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. On the day she was to take her holy orders, Angelus massacred the convent. She confronted him about it gave him the chance to prove himself by feeding on a baby whose parents Darla had killed. Using the Scythe to carve symbols into Connor's body, Willow managed to open an entrance to Quor'toth in the Hyperion Hotel. Believing he was talking to him, the dragon came to believe its own name was Cordelia.[111]. [21], Upon awakening, Angel, along with Faith Lehane, once again dedicated himself to redemption, this time by resurrecting his most recent victim: Rupert Giles. [164] He would also once admit an interest in mysteries and detective work. After he heard about a little girl who was playing host to a demon, he suddenly recuperated, donning his redemptive mindset once more. Buffy was born to Hank and Joyce Summers on January 19, 1981, [17] [18] in Los Angeles, California. [citationneeded], Later, when Faith returned to the apartment after spending several hours in Brixton with her fellow Slayers, she openly questioned Angel about his time under the guise of the masked Twilight. [98] Angel wished to fight with her in the battle, but Buffy told him to go prepare his crew for a second front in case the Scoobies failed to stop the First. When he asked Illyria to seek out the most powerful vampire in "Hell-A," Angel was horrified when she led him to Gunn. [19] Although Buffy was able to keep Angel occupied long enough to destroy the Seed of Wonder, Angel killed Giles before he was returned to normal. Not to live as human. [115] Defeating Angel in a duel, Gunn undid the magicks keeping Angel alive, reopening every wound he had suffered since turning human. 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. People who have annoyed him most include Spike, Xander, and Harmony. [31] A spell had been cast before the Beast's arrival which erased all reference to it in this dimension, with Angelus being immune because he technically didn't exist anymore when the spell was cast. "[2] By contrast, with a soul he was dedicated to help people and do what was right, explaining: "All I want to do is help. However, given Angel's currently tense relationship with Spike, as well as the Scoobies' current hostility towards him, Buffy asked Angel to help protect the Slayers from the currently-attacking demons while she went with Spike to investigate his claims.[121]. [45], Both times he was soulless, Angel resented many of the habits he had with a soul and was disgusted by them, such as his love for Buffy,[50] his loyalty and compassion towards his teammates in Angel Investigations,[citationneeded] and his twenty-year period of feeding on rat blood after drinking from a murder victim. Though this state of mind changed somewhat when he fell in love with Buffy, it wasn't until he learned about the Shanshu Prophecy that he truly began believing in himself and his actions. "[25] By his twenties, Liam had become a drunken, whoring layabout,[13] whose only real ambition in life lay in someday seeing the world. Despite the numerous strange incidents, murders and suicides running rampant throughout the hotel (caused by a demon), Angel looked the other way when his help would have made a difference. [38], 1894: Angelus and Spike were captured in Rome, Italy by henchmen of The Immortal, a mysterious and seductive being with whom they both had a fierce rivalry. Angel acted quickly and grabbed his wrist. [32][33], 1880: Desiring a companion of her own, Drusilla sired the mild-mannered and lovesick poet, William Pratt, to whom Angelus served as a mentor and role model for a while. Before running away, she gave Angel a teary and foreboding message, foretelling his dark future involving the three "voices" that would soon come to inhabit his body. Since the late 1990s during his tenure in Sunnydale, Angel's hair was consistently spiked upward at the front with styling product (a fact that he was apparently unaware of, due to his reaction upon seeing his reflection in a mirror during a trip to Pylea). [169] While soulless, Angel was unaffected by the Judge, a demon who could incinerate any being with "humanity," or the ability to feel human emotions. Angel also believed for years that the ends justified the means up to a certain extent and had been seen doing morally wrong acts for the "greater good," examples being instructing Lorne to kill Lindsey,[161] and his actions in his period as the masked Twilight. Meanwhile, hotel staff and residents, including Judy, continued to become warped and Angel decided to help. As Willow attempted to open a portal to the World Without Shrimp, they were attacked by the Old One called Quor'toth. 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. While he appeared to somewhat doubt himself, Whistler did not change his mind and insisted it was the only way and that he had gone too far to stop. Buffy and Angel reveled in finally being able to be happy together, but Angel soon discovered that the Powers That Be had not yet offered him forgiveness as he had not sufficiently atoned. [citationneeded] Unexpectedly, Connor returned days later,[82] a young man of 18 years old[83] who had been raised by Holtz to be a warrior and to believe that Angel was a soulless monster. In gratitude for helping him, Angel gave Spike Harmony's phone number. She was particularly interested in knowing if he had murdered Giles in his own right mind, or if he had been taken over by Twilight's influence at the time. The two went to an old associate of Giles, Alasdair Coames, for help. Once again, he did not listen and remained fixed in his belief that he was "saving" the world. Successfully, Giles was brought back alive, albeit trapped in the body of his twelve-year old self. 