Post by archangel on Nov 14, 2012 14:19:00 GMT -4
The person behind the character:
Name/Nickname: Dustin
Age: 28
Experience: 12 years
Contact information: PM me
Character basics:
Real name: Warren Kenneth Worthington III
Code name: Archangel
Date of Birth: Unknown
Place of Birth: Centerport, Long Island, New York
Age: Late 30's
Known family: Wallace Worthington (paternal ancestor, deceased);
Warren Worthington Sr. (paternal grandfather, deceased);
Warren Worthington Jr. (father, deceased);
Kathryn Worthington (mother, deceased);
Burt Worthington (paternal uncle);
Mimi (maternal aunt);
The Reflection in the mirror:
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Height: 6'
Weight: 140 lbs
Legal Status: Single Adult
Occupation: Adventurer, Former Chairman of Worthington Industries, Multi Millionaire.
Affiliation: X-Men
Abilities:
When Angel's powers first emerged, his body developed a higher metabolism, lost all body fat and became more muscular, and his bones became hollow, allowing him to run faster and jump higher. It was later revealed that Warren is at peak human levels which include his senses, strength, speed and reflexes. It was revealed that Angel is either a descendant of the Cheyarafim mutant race or his mutation resembles the mutations specific to this race.
Angel then sprouted and grew white, feathery wings. Angel's natural wings give him the ability to fly. They are super-humanly strong, easily capable of breaking a man's bones and tossing someone through a wall, and allow him to lift an additional 200 pounds. He has super-humanly sharp vision and hearing, and his eyes can withstand high-speed winds. His body is accustomed to low temperatures at high altitudes, and his lungs can breath easily even at full flight speed. Warren prefers to fly under the clouds, and can normally fly nonstop for half a day. However, he can reach the highest recorded altitude of a bird (equivalent to the height of Mount Everest), which quickly tires him out.
It has been argued that Angel possess some kind of internal flight organ, but more likely several small ones throughout his body and that his wings offer the additional thrust and stability for actual flight. This would explain how Angel manages to hover for long periods of time and how he experienced little exhaustion in his arms and legs whilst flying. It has also been suggested, but never proved, that Angel's fevers are some kind of silicon or substance which act like solar panels providing him with the massive amounts of energy he would need for sustained flight.
Later, he developed a secondary mutation: a blood-borne regenerative healing factor that enabled him to heal at an extraordinary rate. Superficial lacerations and punctures heal almost immediately and more severe injuries, such as broken bones or internal organ damage, heal within days. This healing factor can also be transferred to others via blood transfusion. Once transferred to an injured/ill individual (especially if they share his blood type), their tissues regenerate or can even be resuscitated if recently dead, but this ability is limited by the amount of blood Angel can transfer or survive losing. As a result of his Cheyarafim nature, Angel's blood is toxic/caustic to the Neyaphem mutant race, including Nightcrawler.
Apocalypse's Celestial modifications granted him different and far greater abilities. His skin turned blue and his tissues were enhanced, granting him far greater strength, durability, and endurance. He was given razor-sharp metal, retractable claws and wings. The wings could also shoot poison-tipped metal feathers. Warren has independent control over each and every feather. However, the wings were sometimes hard to command, especially when Warren felt strong emotions.
What's hidden behind the mask:
Personality: Warren Worthington III is someone who embraces the unique aspects of his personality more than most. Growing up in a highly structured, highly ideal world there is often little means of distinguishing one's self from the crowd. Warren from an early age had a need to be more than just another rich boy. He had no clear identity and for that reason, he clashed with the ridged set of rules his parents laid out for him. This gives him a somewhat rebellious and arrogant personality.
But what really helps contrast these traits are the lingering effects his mother's illness had. Beyond the emotional toil he had to endure, he grew close to her and stood by her while she suffered and died at the hands of forces nobody could control. This is an important development for Warren because he comes from a world where he and everybody like him are used to getting what they want no matter what the cost may be. In the case of his mother it didn't matter how rich they were or how many of the best doctors they had working with them. It was not enough to save his mother. In that sense Warren went through a similar experience that Charles Xavier went through when he found that having wealth and influence didn't set him apart from anybody else. It humbled him to a point where he understood that humanity is fragile and it can't always be protected by wealth and prestige.
From here, his powers gave him an opportunity to do more than his money could ever do. He became a hero, saving lives in a way that involved more than just throwing money at the issue. This resonated strongly with him because it is very much a part of his Angel persona. He almost feels obligated to behave in a way that people would associate with real angels. This resonates strongly with him and plays a major role in how he comes to embrace Professor Charles Xavier's ways. As part of the X-men he can do even more. It does not bother him that he is risking his family wealth and the prestigious world that awaits him because to him having an identity is more important. The identity of Angel has become such a big part of his psyche that to not be this way is like being a caged bird. And as evidenced by the rejection of his father's ultimatum, he has made it clear that he will not be caged.
Overall, that touch of arrogance works together with his embracement of his Angel identity to make him dedicated and adamant believer in the X-men. To him being part of the team isn't just a means to express who and what he is. It's a way for him to pursue his own path that is very different from the one his family laid out for him. Because this path is one that he chose on his own, he is much more certain about the direction of his life and can dedicate much more of his energy and passion into being what he wants to be.
However when the Archangel takes over he can completely terrify everyone with his blood lust for the people in his way. Warren is very much a person who suffers with split personality disorder thanks to Apocalypse's tinkering. He suffers very much to keep that at bay however and focuses on keeping grounded in his true mind.
History:
Origin:
Warren Worthington III was born into an extremely rich family, but his comfortable life changed in his late teens when his mutant powers developed and he began to grow wings. Warren kept them hidden under his clothes and even wore a special harness that bound them down to his back to make them harder to notice. One night at school, a fire broke out and Warren had no choice except to jump out a window, in the hope that the wings would slow his fall. He found out that he could fly with them, and saved the other boys in his dormitory from the fire. The rescue inspired Warren to fight crime as the Avenging Angel, which brought him to the attention of Professor X). Xavier ran a school for mutants of which he secretly trained his mutant superhero team, the X-Men. When Angel first met the other X-Men, Cyclops and Iceman, he thought at first that they were thieves after a vial which he had retrieved from some thieves that night.
However, it turned out that the "vial" was actually a miniature nuclear bomb. Angel was able to fly into the atmosphere, where it was cold enough to deactivate the bomb. Angel then became one of the founding members of the X-Men (which was foreseen by the young mutant Mary Margaret many years earlier). At first Warren disguised his face with a mask, but later discarded it because he felt that his handsome, telegenic features would gain his team public support. Angel had a crush on Jean Grey at first, but Jean secretly loved Cyclops, so whenever she and Angel would go somewhere, she would try to invite Scott along as well. During a fight with Kukulcan, Cyclops missed their enemy and accidentally hit Angel with his optic beams. Angel claimed that Cyclops had done it on purpose since he also loved Jean. Angel apologized the next day, as he had been delirious. He gave up on Jean so that she could be with Cyclops, and started dating an old friend of his, Candy Southern.
During his first years as a hero, Angel still showed a touch of the vanity and flippancy of his privileged childhood. After a fight with Grotesk, it appeared that Professor X was dead, which made FBI agent Fred Duncan order the X-Men to disband. Warren still kept fighting crime, and dating Candy. During a date with Candy, masked men sneaked into Angel's house and killed his father, under the order of a villain called the Dazzler (who predated the much better known superhero/singer Dazzler). Angel blamed himself for this death, since he could have stopped them if he had been at home. Whilst Angel was investigating the Dazzler, Candy was kidnapped by the villain, so that he could get Warren's cooperation. Dazzler forced Angel to take off his mask, and upon discovering that Angel was Warren Worthington, Dazzler revealed his own identity - he was Angel's uncle, Burt Worthington. Burt had used Worthington Industries as a cover for some diamond smuggling, but when Angel's father found out, he had him killed to keep him silent. In the battle that followed, Candy also found out that Warren Worthington was Angel, and Dazzler apparently died when he fell from a great height.
Deciding not to listen to Fred Duncan, the X-Men reformed again. Havok, who was the team's latest member, had been injured fighting Sentinels and so was taken to Dr. Karl Lykos for treatment. Unfortunately, Dr. Lykos was a mutate who drained energy from his victims. Draining energy from Havok turned him into the Pterodactyl-like Sauron. While Sauron committed robberies, Angel was thought to be the criminal due to the similarity of powers. Tracking down Sauron, Angel was hypnotized into fighting the X-Men. To stop Angel without hurting him, the X-Men tied him up whilst they went to the Savage Land to stop Sauron. Out of his trance, Angel followed the X-Men to the Savage Land only to be downed by the flying reptiles that lived there.
Just as it seemed that Angel would die, a mysterious man called the Creator appeared, who had created a sanctuary for mutants. The Creator treated Angel's wounds and gave him a new costume. The X-Men arrived in the Savage Land, looking for their friend, and encountered Ka-Zar, who told them that Mutates were attacking his Fall People. The X-Men encountered the Mutates and Angel, both of whom were convinced that the Creator was a hero. The other X-Men told Angel about the attacks on the Fall People, which led him to confront the Creator. The Creator turned out to be none other than Magneto, the X-Men's greatest foe. The X-Men and Ka-Zar eventually defeated Magneto and his Mutates, and were able to return home.
