History Characters / DarksidersHeaven

* MeaningfulName: His name in Hebrew literally means [[spoiler:Destroyer]]. ''Darksiders II'' also reveals his second name - [[spoiler: "Vovin," literally "Dragon" in the angelic language.]] Meaningful indeed!

* TheLostLenore: A male example. He's this to Uriel in ''Darksiders'' [[spoiler:until she learns he's the Destroyer.]]

* BilingualBonus: A lot of their terms are Latin words ("nex sacramentum" and "Codex Bellum"), but all of the angels themselves either have Hebrew, French [[note]]In Archon Lucien's case; it's the French form of Lucianus/Lucius[[/note]], or made up names, making it rather inconsistent with the aforementioned Latin.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Usiel uses a ''church bell on a chain'' as his weapon of choice. A complete contrast to his brethren who typically use lances (that double as rifles), cannons, swords, staves and magic.

* FantasticRacism: Towards demons and anyone/anything associated with them.

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* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Angels of great power and/or considered to be of high authority don't seem to wear helmets in battle. Examples include Uriel, Abaddon, Azrael[[note]]Granted, it's made apparent he's a mage who fights with deception and a distance rather than in the thick of the fight where armor would be necessary[[/note]], Nathaniel, Usiel and the Archon[[note]]He wears a hood, but it still counts[[/note]]. In fact, in ''The Abomination Vault'', War is able to figure out who the leader of an angel garrison protecting a gate to the White City is before he announces himself not only for carrying a different weapon than the grunts, but also the fact he's not wearing a helmet.

* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Downplayed. Heaven understands the value of non-combatants and relies on them, but that doesn't stop the soldiers from looking down on them.

* BilingualBonus: A lot of their terms are Latin words ("nex sacramentum" and "Codex Bellum"), but all of the angels themselves either have Hebrew, French [[note]]In Archon Lucien's case; it's the French form of Lucianus/Lucius[[/note]] or made up names, making it rather inconsistent with the aforementioned Latin.

* KnightInSourArmor: Her official bio in ''The Art of Darksiders'' state that Abaddon's death, being unable to re-enter Heaven and spending a century fighting an uphill battle have made her understandably bitter. However, she still strives to do the right thing.

* DeadpanSnarker: In the book, he actually sassing ''Death'' of all people twice in the same chapter.

* TheCorruptible: [[spoiler:Lust manages to [[MoreThanMindControl convince him]] to join her side by appealing to his desire for the angels to have their numbers replenished.]]

The former leader of the Hellguard, the archangel Abaddon was dedicated to exterminating the forces of Hell. Unfortunately, he wound up as one of the first major casualties of the End War.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She spent a century battling endless waves of demons, with no hope of escape, and she's still kicking. Also, she managed to keep a sizable portion of the Hellguard alive and continuing to battle Hells forces.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Was the leader of the Hellguard. [[spoiler:But as the Destroyer, he was put in charge of the demons that conquered Earth.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Is a high-ranking official in Heaven (as well as a well-respected one) and knows his way around a battlefield despite not being a warrior.

* EyeScream: How Abaddon loses his eye in ''The Abomination Vault'' is... not pretty. While in the battle to protect Eden from the BigBad's minions, one of them was wielding a Nephilim weapon called Affliction, which it used to take out Abbadon;s eye. But it gets worse from there. Heaven is said to have advanced medicine, so regrowing a body part wouldn't have been much of an issue, but Abaddon's wounds immediately started ''rotting'' and poisoning him. As such, the healers were unable to replace his lost eye and were only able to stop the spread, giving him an eyepatch instead.

* AFatherToHisMen: Back before the apocalypse, Abaddon greatly valued the lives of those under his command to the point where he would become vindictive if they were harmed (as evidenced in ''Death's Door''). His soldiers in turn worshiped him. But come ''Darksiders'', [[spoiler:he kills his fellow angels without a second thought as the Destroyer.]]

* TheMenFirst: Heavily implied in the novel [[spoiler: before his fall from grace in the first game]]. When War [[spoiler: speculates that Abaddon might have interest in the Grand Abominations due to the BigBad of the story being an angel and that the former was constructing a WeaponOfMassDestruction that could only harm demons (which the Council ordered destroyed by War's hand)]], Azrael immediately defends him, saying that even if he ''did'' have interest, he wouldn't be willing to sacrifice any of those under his command to reach a certain goal.

