History Characters / TheArknverseHybridsFusions

* BadDreams: "Elliot Kenneth" suffers from rather horrific nightmares.

* SoulPoweredEngine: [[spoiler: During the Battle of the Arknza, Ambriel sacrifices herself in a magick ritual that weaponizes the Paradisium -- turning her Hethian blood into the city's battery. (After her Hethian is expended, the Paradisium falls apart and collapses into the sea in concentric rings.)]]

* GenerationXerox: According to [=Type0Negative=], Uriel is the spitting image of King Gilgamesh in his prime: tall and heavy-set, with dark hair, SupernaturalGoldEyes and a full, well-groomed beard.

* BadassBoast: Two words: ''Fallen Hethe.''
* BadassGay: Azrael is canonically gay; he's also a time traveling, dimension-hopping, magic-wielding [[{{Gunslinger}} gunslinging]] thief. Oh, yeah -- and he happens to be the avatar of the Grim Reaper.

The Second King of Elysia, King of Battle [[spoiler: 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 [[spoiler: 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".

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Uriel Alexander Winter. It's even cooler when paired his final official title: [[spoiler: "King of the Infernous" (or alternately, "King of ''Hell''")]].
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: After escaping from The Infernous.]]

* CardboardPrison: The Royal Dungeon is one for him. So is [[spoiler: The Infernous]] (though its power can still ensnare him temporarily).

* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: He agreed to sacrifice himself as part of the Carver's plan,[[note]]in order to create Alex Winter, in whom Carver could hide the Hethian Scrolls of Creation[[/note]] in exchange for the Carver giving him complete control over The Infernous. (Conveniently, this also ensures that he's in control during his time there after his death -- and ensures that The Carver won't double cross him.)]] It's hinted that [[spoiler: Malek -- who was involved in Carver's plan -- convinced him to go along with it]]. All the same, however, it was an extremely risky move.

* DoNotGoGentle: [[spoiler: 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 [[spoiler: The Carver -- the Dekn Emperor, murderer of his father, and [[BigBad sworn enemy]] of his people --]] to gain [[spoiler: control over the Infernous]]. Why? Uriel had agreed to [[spoiler: 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)]].

* GreatEscape: He's pulled this off twice: first during his own imprisonment, and later breaking into his old cell [[spoiler: to free Raphael]].

* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: Had one when he [[spoiler: overheard what the Arkn Council did to his son]].
* HumanityEnsues: After spending several eons in the Infernous [[spoiler: living out variations of the lives of his .Reality counterparts]], Uriel finally "ollies out", entering .Reality and (in time) fusing with a living version of his human self.
* IdentityAmnesia: During most of his time [[spoiler: in the Infernous]], he has no memory of his true identity, believing himself to be [[spoiler: Alex Winter]]. Assuming he wasn't faking ''everything''.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: The reason he gives for [[spoiler: making a deal with The Carver]].
* IHaveManyNames: Uriel's full Arkn name (which he seldom uses) is Uri'el Gilga'mesh; his other names/titles include The Second King, The King of Battle, [[spoiler: The King of the Infernous]], [[spoiler: The King of Hell]], and [[spoiler: Alex Winter]]. His converged name is Uriel Alexander Winter.

* MemeticBadass: He's the first being known to have deliberately had himself imprisoned in the Infernous -- the allegedly inescapable {{Hell}} dimension -- for ''eons'' of self-punishment, then "ollied out" at his leisure. Azrael used to refer to him as "literally the coolest person I know". (This is somewhat mitigated when it's revealed exactly ''how'' he accomplished this: [[spoiler: he made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal]] with The Carver to gain control over the Infernous]].)
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler: Uriel needed to create a vessel to house the Hethian Scrolls of Creation; he did so by deliberately hurling himself into one of the .Reality engines, killing his original body and creating endless human “copies” of himself in .Reality (in one of which Malek hid the Scrolls).]]
* ParentalAbandonment: He was conceived through a union between Gilgamesh and [[spoiler: 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.)
* PhlebotinumOverload: An odd example: due to his Hethian blood (which was given to him directly [[spoiler: 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 [[spoiler: his son, Ellpagg]]. The process is replicated later, when Uriel [[spoiler: creates Seraphina]].

* SelfDuplication: Uriel did this in an unusual manner: [[spoiler: the act of throwing himself into the .Reality cores killed his physical form, but duplicated him countless times over -- in .Reality, translated into human form. There is now a human version of Uriel in every timeline (some of whom we met in "simulations" in the Infernous), with acting as "Alex Prime" (with whom he merges to become Uriel Alexander Winter).]]
* SelfInflictedHell: [[spoiler: 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 [[spoiler: 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'']].

* BecomingTheMask: After spending so many eons as “Edgar Kharon”[[note]] and (according to WordOfGod) literally ''believing'' himself to be the reincarnation of that person[[/note]], he’s almost forgotten what it is to be ''Michaelis''. [[spoiler: He begins to remember towards the end of ''Michael's Camera'', however, and continues to do so in ''Solar's Crimson''.]]

** Those aren't the only fake memories he carries: [[spoiler: 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 [[spoiler:shot by Carver-possessed Ellpagg]] -- when he was 9 years old).

The Arkn Warrior of Justice and Vengeance, Raguel is the youngest son of [[spoiler: Abaddon]]. He set out on a special mission to investigate reports of the Dekn General Legion [[spoiler: amassing great forces and purportedly experimenting on Arkn and Dekn alike]]. After many, many years of searching for Legion, he was ultimately overwhelmed by his forces and murdered [[spoiler: by Legion himself]], using his own weapon. While in the Infernous, Raguel was subjected to torture so extreme that it fractured his soul. Now he has been freed from his prison, his purpose realized, and has begun the arduous task of reclaiming his lost fragments and locating the Reality Root — a legendary relic that could aid Legion's plotting — before Legion can claim it. Raguel is the sixth Arknza, described as the Arknangel who "lost blood, from scripture fell".

* ArchnemesisDad: Well, considering [[spoiler: The Carver]] is his father, and he hates his guts, this is definitely accurate. He doesn't even like to speak his ''name''.

* BrokenAngel: During his fight with [[spoiler: Ellpagg]], Raguel had his right wing cut off and was magically drained of [[spoiler: a portion of]] his Hethian blood -- and, by extension, his status as an Arknza. He eventually recovered, but was severely reduced in power.

* DePower: He is drained of his Hethian blood -- the source of his Arknza power and status -- during his fight with [[spoiler: Ellpagg]]. [[spoiler: It turns out he still has much of his Hethe blood and was just weakened; his blood simply needs to be "recharged" for him to regain his power.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He stays back helping Ambriel weaponize the Paradisium, then defends her from The Carver, dying in the process]].

* IAmYourFather: His second parent is revealed to be none other than [[spoiler: The Carver himself]].

* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler: 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]].]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: He is killed by The Carver (after badly wounding him) during the Battle of the Arknza.]]
* LongLostSibling: He's the secret brother of [[spoiler: Raziel and Amodeus]]. Ironically, he was created by their father in case his other sons [[spoiler: underwent the Bastard's Decay and]] failed to fulfill their destiny as Arknza.