Xavier returned shortly after wards, revealing that it had been Changeling, who had been murdered whilst he had been preparing for an invasion of an alien species called the Z'Noxx. Xavier used the consciousness of everyone on Earth to drive them back. Shortly afterwards, Xavier sent the X-Men back to the Savage Land to see if Magneto was dead as they had believed. During this mission, Angel met Avia, a bird woman native to the Savage Land. Angel and Avia were separated from the others during the return to the civilized world, and captured by soldiers who planned to sell them to a man called Krueger. The X-Men came to their rescue, defeating both Krueger's mercenaries and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Candy Southern revealed that Burt Worthington was still alive, and planned to marry Angel's mother so that he would control the Worthington fortune. The X-Men managed to defeat Burt Worthington and the Worthington's mutant-hating doctor, but Angel's mother died as a result of a weak heart and a poison the Worthington's doctor had been giving her.
Many months later, Magneto infiltrated the school and defeated the X-Men. It was revealed that the costume he had given Angel whilst in his guise as the Creator actually drained some of Angel's mutant energies to himself, which restored him to full power once he put it on. Complete with the hood that was part of the costume and a pair of fake wings, Magneto appeared to be Angel. The Avengers arrived and took the X-Men with them, not suspecting that "Angel" was really Magneto. Meanwhile, the real Angel fell prey to an attack by the Secret Empire. The Avengers and the X-Men found out about Magneto and managed to defeat him with the help of Daredevil, but didn't find Angel for many weeks. With the help of Captain America and the Falcon, the X-Men saved their teammate and returned to life as before. That is, until they were captured by Krakoa the Living Island. After being saved by a new team of X-Men, all of the X-Men except Cyclops decided to leave and live their own lives, since there was a new team to replace them.
The Champions:
Angel was always loyal to Professor X's ideals, but joined the Champions alongside Iceman, Black Widow, Hercules and Ghost Rider. Angel also changed into a new costume that didn't hide his face; with his parents gone he felt like he shouldn't hide his identity. With the new costume while he was with the Champions, Warren sometimes used a mace. At this time Angel also inherited his family fortune. But the Champions didn't work out that well due to too many conflicts with each other, so they disbanded. In the aftermath of their disbandment, Angel assisted the X-Men during the Dark Phoenix Saga, and rejoined, but quit shortly afterward since he couldn't work alongside Wolverine's brutal nature.
The Defenders:
Soon afterwards, Angel was kidnapped by Callisto, the leader of the Morlocks, since she thought he was the most beautiful man on Earth. Luckily, the X-Men saved him and stopped the Morlocks. Angel then joined the Defenders alongside Beast and Iceman. After the New Defenders formed (other members were Moondragon, Valkyrie and Gargoyle), they were kidnapped by Professor Power.
Professor Power thought that Professor X had killed his son, so tried brainwashing the Defenders into killing the New Mutants. Moondragon managed to save them, and the New Defenders were given government clearance. Unfortunately Moondragon turned evil due to an entity called the Dragon of the Moon, and used her telepathic powers to make Warren blind. Warren remained blind until Moondragon returned his sight. Sadly, the first sight Warren saw was Candy Southern's throat being slit (Moondragon had returned to kill the Defenders). With the exception of Iceman, Beast and Angel, the Defenders all sacrificed their lives to stop Moondragon. This event disbanded the Defenders.
X-Factor:
When the Avengers found a mysterious cocoon at the bottom of the ocean, they sent for the Fantastic Four to find out what it was. Inside was the body of Jean Grey, who was apparently alive. With Jean back, the five original X-Men agreed to form a new team called X-Factor, who appeared to be mutant hunters to the public, but actually sought out mutants then helped train them in their powers. When the Marauders began to massacre the Morlocks, hideous mutants living underground, Angel was caught in the crossfire and crucified with spikes through his wings. After he was rescued, his damaged wings were needlessly amputated. His former friend Cameron Hodge attempted to murder him, in the guise of a suicide attempt, but Warren was saved by the age-old evil mutant Apocalypse.
Archangel:
Apocalypse offered to restore Angel's wings, but used the opportunity to transform Warren into one of his Four Horsemen: Death. In this form, Warren's skin turned blue and he was given razor-sharp metal wings. After Iceman tricked Warren into thinking that he had killed him, Angel was able to overcome Apocalypse's programming and returned to his superhero ways under the name Archangel. Archangel made his print debut in X-Factor #24. After Apocalypse's brainwashing wore off, Angel didn't join X-Factor immediately. First of all he hunted down Cameron Hodge, who had kidnapped Candy Southern. Cameron had killed Candy Southern, so in retaliation Archangel cut off his head with his wings. After helping during Inferno, Angel officially adopted the codename of Archangel. After a long mission in outer space, Archangel helped save a policewoman named Charlotte Jones, who fell out of a helicopter in the confusion of X-Factor returning. During this point Archangel found out that his wings would lash out when he was angry, and he could only control them with intense concentration.
A bit later, Archangel was kidnapped by the Ravens, some semi-immortal beings. Since he had killed one of their group, Angel had to take the place of the member he had killed. The effect of Warren joining the group would be permanent once he had killed someone. Charlotte Jones, the woman Archangel had saved a few months ago, was intended to be Warren's victim, until he found out that she was a single mother after her husband had died whilst on duty (he had been a cop). Charlotte's courage let Angel break free of the Ravens and after he killed the leader of the Ravens, Crimson, they were much weaker than before. Shortly afterwards Charlotte and Warren started dating.
X-Tinction Agenda:
During the story arc known as X-Tinction Agenda, the X-Men found out that Cameron Hodge was still alive. He had made a deal with a demon and now had a scorpion-like cybernetic body which was nearly indestructible. Hodge was also in charge of Genosha. Cyclops, Havok and Archangel managed to destroy all of Cameron's body except his head. The New Mutant Rictor toppled the Genoshan Citadel on top of Hodge's head, burying it forever. Many weeks later, Archangel rejoined the X-Men after the events of the Muir Island Saga, with Warren being a member of the Gold Team led by Storm.
Despite the large amount of time that had passed, Warren was still lost in self pity because of the changes Apocalypse had made to him. Around this time the Morlocks had an uprising against the city. Warren and the rest of the X-Men went into the tunnels beneath New York, where Archangel found the spot where he had been crucified. Jean Grey helped open Warren's eyes and Warren came to terms with his fate. He also realized that the wings were not acting of their own accord when he was angry, and that it was his own suppressed anger that was making them react the way they were.
X-Cutioner's Song:
A few days later, during the X-Cutioner's Song, Apocalypse returned from his regenerative sleep and had a battle with Stryfe. After being nearly killed by Stryfe, Apocalypse agreed to work with the X-Men against their mutal enemy. Warren vouched for Apocalypse's brilliant skills as a geneticist and they accepted his aid in healing a critically wounded Xavier. After a battle with the Dark Riders, Apocalypse was severely wounded, and asked for Warren to kill him whilst he was still one of the strong. Archangel refused, proving that he was better than Apocalypse.
The Phalanx:
Over time Archangel apparently stopped dating Charlotte Jones. Around this time Archangel and Jean Grey went up to Warren's Colorado Aerie where they found Candy Southern, apparently alive and well after her supposed death. Candy explained that Cameron Hodge's agents had somehow kept her alive after her "death" before they did some surgery on her body. At that point Cameron Hodge appeared, who revealed that he and Candy were from the same "stock," techno-organic Phalanx creatures with the brain wave implants of their original bodies. After a brief battle, Phalanx Candy sacrificed herself to kill Phalanx Cameron Hodge.
Psylocke:
Following that battle, both Archangel and Psylocke got invited to join the Hellfire Club's inner circle, which was restarting thanks to Shinobi Shaw. Both of them refused, and after they battled their way out they realized that they had much in common (both had been famous, been heirs to wealthy families, and had been manipulated by their enemies). After the first sparks of attraction, Psylocke and Archangel started dating. Eventually, their relationship was questioned by Warren when Psylocke's mind was pulled back in time to stop Legion from killing Magneto as part of Legion Quest. Warren ended up deciding that he did want to have a full relationship with her. A bit later, when she was seriously injured by Sabretooth, who had been escaping from imprisonment, Psylocke had to be hospitalized. Warren and the rest of the X-Men tracked down Sabretooth, but during the fight one of Angel's wings was badly damaged in the fight. Despite being badly injured, he still teamed up with Wolverine and Doctor Strange to save Psylocke's life with a mysterious force called the Crimson Dawn. After Psylocke was better, she and Angel retired to Angel's chalet in the Rockies.
Onslaught:
When a mysterious being known only as Onslaught appeared, Psylocke and Archangel both had to go help the X-Men, without guessing that Onslaught was actually Professor Xavier, their mentor. Onslaught managed to beat most of the X-Men with little effort. Psylocke, Archangel, Cannonball, Cyclops and Phoenix all traveled to Muir Island so that they could read the Xavier Protocols, which were files with information on how to kill certain X-Men. When Onslaught was finally beaten by most of Earth's heroes, Professor Xavier was arrested for his crimes as Onslaught.
