![]() ![]() Shapeshifting: Some angels, such as Balthamos, could shapeshift into other species, like a bird.Invisibility: Angels of lower ranks are almost unseen, especially in daylight.Multiverse travel: Angels could travel to other worlds through invisible windows.Flight: Due to their wings, angels could fly at great speed.Will told Mary Malone that, according to Baruch and Balthamos, angels wished they had bodies like humans. It also showed implications concerning the angels' view of biological sentient lifeforms. ![]() They had the power to modify nature angels altered the course of all evolution to create biological species to become rivals against the Authority. Angels were able to see and pass through the invisible windows between the worlds. ![]() The most important angels were always visible, but less important angels could be seen only in the night. Two rebel angels, Balthamos and Baruch, aided Will Parry at various times.Īngels could be either humans who became angels, or simply angels formed from Dust concentrations. Metatron was one such angel loyal to the Authority and lead the Authority's forces after being declared the Lord Regent. There existed two groups of angels: ones faithful to the Authority and those who rebelled under Xaphania. Angels were ancient and immortal beings whose true form is composed of intelligence and feeling, since they were structures of Dust. These were large winged creatures, human-like in form, but whose bodies were made of light not flesh. Higher-ranking angels were easier to see in daylight. Though corporeal in appearance, angels' physical influence on the world was limited. They also went by the names bene elim (which they called themselves) or Watchers. If you seek the name of their nature, it is spirit if you seek the name of their office, it is angel from what they are, spirit, from what they do, angel." - St Augustine describes angels Īn angel was a being composed purely of Dust. " Angel is the name of their office, not of their nature. ![]()
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