History Characters / TheArknverseHybridsFusions

* AngstWhatAngst: In the ''Medboy 789'' episode "Court of 3 Fools", Asmodeus sends him into The Veil,.a literal realm of nightmares known for [[MindRape mind raping]] all who enter; Azrael stumbles out moments later, grumbles, "That sucked", and immediately recovers.

Elias is the son of Asmodeus and a human woman. After spending most of his existence living in the Hybrid Grounds as a young man named Elliot Kenneth, his true Nephilim identity seemingly awakens and takes him over completely, causing him to

* DarkAndTroubledPast: As an Arknza, Michaelis has been a magnet for tragedy from the very beginning. He started hearing the Arkn and Dekn at a young age (as did his brother), making him fear that he was going crazy. His parents and sister were murdered in front of him by an unknown killer when he was only nine years old[[note]]Type0Negative never definitively decided who was responsible for their deaths[[/note]] -- on the same day his brother was shot dead by his own Guardian Arkn. After a lifetime in foster care, he tried to build a stable life for himself, reclaiming his family name and starting therapy; just when it seemed he had a shot at happiness, Xerex showed up, hijacked his life, and (allegedly) killed the guy he loved -- before killing Michaelis himself and forcing him into a situation where they become bound together. Then his mentor, Ellpagg, locked him up in a tower on the edge of existence (after giving him someone else’s memories and essentially destroying his original identity), leaving him to watch all of history unfold in isolation.
* DeadAllAlong: He was killed by his Guardian, Xerex Storn, eons ago. Michaelis's "dead" data remained embedded in their body, causing the two of them to be bound together. (This explains why he's able to enter the Infernous: only the dead can enter the realm.)
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Azrael has been using Edgar Kharon's identity for ''eons''. Unlike most cases, he genuinely believes he is the person he claims to be, due to Ellpagg giving him Edgar’s memories (which convinced him he was Edgar reborn).

* EyeScream: While Michaelis is a prisoner in the Infernous (the first time), the Carver tortures him by (among other things) gouging out his left eye with Imulsyr. (And, when Michaelis disrespects him further, presses the handle into it to cause him even ''more'' pain).
* FakeMemories: While it isn't stated in-series, WordOfGod says that Ellpagg gave Michaelis Edgar Kharon’s memories after he converged with Xerex; this convinced him that he was Edgar reincarnated, transforming him (as Ellpagg had hoped) from a soppy, insecure young man to a cool, confident badass. (He still remembers his human life, but believes it to be a “false” one -- hence the casual, detached way he discusses his family, particularly their deaths.) After Azrael suffers a beat-down from the Carver in the Infernous, he begins to reconnect with his real memories (and, subsequently, becomes much more emotional and human-like).
** Those aren't the only fake memories he carries: whenever Ellpagg left Michaelis alone in the "lighthouse", the Debigrath Effect kicked in and caused Michaelis to receive Ellpagg's memories -- namely, memories of killing multiple versions of Alex Winter. As a result, Michaelis "remembers" Alex murdering their parents, surviving to adulthood with himself and Liz, and the three of them getting into a fatal shootout in an abandoned church as their timeline broke (when in reality, Michaelis witnessed the murder of his entire family -- including Alex, who was shot by Carver-possessed Ellpagg -- when he was 9 years old).
*** He also remembers two different versions of the moment he and Alex "shot" one another: one where the bullet fired by Alex pierced his heart and killed him, and another where the bullet stopped short as the timeline broke (and the life was squeezed out of his heart by Xerex while floating in the miasma outside the timeline). In both versions, however, he was responsible for Alex's death -- and carries the false guilt with him as a result.
* FanBoy: Until [[BrokenPedestal recently]], Azrael was a ''huge'' fan of King Uriel. He spoke frequently of badass exploits, referred to him as "literally the coolest thing ever", and became extremely flustered when he discovered that his mentor, Ellpagg, was Uriel's son. WordOfGod says that his WildWest-style attire was even influenced (in part) by Uriel's own Western look.
* FashionableAsymmetry: His right sleeve is often cut off or rolled-up, and he typically wears some kind of mechanical armor on that arm (which, for some reason, always seems to be damaged, injured, or covered up).

