Cherebel
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Actor: Tom Sturridge, Ref Sandman
Concept
Archangel of the Sword, Idealistic Superior
Tropes
Details
Cherebel (sometimes known as "Laurence" for reasons lost to time) is honorable to a fault, and the supreme commander of God’s army on Earth. He’s responsible for training Soldiers and assigning them to angels, coordinating official missions, and keeping track of the Foe. He hasn’t always been an Archangel. His previous Superior – Uriel, Archangel of Purity – overstepped his Word by slaying all of the Earth’s remaining creatures of myth (the fairies, dragons, etc.) and carrying the extermination into the Marches. Cherebel, the finest of Heaven’s demon-hunters, ascended to his current stature when Uriel was recalled to the Higher Heavens, vanishing from the ken of ordinary angels, in the year of our Lord 745. Since then, Cherebel has not only been orchestrating the armies of God, he’s also become the patron Archangel of Christianity, actively promoting its growth. In particular, he supports the Pope and would like Catholicism to become the sole religion of humanity. ("Dominic" is the only major Archangel who strongly supports him on this.) As the angels’ primary strategist against the demons, Cherebel is in a sticky position. He must keep the peace among Archangels, not threatening anyone’s power or position, while at the same time remaining steadfast, not budging an inch when threatened.
Cherebel manifests most often as a small, skinny man, with long black hair. The youngest of the major Archangels, he’s a real phenomenon in a fight, but as a planner he’s still too idealistic. He tends to forget that even his own angels aren’t perfect, and that the Other Side fights very, very dirty. When plans go wrong, he invariably calls in Michael, the old warhorse, to sway the course of the battle back to the side of Good.
His servants never have a spare minute. While other angels only grudgingly drop whatever they’re doing to help Servitors of the Sword, Cherebel’s angels feel that the others are too quick to beg for help – which his servants feel obliged to give – instead of solving their own problems first. Between their honorable idealism and their prowess as Heaven’s greatest questers, they have a great deal of potential, if only they can survive long enough to fulfill it.
Traits
Archangel (of the Sword) :P
Notes
- Taken (and adjusted a little) from In Nomine