Operation: Zero Tolerance:
Psylocke and Archangel decided to move to Warren's Soho loft so that they could be closer to the X-Men in case of emergencies. Both Warren and Betsy started showing strange side effects of their injuries; Psylocke got a crimson tattoo over her left eye and could now teleport through shadows. She also started to grow more distant to Warren. Warren himself lost his metallic wings when they molted as his feathers began to grow back beneath the metal shell. After the outbreak of Sentinels during Operation: Zero Tolerance, Archangel and Psylocke joined forces with Maggott to save the X-Men. They found them in Antarctica, with a new Eric the Red putting Gambit on trial. It turned out that it had been Gambit who had led the Marauders into the Morlock tunnels, although he claimed that he hadn't known their intentions. The X-Men returned to the States, and Archangel received word that one of the old Champscrafts from when the Champions had been formed had been stolen by Hawkeye. Warren ended up fighting Hawkeye's new team the Thunderbolts, but shortly afterwards helped them stop Graviton.
Fighting Death:
Archangel and Psylocke returned home for a while, but Psylocke left momentarily to go visit her brother Brian (Captain Britain). Whilst Archangel had been away, the current team of X-Men had released Xavier from prison. However, Xavier had become mentally unhinged and started pushing the X-Men too far, so Storm called in Cyclops and Phoenix to reason with him. They couldn't help the Professor, who told them to leave since he had no use for failures. Before they could return to the Anchorage, Cyclops and Phoenix were contacted by Mannite, Nina, who requested the X-Men's help. Along with Archangel, Wolverine, Cable and X-Man, they formed a new team of X-Men.
The new team went to stop Apocalypse's Horseman Death, who was attacking the Mannites. During the fight, Death seemingly killed Wolverine, but it turned out that "Wolverine" was actually a Skrull.The Skrull had replaced Wolverine whilst Wolverine was being brainwashed into becoming Apocalypse's newest Horseman, Death. After the real Wolverine attacked the mansion as Death, Warren was one X-Man nominated tobring him in, along with Logan's close friends: Shadowcat, Psylocke, Nightcrawler and Jubilee. For some reason, Angel experienced a new power as he was close to Apocalypse's handiwork. Some life energy formed itself into a new pair of wings for Angel. Angel released the life energy into Apocalypse's former Horseman War, (Abraham Lincoln Kieros) which cured him of his paralysis.
Decimation:
During the Decimation, Warren's wings seemed to shrivel up into useless appendages, but that turned out to be only a ruse to help hunt down The Ghoul, a mutant who retained his powers and believed himself to be a pure mutant, and that those who lost their powers were tainted beings. Warren's powers were actually undamaged. He also joined the reunion of the original X-Men (except for the dead Jean Grey). This reunited team chased down Bishop, who was hunting down the escaped 198, but they later helped Bishop track down the remaining mutants.
World War Hulk:
During World War Hulk, Angel joins the Renegades, a faction who goal is to help the Hulk. The other members are fellow Champions member Hercules; Namor's cousin Namora; the SHIELD agent Carmilla Black (Scorpion); and Amadeus Cho, the seventh smartest human in the world.
Messiah Complex:
In Messiah Complex Angel is part of the team which investigates the new mutant birth in Alaska. He is later part of the team who is looking for former Acolytes. He is next seen part of the same team, but attacking the Marauders. Warren goes against Mister Sinister, but is easily defeated once he gets over Emma Frost's mental attack. He is knocked out, but recovers and is present with the X-teams for the final battle over the fate of the baby.
Divided We Stand:
In Divided We Stand Angel is seen flying over San Francisco, going to meet with Hepzibah, Warpath, and Iceman, when he stumbles across an area that looks as if the 1960s never ended. He contacts Scott and Emma, asking them for assistance before suffering the mind-altering effects of the zone, which are revealed to be caused by Martinique Jason. Angel and the three other ensnared X-Men are sent by Martinique to confront Scott and Emma. Emma manages to free them from the illusion and during the fall-out battle, Angel rescues the mayor of San Francisco. Thankful for the assistance and for the idea of having real superheroes in their city, the mayor then talks to Cyclops and Angel about helping them resettle the X-Men in San Francisco.
Archangel Returns:
X-Force recently reformed with the team now using Angel's Aerie as their base of operations. During their first mission, Rahne is captured by the Purifiers. X-Force rescues her, but the apparent rescue turns out to have been a ruse; Rahne was conditioned to complete one of the Purifier's missions as an unknowing "sleeper agent." She attacks her healer Elixir and savagely removes Warren's wings, which she takes back to the Purifiers. Adam Harkins experiments on some of his feathers to locate the "Apocalypse Strand," the Celestial Technology Apocalypse grafted onto Warren in his transformation into the Horseman of Death. The Purifiers used this to create similar beings they called "The Choir."
Back at Angel's Aerie, Elixir repaired Warren's injuries and then attempted to re-grow his wings. Elixir is unable to re-grow Warren's wings because those cells are not actually organic. Warren discovered that the feathered wings which he thought he had regenerated since discarding the Horseman Death persona were not his own, but just another form of Apocalypse's metal wings. When Elixir tried to bypass the Celestial Technology and regrow organic wings, the Celestial Tech blocks his powers. Soon, Warren has a massive seizure and his body reverts to its Horseman form, with its blue skin and razor-sharp steel wings. The process of creating the Choir is what created the seizure and sent Angel's nervous system into complete disarray, putting him into excruciating pain.
X-Force attacks Archangel, who eventually asks for relief from the pain of losing his wings and transforming into Archangel. Nevertheless, Archangel escapes into the night, intent on taking vengeance against the Purifiers. Archangel appeared to be the strongest he has ever been: defeating X-Force, nearly out-flying a jet, and taking on the Purifiers. Warren arrived at the Purifiers' headquarters and slaughtered the Purifiers in an attempt to reclaim the wings that were stolen from him, killing every member of the Choir and a substantial portion of the Purifiers' recruits. However, once the battle was over, he reverted back to his normal angelic, feather-winged appearance. He commented to Logan that he can still feel the metal wings inside him however, and that they want to come out again. According to Elixir, Warren's transformation is permanent, implying that he is fully capable of transforming back into Archangel again at any time.
In an attempt to understand what was done to both Wolfsbane and Angel, the pair of them are placed in a room together, where Rahne is forced to gaze at Warren. The mere sight of him causes her to become murderous once again, and she attempts to rip the wings from Warren's body once more. The sight of a psychotic Wolfsbane, as well as the fear of having his wings torn from his body again, causes a defensive reaction in Warren, reverting him back into his violent Archangel persona. Cyclops had to talk him down to allow Warren to regain control. After traveling 900 years into the future at Cyclops' command Archangel along with the rest of X-Force engage in battle with several of Stryfe's men. It is here that Warren hears a mysterious voice calling him. Leaving the battle suddenly Archangel traveled into the mountains and was surprised to discover the source of the voices he had been hearing, his former master and the one who turned him into Death, Apocalypse.
Archangel is faced with a monumental decision: give in to his Death persona and kill Apocalypse or allow Apocalypse to live. Apocalypse then commands Archangel to become Death and do what he created his Horseman to do. Archangel then transforms to his feathered form and refuses to kill Apocalypse in order to not give him the satisfaction and then he says that he is no longer Apocalypse's. Apocalypse then says he summoned Angel to end his life, but that he now sees that Angel is no longer Death. Together they go after Stryfe and take him down along with the rest of X-force. Apocalypse then claims the infant Hope as his successor but instead gives her to Warren in exchange for his life.
After reverting to his Archangel persona, Warren then took dual membership with both the X-Men and X-Force, though Cyclops forbade Warren from telling the rest of the team about the return of his Archangel powers. Cyclops knew that if Angel revealed his transformation, the latest incarnation of X-Force would be exposed and may end Cyclops' latest tenure as leader if the truth about his personal murder squad became public knowledge. Angel and the Beast began a worldwide quest gathering some of the most unique minds on Earth in order to try and reactivate the X-Gene. During their quest, they recruit Dr. Nemesis, Madison Jeffries, and Dr. Yuriko Takiguchi. However, while recruiting Dr. Takiguchi for the Beast's "Science Squad", Angel was forced to transform into Archangel in order to destroy a giant rampaging monster. Beast reacted in anger that Angel had not told him that his "Death" powers/persona had return, creating tension between the two friends. During the attack of the Sisterhood of Mutants on the Graymalkin Facility, Archangel and the "Science Squad" were locked in the laboratory and not allowed to intervene. It is unknown whether the events of Uncanny X-Men happen before or after the time X-Force spent in the future.
Following the incident on Takiguchi’s island, Warren goes back to his Angel form. He is next seen in with the X-Club after a psychic attack by the Sisterhood of Mutants. There, Beast questions him about the return of his Death persona and demands to run some tests. Soon after, in an attempt to reverse the effects of M-Day, Beast & the X-Club discover they must travel back in time to San Francisco, 1906 to the birth of the modern mutant race. So Angel, Beast, Psylocke, Dr. Takiguchi, Dr. Nemesis, Kavita Rao and Madison Jeffries go back in time to search for Dr. Nemesis’ parents, Nicola and Catherine Bradley.
