Seraphim

Seraphim is the Leader of the Angels in Aegis Orta.

## Background

Currently, little is known of Seraphim's background, although he has been the Head Angel for decades, ruling over Heaven and coordinating with his fellow Archangels directly.

After Haniel fell in love with the demon Agares, Seraphim, after Haniel refused to allow Agares to be harmed instead and chose to offer herself up to be executed in exchange for Agares's safety, authorized her execution at Michael's hands. He focused on tightening the rules of world travel among the Angels, and told Michael to recall Lucifer from the Demon World. However, Michael brought Lucifer in captivity because he had been killing demons. Seraphim thus judged Lucifer, and seeing Lucifer as being broken beyond repair, ordered Michael to execute him.

Despite replacing Lucifer and Haniel with Gabriel and Uriel, Seraphim found himself suspicious of Michael and Raphael, sensing something was odd about them ever since they were executed, but being unable to replace the two of them at the moment, he was forced to allow them to remain.

## Personality

Seraphim has displayed a very formal, serious, and cold attitude. He is capable of showing respect to others, but can also be ruthlessly blunt to them, as displayed by how he first welcomed Valach to the Upper World before quickly getting serious and making it clear he has no choice but to help the Angels execute Michael and Raphael.

Seraphim is perhaps the most committed to the way of the Angels to serve as the upholders of the balance of the world, straight up stating regardless of how Valach may see it as cruel, the Angels are just cogs that keep the universe running. He is perfectly willing to execute even fellow Archangels, and manipulate others to fight for him.

## Plot

It was when Lucifer was revealed to have been interfering in human deaths that Seraphim finally had his suspicions confirmed: That Michael had done something. After all, Michael was supposed to extract Lucifer's powers before banishing him. Nevertheless, the opportunity to bring Michael to exposure didn't come until he detected a blast of foreign energy in the Demon World. Seraphim questioned Michael, but he denied it. Seraphim at first ordered Gabriel to go to the Demon World, but this was clearly an act to force Michael into the open, expecting he would ask Gabriel to delegate the task to him.

Michael and Gabriel eventually discovered Raphael as the culprit of Lucifer's survival, but they are unable to find sufficient proof to incriminate him, leaving them unable to call upon Seraphim to judge Raphael or ask him to grant them permission to reach the Human World. It was when Gabriel was defeated by Agares and forced to unleash his power in the Human World that Seraphim was able to further lay in the bait for Michael, ordering him to go find Gabriel and discover his reasonings. It's unclear if he expected Uriel to be tasked by Michael, but Uriel's visit to the Demon World allowed Seraphim to discover the existence of Valach and the proof of Raphael's crimes. He thus ordered Uriel to bring Valach to him.

## Powers and Abilities

As an Archangel, it's evident Seraphim is extremely powerful, but as he is unable to attack his fellow Angels, how powerful he is compared to his fellow Archangels is still unknown.

* **Control over the Upper World** : As the leader of the Angels, Seraphim has complete control over the Upper World's structure and can freely manipulate it to suit the situation, such as vanishing whole rooms and turning the entire surrounding dark and devoid of angelic particles.
* **Restraining Magic**: Despite not being able to attack his fellow Angels, Seraphim can instead use a form of binding magic to restrain them. The strength of his magic is enough that even Archangels cannot break free without Seraphim removing the seal.
* **Energy Manipulation**: As displayed by Lucifer when he was wielding Seraphim's power, Seraphim could manipulate powerful golden magical energy for various purposes.
* **Power Granting**: Seraphim was able to bestow his power upon Lucifer, restoring him back to the strength of an Archangel, although it came at the cost of Seraphim's Archangel power steadily overwhelming and breaking down Lucifer's body. He is also indicated to be the one to grant the powers and status of an Archangel.
* **Teleportation**: Seraphim, as an Archangel, could freely come and go through the worlds at will. He was able to immediately travel to Earth from the Upper World to personally punish Raphael.