[118] As Illyria prepared to end all existence, Angel devised a plan to stop her; he had Betta George telepathically force Spike and Wesley's memories of Fred into Illyria's mind. Once again, he did not listen and remained fixed in his belief that he was "saving" the world. Over the years, Angel became increasingly disillusioned with the Shanshu Prophecy, eventually coming to believe that the prophecy was wholly unreliable, causing him to focus on doing good for the sake of it rather than for a reward. With rabid fury, they ambushed Angel, beat him, and then hanged him. "Angel" is the seventh episode of season 1 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Faith cared for him and in an attempt to speed up his recovery, read him passages from Giles' old Watchers Diaries. [citationneeded], Angel was considered physically attractive, noted especially for his title as the "one with the angelic face. [13], 1890: Angelus attended a production of Giselle by the Blinnikov World Ballet Corps, a Russian ballet troupe run by Count Kurskov. After the submarine suffered damage from a depth charge, Angel was forced to sire a mortally wounded Ensign, Sam Lawson, as he was the only person who was able to repair the damage, and while Angel didn't care about the mission, he needed it to succeed to get the US government to leave him alone, and he needed the submarine so he would not get trapped on the ocean floor. Doyle encouraged Angel not to shy away from human interaction, warning him that isolating himself from humanity would eventually lead to him forgetting why they need to be protected, and feeding on them. The woman had a young son, whom Angelus killed afterwards. Realizing what this means for their relationship, Angel spends the night with Buffy. She told him that it would be a long time, if ever, but she sometimes envisioned a future with him. "Welcome to the Hellmouth" [97] He could be childish, petty and utterly proud. "[97], Angel's year spent running Wolfram & Hart was one marred with challenge and self-doubt. He instructed his teammates to spend the day as if it was their last as he spent it by visiting Connor who revealed to his father that he regained his memories and appreciated what Angel did for him but wanted to keep it at that. He would eventually murder two Slayers, and became a particularly renowned vampire as a result. [152] However, while Angel enjoyed "helping the helpless," he was also especially motivated by the prospect of redemption in the form of Shanshu. [18] When Angel came to his senses and rebelled against the real Twilight, it possessed him[19] and fought Buffy in the ruins of Sunnydale, where she stopped Twilight by destroying the Seed of Wonder, causing the end of magic. Faith proclaimed Drusilla to be a mess, and although Angel openly agreed with her, he made the closing statement: "But before she met me, she was beautiful. [citationneeded]. While there, he followed the scent of blood to a seniors' home, where he came across a deranged young man slaughtering the residents. Simply put, Angel had difficulty trusting others, and it took him a long time to feel comfortable around his companions. I am Angel. Angelus made an attempt to threaten him with mention of the Slayer, but Spike, who had never heard of the Slayer before, became instantly intrigued, and went on to develop a long-lasting obsession with the idea of killing a Slayer. Later that night, Team Angel assassinated the members of the Circle of the Black Thorn with Angel taking on Marcus Hamilton with the help of Connor. He also showed immunity to sunlight and all vampire weaknesses, and his new abilities also seemed to have altered the conditions of his curse, as he had sex with Buffy without losing his soul. After the robber shot the employee and fled, Angel stayed with the man as he died. "[71] Despite his efforts, Angel did not always believe it was possible for him to gain redemption for his evil actions, once telling Spike that he believed his escape from Acathla's dimension was not an escape, but only a "short reprieve," and that he still believed he would go to hell when he die. Spike, who Angel had called earlier for assistance,[138] also appeared at Alasdair's residence. Instead of destroying Thesulac, as it was in his power to do, even when the demon gave him the opportunity, he personally gave the vicious demon free reign to prey upon and ravage the inhabitants of the hotel unhindered. Angel returns to The Oracles, who agree to turn back time so that Angel, accepting the entire cost of the bargain, can kill the Mohra before its blood makes him human. After the American crew had captured the German submarine, the vampires had escaped their bonds and murdered most of the crew; the few survivors sought refuge behind a locked hatch. [20] Angel awoke to his senses, initially completely unaware of what he had done. Unable to resist the sight and smell of the clerk's still-warm blood, Angel succumbed to his urges and fed on the body. [79], In 2002, false prophecies, time travelers, and betrayal led to Angel losing his infant son to an old enemy, Holtz, who abducted Connor soon after his birth, taking him to the dimension of Quor'toth,[80] where time passed differently. Realizing that he would only ever be a burden to Buffy, and would be unable to protect her as a human, Angel made an impossibly painful decision: he had the Oracles rewind time to reverse his transformation into a human, leaving no one but himself with any memory of the incident. "[100], Angel was also an excellent sketch artist[citationneeded] and possessed a photographic memory that he used to his advantage. [citationneeded], The other demons at the auction ran for a chance to get it while Angel and Faith went to examine the basement of the establishment. His chivalry and sensitivity frequently made him prone to seeing others as his complete responsibility, specifically "damsels in distress. [69], In his past, Angel had been known as the man "Liam" and the vampire "Angelus." [10] Giving Cordelia the dragon over to the Groosalugg to