* SlasherSmile: Presents one in “Everywhere and Nowhere” when Raphael disappoints him -- and at the end of “Resurrecting and Neglecting”, when he comes up with a plan.
* SoulFragment: The severe torture he suffered [[spoiler: under Legion's hands]] in the Infernous caused his soul to fracture into three beings: Ishmael, Ahab and Raguel. Ishmael and Ahab were [[spoiler: discarded 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).

* StockholmSyndrome: WordOfGod states that he developed this with The Carver during his time in the Infernous. Part of his affection was due to his belief that deep down, Hash'bor wasn't truly evil. [[spoiler: As it turns out, Ellpagg was right.]]

* SuperMode: During the Battle of the Arknza, he [[spoiler: achieves Hethian levels of power after absorbing the blood of Raziel and Azrael and fusing with the Guardians of Paradisium and Arkassia (a serpent-like creature, a golden winged lion, and a giant stag, respectively). The combined power grants him the strength to strike down The Carver. Unfortunately, doing so releases a [[ExplosiveOverclocking massive burst of raw Hethian energy]] -- which kills Ellpagg]].

A patient of Dr. Ellis, Michael is a highly disturbed young man who (like many of the doctor's other patients) begins filming himself to document the progress of his new medication. He becomes a person of interest to numerous beings due to being an open vessel. Michael is long believed to be one of the prophesied Arknza of the Paradox Players quartet. However, he is eventually revealed to be a Nephilim [[spoiler: and the son of the Carver]].

* AntiAntiChrist: Zig-zagged: Michael is the child of [[spoiler: the Arkn Mythos' answer to Satan]] and destined to be his vessel, but claims he wants nothing more than to be a "true hero" and do what will most benefit humanity; in reality, though, he's short-sighted and temperamental, and acts according to what benefits his ''own'' needs and desires in the moment[[spoiler: ...until the very end, when vows to use his "one last chance to do something good" to inspire Michaelis. Right before [[RedemptionEqualsDeath being permanently killed by him]]]].

* CosmicPlaything: Nearly every factor of Michael's existence is manipulated by forces outside his control. He was sired by [[spoiler: The Carver (in the form of an Arkn)]] for the sole purpose of providing him with a temporary vessel [[spoiler: and distracting everyone from the real Arknza, Michaelis]], and every major event of his life was orchestrated to force him into fulfilling that destiny.

** To wit: Michael was kidnapped as a child by a branch of the M.E.E.C., who (believing he was an Arknza) drained him of massive amounts of blood in an attempt to relieve him of his supernatural blood (and the [[ThePowerOfBlood power]] [[BloodMagic it bestows]]); their efforts failed, and left him mentally unstable. As a result, he ends up seeking help from Dr. Ellis, whose medication allows him to see inhuman beings and brings him into contact with the Persopheleums. The Persopheleums' meddling prompts Ellpagg to step in and become Michael's Guardian, training him to awaken his Arkn blood. However, Ellpagg's harsh treatment (and Michael's own emotional instability) leads him to side with the Dekn rather than remaining neutral; Michael tries to forge his own path fighting for the Dekn, which gives the Persopheleums room to meddle in his life again, and allows [[spoiler: The Carver]] to get the drop on him and intervene (in [[spoiler: Ellpagg's]] body) by moving him to a new timeline...right into the path of the Hooks Killer, who guts him and sends him to the Infernous. The Carver offers to free Michael from the Infernous in exchange for becoming his Guardian. In desperation [[note]](and because he doesn't trust Azrael, who also offered to help)[[/note]], Michael takes the deal -- and is [[spoiler: possessed by The Carver]] the instant he leaves the Infernous. ''All'' of this was pre-arranged.
** Unfortunately, it doesn't end there: when [[spoiler: The Carver]] finally leaves Michael's body, he tries to use the opportunity to do "something good"; he enters the Infernous Garage and runs into Azrael -- who (thanks to the Carver's manipulations) thinks Michael is still possessed and [[spoiler: promptly shoots him in the head]]. Kid was doomed from the start.
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler: He's killed by a shot from Azrael's revolver in the Infernous, eradicating his data completely and preventing him from ever coming back.]]
* DecoyProtagonist: The Website/YouTube channel is his, and the first two and a half seasons are devoted to his exploits and (through much of Season 2 and half of Season 3) based around the idea that he's an Arknangel. Midway through Season 3, however, Michael becomes the semi-permanent vessel of [[spoiler: The Carver]], who reveals that he was never an Arknangel. Enter the true protagonist of the series: [[spoiler: Michaelis Winter, Michael's counterpart from another timeline and the ''real'' fourth member of the Paradox Players quartet]].
* DemonicPossession: He suffers this more than any other character in the Arknverse, due to being created as an "open vessel". By the end of ''Michael's Camera'', he's been host to Redgrave, Ellpagg, Azrael, Crow, and [[spoiler: The Carver]]. Michael lampshades this in Season 3, remarking, "at this point I'm basically a Guardian whore."

* HearingVoices: After repeatedly used as a vessel by The Carver, Michael begins hearing the voices of the Hethe in his head. This is how he first discovers [[spoiler: The Carver is the incarnation of De'ebo]].
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: Michael's mother was an unnamed human woman; his father was [[spoiler: The Carver (in the form of an Arkn)]].

* KilledOffForReal: While he's trapped in The Infernous, [[spoiler: Azrael, mistakenly believing Michael to be possessed by The Carver, shoots him in the head with a Hethian revolver, killing him and destroying his ''entire essence'']].
* LivingBodySuit: He was created to be one for [[spoiler: his father, The Carver]].
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: His biological father is revealed to be The Carver himself.]]

* MeaningfulName: His first name, “Michael”, means “one like God”; Michael is later revealed to be [[spoiler: the son of The Carver, who happens to be the avatar of the Hethe -- particularly De’ebo, the “God” of Universe A]].

* MoralEventHorizon: Crosses it when he sides with the Dekn -- and decides to prove his loyalty by [[spoiler: trying to murder the Arknangels, starting with Gabriel Holden]].
* NumberOfTheBeast: Michael's arm brand/tattoo (it's never stated which it is), given to given to him by the M.E.E.C. when they experimented on him as a child, reads "566"[[note]]apparently indicating his test subject number or timeline designation[[/note]]. Not quite high enough to be the ''actual'' number of the beast, but it does mark him as a suspected Arknza who possesses non-human blood -- which is [[spoiler: the result of being sired by The Carver]]. Incidentally, it turns out that [[spoiler: the ''real'' Arknza were also sired by The Carver (either via a magical transfer of raw Hethian power, or through the usual method)]].