* GodInHumanForm: He believes himself to be Edgar Kharon the “fallen Hethe” reborn as a human (albeit a Hethe-blooded one).
* GrimReaper: Thanks to being fused with Xerex Storn. Rather than acting as a "traditional" Reaper, he uses his station to enter the Infernous and free the souls of the Arkn and Dekn who have been trapped there too long.

* LegacyCharacter: Michaelis wears the name and mantle of the legendary outlaw-turned-god Edgar Kharon. For much of his post-human life, he [[spoiler: believed that he ''was'' Edgar reborn, and]] dressed and conducted himself accordingly -- even carrying Kharon's original revolver. Over time, he become so indistinguishable from the original that rumors surfaced that he either ''was'' the original Edgar Kharon, or his kin.
* LimitedWardrobe: He seems to own two outfits: his Arknza/Edgar Kharon look (see above), and gym clothes (black sweatpants or shorts and some kind of white tee-shirt, with or without a zippered black and gray hoodie). Sometimes, he combines the two, wearing a white tee with his suit vest and slacks.
* LossOfIdentity: Michaelis underwent this on the day he became an Arknza. Ellpagg convinced him (via [[TransferableMemory implanted memories]]) that he was the reincarnation of Edgar Kharon, and that his human life up to that point had been a fabrication (or at least, inconsequential).

* BloodBrothers: With Raphael. After his banishment was announced, he ensured that his Book of Magic was left in Raph's care.

* CoolGun: His [[https://thearknmythos.fandom.com/wiki/Edgar%27s_Revolvers revolver]] (formerly owned by Edgar Kharon). When used in combination with Azrael's powers, it becomes an ''incredibly'' powerful weapon, seemingly capable of obliterating the data of living beings from .Reality.

* MadeOfEvil: Ellpagg was conceived when the raw Hethian power of The Carver (which Uriel had carried within him since his own conception) met with an overdose of Infernous energy. As [=DeathlyLogic=] once put it, "He's a literal hellspawn born without a mother". Additionally, some of the Infernous energy that created Ellpagg included the LifeEnergy of King Gilgamesh -- the most cruel, malicious Arkn to have ever lived. (This goes a ''long'' way towards explaining Ellpagg’s JerkAss tendencies and HairTriggerTemper.)

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: In the original timeline, the Paradox Players go through this after Azrael learns of Uriel's betrayal (he made a deal with The Carver to gain control over the Infernous -- and failed to use this power to help his fellow Arkn, including ''his own son''). While they eventually mend their partnership enough to fight alongside each other in the FinalBattle, we [[HandWave never get to see]] how they do so, and their union is severely weakened...leading to them losing the battle.

* PhlebotinumOverload: An odd example: due to his Hethian blood (which was given to him directly by The Carver at his conception), Uriel absorbed a massive amount of energy in the Infernous after birth, and unwittingly carried it within him his entire life. When he made his first attempt to break into the Infernous as an adult, the energy he'd absorbed at birth met with the energies of the Infernous and was expelled in a massive burst -- creating his son, Ellpagg. The process was replicated later, when Uriel created Seraphina, his daughter.

* SelfInflictedHell: After Uriel escaped from prison, [[spoiler: he threw himself into one of the .Reality engines, killing his body and sending him directly to the Infernous -- where he seemingly [[IdentityAmnesia forgot his name and identity]], and was forced to live out the lives of his newly-created human counterparts.]] At the end of Season 2 of [=ACryFromWinter=], Malek [[spoiler: re-awakens Uriel's Arkn persona, and Uriel admits that he deliberately sent himself to the Infernous as punishment for abandoning his station and his people.]] In the finale of [=ACryFromWinter=], Uriel [[BreakingTheFourthWall speaks directly to the camera]], revealing that he remained in the Infernous after regaining his memories -- and that he was in control of the situation ''the entire time''. The Infernous is under his control, and he had the power to end his torment ''whenever he wanted''.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Though he was a military commander, his personal moral code prohibited him from "slaying a brother", moral or immoral -- including fallen Arkn. The first time he made an exception to this, it haunted him for eons. [[spoiler: After he gets out of the Infernous, he relaxes this personal rule after he recognizes how corrupt the Arkn government has become.]]
* TrulySingleParent: To Ellpagg and Seraphina. [[spoiler: Though The Carver had a hand in their creation.]]