Upon arriving to the past we find that Nicola & Catherine are building some sort of device for Cornelius Shaw. The X-Club arrives at their home but are turned away and believed to be Mormons due to Psylocke's mental disguises. Nicola completes the device and tells Catherine who in turn tells him she’s pregnant (with Dr. Nemesis). Nicola brings the device to Shaw who uses it to power and early model of a Sentinel. Shaw sends his men to take out Catherine, but the X-Club return to save her. She does however; take a fall down the stairs. Warren, Kavita, Dr. Takiguchi and Dr. Nemesis stay with Catherine and take a blood sample and fight off the attackers while Beast and the rest go to rescue Nicola. Madison Jeffries is able to create an electric weapon which takes down the Sentinel but a large piece of shrapnel takes out Nicola. Dr. Nemesis and the rest of the X-Club return with Catherine. As they are about to return to the present, Dr. Nemesis tells Catherine to bury the samples in Golden Gate park.
Not Forgotten:
When returning from the future Messiah War; Wolverine, Archangel and Elixir arrive at the U.N. to stop Hellion & Surge from popping after being pumped with the Legacy Virus. Wolverine and Archangel tear through the guards outside of the vans holding Hellion and Surge. Warren becomes caught up in a murderous rampage. Wolverine has to stab him to get him to snap out of it. He comes around and flies off with Surge who is ready to detonate. She is dropped onto Elixir who burns the virus out of both of them. Surge goes off anyway and Hellion has to direct the blast into the sky. Warren then returns home to “Angels Aerie” and finds it wrecked by the Frost Giants who attacked Rahne and Hrimhari.
Necrosha:
The T-O virus that Bastion used to resurrect his Human Council was stolen and corrupted by a vampire named Eli Bard who was working for the Black Queen Selene. She used it to resurrect dead mutants for her army and ultimately turn herself into a god. During the assault upon Utopia; Archangel, Warpath and Hrimhari are attacked by Pyro, Berserker and Scaleface. Despite his best efforts, Archangel is unable to keep the regenerating mutants down. He is able to save Warpath just in time from Risque. It is at that time where they realize they will need to figure out a way to fight the undead and Selene. During the open assault on Utopia, Dazzler questions Warren about his metallic wings and overall appearance. Before he is able to respond, Selene and her Inner Circle (Blink, Senyaka, Mortis, Wither and Eli Bard) arrive. The Inner Circle and X-Force go at it and Senyaka pulls Archangel to the ground. Blink then teleports his wings off. The rest of X-Force is compromised as well & Warpath loses the Demon Blade needed to take out Selene to Eli Bard.
X-Force regroups and uses Vanisher to teleport to Genosha, where Selene has set up shop with her undead army of Warpaths old tribe. While fighting through the hordes of undead, Selene is able to combine all the necessary parts to become a god. Warpath explains that there is only one way to kill her now. First they paint themselves like ghosts in order to walk amongst with their souls protected and the ability to kill evil spirits. Next they had to get back the Demon Blade from Bard. X-Force takes on Selene once and for all and Warpath is able to drive the Demon Blade into her heart.
Second Coming:
As Angel, Warren is recruited as part of Cyclops’ Alpha Roster along with; Colossus, Wolverine, X-23, Nightcrawler, Psylocke and Magik. Magik teleports them to Cable’s last known location, who has just returned to the present with Hope. They arrive just behind Cable and see the fallout from an attack by the Right. With another jump from Magik, they bust up a convoy of the Sapien League who are on the trail of Cable & Hope. After the initial strike there is but one left for questioning. When unable to answer, X-23 stabs him through the head. Nightcrawler was extremely upset by this and questions her along with Warren and Wolverine about what’s been going on. Wolverine comes clean about X-Force and all the while Cable continues to be pursued by Bastion’s Human Council, now being led by William Stryker and his followers. Stryker and his men catch Cable and Hope while holed up at a motel. All hell breaks loose between the X-Men and Stryker’s men. Wolverine asks Warren to end things, fast, as Archangel. He takes out several men before going after Stryker and finally cuts him in half in front of Nightcrawler. The X-Men regroup with Cable & Hope when Cyclops alerts them that Bastion is tracking them through Cable’s T-O virus. Cyclops sends Rogue to meet up with them with Ariel teleporting her in.
The X-Men and Ariel carry on in Hummers while Rogue, Nightcrawler and Hope head on in front back to Utopia. Bastion sends a fighter jet in to take out the X-Men and destroy the Hummer with Wolverine, X-23 and Ariel. Wolverine and X-23 will heal, Ariel will not. Archangel takes out the jet before it takes out the other truck.
Up ahead, Bastion catches up with Rogue (who borrowed all the X-Men’s powers before splitting up) Nightcrawler and Hope. He takes out Rogue and Nightcrawler tragically sacrifices himself to save Hope and uses his last breath for a final teleport back to Utopia. Warren is next seen saying a small piece at Nightcrawler’s funeral. Wolverine snaps on Cyclops and Hope and leaves with the rest of the members of X-Force.
The next part of Bastions plan is to enclose Utopia within a dome. As the dome is covering the area Warren asks Iceman if it’s okay to if he changes to his “other” face, however both their attempts to punch through the dome are useless. Phase two of the plan begins as a sphere appears in the center of the dome and through it come a wave of Nimrod Sentinels from the Days of Future’s Past” timeline. After a violent battle with the first wave, it is decided that X-Force needs to be sent to the future and, using Cypher take out the Master Mold controlling the Nimrods. X-Force jumps to the future using Cable’s final time slide, ultimately leaving them stuck in the future.
X-Force arrives in the future and Archangel clears the way for them to enter the facility housing Master Mold. They buy time fighting off Master Mold while Cypher finds a way to communicate with it. He is able to bring it down from within and successfully shuts down the Nimrods. Cable lets the T-O virus take over, which allows him to safely get X-Force back to the future at the cost of his own life. Archangel, whose wings are damaged, falls through with the rest of X-Force.
Curse of the Mutants:
During the events of Curse of the Mutants, Angel is sent along with Wolverine and Pixie by Cyclops to scout out for possible vampire hideouts. They encounter several in an alley before finding a safehouse. Warren responds to a call from a cop friend who was reporting a vampire attack. Warren takes off in search of the killer while constantly being nagged by his Death persona to kill. When he finally catches up wtih the killer, he pleads that he's only killed murderers and didn't ask to be a vampire. Warren pauses a moment, considering his own situation but is then attacked. Death takes over to finish the job but Warren resists and impales the vampire as Angel. After meeting on the current vampire threat, Warren goes out with Blade to gain further intel. They take on several vampires at a concert but come up with nothing new. In the final battle against Xarus, Cyclops asks Warren to turn into Archangel in order to gain air superiority.
Sample RP:
Sedona, Arizona. It's nine in the morning and the hot Arizona sun begins beaming down on the south west as an Angel sours through the sky casting a quick shadow upon Sedona as he passes through.
Warren's body stretched out straight as his beautiful feathered wings soared through the Arizona sky as his long blonde hair waves in the breeze. Warren was wearing his standard blue and white X-Men uniform with the halo emblazoned on the chest as he began descending to the world below.
Angel began flying straight to the side of a mountain as a small area of rock quickly slid inside the mountain to reveal a large hangar door with an 'X' engraved on it that then opened four ways from the center of the X as Warren swooped in and softly landed on his feet as the hangar door quickly closed behind him.
Warren had arrived at one of his prize possessions known as Cavern X. He had never shown anyone the Cavern in Arizona that he had been working on but this was what happens when you mix a millionaire crime fighter and a large cave. He thought 'The Angel Cave' was too silly so the Cavern X was born.
Not only could this Cavern be a base for the X-Men in a moments notice but it was also Warrens personal museum. If mutant's were on the verge of destruction, he had a home and a museum for the survivors.
As Warren made his way down the hangar hall way, he reached down to open his comm line that was set up within his suit. The halls had flat screen monitors that covered the walls for its entire length displaying any needed X-Men information. As Warren reached the end of the hall, he entered into his own war room which had a sentinel's head and Brood statue over looking the room as well as many of the X-Men and Brotherhood villians original uniforms in displays around the room.
The phone line opened up, Warren was calling the savage X-Men member known as Wolverine. He received a quick and pissy voice mail message. 'Leave a message." To the point, just how Logan was. "Hey Logan, Its Warren. Listen, I know youre real busy between Avengers, X-Men and... the other team that I use to be a part of. But I just started thinking and, I might have found something useful for you for the type of anonymity that is required with that team. Anyway, I'm heading back to the school today. See what I can do over there for a while. You know how to reach me." Warren spoke quickly and calm as he left the message for Wolverine. Logan was never a great friend of Warrens. But they were teammates and Warren would easily be there to help Logan at a moments notice.
Warren hung up and turned to a wall as the rock once again was fake and slid to the side displaying a massive glass wall opening out to the scenery of Arizona. The entire cavern was inside this small mountain top. It was all under the Angel's control. He knew he had this place to stay and be safe and secluded, which at sometimes sounded like the smartest thing to do with the Archangel living inside of him. But he knew he couldn't hide from it. He needed to control the Archangel and use its form of retribution for good.