* ThePoorlyChosenOne: The Arkn and Dekn alike believe Michael to be one of the Paradox Players (as per the Arkn prophecy), destined to help defeat The Carver in battle. [[spoiler: Which is exactly how The Carver wanted it.]]
* PossessionBurnout: Begins undergoing this after several months of being used as a vessel by [The Carver. In "Repent", he's pale and waxy-looking, and seems to have faint wounds on his face; when Ellpagg/[[spoiler:Malek]] confronts him in "The War with no sides", he's even paler and flaking, bleeding patches have opened up on his face. When we next see him in "In the path of Gods, tossed aside", the facial wounds have faded, but he has a severe nosebleed.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Michael only puts aside his own desires and vows to do something truly good and selfless after realizing he's going to die soon... [[spoiler: only to be killed before he has the chance to make good on his promise]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When Michael's eyes turn red, it's always the result of possession by a non-human entity -- and it's never for a good reason. (This happens after he's possessed by Redgrave, Crow, and [[spoiler: The Carver]].)
* ShotMidSentence: By [[spoiler: Azrael]].

* TransformationOfThePossessed: When Michael becomes [[spoiler: The Carver's]] vessel, he grows horns (seen only in shadow), his eyes turn blood red, his face becomes heavily lined, and [[MarkOfTheBeast a Dekn symbol]] etches itself on his forehead.

* UnwittingPawn: M.E.E.C., Ellis, Ellpagg (and the Arkn, by proxy), the Persopheleums (by way of Redgrave and Crow), The Carver, and Azrael have ''all'' manipulated Michael for their own purposes at various times. In the end, however, it's revealed that he's actually been a pawn of [[spoiler: The Carver]] the entire time. [[spoiler: Carver sired Michael to be both a "distraction" for the Arkn and his personal vessel -- and all of the parties that manipulate Michael (with the exception of Azrael) are either working for Carver, or somehow under his influence.]]
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Acts as this for much of ''Michael's Camera''. Subverted in Season 3, when he's [[spoiler: taken over by The Carver]].

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: According to WordOfGod, his speech to Azrael in "One Last Chance To Do Something Good" was his attempt to help Azrael see that despite being an Arkn (whom Michael don't believe are the "good guys"), he has the power to step up and become a true hero. (The Carver had allegedly already revealed to Michael that Azrael was the true Arknza, and that he himself was nothing more than a pawn -- and was [[spoiler: going to die soon]]; Michael saw encouraging Azrael to be a hero as his [[MeaningfulName last chance to do something good]].)

* CharacterDeath: Elias is seemingly killed by [[spoiler: his own father]], who [[YourHeadAsplode explodes his head]] with a snap of his fingers. Why? [[spoiler: Asmodeus [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness is no longer in need of him]]]].
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Elias has been fully aware of his Nephilim nature since he was a child. Oh, and the other Nephilim? He consumed them -- souls, powers and all -- a ''long'' time ago, and hid their absence from Vine with an elaborate illusion.]]
* DemonicPossession: Elliot seems to be experiencing this. In reality, it's [[SplitPersonalityTakeover his real, Nephilim personality surfacing]].

* DrivenToSuicide: As "Elliot Kenneth", he hears voices and suffers from disturbing hallucinations; these eventually became so overwhelming that he attempts to kill himself. (It is implied that [[spoiler: Persophelus Vine saved his life]]).

* IAmWho: Appears to undergo this over the course of ''[=MyDarkestSecret=]'', as his true identity begins to surface. [[spoiler: It's actually a ruse.]]
* IdentityAmnesia: At the start of ''[=MyDarkestSecret=]'', Elliot has completely forgotten his true name and identity. [[spoiler: Or so he wants Vine to ''think''.]]
* LastOfTheirKind: As of [[spoiler: the death of Michael Knight]].
* NeverFoundTheBody: While Elias appears to die in front of Tobias, the finale of [=MedBoy789=] reveals that his body was never found -- and that Toby fears he might have somehow survived the fatal attack by [[spoiler: Asmodeus]]. Whether he's ''truly'' still alive somewhere is left to the imagination.

* RedHerring: Based on the way Asmodeus describes him to the Arknza Raphael, he seems prime [[TheDragon Dragon]] material: he's a [[TheSociopath sociopath]] of immense, unknown power (which hasn't even finished ''developing'' yet), who also happens to be close friends with The Carver -- enough so that he's privy to information that ''nobody else knows.'' Then comes the final act of [=Medboy789=], when it's revealed that [[spoiler: the real Dragon is actually his father, Asmodeus -- who created Elias simply to throw Raph off his trail and downplay the scope of his own power.]]
* SanitySlippage: Is seemingly undergoing this over the course of ''[=MyDarkestSecret=]''. [[spoiler: Like most things about his narrative, it's a ruse.]]
* TheSociopath: He kills not for the power he can absorb from others, but for the sheer, sadistic pleasure of it.
** He ''laughs'' when describing how he consumed [[spoiler: the other Nephilim]] -- especially when he mentions that [[spoiler: he can still hear them [[AndIMustScream screaming inside of them]]]].
* SoulEating: One of the stock Nephilim powers. He uses it against [[spoiler: all of the other Nephilim (and later, Vine)]].
* UnreliableNarrator: WordOfGod says he lies about many, many things. Including [[spoiler: being friends with The Carver. (Apparently, they never actually met.)]]
* UnwittingPawn: Of [[spoiler: his father, Asmodeus]].

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!!Uriel Alexander Winter, né Uri'el Gilga'mesh

* HeavenlyBlue: His signature color is glowing, electric blue. [[spoiler: Much like Ellpagg's eyes, it's a sign of his Hethian roots.]]
* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: Had one after watching the execution of his partner, Hazel, and their children. (Witnessing the murder of your loved ones before a mocking, jeering crowd is the stuff of nightmares; the fact that part of Raziel's life force went into his children -- and that part of him ''literally'' died with them -- made it ''[[UpToEleven infinitely]]'' worse.

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Though he possesses the power to eliminate every last corrupt government member with a ''single word'', he refuses to do so (as in his mind, it would make him no better than the Arkn who killed his family).

* MadeOfMagic: Partially, at least, seeing as Hethe blood -- which all Arknza possess, in some quantity -- is literally the essence of magic itself. (In the Universe E split, this ceases to be the case after [[spoiler: the Hethe depart, [[TheMagicGoesAway taking their diving blood with them]]]].

* BlingOfWar: In ''Book of hte Mother'', Uriel wears a [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine gold and white]] suit of formal armor, complete with a shimmering golden cape, to the Great Calling Day ball.

* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: He agreed to sacrifice himself as part of the Carver's plan[[note]]in order to create Alex Winter, in whom Carver could hide the Hethian Scrolls of Creation[[/note]] in exchange for the Carver giving him complete control over The Infernous. (Conveniently, this also ensures that he's in control during his post-death time there -- and that The Carver won't double cross him.)]]

* EnemyMine: He made a deal with [[spoiler: The Carver -- the Dekn Emperor, murderer of his father, and [[BigBad sworn enemy]] of his people --]] to gain [[spoiler: control over the Infernous]]. Why? Uriel needed to throw himself into one of the .Reality engines in order to create a human version of himself [[spoiler: in which to hide the Hethian Scrolls of Creation -- so that The Carver would have access to them later]].
* FallenHero: He is seen as such by the Arkn.
* GenerationXerox: According to [=Type0Negative=], Uriel is the spitting image of King Gilgamesh in his prime: tall and heavy-set, with dark hair, SupernaturalGoldEyes and a full, well-kept beard.
* TheGoodKing: Based on the comments made by various Arkn, he was deeply admired and respected by his subjects before his "fall".

