History Characters / BayonettaParadiso

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Over 600 years old. How old he is exactly isn't stated.

[[folder:Fortitudo]]

[[folder:Temperantia]]

[[folder:Iustitia]]

[[folder:Sapientia]]

* CoDragons: With Valiance.

* ImposterForgotOneDetail: The first Joy encountered in the game disguises as Bayonetta to trick Cereza -- but either did not or ''could'' not remove her halo.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Most noticeable during a Torture Attack.

* WeaponOfChoice: The red variant wields a [[JoustingLance lance]], the green one a [[DualWielding pair of greatswords]], one gold one a [[DropTheHammer warhammer]] and the last gold one a [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe pair of shields.]]

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Third highest-ranking and most powerful angels of the Hierarchy of Laguna.

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!!!Seraphim
Highest-ranking and strongest angels of the First Sphere. Divine messengers with a passion for doing God's good work.
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Second highest-ranking and strongest angels of the First Sphere. They are the guardians of the Tree of Eden and the drivers of God's chariots, the Thrones.

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Second lowest-ranking and weakest angels of the Hierarchy of Laguna.

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!!!Dominions
Highest-ranking and strongest angels of the Second Sphere. Dominions watch over the rulers of nations.
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Second highest-ranking and strongest angels of the Second Sphere. Virtues see to maintaining order and the movements of heavenly bodies.

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Lowest-ranking and weakest angels of the Hierarchy of Laguna.
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Second highest-ranking and strongest angels of the Third Sphere. Archangels act as intermediaries between the physical and spirit world, protecting and advising humans.

* AnAxeToGrind: Wield massive axes.

* {{Irony}}: In the Records of Time, Bayonetta praises him for being "the silent type", complaining about the last Lumen Sage she met "[spending] 20 minutes rambling on and on". [[spoiler:Unbeknowst to her, she is addressing ''Balder'', that very Sage, before he was possessed by Loptr and became that rambler.]]

* CompanyCrossReferences: The Valiantium Blade is named after Wonder Blue's sword from ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'', and Valiance's Hierarchy of Laguna entry mentions a prophecy that says it will assist "a team of over one hundred heroes" in saving humanity from an invading evil.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The Valiantium Blade is said to be capable of cutting anything on Earth or Paradiso.
* LivingWeapon: The angel is the sword, which contains his face. The body seems to be a convenient shape made to wield the sword.
* MythologyGag: The sword of Valiance is in fact the Valiantium Blade, of ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' fame. Valiance's entry states that its use in aiding Earth's repulsion of an invading threat was prophesised long ago. How Wonder Blue obtained an angelic sword, and what happened between then and the events of ''Bayonetta 2'', is unknown.

* EliteMook: In-universe, as they are among the top angels of the First Sphere, and out-universe, as they are some of the quickest and hardest-hitting enemies in the game.

* EliteMook: A tougher version of the Accolade.

* EliteMook: Basically tougher Affinities with better equipment. Still lower on the hierarchy, though, so they're only marginally more difficult to defeat.

* EliteMook: Cachets are larger and stronger Compassions.

* EliteMook: Dears are basically larger and stronger Decorations.

!This page contains some unmarked spoilers for ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'', and ''VideoGame/Bayonetta 3''.

!This page contains some unmarked spoilers for ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' and ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2''.

* DemotedToExtra: Due to the threat in Bayonetta 3 being the Homunculi, Angels only show up in special challenges, and nowhere in the main story.