It was time to get back to business.
Code word: Armageddon
Name/Nickname: Dustin
Age: 28
Experience: 12 years
Contact information: PM me
Character basics:
Real name: Warren Kenneth Worthington III
Code name: Archangel
Date of Birth: Unknown
Place of Birth: Centerport, Long Island, New York
Age: Late 30's
Known family: Wallace Worthington (paternal ancestor, deceased);
Warren Worthington Sr. (paternal grandfather, deceased);
Warren Worthington Jr. (father, deceased);
Kathryn Worthington (mother, deceased);
Burt Worthington (paternal uncle);
Mimi (maternal aunt);
The Reflection in the mirror:
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Height: 6'
Weight: 140 lbs
Legal Status: Single Adult
Occupation: Adventurer, Former Chairman of Worthington Industries, Multi Millionaire.
Affiliation: X-Men
Abilities:
When Angel's powers first emerged, his body developed a higher metabolism, lost all body fat and became more muscular, and his bones became hollow, allowing him to run faster and jump higher. It was later revealed that Warren is at peak human levels which include his senses, strength, speed and reflexes. It was revealed that Angel is either a descendant of the Cheyarafim mutant race or his mutation resembles the mutations specific to this race.
Angel then sprouted and grew white, feathery wings. Angel's natural wings give him the ability to fly. They are super-humanly strong, easily capable of breaking a man's bones and tossing someone through a wall, and allow him to lift an additional 200 pounds. He has super-humanly sharp vision and hearing, and his eyes can withstand high-speed winds. His body is accustomed to low temperatures at high altitudes, and his lungs can breath easily even at full flight speed. Warren prefers to fly under the clouds, and can normally fly nonstop for half a day. However, he can reach the highest recorded altitude of a bird (equivalent to the height of Mount Everest), which quickly tires him out.
It has been argued that Angel possess some kind of internal flight organ, but more likely several small ones throughout his body and that his wings offer the additional thrust and stability for actual flight. This would explain how Angel manages to hover for long periods of time and how he experienced little exhaustion in his arms and legs whilst flying. It has also been suggested, but never proved, that Angel's fevers are some kind of silicon or substance which act like solar panels providing him with the massive amounts of energy he would need for sustained flight.
Later, he developed a secondary mutation: a blood-borne regenerative healing factor that enabled him to heal at an extraordinary rate. Superficial lacerations and punctures heal almost immediately and more severe injuries, such as broken bones or internal organ damage, heal within days. This healing factor can also be transferred to others via blood transfusion. Once transferred to an injured/ill individual (especially if they share his blood type), their tissues regenerate or can even be resuscitated if recently dead, but this ability is limited by the amount of blood Angel can transfer or survive losing. As a result of his Cheyarafim nature, Angel's blood is toxic/caustic to the Neyaphem mutant race, including Nightcrawler.
Apocalypse's Celestial modifications granted him different and far greater abilities. His skin turned blue and his tissues were enhanced, granting him far greater strength, durability, and endurance. He was given razor-sharp metal, retractable claws and wings. The wings could also shoot poison-tipped metal feathers. Warren has independent control over each and every feather. However, the wings were sometimes hard to command, especially when Warren felt strong emotions.
What's hidden behind the mask:
Personality: Warren Worthington III is someone who embraces the unique aspects of his personality more than most. Growing up in a highly structured, highly ideal world there is often little means of distinguishing one's self from the crowd. Warren from an early age had a need to be more than just another rich boy. He had no clear identity and for that reason, he clashed with the ridged set of rules his parents laid out for him. This gives him a somewhat rebellious and arrogant personality.
But what really helps contrast these traits are the lingering effects his mother's illness had. Beyond the emotional toil he had to endure, he grew close to her and stood by her while she suffered and died at the hands of forces nobody could control. This is an important development for Warren because he comes from a world where he and everybody like him are used to getting what they want no matter what the cost may be. In the case of his mother it didn't matter how rich they were or how many of the best doctors they had working with them. It was not enough to save his mother. In that sense Warren went through a similar experience that Charles Xavier went through when he found that having wealth and influence didn't set him apart from anybody else. It humbled him to a point where he understood that humanity is fragile and it can't always be protected by wealth and prestige.
From here, his powers gave him an opportunity to do more than his money could ever do. He became a hero, saving lives in a way that involved more than just throwing money at the issue. This resonated strongly with him because it is very much a part of his Angel persona. He almost feels obligated to behave in a way that people would associate with real angels. This resonates strongly with him and plays a major role in how he comes to embrace Professor Charles Xavier's ways. As part of the X-men he can do even more. It does not bother him that he is risking his family wealth and the prestigious world that awaits him because to him having an identity is more important. The identity of Angel has become such a big part of his psyche that to not be this way is like being a caged bird. And as evidenced by the rejection of his father's ultimatum, he has made it clear that he will not be caged.
Overall, that touch of arrogance works together with his embracement of his Angel identity to make him dedicated and adamant believer in the X-men. To him being part of the team isn't just a means to express who and what he is. It's a way for him to pursue his own path that is very different from the one his family laid out for him. Because this path is one that he chose on his own, he is much more certain about the direction of his life and can dedicate much more of his energy and passion into being what he wants to be.
However when the Archangel takes over he can completely terrify everyone with his blood lust for the people in his way. Warren is very much a person who suffers with split personality disorder thanks to Apocalypse's tinkering. He suffers very much to keep that at bay however and focuses on keeping grounded in his true mind.
History:
Origin:
Warren Worthington III was born into an extremely rich family, but his comfortable life changed in his late teens when his mutant powers developed and he began to grow wings. Warren kept them hidden under his clothes and even wore a special harness that bound them down to his back to make them harder to notice. One night at school, a fire broke out and Warren had no choice except to jump out a window, in the hope that the wings would slow his fall. He found out that he could fly with them, and saved the other boys in his dormitory from the fire. The rescue inspired Warren to fight crime as the Avenging Angel, which brought him to the attention of Professor X). Xavier ran a school for mutants of which he secretly trained his mutant superhero team, the X-Men. When Angel first met the other X-Men, Cyclops and Iceman, he thought at first that they were thieves after a vial which he had retrieved from some thieves that night.
However, it turned out that the "vial" was actually a miniature nuclear bomb. Angel was able to fly into the atmosphere, where it was cold enough to deactivate the bomb. Angel then became one of the founding members of the X-Men (which was foreseen by the young mutant Mary Margaret many years earlier). At first Warren disguised his face with a mask, but later discarded it because he felt that his handsome, telegenic features would gain his team public support. Angel had a crush on Jean Grey at first, but Jean secretly loved Cyclops, so whenever she and Angel would go somewhere, she would try to invite Scott along as well. During a fight with Kukulcan, Cyclops missed their enemy and accidentally hit Angel with his optic beams. Angel claimed that Cyclops had done it on purpose since he also loved Jean. Angel apologized the next day, as he had been delirious. He gave up on Jean so that she could be with Cyclops, and started dating an old friend of his, Candy Southern.
During his first years as a hero, Angel still showed a touch of the vanity and flippancy of his privileged childhood. After a fight with Grotesk, it appeared that Professor X was dead, which made FBI agent Fred Duncan order the X-Men to disband. Warren still kept fighting crime, and dating Candy. During a date with Candy, masked men sneaked into Angel's house and killed his father, under the order of a villain called the Dazzler (who predated the much better known superhero/singer Dazzler). Angel blamed himself for this death, since he could have stopped them if he had been at home. Whilst Angel was investigating the Dazzler, Candy was kidnapped by the villain, so that he could get Warren's cooperation. Dazzler forced Angel to take off his mask, and upon discovering that Angel was Warren Worthington, Dazzler revealed his own identity - he was Angel's uncle, Burt Worthington. Burt had used Worthington Industries as a cover for some diamond smuggling, but when Angel's father found out, he had him killed to keep him silent. In the battle that followed, Candy also found out that Warren Worthington was Angel, and Dazzler apparently died when he fell from a great height.
Deciding not to listen to Fred Duncan, the X-Men reformed again. Havok, who was the team's latest member, had been injured fighting Sentinels and so was taken to Dr. Karl Lykos for treatment. Unfortunately, Dr. Lykos was a mutate who drained energy from his victims. Draining energy from Havok turned him into the Pterodactyl-like Sauron. While Sauron committed robberies, Angel was thought to be the criminal due to the similarity of powers. Tracking down Sauron, Angel was hypnotized into fighting the X-Men. To stop Angel without hurting him, the X-Men tied him up whilst they went to the Savage Land to stop Sauron. Out of his trance, Angel followed the X-Men to the Savage Land only to be downed by the flying reptiles that lived there.
Just as it seemed that Angel would die, a mysterious man called the Creator appeared, who had created a sanctuary for mutants. The Creator treated Angel's wounds and gave him a new costume. The X-Men arrived in the Savage Land, looking for their friend, and encountered Ka-Zar, who told them that Mutates were attacking his Fall People. The X-Men encountered the Mutates and Angel, both of whom were convinced that the Creator was a hero. The other X-Men told Angel about the attacks on the Fall People, which led him to confront the Creator. The Creator turned out to be none other than Magneto, the X-Men's greatest foe. The X-Men and Ka-Zar eventually defeated Magneto and his Mutates, and were able to return home.
