Also known as Angelus; Liam
Played by David Boreanaz
INFORMATION
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Born Liam in 1727, Angel crossed the paths of the
vampire Darla in 1753 and was transformed into the vampire Angelus. For
centuries, Angelus, Darla and their companions Spike and Drusilla,
swarmed throughout the known world, killing and torturing innocents on
their travels. The Master once described Angelus as the 'most vicious
creature' he had ever met. In 1889 fate intervened and Angelus fed on a
gypsy girl whom Darla had brought to him. As punishment for killing the
girl, her clan cast a spell on Angelus, cursing him with a soul that
would make him feel every evil thing he had ever done to another living
being. Cast out by vampires and rejected by Darla, Angelus, or Angel as
he now preferred, began scouring from city to city, until in 1996, the
demon Whistler approached him. Whistler showed him Buffy Summers'
calling as the Slayer and Angel elected to help her. In 1997, the pair
worked together against the forces of the Master and fell in love, even
after Buffy had discovered his true vampiric nature. Eventually, they
consummated their relationship, which activated another clause of the
gypsy curse: one moment of true happiness would remove his soul and he
would become evil again. With Angelus determined to destroyed the world
and torture Buffy, she was forced to send him to Hell in order to win.
When he returned re-ensouled, the pair could never rekindle their epic
romance, and Angel left for Los Angeles, where he was approached by the
human-demon hybrid Doyle. Doyle received visions from the Powers That
Be, that aided Angel, and his allies, in finding and saving the people
who needed them. For four years they continued this mission, and Angel
fell in love again, this time with Cordelia Chase. A moment of passion
with Darla brought forth a son, whom he named Connor. Connor was aged to
an adult after a stay in a Hell dimension and after a year of clashing
with his son, both as himself and as Angelus, Angel had Wolfram and Hart
wipe Connor's memories and place him with a new family. Angel took over
Wolfram and Hart's offices in Los Angeles, and became disillusioned
until Cordelia's final moments gave him his own vision of a new evil:
the Circle of the Black Thorn. Angel and his allies worked to defeat the
Circle, and finally, as the apocalypse drew closer, Angel raised his
sort to continue his fight...
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ONE
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TWO
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THREE
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FOUR
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FIVE
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SEVEN
Buffy Summers |
Xander Harris |
Willow Rosenberg |
Cordelia Chase |
Rupert Giles | Angel
Daniel "Oz"
Osbourne |
Spike |
Riley Finn |
Anya Jenkins |
Dawn Summers |
Tara Maclay
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