* AlwaysLawfulGood: The angels in the series are supposed to be the representation of light and goodness in the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil. But [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the trope name implies]], they are intensely dedicated to upholding their people's laws. In fact, doing so is seen as heroic, though they're not above being being noble for the sake of it.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Besides his role in the first game [[spoiler:helping War]], Azrael proves himself to be this during ''The Abomination Vault''. He is in charge of the angel allies that Death and War fight alongside, making sure that their alliance remains stable throughout the Abomination Crisis. Furthermore, he outright admits without hesitation that even he believes that Heaven's laws can be too restrictive, and that Raciel's punishment was far too extreme for her supposed "crime".

* CulturedBadass: He's a scholar, but he's also a powerful mage and well-known angelic scholar.
* DeadpanSnarker: In the book, he actually ends up doing this to ''Death'' of all people twice in the same chapter.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Aside from the first game, he seems to be one of the only angels who was willing to cooperate with the Horsemen in the novel (although the reason for this was because they were allies and they had a common enemy).

* TheStoic: From receiving the brunt of Death's sarcasm to putting up with [[{{Jerkass}} the Watcher]], Azrael doesn't really seem to explode with emotion. Sure, he'll probably express irritation but he doesn't seem to let his emotions get the better of him.

* BadassBaritone: As provided by Jamieson Price.

* HolierThanThou: A lot of what he says can be read like this. [[spoiler:[[DramaticIrony Ironically enough, that's the Corruption talking.]]]] He repeatedly refers to himself as the only "pure" being left in Lostlight (ignoring Nathaniel) while deriding the first angel to fall to Corruption as "weak of mind, given to doubts" [[spoiler:which either is him realizing on some level his own {{hypocrisy}} or just throwing an extra level onto his deception of Death.]]

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Well, the "blond" bit is more of a "silvery-white", but a lot of the angels we meet in the series have this.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Like most angels.

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: To Lilith and Hell. They were ready and actively wanted an excuse to kick off the Endwar, which he unwittingly gave to them.]]

* EvilPlan: Abaddon [[spoiler:planned on breaking six of the Seven Seals (except for the seventh to prevent the Horsemen from interfering and to truly prevent the End War from happening), then having them reforged to cover his tracks. When Hell's generals appeared, the Hellguard would then launch a decapitation strike and mop up the leaderless demon hordes before anything cataclysmic could happen. When the Council inevitably investigated and found the seals intact, it would look like Hell had broken the treaty while Heaven tried to stop them, causing the Council's wrath to fall upon Hell and automatically giving victory to Heaven. Unfortunately for Abaddon, the forces of Hell were already set to go to war. Neither Kingdom gathered to declare battle rights: Hell simply erupted out guns blazing and ready to fight, so instead of Heaven getting a sneak attack against Hell, the latter did this against the former. Worse, not only was Abaddon killed in battle, but he was dragged into Hell where an entity (confirmed by the credits sequence to be Lilith) stated he would have nowhere left to run once Heaven and the Council got their hands on him, driving him fully into the arms of Hell and turning him into [[BigBad the Destroyer]]]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Great work, Abaddon.]]

* TheHeavy: The whole events of the first game happen because of his plan to [[spoiler:launch a preemptive strike against Hell, and War being set to take the for fall sets off Death's quest in the second game.]]

* MeaningfulName: His name in Hebrew literally means [[spoiler:Destroyer]]. ''Darksiders II'' also reveals his second name - "Vovin," [[spoiler: literally "Dragon" in the demonic language.]] Meaningful indeed!

* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: A sidequest in ''Darksiders II'' has an archangel seeking the fate of an unnamed Hellguard angel, [[spoiler: who is revealed to have defected to Hell and taken the name "Vovin." The conclusion of the quest reveals "Vovin"'s true identity -- Abaddon.]]

* TheArchmage: Illusions? Check. Serpent Holes? Check. Being able to "hide away" entire realms? Check. [[FantasticNuke Spells that can nuke demons]]? Check.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: His part in the starting the End War ahead of time marks him as this. While he initially had reservations about Abaddon's plan, he truly believed that he was helping the universe by confronting some unknown threat and was convinced that Abaddon's plan would swiftly end the war effectively before it started without harming humanity or Earth.]]

* KnightTemplar: A bit of a problem for angels in general. [[spoiler:She gets over it.]]