Xavier returned shortly after wards, revealing that it had been Changeling, who had been murdered whilst he had been preparing for an invasion of an alien species called the Z'Noxx. Xavier used the consciousness of everyone on Earth to drive them back. Shortly afterwards, Xavier sent the X-Men back to the Savage Land to see if Magneto was dead as they had believed. During this mission, Angel met Avia, a bird woman native to the Savage Land. Angel and Avia were separated from the others during the return to the civilized world, and captured by soldiers who planned to sell them to a man called Krueger. The X-Men came to their rescue, defeating both Krueger's mercenaries and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Candy Southern revealed that Burt Worthington was still alive, and planned to marry Angel's mother so that he would control the Worthington fortune. The X-Men managed to defeat Burt Worthington and the Worthington's mutant-hating doctor, but Angel's mother died as a result of a weak heart and a poison the Worthington's doctor had been giving her.
Many months later, Magneto infiltrated the school and defeated the X-Men. It was revealed that the costume he had given Angel whilst in his guise as the Creator actually drained some of Angel's mutant energies to himself, which restored him to full power once he put it on. Complete with the hood that was part of the costume and a pair of fake wings, Magneto appeared to be Angel. The Avengers arrived and took the X-Men with them, not suspecting that "Angel" was really Magneto. Meanwhile, the real Angel fell prey to an attack by the Secret Empire. The Avengers and the X-Men found out about Magneto and managed to defeat him with the help of Daredevil, but didn't find Angel for many weeks. With the help of Captain America and the Falcon, the X-Men saved their teammate and returned to life as before. That is, until they were captured by Krakoa the Living Island. After being saved by a new team of X-Men, all of the X-Men except Cyclops decided to leave and live their own lives, since there was a new team to replace them.
The Champions:
Angel was always loyal to Professor X's ideals, but joined the Champions alongside Iceman, Black Widow, Hercules and Ghost Rider. Angel also changed into a new costume that didn't hide his face; with his parents gone he felt like he shouldn't hide his identity. With the new costume while he was with the Champions, Warren sometimes used a mace. At this time Angel also inherited his family fortune. But the Champions didn't work out that well due to too many conflicts with each other, so they disbanded. In the aftermath of their disbandment, Angel assisted the X-Men during the Dark Phoenix Saga, and rejoined, but quit shortly afterward since he couldn't work alongside Wolverine's brutal nature.
The Defenders:
Soon afterwards, Angel was kidnapped by Callisto, the leader of the Morlocks, since she thought he was the most beautiful man on Earth. Luckily, the X-Men saved him and stopped the Morlocks. Angel then joined the Defenders alongside Beast and Iceman. After the New Defenders formed (other members were Moondragon, Valkyrie and Gargoyle), they were kidnapped by Professor Power.
Professor Power thought that Professor X had killed his son, so tried brainwashing the Defenders into killing the New Mutants. Moondragon managed to save them, and the New Defenders were given government clearance. Unfortunately Moondragon turned evil due to an entity called the Dragon of the Moon, and used her telepathic powers to make Warren blind. Warren remained blind until Moondragon returned his sight. Sadly, the first sight Warren saw was Candy Southern's throat being slit (Moondragon had returned to kill the Defenders). With the exception of Iceman, Beast and Angel, the Defenders all sacrificed their lives to stop Moondragon. This event disbanded the Defenders.
X-Factor:
When the Avengers found a mysterious cocoon at the bottom of the ocean, they sent for the Fantastic Four to find out what it was. Inside was the body of Jean Grey, who was apparently alive. With Jean back, the five original X-Men agreed to form a new team called X-Factor, who appeared to be mutant hunters to the public, but actually sought out mutants then helped train them in their powers. When the Marauders began to massacre the Morlocks, hideous mutants living underground, Angel was caught in the crossfire and crucified with spikes through his wings. After he was rescued, his damaged wings were needlessly amputated. His former friend Cameron Hodge attempted to murder him, in the guise of a suicide attempt, but Warren was saved by the age-old evil mutant Apocalypse.
Archangel:
Apocalypse offered to restore Angel's wings, but used the opportunity to transform Warren into one of his Four Horsemen: Death. In this form, Warren's skin turned blue and he was given razor-sharp metal wings. After Iceman tricked Warren into thinking that he had killed him, Angel was able to overcome Apocalypse's programming and returned to his superhero ways under the name Archangel. Archangel made his print debut in X-Factor #24. After Apocalypse's brainwashing wore off, Angel didn't join X-Factor immediately. First of all he hunted down Cameron Hodge, who had kidnapped Candy Southern. Cameron had killed Candy Southern, so in retaliation Archangel cut off his head with his wings. After helping during Inferno, Angel officially adopted the codename of Archangel. After a long mission in outer space, Archangel helped save a policewoman named Charlotte Jones, who fell out of a helicopter in the confusion of X-Factor returning. During this point Archangel found out that his wings would lash out when he was angry, and he could only control them with intense concentration.
A bit later, Archangel was kidnapped by the Ravens, some semi-immortal beings. Since he had killed one of their group, Angel had to take the place of the member he had killed. The effect of Warren joining the group would be permanent once he had killed someone. Charlotte Jones, the woman Archangel had saved a few months ago, was intended to be Warren's victim, until he found out that she was a single mother after her husband had died whilst on duty (he had been a cop). Charlotte's courage let Angel break free of the Ravens and after he killed the leader of the Ravens, Crimson, they were much weaker than before. Shortly afterwards Charlotte and Warren started dating.
X-Tinction Agenda:
During the story arc known as X-Tinction Agenda, the X-Men found out that Cameron Hodge was still alive. He had made a deal with a demon and now had a scorpion-like cybernetic body which was nearly indestructible. Hodge was also in charge of Genosha. Cyclops, Havok and Archangel managed to destroy all of Cameron's body except his head. The New Mutant Rictor toppled the Genoshan Citadel on top of Hodge's head, burying it forever. Many weeks later, Archangel rejoined the X-Men after the events of the Muir Island Saga, with Warren being a member of the Gold Team led by Storm.
Despite the large amount of time that had passed, Warren was still lost in self pity because of the changes Apocalypse had made to him. Around this time the Morlocks had an uprising against the city. Warren and the rest of the X-Men went into the tunnels beneath New York, where Archangel found the spot where he had been crucified. Jean Grey helped open Warren's eyes and Warren came to terms with his fate. He also realized that the wings were not acting of their own accord when he was angry, and that it was his own suppressed anger that was making them react the way they were.
X-Cutioner's Song:
A few days later, during the X-Cutioner's Song, Apocalypse returned from his regenerative sleep and had a battle with Stryfe. After being nearly killed by Stryfe, Apocalypse agreed to work with the X-Men against their mutal enemy. Warren vouched for Apocalypse's brilliant skills as a geneticist and they accepted his aid in healing a critically wounded Xavier. After a battle with the Dark Riders, Apocalypse was severely wounded, and asked for Warren to kill him whilst he was still one of the strong. Archangel refused, proving that he was better than Apocalypse.
The Phalanx:
Over time Archangel apparently stopped dating Charlotte Jones. Around this time Archangel and Jean Grey went up to Warren's Colorado Aerie where they found Candy Southern, apparently alive and well after her supposed death. Candy explained that Cameron Hodge's agents had somehow kept her alive after her "death" before they did some surgery on her body. At that point Cameron Hodge appeared, who revealed that he and Candy were from the same "stock," techno-organic Phalanx creatures with the brain wave implants of their original bodies. After a brief battle, Phalanx Candy sacrificed herself to kill Phalanx Cameron Hodge.
Psylocke:
Following that battle, both Archangel and Psylocke got invited to join the Hellfire Club's inner circle, which was restarting thanks to Shinobi Shaw. Both of them refused, and after they battled their way out they realized that they had much in common (both had been famous, been heirs to wealthy families, and had been manipulated by their enemies). After the first sparks of attraction, Psylocke and Archangel started dating. Eventually, their relationship was questioned by Warren when Psylocke's mind was pulled back in time to stop Legion from killing Magneto as part of Legion Quest. Warren ended up deciding that he did want to have a full relationship with her. A bit later, when she was seriously injured by Sabretooth, who had been escaping from imprisonment, Psylocke had to be hospitalized. Warren and the rest of the X-Men tracked down Sabretooth, but during the fight one of Angel's wings was badly damaged in the fight. Despite being badly injured, he still teamed up with Wolverine and Doctor Strange to save Psylocke's life with a mysterious force called the Crimson Dawn. After Psylocke was better, she and Angel retired to Angel's chalet in the Rockies.
Onslaught:
When a mysterious being known only as Onslaught appeared, Psylocke and Archangel both had to go help the X-Men, without guessing that Onslaught was actually Professor Xavier, their mentor. Onslaught managed to beat most of the X-Men with little effort. Psylocke, Archangel, Cannonball, Cyclops and Phoenix all traveled to Muir Island so that they could read the Xavier Protocols, which were files with information on how to kill certain X-Men. When Onslaught was finally beaten by most of Earth's heroes, Professor Xavier was arrested for his crimes as Onslaught.
