Angels

**Angels** ( *tenshi*?) are a race of naturally occurring Spiritual Lifeforms similar to Elementals and Daemons. They are known to wage war on the world for a singular week every 500 years in an event known as the Great Tenma War.

## Characteristics

Angels generally lack much in the way of ego and the capacity for desire – the very opposite of Daemons who are the incarnation of these things. They tend to follow orders like mindless drones.

## Abilities

The average angel is around B rank. They wield a racial advantage over Elementals, but are respectively disadvantaged against Daemons.

## Powers and Abilities

The Goddess Clan is an extremely powerful race able to stand on equal ground with the Demon Clan, although it required the cooperation of the fairies, giants and humans to seal them away after losing their strongest fighter. Despite their immense magic power, they need physical form to actually affect the world by their actions and according to Ludociel, the leader of the Four Archangels and one of the most powerful of his race, they aren't actual gods like the Demon King, Supreme Deity or the Sacred Tree. Members of the Goddess Clan share several common abilities:

* **Ark**「, *Āku*; literally meaning "Holy Chest"」: An archetypal magic technique of the Goddess Clan that creates light particles, often envolving the target in a dazzling sphere of light that breaks apart their body. It mostly counteracts darkness by disintegrating, though it also can cause physical damage.
* **Purge**「, *Pāji*; literally meaning "Purify"」: A technique that erases "abominable" souls, such as vampires and demons. This technique was passed down to the Druids.
* **Resurrection**: Ban sought out the Goddesses to resurrect Elaine, believing that something like that should be easy for them. One of them claimed that the resurrection of a single fairy is an easy task, though the veracity of the statement is questionable and could be that the Goddess simply wanted to trick Ban into slaying Meliodas.
	+ **Tensei no Izanai**「のい, *Tensei no Izanai*; literally meaning "Invitation to Reincarnation"」: Despite being one of the strongest among the Goddess Clan, even Mael cannot resurrect the dead, but he can use a technique that allows deceased souls to reincarnate in a new life with their memories of their past life intact, rather than resurrect them.
* **Healing:** This is the natural ability that all Godesses have allowing them to heal any living creature, even Demons, if controlled enough, healing any injuries and diseases.
	+ **Invigorate**「健やかなれ, *Sukoyakanare*」: By chanelling their healing power trough **Ark**, Goddesses can counteract negative effects, such as severe injuries either caused physical damage or miasma, to even strong poisonous acid. It can also recover health and stamina or clear a mind full of intense negative emotions such as hatred and madness. This power has the opposite effect on Demons when not controlled enough, hurting them and repelling their power.
* **Tranquilize**「らかなれ, *Yasurakanare*」: By raising both their arms, a Goddess can create a purifying mist strong enough to expel centuries-worth of demonic miasma out of the target.
* **Breath of Bless**「, *Buresu Obu Buresu*」: A spell that only a high-ranking Goddess could use. The user gathers light in their palm to create some kind of symbol and blowing it over their desired target, with those affected get a magic power boost. The Demon Clan refers to this technique as **Cheat Hope**「, *Chīto Hōpu*; literally "Scam Light"」 because it is also a brainwashing spell that turns the targets into fanatical zealots loyal to the Goddesses with no regard of their injuries and keep on fighting until they are broken and dead.
* **Possession**: With the consent or forming a pact with another being, Goddesses are able to take their bodies as vessels and use them as their own, being able to use all his/her abilities through their vessel, despite not being so strong that with their original bodies. However, the vessel (especially humans) may have difficulty hosting high-ranking Goddesses, leading their bodies to undergo transformations. The compatibility between the vessel and the Goddess can affect its overall strength.
* **Flight**: Given the nature of their wings, this allows the Goddesses to fly. The stronger ones even have the strength enough to carry a giant.

## Rank

* Power ( *powā*, Lit. "Skilled Heavenly Messenger"?)
* Virtue ( *vu~āchā*, Lit. "Powerful Heavenly Messenger"?)
* Dominion ( *dominion*, Lit. "Principal Heavenly Messenger"?)
* Throne ( *sorone*, Lit. "Seated Heavenly Messenger"?)
* Cherub ( *kerupu*, Lit. "Wise Heavenly Messenger"?)
* Seraphim ( *serafimu*, Lit. "Blazing Heavenly Messenger"?)