* SubordinateExcuse: Towards Abbadon.

** Explains what ''really'' happened [[spoiler:to the Archon.]]

* YouWillBeSpared: With [[BigRedDevil Samael]], who never really cared that much about the fight itself, the Phariseer and Basileus, who are already dead wanted retrieved by the Lord of Bones, [[spoiler:he is the only boss character in ''Darksiders II'' who is not killed by Death, due to saying what he knew and being helpful.]]

%%* BigBad: Of [[spoiler:''Darksiders'']]. (Zero-Context: Entry is just the name of a work)

* BodyHorror: How he lost his eye. In ''The Abomination Vault'', a construct wielding a nephilim sword called Affliction, which, true to its name, inflicts poison and causes any wounds its victims receive from it to rot, took his eye. Even Heaven's best medicines couldn't restore it and were only able to prevent the rot from spreading.

* EvilPlan: Abaddon [[spoiler:planned on breaking six of the Seven Seals (except for the seventh to prevent the Horsemen from interfering and to truly prevent the End War from happening), so that when Hell's generals would appear, he would have them assassinated before anything cataclysmic would happen. When the Council would investigate, the blame would fall on Hell, therefore, automatically giving victory to Heaven. To hide evidence of this act, he ordered the Maker Ulthane to duplicate six of the Seals so they would appear intact. Unfortunately, the Council already knew of this conspiracy. Worse, not only was Abaddon killed in battle, but he was dragged into Hell where an entity, confirmed by the credits sequence to be Lilith, stated he would have nowhere left to run once Heaven and the Council got their hands on him]]. Subverted as [[spoiler:humanity's destruction wasn't planned -- in fact, he was trying to avoid an actual war -- but considering his plan failed, it ended up happening anyway.]]
** [[spoiler: Worse, the forces of Hell were already set to go to war. Neither Kingdom gathered to declare battle rights: Hell simply erupted out guns blazing and ready to fight, so instead of Heaven getting a sneak attack against Hell, the latter did this against the former]].

* EyeScream: How Abaddon loses his eye in ''The Abomination Vault'' is... not pretty. While in the battle to protect Eden from the BigBad's minions, one of them was wielding a nephilim weapon called Affliction. Abaddon's eye was taken by the sword. But it gets worse from there. Heaven is said to have advanced medicine, so regrowing a body part wouldn't have been much of an issue, but Abaddon's wounds immediately started ''rotting'' and poisoning him. As such, the healers were unable to replace his lost eye and were only able to stop the spread, giving him an eyepatch instead.

* FantasticRacism: As applied to most, if not, all angels, Abaddon has a ''huuuuge'' hatred for demons. But let's just say he's a little more passionate about it than others. To the point he was willing to develop a WeaponOfMassDestruction that would ''only'' kill demons when set off.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:War kills him by impaling him with the Armageddon Blade]]

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: During his cameo appearance at the end of ''Darksiders III'', he orders his demon minions to exterminate every last human in Haven to put an end to mankind for good]].

* LightIsNotGood: After [[spoiler:becoming the Destroyer]]

* MeaningfulName: His name in Hebrew literally means [[spoiler:Destroyer]]. Meaningful indeed!

** CulturedBadass: He's a scholar, but he's also a powerful mage.
** BewareTheNiceOnes: One of the most benign figures in the setting, one of the worst to get on the bad side of.

* SimpleStaff: The Rod of Arafel is one, though the powerful holy magic coursing through it is the more important aspect.

** CameBackWrong: [[spoiler: Came back as a demon, not much more '''WRONG''' than that.]]
* BigBad: Of [[spoiler:''Darksiders'']].

* TheCameo: [[spoiler: The Destroyer makes a brief appearance in dragon form at the end of Darksiders III, commanding the attack on the stronghold of Haven to wipe out mankind for good]].
* DealWithTheDevil: Abaddon agreed to [[spoiler:become the Destroyer out of fear of the punishment that would befall on him for attempting to trigger the End War prematurely. He later tries the same offer with War during the final battle]]:

* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:His Destroyer form looks suspiciously similar to [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Deathwing the Destroyer]].]]
* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler:Despite his controversial plan, it turns out that Abaddon and his co-conspirators were right about Hell being responsible for much of the conflict in the story. Unfortunately for everyone, Hell also [[UnwittingPawn anticipated his plan and used it to their advantage]] to make things even worse.]]