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. [140] As Angel suffered from his bout of insanity, he muttered about the death of Jenny Calendar from Giles' perspective. While searching for her, Archaeus and Drusilla confronted him and temporarily reverted him back to Angelus,[148] before he managed to collect himself. 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. He jokingly expressed that if he had set anyone up but Harmony, he would have felt sleazy, and then left to get breakfast with Faith. Angel, while not exactly quick to anger, could become irritated at times. After a deep-to-heart with Faith, the plan was set in motion and the spell was chanted. [36] However, Spike's victory and subsequent role as a champion[101] was later revealed to be part of Lindsey's plans to undermine Angel's confidence and new position, allowing Angel to regain his focus and faith in himself after a final meeting with Cordelia. [citationneeded], Psychic connection: Angel displayed a psychic connection to those he had sired on at least one occasion. Angel fought Boone for three-and-a-half hours until the sun came up and Boone honorably let him go. [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. "I Will Remember You" is episode 8 of season 1 in the television show Angel, originally broadcast on the WB network. However, he was actually being haunted by the First Evil, who claimed to be the one that freed him from Acathla's hell. Angel was one of the most well-known vampires in all of vampiric history, legendary for both his savage villainy [8] and his great heroism. The most frequent cases of him showing this side of himself stem from Buffy's other romantic relationships, most notably Riley[63][64] and Spike to a greater extent. "[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. Xander quickly jumped on him and started punching him, then grabbed the slayer scythe to stake him. Angel and Faith successfully restore a corpse using the Crown of Coils. [29], 1767: Holtz tracked them down in Marseilles and managed to put numerous arrows in Angelus. As a curse. Angel roughly grabbed Whistler's horns and forced his attention to the people transforming into monsters below them, giving a moving speech about how the "necessary losses" were people with lives and that it cost too much to sacrifice so many. He attempted to kill the Lorophage to prevent further problems, but it easily fought him off. On the way back to their apartment, Angel told Faith that Giles' writings about the girl had "opened his eyes" and then sent her on her way, informing her that he could go home alone and wait for her, as she had other things to do. Drusilla then offered to remove his suffering. Maggie Walsh. They sank him to the bottom of the ocean to rescue an American submarine crew from three vampires the Nazis had captured as part of their paranormal research activities: Spike, Nostroyev, and the Prince of Lies. [23], As the others were ordered to focus on their memories of Giles to make sure they pulled it off, Angel expressed his desperate need to fix what he did as he thought about when he had killed him. [45] However, after meeting Buffy and seeing the well of inner strength she possessed, his outlook on humanity slowly changed. Giles explains to the others that the current events tie in to a prophecy of a supernatural upheaval where the world shall be recreated after a Slayer changes the world, with Buffy and Angel having been selected to serve as the catalysts of that change. [2] Due to his advanced age, however, he was considerably more powerful than an average vampire; for example, he was able to run at such speeds that he appeared to teleport several meters,[42][159][70][92], was strong enough that he could lift up a heavy security gate[87], survive explosions and falls from skyscrapers with little injury,[78][39][70] and withstand prolonged exposure to sunlight and holy items to no ill effect. [44], 1952: Angel was a resident of the Hyperion Hotel in Los Angeles. It never made much of a true difference in the end, good would never truly triumph over evil because it would always come back. In 1998, while soulless, his style somewhat changed, noticeably the black leather pants he wore throughout his this period (something that both Cordelia and Lorne have referenced). Drusilla joined Angelus and Darla, as the duo became a trio. [146] Although Angel assisted in defeating Archaeus and accepted Buffy and Spike's relationship, he noted to Willow as he left that he doubted that the relationship would last, recognizing over the years that Spike sought relationships that he believed would save him from himself, only to push his partners away and convince himself that his problems were simply unfixable. They followed a lead to Mother Superior's church, only to find both the Lorophage demon and a completely sane Drusilla.