Operation: Zero Tolerance:
Psylocke and Archangel decided to move to Warren's Soho loft so that they could be closer to the X-Men in case of emergencies. Both Warren and Betsy started showing strange side effects of their injuries; Psylocke got a crimson tattoo over her left eye and could now teleport through shadows. She also started to grow more distant to Warren. Warren himself lost his metallic wings when they molted as his feathers began to grow back beneath the metal shell. After the outbreak of Sentinels during Operation: Zero Tolerance, Archangel and Psylocke joined forces with Maggott to save the X-Men. They found them in Antarctica, with a new Eric the Red putting Gambit on trial. It turned out that it had been Gambit who had led the Marauders into the Morlock tunnels, although he claimed that he hadn't known their intentions. The X-Men returned to the States, and Archangel received word that one of the old Champscrafts from when the Champions had been formed had been stolen by Hawkeye. Warren ended up fighting Hawkeye's new team the Thunderbolts, but shortly afterwards helped them stop Graviton.
Fighting Death:
Archangel and Psylocke returned home for a while, but Psylocke left momentarily to go visit her brother Brian (Captain Britain). Whilst Archangel had been away, the current team of X-Men had released Xavier from prison. However, Xavier had become mentally unhinged and started pushing the X-Men too far, so Storm called in Cyclops and Phoenix to reason with him. They couldn't help the Professor, who told them to leave since he had no use for failures. Before they could return to the Anchorage, Cyclops and Phoenix were contacted by Mannite, Nina, who requested the X-Men's help. Along with Archangel, Wolverine, Cable and X-Man, they formed a new team of X-Men.
The new team went to stop Apocalypse's Horseman Death, who was attacking the Mannites. During the fight, Death seemingly killed Wolverine, but it turned out that "Wolverine" was actually a Skrull.The Skrull had replaced Wolverine whilst Wolverine was being brainwashed into becoming Apocalypse's newest Horseman, Death. After the real Wolverine attacked the mansion as Death, Warren was one X-Man nominated tobring him in, along with Logan's close friends: Shadowcat, Psylocke, Nightcrawler and Jubilee. For some reason, Angel experienced a new power as he was close to Apocalypse's handiwork. Some life energy formed itself into a new pair of wings for Angel. Angel released the life energy into Apocalypse's former Horseman War, (Abraham Lincoln Kieros) which cured him of his paralysis.
Decimation:
During the Decimation, Warren's wings seemed to shrivel up into useless appendages, but that turned out to be only a ruse to help hunt down The Ghoul, a mutant who retained his powers and believed himself to be a pure mutant, and that those who lost their powers were tainted beings. Warren's powers were actually undamaged. He also joined the reunion of the original X-Men (except for the dead Jean Grey). This reunited team chased down Bishop, who was hunting down the escaped 198, but they later helped Bishop track down the remaining mutants.
World War Hulk:
During World War Hulk, Angel joins the Renegades, a faction who goal is to help the Hulk. The other members are fellow Champions member Hercules; Namor's cousin Namora; the SHIELD agent Carmilla Black (Scorpion); and Amadeus Cho, the seventh smartest human in the world.
Messiah Complex:
In Messiah Complex Angel is part of the team which investigates the new mutant birth in Alaska. He is later part of the team who is looking for former Acolytes. He is next seen part of the same team, but attacking the Marauders. Warren goes against Mister Sinister, but is easily defeated once he gets over Emma Frost's mental attack. He is knocked out, but recovers and is present with the X-teams for the final battle over the fate of the baby.
Divided We Stand:
In Divided We Stand Angel is seen flying over San Francisco, going to meet with Hepzibah, Warpath, and Iceman, when he stumbles across an area that looks as if the 1960s never ended. He contacts Scott and Emma, asking them for assistance before suffering the mind-altering effects of the zone, which are revealed to be caused by Martinique Jason. Angel and the three other ensnared X-Men are sent by Martinique to confront Scott and Emma. Emma manages to free them from the illusion and during the fall-out battle, Angel rescues the mayor of San Francisco. Thankful for the assistance and for the idea of having real superheroes in their city, the mayor then talks to Cyclops and Angel about helping them resettle the X-Men in San Francisco.
Archangel Returns:
X-Force recently reformed with the team now using Angel's Aerie as their base of operations. During their first mission, Rahne is captured by the Purifiers. X-Force rescues her, but the apparent rescue turns out to have been a ruse; Rahne was conditioned to complete one of the Purifier's missions as an unknowing "sleeper agent." She attacks her healer Elixir and savagely removes Warren's wings, which she takes back to the Purifiers. Adam Harkins experiments on some of his feathers to locate the "Apocalypse Strand," the Celestial Technology Apocalypse grafted onto Warren in his transformation into the Horseman of Death. The Purifiers used this to create similar beings they called "The Choir."
Back at Angel's Aerie, Elixir repaired Warren's injuries and then attempted to re-grow his wings. Elixir is unable to re-grow Warren's wings because those cells are not actually organic. Warren discovered that the feathered wings which he thought he had regenerated since discarding the Horseman Death persona were not his own, but just another form of Apocalypse's metal wings. When Elixir tried to bypass the Celestial Technology and regrow organic wings, the Celestial Tech blocks his powers. Soon, Warren has a massive seizure and his body reverts to its Horseman form, with its blue skin and razor-sharp steel wings. The process of creating the Choir is what created the seizure and sent Angel's nervous system into complete disarray, putting him into excruciating pain.
X-Force attacks Archangel, who eventually asks for relief from the pain of losing his wings and transforming into Archangel. Nevertheless, Archangel escapes into the night, intent on taking vengeance against the Purifiers. Archangel appeared to be the strongest he has ever been: defeating X-Force, nearly out-flying a jet, and taking on the Purifiers. Warren arrived at the Purifiers' headquarters and slaughtered the Purifiers in an attempt to reclaim the wings that were stolen from him, killing every member of the Choir and a substantial portion of the Purifiers' recruits. However, once the battle was over, he reverted back to his normal angelic, feather-winged appearance. He commented to Logan that he can still feel the metal wings inside him however, and that they want to come out again. According to Elixir, Warren's transformation is permanent, implying that he is fully capable of transforming back into Archangel again at any time.
In an attempt to understand what was done to both Wolfsbane and Angel, the pair of them are placed in a room together, where Rahne is forced to gaze at Warren. The mere sight of him causes her to become murderous once again, and she attempts to rip the wings from Warren's body once more. The sight of a psychotic Wolfsbane, as well as the fear of having his wings torn from his body again, causes a defensive reaction in Warren, reverting him back into his violent Archangel persona. Cyclops had to talk him down to allow Warren to regain control. After traveling 900 years into the future at Cyclops' command Archangel along with the rest of X-Force engage in battle with several of Stryfe's men. It is here that Warren hears a mysterious voice calling him. Leaving the battle suddenly Archangel traveled into the mountains and was surprised to discover the source of the voices he had been hearing, his former master and the one who turned him into Death, Apocalypse.
Archangel is faced with a monumental decision: give in to his Death persona and kill Apocalypse or allow Apocalypse to live. Apocalypse then commands Archangel to become Death and do what he created his Horseman to do. Archangel then transforms to his feathered form and refuses to kill Apocalypse in order to not give him the satisfaction and then he says that he is no longer Apocalypse's. Apocalypse then says he summoned Angel to end his life, but that he now sees that Angel is no longer Death. Together they go after Stryfe and take him down along with the rest of X-force. Apocalypse then claims the infant Hope as his successor but instead gives her to Warren in exchange for his life.
After reverting to his Archangel persona, Warren then took dual membership with both the X-Men and X-Force, though Cyclops forbade Warren from telling the rest of the team about the return of his Archangel powers. Cyclops knew that if Angel revealed his transformation, the latest incarnation of X-Force would be exposed and may end Cyclops' latest tenure as leader if the truth about his personal murder squad became public knowledge. Angel and the Beast began a worldwide quest gathering some of the most unique minds on Earth in order to try and reactivate the X-Gene. During their quest, they recruit Dr. Nemesis, Madison Jeffries, and Dr. Yuriko Takiguchi. However, while recruiting Dr. Takiguchi for the Beast's "Science Squad", Angel was forced to transform into Archangel in order to destroy a giant rampaging monster. Beast reacted in anger that Angel had not told him that his "Death" powers/persona had return, creating tension between the two friends. During the attack of the Sisterhood of Mutants on the Graymalkin Facility, Archangel and the "Science Squad" were locked in the laboratory and not allowed to intervene. It is unknown whether the events of Uncanny X-Men happen before or after the time X-Force spent in the future.
Following the incident on Takiguchi’s island, Warren goes back to his Angel form. He is next seen in with the X-Club after a psychic attack by the Sisterhood of Mutants. There, Beast questions him about the return of his Death persona and demands to run some tests. Soon after, in an attempt to reverse the effects of M-Day, Beast & the X-Club discover they must travel back in time to San Francisco, 1906 to the birth of the modern mutant race. So Angel, Beast, Psylocke, Dr. Takiguchi, Dr. Nemesis, Kavita Rao and Madison Jeffries go back in time to search for Dr. Nemesis’ parents, Nicola and Catherine Bradley.