* TheLeader: Formerly the ruler of the Arkn, and the de facto leader of the Arknangels.
* MemeticBadass: He's the first being known to have deliberately had himself imprisoned in the Infernous -- the allegedly inescapable {{Hell}} dimension -- for ''eons'' of self-punishment, then "ollied out" at his leisure. Azrael used to refer to him as "literally the coolest person I know". (This is somewhat mitigated, however, when it's revealed exactly ''how'' he accomplished this: [[spoiler: he made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal]] with The Carver to gain control over the Infernous]].)
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler: Uriel needed to create a vessel to house the Hethian Scrolls of Creation; he did so by deliberately hurling himself into one of the .Reality engines, killing his original body and creating endless human “copies” of himself in .Reality (in one of whom Malek hid the Scrolls).]]

* BrokenAngel: When Raph defected, he underwent the Bastard's Decay; the ruling Arkn were so enraged by his declaration of defection that they decided to forego the usual formalities (i.e. removing his wings in public over the course of many days) and instantly ''tore his wings from his back with their bare hands'' -- and then threatened to do the same to his [[GroinAttack genitals]] (a practice normally reserved for defectors too cowardly to declare their intentions in public who go on the run). The process was so brutal that simply dreaming about it gave Tobit a panic attack and made him physically sick.

* ColdBloodedTorture: He undergoes this in "Crescendo of Blasphemous Horrors", when [[spoiler: Elias]] uses his BadassFingerSnap to subject him to excruciating pain. ([[spoiler: Elias]] lampshades that due to Raph's healing factor, he can keep doing it as long as he wants.)

* MagicStaff: Praevaricator, Raphael's signature staff. It was originally [[ForgedByTheGods created by the Hethe]] to aid the Arkn Gynesis, who gifted it to Abaddon to pass onto his firstborn son. Raph uses it to channel his healing powers. Doubles as a StaffOfAuthority during the final battle.

* TheParagonAlwaysRebels

* DudeWheresMyRespect: While his knowledge (particularly of inner-Dekn workings 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 [[spoiler: to find his last living relative -- his granddaughter, Ambriel -- and look after her.]]

* 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 te e with his suit vest and slacks.

[[folder:King Uriel]]

* GenerationXerox: According to [=Type0Negative=], Uriel is the spitting image of King Gilgamesh in his prime: tall and heavy-set, with dark hair, EyesOfGold and a full, well-kept beard.

* CreepyBlueEyes: Unlike the other members of the royal family (who have EyesOfGold), Ellpagg's eyes are a piercing, eerie blue shade. [[spoiler: It's actually the first hint that he didn't arise naturally out of the royal bloodline: blue eyes are a sign of Hethian power.]]

* EyesOfGold: Uriel inherited his father's golden eyes (which are a signature trait of the royal family).

* EyesOfGold: Ambriel inherited the trademark royal golden eyes.[[note]]Though how this came to be is [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a mystery]], given that neither Josephine, nor Kryatha, nor [[spoiler: the Carver]] -- who passed his power onto Kryatha before Ambriel was sired -- is from the royal bloodline.[[/note]]

The Second King of Elysium, King of Battle [[spoiler: 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 [[spoiler: 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".

The King of Arkaissa, former Prince of Elysium, and former Arkn Knight of Battle, Time, Madness, and Beetles (and self-proclaimed "God of Beetles"). Ellpagg is the eldest child (and only son) of King Uriel. He was destined to become the Third King of Elysium. After agreeing to negotiate a surrender with The Carver, however, he ends up a prisoner in the Infernous, where he suffers countless eternities of torture. The experience strips him of his Arkn traits, while granting him tremendous power beyond the scope of any Arkn. Rejecting both the Arkn and the Dekn, he founds the Kingdom of Arkaissa, a neutral zone for defectors. He initially hopes to turn the Arknangels into a neutral counterforce that will help him end the War; failing that, he turns against them, declaring that they stand in the way of his ultimate goal: killing the Carver. Despite this, he ultimately stands with the Arknangels in the battle against the Carver, taking on the role of the seventh prophesied Arknza.

* DePower: He is drained of his Hethian blood -- the source of his Arknza power and status -- during his fight with [[spoiler: Ellpagg]]. [[spoiler: It turns out he still had much of his Hethe blood, but was ''extremely'' weakened; his blood simply needed to be "recharged".]]

* FusionDance: In "Resurrecting and Neglecting", his three fragments -- Raguel, Ishmael, and Ahab [[spoiler: (the last two of which became human after they fragmented, and had developed distinctive personalities)]] -- fuse, once again becoming a single being.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He stays back helping Ambriel weaponize the Paradisium, then defends her from The Carver -- dying in the process]].
* HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler: Two of his fragments -- Ishmael and Ahab -- entered .Reality and were bizarrely transformed into humans.]]
* IAmYourFather: His second parent is revealed to be [[spoiler: none other than The Carver himself]].
* IAmVeryBritish: Raguel is portrayed by one of the only British actors in the Arkn Mythos; accordingly, the character has a very distinctive, "educated"-sounding [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents accent]], despite being a warrior.

* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler: 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. [[HandWave He's somehow able to unlock and "recharge" his Hethian blood before the big fight]].]]

* HearingVoices: After repeatedly used as a vessel by The Carver, Michael begins hearing the voices of the Hethe in his head. This is how he first discovers [[spoilers: The Carver is the avatar of De'ebo]].
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: Michael's mother was an unnamed human woman; his father was [[spoiler: The Carver]].
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: After deciding to side with the Dekn to stick it to Ellpagg, he opts to demonstrate his newfound loyalties by murdering his fellow Arknza, Gabriel. [[spoiler: Fortunately, in true Michael fashion, he fails miserably (due to “Spades” taking him over before he can complete the task).]]
* KilledOffForReal: While he's trapped in the Infernous, [[spoiler: Azrael, mistakenly believing Michael to be possessed by The Carver, shoots him in the head with a Hethian revolver (killing him and destroying his ''entire essence'').]]

* MeaningfulName: His first name, “Michael”, means “one like God”; Michael is later revealed to be [[spoiler: the son of the Carver, who happens to be the avatar of the Hethe -- particularly De’ebo, the “God” of Universe A)]].

* MoralEventHorizon: Crosses it when he sides with the Dekn -- and decides to show his loyalty by [[spoiler: murdering the other Arknangels Gabriel Holden]].

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Michael only puts aside his own desires and vows to do something truly good and selfless after realizing he's going to die soon... [[spoiler: only to be killed before he has the chance to act on his promise]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When Michael's eyes turn red, it's always the result of possession by a non-human entity -- and it's never for a good reason. (This happens after he's possessed by Redgrave, Crow, and [[spoiler: the Carver]].)