[127]. [citationneeded], Angel was considered physically attractive, noted especially for his title as the "one with the angelic face. [4] This episode was rated the series' best episode in a poll done by Angel Magazine in 2005. [16], Eventually, Angel adopted the identity of the masked Twilight and gathered a cabal of humans and demons who had become wary of the rise of multiple Slayers. David BoreanazMike Massa (stunts)Rance HowardZach Hanks, Angel was one of the most well-known vampires in all of vampiric history, legendary for both his savage villainy[8] and his great heroism. "[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. First, he eliminated an enemy and destroyed her work just as she had managed to successfully decipher the lost curse which could be used to restore his soul. At last. Died Disgusted that Buffy had caused him to feel love, he vowed to destroy her in a way similar to what he had done to Drusilla. In the midst of battle, Angel became erratic; Angel, Angelus, and Giles in turn took over his body. [14] Ironically, Angelus' protg Spike would betray him and foil his own plan to destroy the world over two centuries later for similar reasons. After The Oracles a link to The Powers That Be confirm he is human again, Angel and Buffy spend a blissful night together. There's a scene in Angel that reveals this, clearly. With rabid fury, they ambushed Angel, beat him, and then hanged him. [103], Angel was elated when Cordelia finally awoke from her coma. [155], For most of his ensouled depression, Angel's opinion of people was mostly uncaring and negative despite his newfound guilt for his sins. [61] A few months later, they were joined by lifelong demon fighter Charles Gunn after Angel resolved a vampire-human street conflict that was turning in favor of the former.[62]. Angel and Faith immediately joined the battle. This time, Whistler was convinced and told him he wanted to help despite the cost. [8] In response to Darla's assertion, Liam set about slaughtering his entire village. The couple was then apprehended by Spike and his followers, who planned to have him watch Buffy die at the hands of the newly arisen demon.[49]. [citationneeded]. With this, Angel quickly returned to his old ways of evil. Buffy and Angel share a moment of pure happiness. [132], Willow's plan proved successful. Angel realized that a vampire might be controlling the Lorophage through hypnosis. When Buffy season 1-3 character Harmony (Mercedes McNab) first appears on the spin-off series, Cordelia has no idea she'd been turned into a vampire during their action-packed Sunnydale high. He refused, and along with Faith, left the church. 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. As Angel is (at least at that time) the only known "vampire with a soul," he can only assume that the prophecy refers to him. [128], When he arrived at the apartment again, he and Faith confronted her father, who revealed that he had come to ask his Slayer daughter to kill a mobster for him. Because I knew it was the right thing to do. [106], Together with his comrades, Angel prepared to destroy the Circle of the Black Thorn, a battle that none of them expected to survive. After These Messages We'll Be Right Back! He inculpated Whistler for allowing so many people to die for his cause, and for manipulating both him and Buffy in the past. The distracted Illyria was then taken down by the Senior Partners' forces. [36], William got himself, Angelus, Darla, and Drusilla chased out of London and into an abandoned mine shaft in Yorkshire by an angry mob. [citationneeded], Angel's viewpoints on battling evil was often seen as mostly realistic and cynical. [110] The dragon took Angel back to W&H, where he relied on neo-primitive healing salves and incantations to repair his broken body. [citationneeded], Nadira and her fellow Slayers arrived unexpectedly, carrying with them the body of a dead Slayer. [171], Whenever his curse took effect, it took a few moments for Angel to remember his actions,[12][27] but he soon became horrified at the memories. [13], 1860: a young woman named Drusilla from London caught the attention of Darla, who then presented her to Angelus as a gift. As planned, he went to Alasdair to borrow his magical items only to have the archmage refuse him. She turned him down, but when the man showed up looking for him, she and Angel were forced to fight him off; in a moment of rage she cut off the man's hand, and in remorse, fled the scene. [24], Despite his constant stoicism, Angel was more than capable of forming close bonds with others, particularly his Angel Investigations associates. Whistler then told him that before the Seed of Wonder had been destroyed, he had experienced one final vision, relaying a horrid possible future. Simply put, Angel had difficulty trusting others, and it took him a long time to feel comfortable around his companions. She told him that it would be a long time, if ever, but she sometimes envisioned a future with him. He killed her first, and then murdered his mother. 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. 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