughter of the Kalderash clan. Angelus took his time torturing her before he killed her. To avenge her, the Kalderash performed the Ritual of Restoration -- placing a human soul within Angelus, giving him a conscience and perfect memory of all his cruel and evil deeds (once the spell had fully taken effect). He attempted to feed on a woman, but found himself unable to do so because of his renewed sense of guilt.

In 1900 CE, her reunited with the Whirlwind in China during the Boxer Rebellion. However, Angelus found he could not participate in the kills except for murderers, rapists and animals. He even protected some innocents from being slain by other vampires. When Darla confronted him, and tried to make him kill an infant, he took the infant and leapt out the window. He entered self-imposed isolation, entering the United States through Ellis Island in 1902 CE.

By the 1920's, Angelus was hiding in Chicago. He rescued a dog from being hit by a car, but when the dog's owner tried to seduce him he rejected her and fled. He ended up in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. He had a disagreement with the demon Boone over a woman there, but ultimately Boone let Angelus go when the sun began to rise. By the time of the Great Depression, Angelus had returned to the States and was in isolation in Missoula, Montana.

### Angel

In 1943 CE, Angelus -- now going by the shortened name **Angel** -- was recruited by the Demon Research Initiative for a mission into the depths of the bottom of the ocean. He was sent to rescue an American submarine crew from three vampires that had been captured by Nazis. The vampires had escaped and wreaked havoc on the ship. Angel found himself trapped in the sunken vessel with the Prince of Lies, Nostroyev, and Spike. With the only person capable of repairing the submarine, Ensign Sam Lawson, wounded Angel was forced to sire the young Naval officer. After succeeding in the mission, Angel disappeared until the war was over.

After the war, Angel surfaced in Las Vegas where he became acquainted with Bugsy Siegel. By 1952 CE, he was in Los Angeles staying at the Hyperion Hotel. He did all he could to avoid drawing attention to himself, drinking bottled blood and doing his best to ignore the various strange occurrences in the hotel. Despite his best efforts, a budding friendship began with another hotel resident named Judy Kovacs. However, a Thesulac paranoia demon had also taken up residence in the hotel -- leading all of the residents including Judy to develop a pathological paranoia. The demon-induced hysteria soon led the mob of hotel residents to turn on Judy. To save herself, she directed the mob at Angel. They beat him, hung him and left him for dead in the lobby. Angel abandoned the hotel as soon as he was able, and became bitter of the consequences of becoming close to a human.

In the 1960's, Angel had returned to Las Vegas and crossed paths repeatedly with the Rat Pack. He gave advise to Sammy Davis Jr. In 1967 CE, he attended the wedding of Elvis Presley and Priscilla in Vegas as well as the first taping of the *Carol Burnett Show* in Los Angeles. He found himself in New York City towards the end of the 1970's, where he witnessed a robbery in a diner. After the clerk was shot, Angel stayed with him til he died... and then drank from the dead man while the blood was still fresh. Disgusted with himself, he fled and began a life of homelessness and feeding on rats.

He continued this pitiful existence until 1996 CE, at which point the half-demon Whistler came to him and encouraged him to fight against evil. He showed him the newly called Slayer, Buffy Summers, and Angel immediately fell in love. He watched her first meeting with her Watcher Merrick and her first battle against a vampire. Angel resolved to begin to fight evil. He prepared with Whistler, and then journeyed to Sunnydale to await her arrival.

## Source

Angel is derived from *Buffy the Vampire Slayer*. For more information please visit the Buffyverse Wiki.