* StopHittingYourself: In "Beating the Dead Horse}, Michael's lack of knowledge about Lurkers nearly gets himself and Ellpagg (who is using his vessel) killed. As punishment, Ellpagg forces Michael to punch himself in the face repeatedly.
* TransformationOfThePossessed: When Michael becomes [[spoiler: The Carver's vessel]], he grows horns (seen only in shadow), his eyes turn blood red, his face becomes heavily lined, and [[MarkOfTheBeast a Dekn symbol]] etches itself on his forehead.

* UnwittingPawn: MEEC, Ellpagg (and the Arkn, by proxy), the Persopheleums (by way of Redgrave and Crow), The Carver, and Azrael have ''all'' manipulated Michael for their own purposes at various times. In the end, however, Michael is revealed to actually be a pawn of [[spoiler: The Carver. Carver sired Michael to be both a "distraction" (for the Arkn) and a personal vessel -- and all of the parties that attempt to manipulate Michael (with the exception of Azrael) are either working for Carver or somehow under his influence.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Subverted in the final act of ''Michael's Camera'', when he's [[spoiler: taken over by the Carver]].

* WeirdnessCensor: In the comment section of “my relapse”, a viewer tries to draw Michael’s attention to ''The Knight Shift'' channel. When Michael tries to open the link to the videos, his computer screen turns red. Michael asks the viewer to describe what he’s found; when the viewer does so, he’s interrupted by [[spoiler: Persophelus Redgrave, who tells said viewer that the guy on the channel is Michael’s Guardian Arkn (and calls the viewer a “dense fuck”)]]. Michael is apparently unable to see either of the comments.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: According to WordOfGod, his speech to Azrael in "One Last Chance To Do Something Good" was his attempt to help Azrael see that despite being an Arkn (whom Michael don't believe to be the "good guys"), he has the power to step up and become a true hero. (The Carver had allegedly already revealed to Michael that Azrael was the true Arknza, and that he himself was nothing more than a pawn -- and was [[spoiler: going to die soon]]; Michael saw encouraging Azrael to be a hero as his [[MeaningfulName last chance to do something good]].)

** [[spoiler: This ultimately [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] his final death: he dies after being shot in the head by Azrael -- with an exact duplicate of the gun he used to go .Hopping.]]

* CharacterDeath: Elias is seemingly killed by [[spoiler: his own father'', who [[YourHeadAsplode explodes his head]] with a snap of his fingers. Why? [[spoiler: Asmodeus]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness is no longer in need of him]].

* GreenEyes: Bright, [[GlowingEyes glowing]] green.

* ParentalAbandonment: He was conceived through a union between Gilgamesh and [[spoiler: 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 [[CaptainObvious he was sealed up in the Infernous at the time]].)

* AndIMustScream: In “In the path of Gods, tossed aside”, we learn that [[spoiler: whenever The Carver takes over his body (after the initial blackout and the searing, burning pain), he’s forced to watch (and feel) everything [[PersonOfMassDestruction The Carver does in his vessel]]]].
** It gets worse. After repeatedly used as a vessel, he begins [[spoiler:hearing the whispering of the Hethe in his head. Regardless of whether The Carver is possessing him]].

* PossessionBurnout: Begins undergoing this shortly after he's taken over by [[spoiler: The Carver]]. In "Repent", he's pale and waxy-looking, and seems to have faint wounds on his face; when Ellpagg/[[spoiler:Malek]] confronts him in "The War with no sides", he's even paler and flaking, bleeding patches have opened up on his face. When we next see him in "In the path of Gods, tossed aside" and "One last chance to do something good", his color is worse than ever and (though the facial wounds have faded) he has a severe nosebleed.

* UnreliableNarrator: He routinely lies to and withholds information from his audience, writing misleading descriptions on his videos and deliberately leaving out key details on camera to paint himself in a more sympathetic and heroic light.
** He tries to do the same with Ellpagg at one point, claiming he's familiar with Lurkers (when in reality, he'd only encountered a Skethe ''pretending'' to be a Lurker). Ellpagg quickly sees through the ruse; needless to say, [[StopHittingYourself it doesn’t]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown end well]] for Michael.

* TheLeader

* TheLancer

* AntiHero: He wears the name and mantle of an outlaw, and behaves accordingly; he spends much of his time stealing Dekn artifacts, wants nothing to do with the War or Arkaissa, and has little concern over who's on the "right side" of the conflict or who wins. However, he often uses his powers to help others, breaking into the Infernous (albeit usually on the order of Ellpagg) to free the trapped souls at the risk of his own safety.

* BadassGay: Azrael is canonically gay; he's also a time traveling, dimension hopping, magic-wielding {{Gunslinger}}/thief. Oh, yeah -- and he happens to be the avatar of the Grim Reaper.

* CantStayNormal: At the start of ''Solar's Crimson'', he’s reverted back to his human personality, with zero memory of his life as an Arknza (due to a combination of PTSD-induced amnesia and [[spoiler: the Infernous's LotusEaterMachine]]) -- and is seemingly happy. Once he snaps out of it, he nearly spirals into a HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath.

* CoolGun: Azrael's revolver formerly belonged to Edgar Kharon, and was allegedly [[ForgedByTheGods forged by the Hethe themselves]]. It resembles a non-working toy version of a WildWest firearm (with a Dekn symbol on the grip); when used in combination with Azrael's powers, however, it becomes an ''incredibly'' powerful weapon, seemingly capable of obliterating the data of living beings from .Reality.

** Played straight in the (now de-canonized) ''Edgar's Logs of 1800'', which see him jumping between timelines to [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sG8oFHhiRxpoS5I7Omxckd9nDj1zivnxO4bBhPNpkeI/edit?usp=sharing search for El Dorado with Blackbeard's crew]] and retrieve relics from [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I0M6_A3NraKtsOhFDV9Xa61RvvnsL_W8jkXEMbYCj8Y/edit?usp=sharing Pompeii]] (right as the volcano begins erupting) and [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_vdvB1GD5oTZLXBgN6NcCcQRf7ukGJWZdDhB8U-2dQg/edit?usp=sharing a Soviet military camp]].

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: It's strongly hinted that the Nephilim are predisposed to mental instability due to the unstable combination of Arkn and human blood. (Unlike the Arknza, whose Arkn blood is gradually integrated and assisted by the presence of their Guardian Arkn, the Nephilim have a combination of Arkn and human blood from birth.)

A race of [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrids]] born out of the union between a group of Arkn known as the Watchers and human women. When the Arkn Council learned of their existence, they had most of them hunted down and exterminated (along with their parents). Only a small number of Nephilim survived, in an artificial reality (the Hybrid Grounds) created for them by Persophelus Vine and Asmodeus.

A patient of Dr. Ellis, Michael is a highly disturbed young man who (like many of the doctor's other patients) begins filming himself to document the progress of his new medication. He becomes a person of interest to numerous beings due to being an open vessel. Michael is long believed to be the Guarded Human of Ellpagg and one of the prophesied Arknza (of the Paradox Players quartet). However, he is eventually revealed to be a Nephilim [[spoiler: and the son of the Carver]].

