The Angelus
The Angelus is a comic book character that first appeared in The Darkness - Volume 1 #2
The Angelus is the Primal Force of Light that represents totalitarian order and purity. She is engaged in an eternal war with her polar opposite, the Darkness. However, the two forces are balanced by their offspring, the Witchblade.
Origin
The Angelus entity is the embodiment of light and is the equal and opposite force of the Darkness. Both the Angelus and the Darkness are two of the most powerful entities that make up the the 13 Artifacts. Like the Darkness, the Angelus requires a human host to act through in the corporeal world. Unlike the Darkness, however, the Angelus entity forms a symbiotic bond with its host and takes complete control over its mind and body, allowing it no free will of its own. Since the Angelus is a force of light and order, it seeks to destroy anything that is dark and chaotic, while disregarding mortal rules and laws. The Angelus' age is still unknown at this time, yet, she has stated that she and the Darkness have been at war with each other since the creation. Although, sometime during the Angelus' past, it made a truce with the Darkness, and together they conceived a child that would later be known as the Witchblade artifact and represent the eternal balance that exists between the Angelus and the Darkness.
Lauren Franchetti
The Angelus once again attempted to kill The Darkness, but also came into conflict with the new Magdalena (Patience). During their brief fight Appolonia ran the Angelus through with the Spear of Destiny, disembodying her once again.
Patience
After the host died The Angelus temporarily took possession of Patience, but the spirit was quickly forced out of her body by Patience's strong will and was required to search the world for yet another host.
Carin Taylor
During the time the Angelus remained hostless, her army sensed that the balance between the Light and Darkness had been tipped in the favor of Jackie Estacado, and began to prepare for war. The Angelus first attempted to possess Velocity, a member of Cyberforce. However, the Angelus was forced out of Velocity when she was stabbed by Cyblade's electromagnetic blades. The Angelus quickly fled from the scene.Celestine Wright
The Angelus returned and seemed to have again re-asserted her will over Celestine's. She quickly begins to engage in a battle with a powerless Jackie Estacado and Sara Pezzini, while the three of them are caught in the middle of a fight between the Glacier and Ember stone wielders. She is ultimately decapitated by Jackie with The Blood Sword (another artifact) forcing the Angelus entity to become hostless yet again.
Finch
Danielle Baptiste
Later Dani meets Sara once more on the Brooklyn Bridge, this time to say goodbye to her friend, before she departed with Finch to New Orleans.
Powers and Weaknesses
When the Angelus is bonded with its host it grants a number of abilities including enhanced strength, speed, self-propelled flight, teleportation, various light and fire based powers, and all of the memories of the previous Angelus hosts. The Angelus is also capable of creating a variety of objects including weapons and sentient life forms. The Angelus has an easier time creating human-like life beings including mortals when compared to the current host of the Darkness since she is able to remember how to do this every time she is reborn. The Angelus leads and is often accompanied by a number of her winged warriors she has created, however, unlike the Darkness, her warriors do not dissipate when she is hostless, and in fact continue to do her bidding until she can return to them. Since the Angelus is an entity made of light, it is weak against darkness, and can only sustain its power in the dark for short periods of time, since it drains her power at a more rapid rate.
| Super Name: | The Angelus |
| Real Name: | The Angelus |
| Aliases: |
The Bride of Inti Primal Force of Light Bashirah Abdul Saalam Lauren Franchetti Patience Carin Taylor Celestine Wright Finch Danielle Baptiste |
| Publisher: | Top Cow |
| Gender: | Female |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | The Darkness - Volume 1 #2 |
| Appears in: | 42 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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