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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~ArchangelMichael3_8396~~ArchangelMichael3 8396.jpg\|frame\|[[Authority Equals Asskicking\|Behold our might and despair,]] [[Our Demons Are Different\|your]] [[Badass Boast\|end has come]].]] All coins have two sides. And for the rulers of [[Hell]]/[[The Underworld]]/a bad place who call themselves [[Demon Lords and Archdevils]], there are these guys. They're the top [[Our Angels Are Different\|angels]] (or angel-like beings) around and can usually be found as the heads of a [[Council of Angels]]. The one thing they have in common is that they can [[Authority Equals Asskicking\|kick a whole lot of ass]] and are usually the [[Big Good~~\|Big Goods~~]]s of the setting. Although it's best to keep in mind, as with the case of an [[Ascended Demon]], you may have a few of the [[Fallen Angel]] version of these running around, which is bad news for the heroes. They might also suffer from [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]] as well, or be [[Jerkass Gods]] for the really unhelpful ones. Line 36: * The Archangels and the ever-elusive Almighty in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', who prefer to work [[In Mysterious Ways]] so far. Non-religious Harry identifies them as "powerful beings of Nevernever", on par with the Faerie Queens and beyond. ** Stronger. Harry reckons that Uriel could wipe out all life one earth with very little effort. Justified as he is (sort of) the angel of death, being the angel who killed the firstborn of Egypt. And it is suggested by Mab, the Winter Queen, that he is the most dangerous of all the Archangels, and definitely the stealthiest. * In the ''[[Young Wizards]]'' series there's the Winged Defender, a.k.a. the [[God\|One's]] Champion ([[All Myths Are True\|a.k.a. Thor, a.k.a. Athena, a.k.a. the archangel ~~Micheal~~Michael]]). S/He only rarely intervenes directly, since fully manifesting strains the fabric of reality almost to the breaking point, but when s/he ''does'', s/he has no problem kicking the ass of the [[Satan\|Lone Power]]. In addition to occasionally kicking the ass of the [[Big Bad]], his/her responsibilities include granting the titular wizards their power ([[All Myths Are True\|which was the inspiration for the legend of Prometheus]]), and also keeping the [[True Name]] of [[God]] in several separate pieces, since the sheer power radiated by God's whole name would [[Apocalypse How\|destroy entire universes]]. * Tolkien's ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' features the Valar, the most powerful beings in existence behind [[God\|Eru]]. [[Fallen Angel\|Morgoth]] ([[The Lord of the Rings\|Sauron's]] boss), happened to be [[Satan\|the most powerful of them, and rebelled against his maker]]. * Raphael, Gabriel, Michael, and Uriel are invoked by name during rituals in the [[Deryni]] novels. They variously manifest as pillars of light, or elements (earth, air, fire and water), or a luminous beings that seem to have wings. Line 43: * In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[Prospero's Daughter]]'', Miranda is quite shocked to learn that one being Mephisto can summon is Uriel. {{spoiler\|At the end, he gives instructions to Astreus, who had been rather high-ranking himself.}} * In ''[[Good Omens]],'' these are Aziraphael's bosses. == Tabletop RPG == * ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~& Dragons]]'', [[Trope Namer\|obviously]]. Specifically, we have: The Celestial Hebdomad for the [[Lawful Good]] archons. These seven, one for each of the Seven Heavens of Celestia, most closely resemble the traditional Christian concept of archangels. Talisid and the Five Companions, paragons of the [[Neutral Good]] guardinals. Line 53 ⟶ 52: * The Archangels in ''[[In Nomine]]''. They are much more powerful than regular angels, but are Word-bound (forced to operate in accordance with their descriptive Word) and thus limited in thought and action. * The Angels are the Imperators of Heaven in ''[[Nobilis]]''- though in a case of [[Light Is Not Good\|Light Is Not (Exactly) Good]], they are ''just'' above all else. The schism that resulted in the [[Fallen Angels]] existing (at least in third edition) was that some of the angels loved everyone, even the corrupt... and for this, they were cast into Hell. * Considering the [[Space Marines]] of ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~40,000]]'' are often considered to be the [[God-Emperor]]'s [[Badass\|Angels of Death]], it would logically dictate that his 20 [[Physical God]] sons that were the genetic templates for the [[Space Marine]] Legions would be his ~~[[Celestial Paragons and~~ Archangels~~\|Archangels]]~~ (and It's especially evident with Sanguinius, Primarch of the Blood Angels, who happens to be a [[Winged Humanoid]]). Of course, once [[Cosmic Horror\|Chaos]] had come about in the [[Horus Heresy]], half of them went the other [[Demon Lords and Archdevils\|route]]... ** If the [[Space Marine~~\|Space Marines~~]]s are considered to be [[Our Angels Are Different\|Angels]], then the Living Saints can be considered to be the Emperor's actual Archangels. * ''[[Promethean: The Created]]'' features ''qashmallim'', who are [[Our Angels Are Different\|not-quite-but-maybe angels]] serving [[In Mysterious Ways\|a cosmic Principle]]. There are arch-''qashmal'' as well, and when they show up, something big happens... [[Subverted Trope\|though not necessarily nice]]. The book lists an example of an entire city convening to build an edifice before leaping off of it, and one adventure features {{spoiler\|an arch-''qashmal'' about to irradiate all of Detroit unless the Prometheans make a sacrifice}}. Line 61 ⟶ 60: * ''[[Bayonetta]]'' has the angels acting as the antagonists. Each angel even has its own page to tell us where in the hierarchy it rests. * A staple in ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series. [[Our Angels Are Different\|Whether they mean well for humans varies between games]]. ** Most notably, the [[Archangel Gabriel]] and Remiel are often presented as the [[Only Sane Man\|only sane guys]] in the Law faction. Most other angels are utterly subsumed to [[God]]'s will, and either are demented [[Knight Templar~~\|Knight Templars~~]]s of the worst kind, outright despise every living being with free will, or both. * ''[[Touhou]]''. The [[Big Bad]] of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody is a Celestial Paragon who cause disasters [[For the Evulz]], out of boredom. But then Tenshi is [[Our Angels Are Different\|kinda different]]... Line 71 ⟶ 70: [[Category:Index of Fictional Creatures]] [[Category:Older Than Feudalism]] ~~[[Category:Celestial Paragons and Archangels]]~~ [[Category:Power]] [[Category:Badass in Charge]] [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]