AZRAEL, SOUL'S RESPITE
WRITTEN BY MORS

BASIC INFORMATION
Name: Azrael
Alias: Ezra Constantine (human alias), Angel of Death (True), The Eternal One, The Kindly One (in his avenging angel aspect)
Age: ??? years (appeared to be somewhere in his early 20s in his preferred physical form)
Gender: Male (physical form) / genderless (true)
DOB: Unknown, usually listed as Oct 1
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 72 kg
Hair colour: White blond
Eye colour: Silver, may appear as icy blue
Build: Slim
Likes: Ice cream, coffee, books
Dislikes: Pointless disturbances of his reading time
Moral Alignment: Lawful Good, leaning a bit towards Neutral
MBTI: INTP
Faceclaim: Enforcer from Arknights
BIOGRAPHY
Once, a long time ago, God uttered the Holy Word, and the world came to be in six days: this was the genesis, and it was true. Then He created angels to serve Him, named some of them archangels, radiant leaders of the host, and called upon them to fetch dust upon which to shape the first man from.
He who valiantly faced a legion of ruthless, blood-thirsty demons and managed to bring The Almighty what He asked for was Azrael. God then fashioned the first human being from the clay, and breathed spirit into it - a mortal soul - and thus, that was how humans came to be; how the first living creature ever came into existence. For his valiance and steadfastness, Azrael had thus been chosen to oversee the lives of mortals, and eventually provide them with a final respite, at the end of their soul's journey as well, after the first two humans had fallen prey to the serpent's temptation and loses their immortality. He, too, was therefore tasked to determine the goodness and purity of a mortal's soul, before he escorted them to purgatory, where they shall wait for The End of Days and The Final Judgment.
That, then, was how Death came to be, and how the Angel of Death obtained both his post and his purpose.
When his oldest brother Lucifer was cast down from Heaven because of his pride and greed, bringing his lieutenants with him, Azrael stood with Michael in the side of God. He cast down some of the fallen angels into Hell, sealing their punishment, where they shall be trapped until the world and its current order comes to an end. He was strong and faithful enough to be able to wrestle with them bare-handed, too, before he cast them down, although he was content enough to step back and let the four oldest and more well-known of the archangels - Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel - take most of the credit. Albeit technically being the fifth oldest archangel (not counting the Morningstar, who used to be the oldest; the most beautiful and the wisest of them all), Azrael would rather focus on his own sphere of authority, often at the cost of other things, earning him the reputation for being the uncrowned, unrecognised archangel; an oddball who did not quite fit in anywhere, and who are, in truth, much too powerful to simply belong to the order of archangels alone, yet he refused to be made a seraph.
After the following Fall of the Watchers some time after the First War in Heaven, The Almighty had thus issued a new Will: that His angels shall always come into and remain in existence in ideal pairs, just like the stars whose existence was birthed in the wake of the creation of their souls as celestial beings. This was due to the fact that The Morningstar had been one with too much power and too much ambition, and his tragedy, then, had been one where none of his brethren could keep him and his growing arrogance in check. However, as an oddity amongst the archangels as well as The Great Equalizer itself, Azrael had no pair, no equal, unlike his other brothers and sisters (save for perhaps the first fallen angel), and thus, the seat as his twin - The Angel of Eternity and Apocalypse - remained empty for ages…until now.
Thus, at the request of his younger brother Raziel, he came down to and manifested on Earth in a physical form for a while, outside the confines of his job for the first time in history, perhaps producing more questions than answers, in his quest to find his rumoured angelic 'twin'. Even so, the personal actions of the Angel of Death as well as the inner workings of his mind had always been a profound mystery, even to his own siblings.
PERSONALITY
Often could be found with his nose buried in some book when he's physically manifesting - which was probably ironic, considering the fact that he was said to be eternally writing and crossing mortals' names off his record (and this was, like all the other myths about him, quite true to a certain degree) - Azrael is something of an enigma and a collection of strange contradictions.
Despite the fact that he had been the one partially responsible of humans' current form, he was completely detached and dispassionate from them, often remarking that he much preferred reading books than interacting with people, although he seemed to have no problem doing so when he has to, and he gets along quite well with most people (perhaps to the surprise of some of his siblings), not to mention that most people seemed to like him, to the point of giving him stuff (to the surprise of one certain golden boy, perhaps). He often came across as tactless, clueless, and mannerless, if not downright disturbingly bizarre (to an eerie degree at times), inevitably unnerving some people, and yet, he might be abruptly polite and appropriate at times, sometimes overly so. He seemed to be on the lazier side, in his disguise as a human, and claimed to enjoy nothing else aside from reading all day in bed (accompanied by his favourite canned coffee and plenty of sweets), but he is also the most diligent out of all the angels, doing the most thankless job, earning no praise and having to deal with all sorts of people, from unapologetic murderers to innocent babies.