* AntiAntiChrist: Zig-zagged: Michael is the child of [[spoiler: the Arkn Mythos' answer to Satan]] and destined to be his vessel, but claims he wants nothing more than to be a "true hero" and do what will most benefit humanity; in reality, though, he's short-sighted and temperamental, and acts according to what benefits his ''own'' needs and desires in the moment[[spoiler: ...until the very end, when vows to use his "one last chance to do something good" to inspire Michaelis -- right before [[RedemptionEqualsDeath being permanently killed by him]]]].

* ButtMonkey: ''Hoo,'' boy. As if being the pawn of countless entities wasn’t bad enough, Michael suffers humiliation and abuse, is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, fails at nearly everything he puts his hand to, and ultimately dies before he can accomplish anything of value. [[JerkassVictim Not that he wasn't asking for some of it.]]
* CosmicPlaything: Nearly every factor of Michael's existence has been manipulated by forces outside his control. He was sired by [[spoiler: The Carver (in the form of an Arkn)]] for the sole purpose of providing him with a temporary vessel [[spoiler: and distracting everyone from the real Arknza, Michaelis]], and every major event of his life was orchestrated to force him into fulfilling that destiny.

** To wit: Michael was kidnapped as a child by a branch of the M.E.E.C., who (believing he was an Arknza) drained him of massive amounts of blood in an attempt to relieve him of his supernatural blood (and the [[ThePowerOfBlood power]] [[BloodMagic it bestows]]); their efforts failed, and left him mentally unstable. As a result, he ends up seeking help from Dr. Ellis, whose medication allows him to see inhuman beings and brings him into contact with the Persopheleums. The Persopheleums' meddling prompts Ellpagg to step in and become Michael's Guardian, training him to awaken his Arkn blood. However, Ellpagg's harsh treatment (and Michael's own emotional instability) leads him to side with the Dekn rather than remaining neutral; Michael tries to forge his own path fighting for the Dekn, which gives the Persopheleums room to meddle in his life again, and allows [[spoiler: The Carver]] to get the drop on him and intervene (in [[spoiler: Ellpagg's]] body) by moving him to a new timeline...right into the path of the Hooks Killer, who guts him and sends him to the Infernous. The Carver offers to free Michael from the Infernous in exchange for becoming his Guardian. In desperation [[note]](and because he doesn't trust Azrael, who also offered to help)[[/note]], Michael takes the deal -- and is [[spoiler: possessed by The Carver]] the instant he leaves the Infernous.

* DemonicPossession: He suffers this more than any other character in the Arknverse (due to being created as an "open vessel"). By the end of ''Michael's Camera'', he's been host to Redgrave, Ellpagg, Azrael, Crow, and [[spoiler: The Carver]]. Michael lampshades this in Season 3, remarking, "at this point I'm basically a Guardian whore."

* HalfHumanHybrid: Comes with being a Nephilim.

* HybridPower: He (like all Nephilim) possesses [[MindOverMatter telekinetic “summoning” powers]] similar to those of the Dekn, and can wield Arkn magick (due to having Arkn blood).

''For tropes related to her, see her folder under [[Characters/TheArknverseArkn Arkn]].''

* FinalBattle: Prophecy states that seven of the Arknza will one day face The Carver in battle and win, resulting in the dawn of a glorious new age. [[spoiler: In the A--X timeline (as revealed in ''Arkn: Legacy (Origin)'', the prophecy comes to fruition...though [[ProphecyTwist not in a way any of them had imagined. In the Universe E timeline, the prophecy plays out to the letter.]]
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Paradox Players fit this trope. Uriel is Sanguine, Raphael is Choleric, Raziel is Phlegmatic, and Azrael is Melancholic.

* TheGunslinger: Uriel has some of the traits of this after he leaves the Infernous (particularly in the non-canon blogs): he sports a Western duster and Stetson, carries a Western-style revolver, and generally acts like a vigilante. WordOfGod says Uriel’s love of the aesthetic and lifestyle is the result of numerous visits to 1800’s .Reality as a boy, and spending time with Edgar Kharon and his crew. Azrael’s western-style ensemble is even said to have been inspired by Uriel’s look.

* IHaveManyNames: Uriel's full Arkn name is Uri'el Gilga'mesh, while His other names/titles include King Uriel, The Second King, The King of Battle, [[spoiler: The King of the Infernous]], [[spoiler: The King of Hell]], and [[spoiler: Alex Winter]]. His converged name is Uriel Alexander Winter.
* MemeticBadass: He's the first being known to have deliberately had himself imprisoned in the Infernous -- the allegedly inescapable {{Hell}} dimension -- for ''eons'' of self-punishment, then "ollied out" at his leisure. Azrael used to refer to him as "literally the coolest person I know". (This is somewhat mitigated, however, when we find out exactly ''how'' he accomplished it: [[spoiler: he made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal]] with The Carver to gain control over the Infernous]].)
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler: Uriel needed to create a vessel to house the Hethian Scrolls of Creation; he did so by deliberately hurling himself into one of the .Reality engines, killing his original body and creating endless human “copies” in .Reality (in one of whom Malek hid the Scrolls).]]

* SelfDuplication: Uriel did this inadvertently: [[spoiler: the act of throwing himself into the .Reality cores killed his physical form, but duplicated him countless times over -- in .Reality, translated into human form. There is now a human version of Uriel in every timeline (some of whom we met in "simulations" in the Infernous), with acting as "Alex Prime" (with whom he merges to become Uriel Alexander Winter).]]

** Those aren't the only fake memories he carries: [[spoiler: whenever Ellpagg entered Michaelis's timeline, the Debigrath Effect caused Michaelis to receive his memories -- namely, his 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 [[spoiler:shot by Carver-possessed Ellpagg]] -- when he was 9 years old).

* 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 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.

* SharingABody: Unlike most of the other fused Arknza, Michaelis and Xerex didn't have a clean merger (with Xerex becoming bound to Michaelis's vessel, rather than fusing with it). Neither of them is very happy about it, and Michaelis has said that he would sever ties with him if he didn't need his powers.
* 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 as a human, 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 ''Solar's Crimson'' to avoid the UnfortunateImplications of a gay man being trapped in Hell -- and [[NightmareFuel what could be done to him there.]]

* UnkemptBeauty: Despite wearing a fancy waistcoat, Azrael is consistently disheveled and lazily-dressed; he's always unshaven, his hair is usually a mess, and his white dress shirt is perpetually untucked and half-unbuttoned, with the sleeves rolled up and the collar out of place. None of this detracts from his appeal ''one bit''.

* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: With the exception of Ellpagg, all of the Arknza (in the original Universe A timeline, at least) have tried to ignore or escape their destiny, often by rebelling against the Arkn and going rogue or attempting to live normal human lives. It never works -- and invariably leads to more tragedy and heartbreak.

* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: The Arkn council counted on this when they arranged for him to be imprisoned in the Infernous; they were right. The outrage over learning that he'd been betrayed by his own people -- not to mention absorbing a great deal of energy from the Infernous (along with the Carver's Hethian power and possibly ''[[spoiler: a piece of his soul]])'' sealed the deal.

* BrokenAngel: His wings are ''seared off'' in the Infernous after he unwittingly absorbs The Carver's power, and he’s stripped of many of his physical Arkn traits.