-->'''Michaelis:''' Fucking figures. ([[RageAgainstTheReflection Punches mirror.]])

* DeadAllAlong: He was killed [[spoiler: by his Guardian, Xerex Storn, eons ago. Michaelis's "dead" data remained embedded in their body, causing the two of them to be bound together]]. (This explains why he's able to enter the Infernous: only the dead can enter the realm.)
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Azrael has been using Edgar Kharon's identity for ''eons''. Unlike most cases, he genuinely believes he is the person he claims to be, due to [[spoiler: Ellpagg giving him Edgar’s memories (convincing him he’s Edgar reborn)]].

* FakeMemories: While it isn't stated in-series, WordOfGod says that [[spoiler: Ellpagg gave Michaelis Edgar Kharon’s memories after he converged with Xerex; this convinced him that he was Edgar reincarnated, transforming him (as Ellpagg had hoped) from a soppy, insecure young man to a cool, confident badass. (He still remembers his human life, but believes it to be a “false” one -- hence the casual, detached way he discusses his family, particularly their deaths.)]] After Azrael suffers a beat-down from the Carver in the Infernous, he begins to reconnect with his real memories (and subsequently becomes much more emotional and human-like).
** Those aren't the only fake memories he carries: whenever Ellpagg left Michaelis alone in the "lighthouse", the Debigrath Effect caused Michaelis to receive Ellpagg's memories -- namely, memories of the events that transpired when he killed multiple versions of Alex. As a result, Michaelis "remembers" Alex murdering their parents, surviving to adulthood with himself and Liz, and the three of them getting into a fatal shootout in an abandoned church as their timeline broke (when in reality, Michaelis witnessed the murder of his entire family -- including Alex, who was shot by Carver-possessed Ellpagg -- when he was 9 years old).
*** He also remembers two different versions of the moment he and Alex "shot" one another: one where the bullet fired by Alex pierced his heart and killed him, and another where the bullet stopped short as the timeline broke (and the life was squeezed out of his heart by Xerex while floating in the miasma outside the timeline). [[spoiler: In both versions, however, he was responsible for Alex's death -- and carries the false guilt of that with him as a result.]])
* FanBoy: Until [[BrokenPedestal recently]] Azrael was a ''huge'' fan of King Uriel. He spoke frequently of badass exploits, referred to him as "literally the coolest thing ever", and became extremely flustered when he discovered that his mentor, Ellpagg, was Uriel's son. WordOfGod says that his WildWest-style attire was even influenced (in part) by Uriel's own Western look.

** His adoptive human surname, “Spades”, further connects him with death (the Ace of Spades being the "death card"). Incidentally, Edgar Kharon was ''also'' known as “The Ace” (due to his sharpshooting and gambling skills).

** However, he is genuinely horrified and traumatized by Michael's death, and freely admits that he had the "heart of a hero". [[spoiler: Given that he was ''responsible'' for it, this is an understandable reaction.]]
* PlaceBeyondTime: After he and Xerex merged, Ellpagg hid him from The Carver in a “lighthouse tower” floating in the void before the beginning of existence (i.e. the point at which the Hethe appeared). Once the universe was created, the lighthouse situated itself on a beach in the home realm of the Arkn...where it was later spotted by a young Raphael and Asmodeus.