remain as inconspicuous as possible, Angel reopened Angel Investigations. While investigating recent murders with Sophia and Lavinia's aid, Angel witnessed a newly-turned vampire walking in sunlight and displaying a greater resistance to the usual anti-vampire weapons, confirming that the restoration of magic had changed the rules for new vampires. [citationneeded], Angel's love life had never been very active, originally because he held a reluctance to get close to someone and possibly lose his soul. So, Angel sets out with Doyle to kill the demon, without Buffy's much-needed supernatural assistance. Angel must make a difficult decision regarding Buffy when a demon's blood makes him mortal once more. That was everything to me. [citationneeded], Angel was a quiet, private individual. In the episode "I Will Remember You," Angel becomes human, much to his and Buffy's emotional and physical satisfaction. After he heard about a little girl who was playing host to a demon, he suddenly recuperated, donning his redemptive mindset once more. [83] After he adopted the name "Angel" circa 1943, the name "Angelus" would be brought up in reference to the time when he was still called as such,[89][174][90] or to compare his present with his evil history. In gratitude for helping him, Angel gave Spike Harmony's phone number. Tense and becoming increasingly more impatient, he threatened him and then accused Alasdair of working for Whistler, acutely noticing how it was strange that his items have not been raided yet. The First, able to adopt the appearances of Angel's past victims, lashed him with guilt and tempted him to end it all by losing his soul once again and killing Buffy. Instead, Angel chose to kill himself by waiting outside for the sun to rise. [69] His actions also included allowing Drusilla and Darla to slaughter a number of prominent Wolfram & Hart employees, even locking them in the room. They split up; Angel meets the demon on his route. "[3], In Entertainment Weekly's list of the 25 best Whedonverse episodesincluding episodes from Angel, as well as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dollhouse"I Will Remember You" placed at #14. [32] He was subsequently kidnapped by Spike's minions for a ritual that would restore Drusilla to health. In an attempt to control him, the firm resurrected his sire and former lover, Darla, though she came back as a human rather than as a vampire. [102] The kiss was instrumental in Angel returning to his path; Cordelia passed onto Angel a single vision, which came later that night, and Angel realized what he had to do. Drusilla and her sisters were all noted to be virgins, and Drusilla was described as being "sweet, pure and chaste." Deeply disgusted by his own weakness and realizing he could never be a part of human society, Angel fled the shop, and then exiled himself to a life of homelessness, living in alleyways and feeding on rats. [100] Shortly after Angel assumed control of the law firm, matters were further complicated when Spike appeared as a ghost,[8] emerging from the amulet Angel had given Buffy and that was then sent back to Angel in the mail. During his first year in Los Angeles with Angel Investigations, he displayed an acute lack of people skills, and was very anti-social and reclusive. Angel is horrified by a vision of his role in the Shanshu Prophecy. [78] Angel was overcome with parental love, and named their child Connor,[7] in recognition of his Irish heritage. [citationneeded]. He accompanied Faith to the girl's residence, and as the demon was slaughtered he received a rush of Giles' memories detailing the day he'd fallen in love with Jenny Calendar. With Lindsey out of the way, Spike and Angel came to an understanding that let the two of them operate as a lethal team when the two ended up fighting side-by-side, using their long experience of each other's skills to operate in near-perfect tandem. Holtz took his own life in such a way that Connor was led to believe he was killed by Angel,[84] making Connor hate his father and be determined to make him pay for the suffering he had caused Holtz and others. In the ensuing battle, Angel discovers the consequences of having only human strength; Buffy must come to his rescue and slay the demon herself. "[50], The distinction between his states with and without a soul was sometimes referred as separate entities. [52], Along with Spike and Drusilla, Angel moved to an abandoned mansion. Such cases include his quick acceptance of the taking up the mantle of Twilight because of Whistler and his misguided period in Wolfram & Hart. During his lifetime, Angel successfully stood up to and defeated a wide variety of powerful and skilled opponents, including Buffy Summers, Faith Lehane, Marcus Hamilton, Riley, and Connor, amongst others. On the day she was to take her holy orders, Angelus massacred the convent. To save herself, Angel's new friend pointed the mob in his direction, saying he had been found with blood. Mad with demon-induced hysteria, the hotel residents and staff turned on Judy after their suspicions were raised by a private detective. Born Not to live as human. While working in these areas, her work has focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the Americas.Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war . [2] However, in 1898, Angelus was cursed by the Kalderash people as vengeance for killing their favorite daughter. Nonetheless, Buffy appreciated that he came, and he remained with her until sunrise. [11] He was later described in historical volumes as the "one with the angelic face,"[2] and the "demon with the face of an angel. Angry and stricken by grief, Nadira attacked Angel, and threatened him. [39] Spike also called Angel a "drama queen"[168] and Cordelia once noted that he was melodramatic. Though Buffy managed to rescue him and save his life, Drusilla still recovered. He was also an expert in torture. For other uses, see. [28] Holtz then devoted himself to capturing Angelus and Darla, and chased them across Europe. His soulless experience also gave him understanding of the psychosis of stalkers, giving him a unique insight into many of his enemies. In this episode, Buffy follows Angel back to Los Angeles, where she confronts him about his surreptitious assistance back in Sunnydale. ", May, 1764: Angelus and Darla killed the wife and infant son of vampire hunter Daniel Holtz, and turned his young daughter into a vampire, forcing him to destroy her. Affiliation That would make Faith the only one alive in the present who knows. [65] He had an obsession with his destiny; he would follow almost any metaphorical road as long as he believed it would help people (specifically Buffy or himself) to achieve what they were destined for. However, her repeated attempts to interact with him allowed the two to form a budding friendship, which was very surprising and rare for Angel at that time in his life. "[25] By his twenties, Liam had become a drunken, whoring layabout,[13] whose only real ambition in life lay in someday seeing the world. [10] Born Liam in 1727 in Galway, Ireland, [11] he was sired by Darla in 1753, [12] taking the name Angelus, he earned notoriety as the worst vampire in history. [24], With Giles and Faith having departed London, Angel initially did what he could to maintain control of the rising magical disturbances, with only the occasional aid from Sophia and Lavinia. But, in typical Joss Whedon fashion, this happy moment is quickly. They are attacked by a Mohra demon; when Angel kills the demon he is restored to life by its powerful blood. It was at that point that he turned her into a vampire. Angel also possessed a sense of humor despite his serious personality, usually in the form of dark sarcasm. She made it clear that they were done working together after she finished helping him to bring Giles back. The two went to an old associate of Giles, Alasdair Coames, for help. "[35] Angelus taught William about the art of mass slaughter, including an incident during a wedding party where Angelus beat the groom to death with his own arm. Still, she could not control herself, and transformed into "Dark Willow." As a frustrated Spike left the two (being the only one who actually remembered Buffy's connection to Dawn), Angel forced his attention to return to bringing Giles back. For example, when taunted by the First Evil for his past crimes, Angel cried out: "It wasn't me! [125] Following this, Angel had been reduced to an apparently catatonic state, with Faith taking care of him in the London flat that Giles left to her as she feels that she was the only person who would not judge Angel for his actions as Twilight due to her past experience with redemption.[21]. Successfully, Giles was brought back alive, albeit trapped in the body of his twelve-year old self. The process took months, and Angel spent every second awake and in agony; to endure the pain, he spoke to an imaginary Cordelia. Angel and Faith then traveled to Peru to retrieve the Crown of Coils from a demons' lair. [citationneeded], Multilingualism: Angel could speak several languages, including English, Korean,[citationneeded] Tibetan,[29] Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Belarusian,[citationneeded] Romanian,[100] and German. Angel reminisced about the moment he'd first laid eyes on Drusilla over a century ago. He was also known as the One with the Angelic Face because of his physical beauty. Embittered by the consequences of becoming close to a human, Angel abandoned Judy and everyone else. BibliophileAnn Bangel shipper/fan May 31, 2017 #9 After finding a young woman named Judy Kovacs hiding in his room, Angel tried to preserve his isolation, first by disarming and removing the man chasing her, then by ejecting Judy. Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, who had briefly served as Watcher to both Buffy and Faith in Sunnydale, arrived in Los Angeles around that time, claiming to be a "rogue demon hunter," a "lone wolf sort" who only worked solo. Buffy described as being happy and at peace in this place; feeling warm, loved, finished, and complete. [57][104] Additionally, according to Cordelia, Angel possessed remarkable cooking skills "for someone who's on a liquid diet. Buffy sends Angel to hell in order to save the world. There's a scene in Angel that reveals this, clearly. Does Buffy ever remember when Angel was human? Because Angel was the only individual with detailed knowledge about Giles' resurrection, they were forced into an unlikely partnership to come up with a new plan to restore Angel's sanity. "[32] However, this also made him a natural leader towards others. Whistler did not deny this, but calmly revealed that Angel and Buffy's meeting had been predestined long before. Buffy went to Angel and they had a sword fight while Spike escaped with Drusilla. [173], During his darker phases, Angel also smoked, such as his reversion to soulless state in 1998,[50] his ensouled depression pre-Buffy,[45] and his dark phase in Los Angeles in late 2000. Confronted by Buffy then possessing strength, invulnerability, and flight like his own Twilight chose to reveal his true identity to her. [61] Furthermore, he also had a dislike of churches, though this was due to the fact that he often preyed on nuns while soulless and they brought up bad memories rather than atheism or blasphemy. [104] He even went so far as to sign away his candidacy for the Shanshu Prophecy to prove his loyalty, exploiting the Circle's inability to realize that he would do good for its own sake rather than to receive a reward. Observing this, Faith and Spike decided it was best to chain him to the wall in her basement. [citationneeded], A recurring joke was that Angel seemed to have a preference for small, blonde women, as the majority of his love interests were blondes Darla, Buffy, and Nina , with the exceptions of Cordelia (who had blonde highlights at one point). Almost immediately thereafter, Angel ran into Cordelia Chase, a former classmate of Buffy's who had moved to Los Angeles to find wealth and fame. 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