[[Characters/BayonettaMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/BayonettaTitularCharacter Bayonetta]]) | [[Characters/BayonettaSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] | '''Paradiso''' | [[Characters/BayonettaInferno Inferno]] | [[Characters/BayonettaOther Other Characters]]]]-]]]

The Sequi are mini bosses resembling TheCardinalVirtues, they make up the third highest-ranking angels of the Hierarchy of Laguna. Each of them have the English

%%!!Sequi

The Sequi are mini bosses resembling TheCardinalVirtues, they make up the third highest-ranking angels of the Hierarchy of Laguna. Each of them have

* TheCardinalVirtues: Represent the four classical virtues in Greek philosophy and the catholic church: Courage, Temperance, Justice, and prudence (Sapientia, though his name means "wisdom").
* CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: Basically this setting's equivalent of the archangels.
* CoDragons: As mentioned above, the four acted as the generals of Jubileus' army in Paradiso. They also play this role to the main antagonist, although they would prefer to think of themselves as part of a BigBadEnsemble.
* DyingCurse: The seemingly benevolent "May Jubileus, the Creator, grace you!" that all the Cardinal Virtues roar at Bayonetta as they die is actually this. Jubileus "gracing" anything will result in the utter destruction of everything in every universe and reality, so they're really just telling Bayonetta to die in screaming agony.
* ElementalPowers: Each one commands a different element. Fortitudo can command fire, Temperantia controls wind, Iustitia can control plants, and Sapientia commands water.
* EliteFour: The four make up the highest angelic hierarchy, right below [[{{God}} Jubileus]] herself.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Played straight with all but Iustitia, who sounds child-like and high pitched in comparison to the others.
* FourElementEnsemble: Each embodies a different classical element--Fortitudo is fire, Temperantia is air, Iustitia is earth, and Sapientia is water.

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Third highest-ranking and most powerful angels of the Hierarchy of Laguna.

!!!Seraphim
Highest-ranking and strongest angels of the First Sphere. Divine messengers with a passion for doing God's good work.

** Sapientia's arrogant, bigoted, and spends most of his fight trying to eat Bayonetta. Instead, he is devoured by an army of giant demons summoned by one of the same humans he considered inferior.

* HateSink: Bayonetta 2 turns him into this. He was the one who tricked Balder into starting the Witch Hunts, and gloats about it to Balder's face as Rosa lays dying. By his own admission he wanted the sages wiped out too. In the first game, one of the first things we see him do is take great pleasure in eating two RedShirt Umbra Witches slowly and painfully. In another flashback he has a crowd of innocent civilians cornered with his own angels preparing to kill them all.

* EldritchAbomination: Every boss. The regular angels qualify too. At least, once their armor cracks away and you see what they really look like...

* TokenEvilTeammate: Iustitia is described as "the virtue closest to Hell", due to the ambivalence of Justice. [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance His profile points out that he looks]] slightly less angelic and more EldritchAbomination-like than the other virtues due to this. Ironically, it is also the only Auditio to actually display any traits of its virtue.

* EldritchAbomination: Even weirder than the Auditio.

* NominalVillain: [[spoiler:Balder]] relentlessly pursues Bayonetta and Loki because he has been deceived by Loptr into thinking Loki murdered his lover Rosa. He turns on Loptr when the deception is revealed. [[spoiler:It is also revealed that Balder imprisoned [[GodOfChaos Aesir]] within himself, suggesting that his evil actions in the first game were a result of Aesir corrupting him]].

** Fortitudo led the charge in slaughtering the witches and civilians. He's also the first Auditio to be beaten to death, impaled, and dragged to hell.
** Temperantia is TheBrute whose signature move is his electrically charged punch, with his arms a his primary weapons. So it's only fair that a six-armed demon, with even more strength than he has, rips off his arms and punches him to death.

** Sapientia's arrogant, boastful, and spends most of his fight trying to eat Bayonetta. Instead he is devoured by an army of giant demons summoned by one of the same humans he considered inferior.

* HateSink: Bayonetta 2 turns him into this. He was the one who tricked Balder into starting the Witch Hunts, and gloats about it to Balder's face as Rosa lays dying. In the first game, one of the first things we see him do is take great pleasure in eating two RedShirt Umbra Witches slowly and painfully. In another flashback he has a crowd of innocent civilians corned with his own angels preparing to kill them all.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/965241235920248832 Kamiya]] admitted that Father Balder's appearance was inspired by Music/DavidBowie, at least partially.

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:He's Bayonetta's father, with some shades of PervertDad as well. Bayonetta is understandably weirded out.]]