Upon arriving to the past we find that Nicola & Catherine are building some sort of device for Cornelius Shaw. The X-Club arrives at their home but are turned away and believed to be Mormons due to Psylocke's mental disguises. Nicola completes the device and tells Catherine who in turn tells him she’s pregnant (with Dr. Nemesis). Nicola brings the device to Shaw who uses it to power and early model of a Sentinel. Shaw sends his men to take out Catherine, but the X-Club return to save her. She does however; take a fall down the stairs. Warren, Kavita, Dr. Takiguchi and Dr. Nemesis stay with Catherine and take a blood sample and fight off the attackers while Beast and the rest go to rescue Nicola. Madison Jeffries is able to create an electric weapon which takes down the Sentinel but a large piece of shrapnel takes out Nicola. Dr. Nemesis and the rest of the X-Club return with Catherine. As they are about to return to the present, Dr. Nemesis tells Catherine to bury the samples in Golden Gate park.
Not Forgotten:
When returning from the future Messiah War; Wolverine, Archangel and Elixir arrive at the U.N. to stop Hellion & Surge from popping after being pumped with the Legacy Virus. Wolverine and Archangel tear through the guards outside of the vans holding Hellion and Surge. Warren becomes caught up in a murderous rampage. Wolverine has to stab him to get him to snap out of it. He comes around and flies off with Surge who is ready to detonate. She is dropped onto Elixir who burns the virus out of both of them. Surge goes off anyway and Hellion has to direct the blast into the sky. Warren then returns home to “Angels Aerie” and finds it wrecked by the Frost Giants who attacked Rahne and Hrimhari.
Necrosha:
The T-O virus that Bastion used to resurrect his Human Council was stolen and corrupted by a vampire named Eli Bard who was working for the Black Queen Selene. She used it to resurrect dead mutants for her army and ultimately turn herself into a god. During the assault upon Utopia; Archangel, Warpath and Hrimhari are attacked by Pyro, Berserker and Scaleface. Despite his best efforts, Archangel is unable to keep the regenerating mutants down. He is able to save Warpath just in time from Risque. It is at that time where they realize they will need to figure out a way to fight the undead and Selene. During the open assault on Utopia, Dazzler questions Warren about his metallic wings and overall appearance. Before he is able to respond, Selene and her Inner Circle (Blink, Senyaka, Mortis, Wither and Eli Bard) arrive. The Inner Circle and X-Force go at it and Senyaka pulls Archangel to the ground. Blink then teleports his wings off. The rest of X-Force is compromised as well & Warpath loses the Demon Blade needed to take out Selene to Eli Bard.
X-Force regroups and uses Vanisher to teleport to Genosha, where Selene has set up shop with her undead army of Warpaths old tribe. While fighting through the hordes of undead, Selene is able to combine all the necessary parts to become a god. Warpath explains that there is only one way to kill her now. First they paint themselves like ghosts in order to walk amongst with their souls protected and the ability to kill evil spirits. Next they had to get back the Demon Blade from Bard. X-Force takes on Selene once and for all and Warpath is able to drive the Demon Blade into her heart.
Second Coming:
As Angel, Warren is recruited as part of Cyclops’ Alpha Roster along with; Colossus, Wolverine, X-23, Nightcrawler, Psylocke and Magik. Magik teleports them to Cable’s last known location, who has just returned to the present with Hope. They arrive just behind Cable and see the fallout from an attack by the Right. With another jump from Magik, they bust up a convoy of the Sapien League who are on the trail of Cable & Hope. After the initial strike there is but one left for questioning. When unable to answer, X-23 stabs him through the head. Nightcrawler was extremely upset by this and questions her along with Warren and Wolverine about what’s been going on. Wolverine comes clean about X-Force and all the while Cable continues to be pursued by Bastion’s Human Council, now being led by William Stryker and his followers. Stryker and his men catch Cable and Hope while holed up at a motel. All hell breaks loose between the X-Men and Stryker’s men. Wolverine asks Warren to end things, fast, as Archangel. He takes out several men before going after Stryker and finally cuts him in half in front of Nightcrawler. The X-Men regroup with Cable & Hope when Cyclops alerts them that Bastion is tracking them through Cable’s T-O virus. Cyclops sends Rogue to meet up with them with Ariel teleporting her in.
The X-Men and Ariel carry on in Hummers while Rogue, Nightcrawler and Hope head on in front back to Utopia. Bastion sends a fighter jet in to take out the X-Men and destroy the Hummer with Wolverine, X-23 and Ariel. Wolverine and X-23 will heal, Ariel will not. Archangel takes out the jet before it takes out the other truck.
Up ahead, Bastion catches up with Rogue (who borrowed all the X-Men’s powers before splitting up) Nightcrawler and Hope. He takes out Rogue and Nightcrawler tragically sacrifices himself to save Hope and uses his last breath for a final teleport back to Utopia. Warren is next seen saying a small piece at Nightcrawler’s funeral. Wolverine snaps on Cyclops and Hope and leaves with the rest of the members of X-Force.
The next part of Bastions plan is to enclose Utopia within a dome. As the dome is covering the area Warren asks Iceman if it’s okay to if he changes to his “other” face, however both their attempts to punch through the dome are useless. Phase two of the plan begins as a sphere appears in the center of the dome and through it come a wave of Nimrod Sentinels from the Days of Future’s Past” timeline. After a violent battle with the first wave, it is decided that X-Force needs to be sent to the future and, using Cypher take out the Master Mold controlling the Nimrods. X-Force jumps to the future using Cable’s final time slide, ultimately leaving them stuck in the future.
X-Force arrives in the future and Archangel clears the way for them to enter the facility housing Master Mold. They buy time fighting off Master Mold while Cypher finds a way to communicate with it. He is able to bring it down from within and successfully shuts down the Nimrods. Cable lets the T-O virus take over, which allows him to safely get X-Force back to the future at the cost of his own life. Archangel, whose wings are damaged, falls through with the rest of X-Force.
Curse of the Mutants:
During the events of Curse of the Mutants, Angel is sent along with Wolverine and Pixie by Cyclops to scout out for possible vampire hideouts. They encounter several in an alley before finding a safehouse. Warren responds to a call from a cop friend who was reporting a vampire attack. Warren takes off in search of the killer while constantly being nagged by his Death persona to kill. When he finally catches up wtih the killer, he pleads that he's only killed murderers and didn't ask to be a vampire. Warren pauses a moment, considering his own situation but is then attacked. Death takes over to finish the job but Warren resists and impales the vampire as Angel. After meeting on the current vampire threat, Warren goes out with Blade to gain further intel. They take on several vampires at a concert but come up with nothing new. In the final battle against Xarus, Cyclops asks Warren to turn into Archangel in order to gain air superiority.
Sample RP:
Sedona, Arizona. It's nine in the morning and the hot Arizona sun begins beaming down on the south west as an Angel sours through the sky casting a quick shadow upon Sedona as he passes through.
Warren's body stretched out straight as his beautiful feathered wings soared through the Arizona sky as his long blonde hair waves in the breeze. Warren was wearing his standard blue and white X-Men uniform with the halo emblazoned on the chest as he began descending to the world below.
Angel began flying straight to the side of a mountain as a small area of rock quickly slid inside the mountain to reveal a large hangar door with an 'X' engraved on it that then opened four ways from the center of the X as Warren swooped in and softly landed on his feet as the hangar door quickly closed behind him.
Warren had arrived at one of his prize possessions known as Cavern X. He had never shown anyone the Cavern in Arizona that he had been working on but this was what happens when you mix a millionaire crime fighter and a large cave. He thought 'The Angel Cave' was too silly so the Cavern X was born.
Not only could this Cavern be a base for the X-Men in a moments notice but it was also Warrens personal museum. If mutant's were on the verge of destruction, he had a home and a museum for the survivors.
As Warren made his way down the hangar hall way, he reached down to open his comm line that was set up within his suit. The halls had flat screen monitors that covered the walls for its entire length displaying any needed X-Men information. As Warren reached the end of the hall, he entered into his own war room which had a sentinel's head and Brood statue over looking the room as well as many of the X-Men and Brotherhood villians original uniforms in displays around the room.
The phone line opened up, Warren was calling the savage X-Men member known as Wolverine. He received a quick and pissy voice mail message. 'Leave a message." To the point, just how Logan was. "Hey Logan, Its Warren. Listen, I know youre real busy between Avengers, X-Men and... the other team that I use to be a part of. But I just started thinking and, I might have found something useful for you for the type of anonymity that is required with that team. Anyway, I'm heading back to the school today. See what I can do over there for a while. You know how to reach me." Warren spoke quickly and calm as he left the message for Wolverine. Logan was never a great friend of Warrens. But they were teammates and Warren would easily be there to help Logan at a moments notice.
Warren hung up and turned to a wall as the rock once again was fake and slid to the side displaying a massive glass wall opening out to the scenery of Arizona. The entire cavern was inside this small mountain top. It was all under the Angel's control. He knew he had this place to stay and be safe and secluded, which at sometimes sounded like the smartest thing to do with the Archangel living inside of him. But he knew he couldn't hide from it. He needed to control the Archangel and use its form of retribution for good.
It was time to get back to business.
Code word: Armageddon