* StraightGay: Though he speaks openly of having an active dating life, Michaelis's sexuality wasn't alluded to in his early appearances, and was initially made known only by WordOfGod. Later videos confirmed that in his human life, he was in a relationship with his next-door-neighbor, Mark [[spoiler: (now confirmed to be an AU version of Gabriel ''Markus'' Holden)]]. [=DeathlyLogic=] removed the references to Michaelis's sexuality almost entirely in the early episodes of ''Solar's Crimson'' to avoid the {{Stereotype}} of a gay man being trapped in Hell -- and [[NightmareFuel what could be done to him there.]]
* TimeyWimeyBall: On the day he “converged” with Xerex, Ellpagg took Michaelis back in time to the birth of the universe -- long before the Arkn, the Dekn, Humanity, or any of circumstances responsible for bringing about his creation.
* TimeMaster: Azrael has the ability to freeze, slow down, and reverse time. However, he rarely uses these abilities. (Apparently, he has to call on Xerex to use them to their full extent -- and Xerex rarely cooperates).

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* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: According to WordOfGod, Raguel never truly lost his Arknza power; Ellpagg only absorbed a portion of his power, leaving him so weak that he believed he had been depowered. He's [[HandWave somehow able to unlock and "recharge" his Hethian blood before the big fight]].

* SlasherSmile: Presents one in “Everywhere and Nowhere” when Raphael disappoints him -- and at the end of “Resurrecting and Neglectingat.”, when he comes up with a plan.
* SoulFragment: The severe torture he suffered Legion's hands in the Infernous caused his soul to fracture into three beings: Ishmael, Ahab and Raguel. Ishmael and Ahab werediscarded into .Reality and transformed into humans, while Raguel was left to rot in the Infernous for an unspecified period of time (until finally being freed by Azrael).

* TheChick: She's the most feminine (and openly emotional) member of the Arknangels.

** With the addition of the rest of the ensemble, we have a MagicalGirl princess, the handicapped "backup son" of one of the greatest Arkn warriors, and the. insane, corrupted WarriorPrince son of the disgraced king. Had Chamuel been old enough to fight, we also would have had the hybrid offspring of the pacifist wizard and a defected Dekn-turned [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo priest]].

->'''Played By:''' [=Type0Negative=]
->'''Appears In:''' ''[=acryfromwinter=]'', ''Michael's Camera'', ''[=MedBoy789=]'', ''Book of the Mother'', ''Arknthology Stories (Original)'', ''Wayward_Winter''

The Second King of Elysia, King of Battle and The Infernous, and Commander of the Golden Army. Uriel is the son of King Gilgamesh and the father of Ellpagg and Seraphina. He was a fair ruler, much beloved and respected by his subjects. However, after his Council consigned Ellpagg to The Infernous in his absence, he turned against them and beheaded one of the Arkn Lords. After being imprisoned for his crimes, he escaped and hurled himself into one of the .Reality cores, generating countless human copies of himself across the timelines of .Reality. After a period of self-imposed exile in the Infernous, he escapes to Timeline B, where he eventually merges with his human counterpart, Alex Winter. Uriel is the first Arknza and Paradox Player, described in the prophecy as "born of a line fit to rule as Kings".

* AntiHero: He dips into this with increasing frequency as the Arknthology goes on, making deals with known enemies and sometimes working against (and even ''killing'') the people he once ruled. As he says (and demonstrates) in [[https://pastebin.com/s4zJyvAK the third chapter]] of the original ''Arknthology Stories'', "Sometimes, a bad guy is necessary."

* DoNotGoGentle: During the Battle of the Arknza, he not only manages to survive (and escape) the Carver's army, but fights The Carver to the last breath -- and then, as he dies, uses the last of his energy to magically seal the gates of Paradisium, protecting Ambriel so she can safely finish weaponizing the city.

* EnemyMine: He made a deal with The Carver -- the Dekn Emperor, murderer of his father, and [[BigBad sworn enemy]] of his people -- to gain control over the Infernous. Why? Uriel had agreed to throw himself into one of the .Reality engines in order to create a human version of himself, so that Malek would have a place to hide the Hethian Scrolls of Creation (so that The Carver could use them later).