* HeinzHybrid: While it’s never explicitly stated, Ellpagg absorbing the Carver’s power changes him into a perfect combo of the four main races: in addition to his own Arkn nature and the Hethian blood he acquired through the LifeEnergy of Gilgamesh (at his creation), he acquires the Dekn genetics of the Carver and the human-ness of Hooks (who is Ellpagg’s human counterpart, and whose genetics/data mingled with that of the Carver when Hooks transferred Carver’s fragment into Luke). As a result, Ellpagg is a “Zero Sum”: a being that is none of the primary species, and yet all of them, putting him at the very center of the biological axis. [[spoiler: Hence why he alone has the power to defeat Hethian Carver.]]

* InSeriesNickname: Knight, The Traitor, or the God of Beetles.

* MadeOfEvil: Ellpagg was conceived when [[spoiler: 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".

* MoreThanMindControl: WordOfGod says that that Carver's influence over Ellpagg works in this manner, bringing out the worst in his nature and influencing him to act on it (when he's not [[PeoplePuppets puppteting]] him directly, that is).
* OldShame: Ellpagg views the footage of himself and the Carver in the Infernous as this. He’s highly embarrassed (and enraged) when Michaelis uploads it to the internet, calling it a "violation".

* StockholmSyndrome: WordOfGod states that he developed this with the Carver during his time in the Infernous. Part of his affection was due to his belief that deep down, Hash'bor wasn't truly evil. [[spoiler: As it turns out, Ellpagg was right.]]
* SoulFragment: [[spoiler: The powers/LifeEnergy Ellpagg absorbed from the Carver seem to act as this for Ellpagg. Not only does it corrupt him by stripping him of his Arkn traits, but it allows the Carver to take him over at any place and time he desires.]]
* SuperMode: During the Battle of the Arknza, he [[spoiler: achieves Hethian levels of power after absorbing the blood of Raziel and Azrael and fusing with the Guardians of Paradisium and Arkassia (a serpent-like creature, a golden winged lion, and a giant stag, respectively). The combined power grants him the strength to strike down the Carver. Unfortunately, doing so releases a [[ExplosiveOverclocking massive burst of raw Hethian energy]] -- which kills Ellpagg]].
* TakeAThirdOption: After escaping the Infernous, he's vows to create a third party, outside the Arkn and the Dekn, that will end the War once and for all. [[spoiler: He fails spectacularly.]]

* TurnTheOtherCheek: He doesn’t hesitate to forgive Hash’bor’kanibal for inflicting countless eons of unspeakable torture upon him during his imprisonment. (WordOfGod says he believed the Carver didn't truly want to torture him. [[spoiler: (And he was right).]]
* UnwittingPawn: The Arkn council convinced him that they needed him to go to the Infernous and negotiate a surrender with The Carver. Ellpagg didn't realize that it was a no-choice option: [[spoiler: the Council needed one of their finest to be sent there as a prisoner; Uriel had already refused, so the Council went with Ellpagg, banking on his famous temper and the fact that he would eventually [[TheDogBitesBack snap]], kill the Carver, absorb his power, and be transformed into a Dekn Lord (or similar being) -- whom they could hold up as an example of the depravity of the Dekn]].
** As it turns out, Ellpagg was a pawn of [[spoiler: the Carver]] even before he was born: he is [[spoiler: the physical manifestation of the raw Hethian power possessed by Hash’bor (combined with the energy of the Infernous)]]; he was created purely to [[spoiler: rival The Carver (and potentially defeat him) in the Battle of the Arknza]]. Which he does.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: His main goal after escaping from the Infernous (after his RoaringRampageOfRevenge) was to bring an end to the War once and for all. However, he intends to do so by ''slaughtering'' anyone who didn't agree to neutrality.
** When the Arknza fail to join him, he attempts to kill [[spoiler: Azrael]], believing it will kickstart the EndTimes. He later informs Azrael that he intends to take out ''all'' of the Arknza, because he thinks their prophesied showdown with the Carver at the end of time is [[spoiler: [[InsaneTrollLogic standing in the way of him killing the Carver in the present]]]].

* RainOfSomethingUnusual: He has the unique power of summoning a rain of fire and brimstone. (He hasn't mastered it yet.)

* AndIMustScream: In “In the path of Gods, tossed aside”, we learn that [[spoiler: whenever the Carver takes over his body (after the initial blackout and the searing, burning pain), he’s forced to watch (and feel) everything [[PersonOfMassDestruction the Carver does in his vessel]].
** It gets worse. After repeatedly used as a vessel, he begins [[spoiler:hearing the whispering of the Hethe in his head. Regardless of whether the Carver is possessing him]].
* AntiAntiChrist: Zig-zagged: Michael is the child of [[spoiler: the Arkn Mythos' answer to Satan]] and destined to be his vessel, but claims he wants nothing more than to be a "true hero" and do what will most benefit humanity; in reality, though, he's selfish and short-sighted, and acts according to what will benefit his ''own'' needs and desires[[spoiler: ...until the very end, when vows to use his "one last chance to do something good" to inspire Michaelis -- right before being permanently killed by him]].

** Unfortunately, it doesn't end there: when [[spoiler: The Carver]] finally leaves Michael's body, he tries to use the opportunity to do "something good"; he enters the Infernous and runs into Azrael -- who (thanks to the Carver's manipulations) thinks Michael is still possessed and [[spoiler: promptly shoots him in the head]]. Kid was doomed from the start.

* DecoyProtagonist: The Website/YouTube channel is his, and the first two and a half seasons are devoted to his exploits (and, through much of Season 2 and half of Season 3, based around the idea that he's an Arknangel). Midway through Season 3, however, Michael becomes the semi-permanent vessel of [[spoiler: the Carver]], who reveals that he was never an Arknangel. Enter the true protagonist of the series: [[spoiler: Michaelis Winter, Michael's counterpart from another timeline and the ''real'' fourth member of the Paradox Players quartet]].

* GuiltByCoincidence: At the end of Season 1 (''Michael's Camera''), Redgrave prevents him from saving a neighbor’s young daughter from being taken by a Lurker (the Condor), so that he can "get used to losing" and being a failure. Because Michael happens to be present when the girl disappears (and has a history of mental instability), the police believe he's responsible for the her disappearance and arrest him.

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: After deciding to side with the Dekn to stick it to Ellpagg, he opts to demonstrate his newfound loyalties by murdering his “fellow” Arknza, Gabriel. [[spoiler: Fortunately, in true Michael fashion, he fails miserably (due to “Spades” taking him over before he can complete the task).]]

