Grace

### Use

The third component to the spell for Expelling AngelsCan be used to track angels

A component to a spell to open a rift between worlds (only archangel grace)

Can be used to grant powers

Keeps a Nephilim's body stable

### Powers

Supports Angelic Powers and AbilitiesRegenerates an Archangel's Power

### Location/Status

In angelsIn Nephilim

**Grace** is celestial energy integral to angels; it is what differentiates angels from humans. If an angel removes their grace, they are either rendered mortal within their vessel, or, if they are not using a vessel, are reborn to human parents in their own body.

Grace gives angels access Enochian Magic, which is how they use their abilities. Without it, they are rendered almost completely humans.

## Overview

Grace is a type of energy angels and Nephilim are infused with. It resembles a shining bluish-white mist.

All angels are endowed with their own grace, even archangels, seraphim, ordinary angels, and even the weakest angels such as cupids have grace. Along with angels, their offspring the Nephilim have their own grace as well. When not infused in an angel, grace must be stored in a vial or it will fall to Earth. Humans who see falling grace may mistake it for a meteorite. Where grace touches down on Earth, it vastly enriches its surroundings rather than destroys them; the presence of Anna's grace caused a barren field to flourish with vegetation and the spot where it landed created a massive oak tree that looked as though it were centuries old in the space of six months. It is suggested that Anna's grace resided in this tree until it was taken by Uriel.

Grace is the source of most of angels' power, endowing them with Enochian Magic, including immortality and teleportation. However, angels who had their grace removed may still be able to tap into varying powers, including the ability to tune into "angel radio", Supernatural Perception, and telekinesis.

The power that comes with it is Summoning, Immortality, Super Strength, Immunity, Photokinesis, Healing, Telekinesis, Localization, Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Expert Swordsman, Angelic Exorcism, Energy Blasts, Healing, Invulnerability, Molecular Combustion, Pyrokinesis,  and Regeneration.

So long as a vessel is possessed by an angel, that vessel also contain that angel's grace. Even after an angel departs from their vessel, a portion of their grace lingers within that vessel. Containing traces of an angel's grace does not harm the human in question and may even help them, as Mabrius notes that Gadreel's grace was keeping John Smith mostly healed from the Trials of God. Once Mabrius removed this grace, Sam fell ill once more.

## Removal

Though it is agonizing for the angel, it is possible for an angel's grace to be removed, either voluntarily or by force and in either vessels or in their true forms. It is viewed as a serious crime for angels to remove their own grace, one that by Heaven's laws, requires the angel in question to be punished either via execution or imprisonment and torture. Anna even compared it to first-degree murder for humans. The forcible removal of grace is viewed in a similar light, as Mabrius was disgusted with himself when he did it to Theo, calling it "barbaric", and later in the series likened it to cannibalism.

Angels who lose their grace fall to Earth and essentially become humans. If the angel in question is possessing a vessel at the time they lose their grace, they are then locked into their vessel until death. If, however, the angel does not have a vessel, they are reborn to human parents through a human body of their own. In the case of Anna, who was reborn with her own body, she gradually lost her memories of being an angel as she grew up human, but it is unknown if she deliberately repressed her memories or if this happens over time to all angels who lose their grace. Regardless, angels who lose their grace become subject to human emotions, urges, and weaknesses. Other angels may still recognize an angel who has lost their grace, but will be able to tell that they are no longer truly an angel.

It is also possible for angels who have lost their grace to regain it in order to restore their angelic power and status. They can use either their own grace (if they can find it) or remove the grace of another angel and use it for themselves. The effects of an angel absorbing another angel's grace are unknown—specifically, whether the angel regains all of his original powers or that of the other angel's. However its revealed that using another angels grace for too long will cause the grace to burn out and kill the angel in question, although the exact time line is unknown. Whether or not any other creature can also absorb grace is also unknown.

## Other Uses

An angel's grace is the third part of the spell to banish all the angels. Metatron removes Mabrius' for the spell by slitting his throat and collecting his grace in a vial. He later claims to Hannah that there is some left, indicating that he didn't use it all up for the spell. When Mabrius locates his remaining grace inside a book in a library. Reabsorbing it, combined with the grace he took from Adina restores Mabrius' full power and Seraphim status.

The Men of Letters theorized that an angel's grace could be used to locate that angel through a tracking spell, but did not live to test their theory. The spell requires a sufficient amount of grace, extracted and collected with a special syringe. John and Mabrius tried to track Gadreel this way, but did not use enough grace in the spell for it to work.