Without a doubt, Azrael is a professional, and he is both calm and patient in spades, ever unruffled and annoyingly nonchalant, especially when he's doing his job (where his lazy, bookworm 'front' personality was cast aside), but there is another side of him. As an Angel of God, he is more than capable of doing the things that his brothers and sisters could do, including smiting demons, purging evil, and punishing sinners as well as the unjust. To these people with blackened souls, he showed the other face of death: merciless and ruthless, greatly terrible with no equal, a Grim Reaper bent on retribution with wings as black as the night and as terrifying as any nightmare the human mind can conjure - The Kindly One.
Thus, he presented a complex, enigmatic, multi-faceted persona; often dubbed as the most aloof angel in all the entirety of Heaven, Azrael possessed no love for nothing and no one, and he cannot be moved by any heart-wrenching plea nor any terrible threat. But this is not to say that he did not possess any feelings or desires of his own. Rather, his empty, elusive personality is reflective to that of a vessel, made to contain the Authority of Death and help maintain the order of the universe as The Almighty wills it. He is both kindly and cruel in equal measures, ever impartial and perfectly objective, pure in spirit and immutable by nature…although he is not immune to his own fair share of trouble, unfortunately, often of his own creation, due to his cluelessness of human emotions and social tact. As a matter of fact, Azrael is something of an airhead, although it is advisable to remember that his core self remained the same, and that he is still the very same Angel of Death who would continue to exist and reap souls for as long as living things existed.
POWERS & ABILITIES
Please refer to this page.
APPEARANCE
As a human, Azrael's preferred form is that of a young man, with short, white blond hair that was longer on one side in the front - which lent him a bit of an androgynous bent - paired with eyes that might appear as the palest of icy blue under the light, although their true hue can only be described as iridescent silver, much like liquid moonlight, or quicksilver. The iridescent quality of his irises marked him as an angel in physical manifestation and distinguished him from normal humans, although this knowledge was not widely known except perhaps amongst those obsessed with the supernatural, urban legends, and modern-day angelophany. The Angel of Death, in human form, is a fair-skinned, fairly tall, svelte young man who possessed an ethereal beauty common to all angels (when they were visiting to Earth and the physical plane), even without his halo and wings visible to the eye, as testified by some prophets who had encountered him in this form in the past. He had a penchant for suits, for some reason, perhaps in contrast to his nonchalant air, although he wasn't against casual wear. As an archangel, his golden halo will be visible, paired with two pairs of his wings, sometimes three.
He wore two different, distinctive black earrings on both his ears. Despite his claim that one of them (the right one) serves as a small limiter for his cosmic, terrifying, boundless abilities as an angel, the truth is that there is no such thing. These earrings merely serves an aesthetic purpose; Azrael had no use for power limiters, since amongst the heavenly host, he is considered as one with enough mental fortitude, patience, and flawless judgement to never be tempted by such a trifling thing as abuse of power - perhaps even the only one.
TRIVIA
- Just like his prophesied angelic 'twin', Azrael loved ice cream. He loved coffee, too, and sweets, although he has no preference for his coffee, sometimes taking it black (sugar free for the canned equivalent), other times taking it with sugar. He claimed that simply loved coffee. Tea is fine, but coffee is a must.
- His name (just like his twin) means God is my help.
- He works odd jobs sometimes during his (supposedly) brief stay on Earth, mostly helping cleaning and dusting the church near the flat that he temporarily lived in (read: freeload), but also
yeetingexorcising lingering spirits where he found them, since the dead are not supposed to linger on Earth any longer. - Likes animals, especially the small and fluffy kind, but they always avoided him like the plague.
- Secretly, deep down inside (although he doesn't realise it), Azrael is quite fond of humans, since he had a hand in their creation. He is always patient with them, especially when it comes children, who seemed to like him.
DISCLAIMER & NOTES
- Firstly, Azrael is a (modern) fantasy OC, blending the elements of his faceclaim's concept from some religious beliefs and lore (in real life) concerning the angel with the same name. Since I understand that religion might be a sensitive subject to some people, and this account might contain such topics due to the nature of the muse, please follow and interact at your own discretion. If you are not comfortable with Azrael, these topics, or even me as his writer, then please, kindly do not interact.
- Moreover, since writer is admittedly not a religious man, correction and even discussion about his real-life lore is welcome. Please kindly do so via DM, and politely. The same applies with constructive criticism about my roleplaying in general.
- Do note that muse comes with potential of infomodding and metagaming. Please refer to the "Powers & Abilities" page link for further information.
- Potential trigger warnings for death, mentions of death, mentions of gore, abuse, violence, and the like. Suggestive content will happen, although explicit smut will only happen off-timeline. MINORS DO NOT FOLLOW OR INTERACT.
- It should go without saying that creative liberty happen, so Azrael is not 100% a carbon copy from his real-life version in various religious texts and sources.
- Lastly, any and all sort of plagiarism, whether it be on the concept of this character, copypasting or paraphrasing my rentry entries about him (partial or full), copypasting or paraphrasing my writing in his roleplaying account (@moonlightgospeI on twitter, the L is capital i) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Please write something yourself instead of stealing other people's ideas and writing and claiming it as your own.
- While similarities might be coincidental, if it happened and it makes you feel uncomfortable, we can talk about it via DM, especially if we are mutuals.
Thank you for reading!
© 2022 BY MORS.