* NumberOfTheBeast: Michael's arm brand/tattoo (it's never stated which it is), given to given to him by the M.E.E.C. when they experimented on him as a child, reads "566"[[note]]apparently indicating his test subject number or timeline designation[[/note]]. Not quite high enough to be the ''actual'' number of the beast, but it does mark him as a suspected Arknza who possesses non-human blood -- which is [[spoiler: the result of being sired by the Carver]]. Incidentally, it turns out that [[spoiler: the ''real'' Arknza were also "sired" by the Carver -- via a magical transfer of raw Hethian power (rather than the usual method)]].
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: As a young child, Michael was kidnapped by the M.E.E.C., who (believing he was an Arknza) removed large amounts of his blood in an attempt to "take his Arkn blood". There's no indication that it had any lasting effect on his physical health. (However, it did have devastating effects on his psyche, leaving him mentally and emotionally unstable for the rest of his life.)
* ThePoorlyChosenOne: The Arkn and Dekn alike believe Michael to be one of the Paradox Players (as per the Arkn prophecy), destined to help defeat the Carver in battle. [[spoiler: Which is exactly how The Carver wanted it.]]
* PossessionBurnout: Begins undergoing this shortly after he's taken over by [[spoiler: the Carver]]. In "Repent", he's pale and waxy-looking, and seems to have faint wounds on his face; when Ellpagg/[[spoiler:Malek]] confronts him in "The War with no sides", he's even paler and flaking, bleeding patches have opened up on his face. When we next see him in "In the path of Gods, tossed aside" and "One last chance to do something good", his color is worse than ever and (though the facial wounds have faded) he has a severe nosebleed.

* UnwittingPawn: MEEC, Ellpagg (and the Arkn, by proxy), the Persopheleums (by way of Redgrave and Crow), The Carver, and Azrael have ''all'' manipulated Michael for their own purposes at various times. In the end, however, Michael is revealed to actually be a pawn of [[spoiler: The Carver. Carver sired Michael to be both a "distraction" (for the Arkn) and a personal vessel, and all of the parties that attempt to manipulate Michael (with the exception of Azrael) are either working for him, or somehow under his influence.

* YourHeadAsplode: Ellpagg teaches him how to jump timelines -- a technique known as ".Hopping" -- by shooting himself in the head with a Hetheian revolver (causing an instantaneous Debigrath effect, in which he displaces one of his [[AlternateSelf alternate selves]]).

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Elias is one of the few supporting characters who gets an actual write-off: he's killed (permanently) by his own father, who [[YourHeadAsplode explodes his head]] with a snap of his fingers. Why? Asmodeus [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness is no longer in need of him]].]]

* DemonicPossession: Elliot seems to be experiencing this. (It's actually his true Nephilim personality surfacing.)

** He ''laughs'' when describing his he consumed the other Nephilim -- especially when he mentions that [[spoiler: he can still hear them [[AndIMustScream screaming inside of them]]]].
* SoulEating: One of the stock Nephilim powers. [[spoiler: He used it against all of the other Nephilim.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: WordOfGod says he lies about many, many things. Including [[spoiler: being friends with the Carver. (Apparently, they never actually met.)]]

* 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 [[http://deathlylogic.tumblr.com/post/151516774865/3 one chapter]] of ''Arknthology Stories'', "Sometimes, a bad guy is necessary."
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Uriel Alexander Winter. It's even cooler when paired his final official title: [[spoiler: "King of the Infernous" (or alternately, "King of ''Hell''"]].
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: After escaping from the Infernous.]]

* CardboardPrison: The Royal Dungeon is one for him. So is [[spoiler: the Infernous]] (though its power can still ensnare him temporarily).
* DadTheVeteran: He was a veteran of the Second War by the time Ellpagg was "conceived".
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: He agreed to sacrifice himself as part of the Carver's plan[[note]]in order to create Alex Winter, in whom Carver could hide the Hethian Scrolls of Creation[[/note]] in exchange for the Carver giving him complete control over the Infernous. (Conveniently, this also ensures that he's in control during his post-death time there -- and that The Carver won't double cross him.)]]

* DoNotGoGentle: [[spoiler: 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 [[spoiler: the Carver -- the Dekn Emperor, the murderer of his father, and the [[BigBad sworn enemy]] of his people --]] to gain [[spoiler: control over the Infernous]]. Why? Uriel needed to throw himself into one of the .Reality engines in order to create a human version of himself [[spoiler: in which to hide the Hethian Scrolls of Creation -- so that the Carver would have access to them later]].

* TrulySingleParent: To Ellpagg and Seraphina. [[spoiler: Though the Carver had a hand in their creation.]]

** Tragically, a (deleted) installment of ''The Court of the Traveling Crown'' revealed that Ellpagg never had to "prove" himself to begin with: Uriel ''does'' love his son, and is deeply proud of him -- even in the face of all the horrible things he's done. (While the blog itself has been [[CanonDiscontinuity stricken from canon]], the sentiments Uriel expresses in them have not.)

* ARealManIsAKiller: As a child, Raphael was awestruck by Raziel and wanted to learn magic; Abaddon, however, forced him to begin weapons training as soon as he came of age and indoctrinated him in the ways of war. (As an adult, he secretly began taking magic lessons with Raziel, and eventually discovered his natural healing powers.)
* TheAtoner: Raphael is attempting to make up for his bloody past life by using his magicks to heal and save lives.

** While he is imprisoned by the Valkyrium, he's brutally tortured for information regarding Uriel's whereabouts. He states that during that period, they "broke" him several times -- mentally ''and'' physically. (Among other things, he's slashed all over his body with a circular blade, loses an eye, and ''has his [[HealingFactor throat slit]]''.)

* EmeraldPower: Emerald green is his signature color (as seen in his aura, his wings, his unnaturally green eyes, and his jacket).

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: He's last seen being "stabbed from behind" by The Carver while fighting Clubs; while every other character wounded by The Carver during the battle dies, Raphael's fate is never revealed.[[note]]This was in keeping with the wishes of [=FeralWasteland=], who (though he had left the franchise at the time of the writing) wanted Raph to survive the final battle.[[/note]] In fact, he's the ''only'' Arknza whose fate isn't made crystal-clear during the final battle.]]

* BackForTheDead: Having updated neither his blog nor his Website/YouTube channel since the fall of 2016, he reappeared for the FinalBattle with the Carver (June 2017) -- and was almost immediately killed by [[spoiler: Ellpagg when he stopped to try to reason with him]].

* BlueCollarWarlock: Despite starting off as something very like a [[WizardClassic traditional wizard]], Raziel dips into this after his convergence with Gabriel. (Though he still wears his signature cloak on occasion.)

* DotingParent: As several of the entries of Writings show, he’s a '''very''' loving parent to his son, Chamuel, and tries to give him the best life possible. (This is due, in part, to his inability to do the same with his children by Hazel.)

* GentlemanWizard: He’s one of the first Arkn (the Arkn equivalent of a blue-blood) and Hethe-blooded. During the Golden Age, he was part of the upper echelon of society.

* InSeriesNickname: Well, not in his ''own'' series, but in '' Michael's Camera'', The Carver refers to him as "The 'Ol Razzle Dazzle". Michael Knight also refers to him as "Mr. Magic" (in the episode "Repent").

* TheMentor: Acted as one to Raphael, teaching him to use and develop his healing magics. (Raph says he was inspired to pursue life over death because of his influence.) He also becomes one to Ambriel when she's a little girl (and again when she's a young woman).

* TheStoic: He tries to be this. However, his diary reveals that he’s far from such.