* ParentalAbandonment: He was conceived through a union between Gilgamesh and The Carver (while Gil was in the Infernous). The latter left him on the steps of the palace of Elysium as an infant. (The former had a good excuse for his absence, as he was sealed up in the Infernous at the time.)

* SelfInflictedHell: After Uriel escaped from prison, he threw himself into one of the .Reality engines, killing his body and sending him directly to the Infernous -- where he seemingly [[IdentityAmnesia forgot his name and identity]], and was forced to live out the lives of his newly-created human counterparts. At the end of Season 2 of [=ACryFromWinter=], Malek re-awakens Uriel's Arkn persona, and Uriel admits that he deliberately sent himself to the Infernous as punishment for abandoning his station and his people.]] In the finale of [=ACryFromWinter=], Uriel [[BreakingTheFourthWall speaks directly to the camera]], revealing that he remained in the Infernous after regaining his memories -- and that he was in control of the situation ''the entire time''. The Infernous is under his control, and he had the power to end his torment ''whenever he wanted''.

->'''Played By:''' [=FeralWasteland=]
->'''Appears In:''' ''[=MedBoy789=]'', ''Michael's Camera'', ''Of Determination and Crusades'', ''The Writings of Raziel'', ''Book of the Mother'', ''Arknthology Stories (Original & Remade)'', ''Solar's Crimson''

->'''Played By:''' [=ThePremiereArbiter=]
->'''Appears In:''' ''The Writings of Raziel'', ''[=MedBoy789=]'', ''Michael's Camera'', ''Arknthology Stories (Original & Remade)'', ''Book of the Mother'', ''Queen of Faith'', ''Book of the Crossroads King''

* DudeWheresMyRespect: While his knowledge (of the Dekn and the First Reality) and fighting skills were regarded as invaluable in the First War, Raziel's study and mastery of magicks -- which not only created the Arkn and Dekn realms and enabled the Arkn to defend themselves, but essentially ''ended the First War'' -- ultimately brought him little security. At some point between the two wars, he was arrested on the grounds of breaking a vow to the Hethe, publicly stripped of his honors and book of magic, and exiled to the wastelands -- after being forced to watch the brutal execution of his family. To add insult to injury, his [[WizardingSchool magick college]] was shut down by the new blood in the Paradisium government.[[note]](under the fear that the magicks he was teaching could be used to oust them from power)[[/note]] When he returned from exile, he was openly mocked and sneered at by the aristocracy, who accused his magick of being [[FantasticRacism Dekn sorcery]]. ''Book of the Mother'' reveals that the only reason he returned to the Paradisium was to find his last living relative -- his granddaughter, Ambriel -- and look after her.

->'''Played By:''' [=DeathlyLogic=]
->'''Appears In:''' ''Michael's Camera'', ''Book of the Mother'', ''[=MedBoy789=]'', ''Forbidden Knowledge'', ''Solar's Crimson'', ''The Golden Queen''

The Arknangel of Time and Salvation (and Death), Azrael was born Michaelis Winter, the eldest son of Marcus and Mary Winter and the brother of Elizabeth and Alex. He is an AU version of Michael Knight, created by a glitch generated when Uriel entered .Reality. He unwillingly fused with Xerex Storn on the day his timeline underwent its apocalypse, and was hidden away at the beginning of time, where he was trained and mentored by Ellpagg. Azrael is the fourth Arknza and Paradox Player, described as the Arknangel who "came forth from time itself".

* BeneathTheMask: On the surface, Azrael is a cocky, confident badass who wears the mantle of Edgar Kharon and calls himself a “fallen Hethe”. Under that false persona, however, he’s an emotional, insecure, broken young man who doesn't have a ''clue'' how to be a hero. After he takes a beating from The Carver in Season 3 of MC, he gradually starts regaining his human memories (and personality); by the time he becomes trapped in the Infernous in Solar’s Crimson, he has fully reverted back to his old self (such that he doesn’t even remember being an Arknza).