The Halo

**The Halo** is an ancient artifact that grants supernatural powers to the person bearing it. After Areala got the Halo from Adriel, whoever bears the Halo is called the Warrior Nun.

## Description

The Halo is a circular artifact from the other realm. Jillian Salvius, who analyzed it, said it was made of an metal unknown on Earth. It is an energy source also unknown on Earth.

## Legend

According to the legend of the Order of the Cruciform Sword, Areala of Cordoba was a fierce warrior who fought in the name of God. She was gravely injured in a battle, but the Angel Adriel believed that Areala's journey wasn't finished and decided to save her. He gave up a part of himself - his Halo - and put it inside of her. It healed Areala and made her the first Warrior Nun.

## Powers

Some of powers granted by the Halo are given to all bearers while others are unique to each owner.

* **Enhanced Abilities:** All abilities which a Warrior Nun had prior to being given the Halo are now enhanced which is why the Halo is typically passed to the most highly trained member of the Order of the Cruciform Sword.
* **Supernatural Sight:** The ability to see demons. The Halo Bearer is the only one who can see wraith demons, along with Tarasks and those who were granted this power by Adriel.
* **Resurrection:** When the Halo was placed inside of Ava, it resurrected her which is something it had never done before.
* **Levitation:** Ava has the ability to levitate.
* **Intangibility/Phase:** Ava possesses the ability to pass through walls as well as have objects pass through her without bringing her harm.
* **Analgesia:** Ava has the ability to be harmed but not feel any pain from it.
* **Healing:** Wounds or even broken bones will heal in seconds. Wounds brought on by a Divinium weapon take much longer to heal and can even be fatal. The Halo can also heal or bring back to life a former Halo-bearer, when touched by the current bearer. It was the case when Mother Superion was brought back to life after Ava was lying down on her and the Halo self-activated.
* **Strength:** Ava was able to send a man flying backwards when she hit him with her finger at a bar.
* **Shock waves:** Ava can create shock waves that can do things like break a house, push or knock people unconscious. She also saved Shotgun Mary from shotgun shells.
* **Invisibility to metal detectors:** Ava was able to walk through a metal detector without setting it off.

## Vulnerabilities

* **Recharge**: after being used for some time, the Halo needs to be recharged to produce further effects. When fully discharged, it doesn't produce any of its usual effects. Recharging the Halo can take several minutes, depending of the amount of energy spent.
* **Divinium**: the Halo-bearer cannot phase through divinium, including very thin layers of divinium such as tattoos. However, Ava has the power to melt down divinium objects by touching and looking at them. Also, divinium glows when in proximity with the Halo, meaning that the Halo-bearer's position can easily be detected.
* **Tarasks**: the Halo can leave behind a scent that can be detected by Tarasks, who can appear on Earth to retrieve the Halo, with destructive effects. In some circumstances, this can be helpful, such as during the fight between Ava and Adriel.
* **Adriel's cross**: Adriel's cross had the ability to disrupt the power of the Halo. The closer the Halo-bearer came to it, the less effective the Halo would be, often seeming to short out. In very close proximity, it would stop working completely. The effect was temporary and would cease if the Halo-bearer escaped the Cross's proximity, or if the Cross was destroyed.

## Bearers

* Adriel (formerly)
* Areala of Cordoba † (formerly)
* Sister Cora † (formerly)
* Sister Margarite † (formerly)
* Sister Kim Ji-Yoo † (formerly)
* Sister Melanie † (formerly)
* Mother Superion (rejected her)
* Sister Shannon † (formerly)
* Ava (currently)

## Gallery

The insertion of the Halo into Ava Silva.