Gabriel

(Here are the things you need to know about Gabriel. Every angel knows most of this, as well as every fallen angel and probably 99% of the demons. Not every Chosen One is going to know this stuff, and chances are most humans don't either.)

Celestial Hierarchy: Cherubim

Duties: Angel of annunciation, humanity, resurrection, heavenly mercy, vengeance, death, revelation, truth, and hope. Angel of the Presence. Angel of water, the moon, the Altitudes, Apocalypse, Aspirations and Dreams, Creation, the 1st Heaven, Gethsemane, His Presence, The Holy Spirit, January, Joy, judgment , the last judgment, light, the lord, Monday, Mysteries, obedience, paradise (-both earthly and heavenly), Prayer, proclamation, The (direction of) West. Angel At the World's End. (this is the abridged version)

Important points to keep in mind

Gabriel is the most unbearable, feared angel in heaven.

Every message sent is sent through Gabriel.

Traits only Gabriel has (as in, no one else can do this shit, don't write it into your character)

He is the only angel that can bring something back to life. No other angel can do it. In order for someone to be resurrected, Gabriel has to be called in.

No other angel is closer to God, not even Michael.

No other angel can speak to God without being in the same area as Him (as in, even God has a limitation on how far He can hear, otherwise, why the hell would we need Gabriel?)

In tandem with that… the reason why Gabriel can speak to Him without being near him is because he's a radio… he transmits messages (duh, he's the Messenger!), no other angel can send a 'telepathic' message directly to anything else (nor can a fallen angel, demon, human, Chosen One), it all goes through Gabe.

Gabriel is the Prince (ruler) of First Heaven.

He's the angel of the moon, or at least the primary angel of the moon, there are a few others listed, but he's primary (this is pulled from old Persian myths, so we've made him primary, there are other angels of the moon but only if you do your homework and find those angels will we let anyone but Gabe be the angel of the moon. However, any other angel of the moon is just a secondary angel, Gabe's still in charge of the heavenly body)

He's the primary 'mystic' of angels, he's in charge of all things psychic. Even though there are other angels with similar abilities, he's the archangel, he's first and foremost.

He is the most feared angel in heaven, Michael isn't feared nearly as much as Gabriel. Of course, Michael is heaven's defender, he is highly respected for that, Gabriel is just mean.

He is the only angel able to go to a human before they are born (while still in the womb) and speak to them, although, he makes them forget everything they were told.

Things everyone knows about Gabriel

He was present at every angel's creation. He knows everyone.

He has a piss poor attitude. He's constantly in trouble for it.

He's insane (wouldn't you be if you had his job?)

Gabriel is the Prince (ruler) of First Heaven.

He is a prince of hell, in exile. It's always been sort of an honorary title because of his role as Messenger. He delivers messages for hell as well. In hell he's called Asmodeus (there's variations on that too). When hell doesn't want him to go all archangel on them, they call him by Asmodeus. When he's called Asmodeus in hell, he can't go heavenly on them, he has to play by hell's rules (though it's not easy to get him to stay in that role).

He's the holy Messenger, every message, everything that 'sent telepathically' between angels and fallen angels and demons, is sent through him, though most of the time he's not listening, just transmitting.

Gabriel has a lot of different names. So, since I can't remember them all, I'm not listing them yet. If you create a character and accidentally give it one of Gabriel's names, we'll let you know and ask you to change it. Don't get upset, please, it's no big deal… except to Gabriel.

Gabriel has a tendency to never make up his mind which sex he is… male, female… ah hell, how about both?

He is considered Heaven's bad boy, in a way. Most angels aren't aware of what's going on, just that Gabriel keeps getting thrown out for short periods of time.

Gabriel is unnaturally close to Uzziel, as well as Uriel, but in different ways. Uzziel is like Gabriel's little shadow. Uriel is very 'close' even for a 'brother'.

On the same note, Gabriel and Uzziel will often times speak, act, or even use each other to see. Most others know this, their uncanny ability to act as one has been observed… a lot. Situations like Gabriel will stand back and just stare blankly as Uzziel does all the speaking for him, or Gabriel will speak to you and rather than looking at you, Uzziel will look at you like Gabriel is seeing through his eyes (because he is).

Gabriel isn't fond of humans and has always been vocal about that.

Michael and Gabriel don't get along… but then again, sometimes they seem very close.

Lucifer and Gabriel still get along fairly well, even though they try to kill each other often.

Gabriel doesn't have a lot of friends.

Gabriel is rarely seen without a guard. Most of the time in heaven it's Cassiel, Hizkiel, and Uzziel, out of heaven it's normally just one of them, usually Uzziel. Whether his guard is there to protect him, protect others from him, or to protect him from himself is debatable.

Gabriel's moods change like a storm on the sea. Calm one minute, destroying everything in his path the next.

Gabriel has an extremely strong faith in God. He's never lost it.

He's all about spreading the Word. Even if he has to beat it into you.

He rambles on sometimes. He's very random and when he's tired or stressed out, he tends to just babble about things.

He doesn't like to sleep, yeah even angels have to occasionally, but he hates it. For an angel of dreams, he doesn't have pleasant ones. When he sleeps he only has nightmares.

He dresses well, he has good taste in clothes, unless you don't like goth, then he doesn't in your opinion.

He has bad interpersonal skills. He's horrible in social settings.

He likes to blow things up, kill things, and vivisect things.

He's morbid… and has a morbid sense of humor. He finds death funny.

He loves music, and as much as he complains about always having voices in head, he hates silence.

Gabriel prefers night over day.

He's particularly fond of rainy days.

He likes to point out he is an archangel. Treat him like one.

Things not so well known about Gabriel (angels and fallen angel information, all other characters forget you read this)

Gabriel was the first angel ever created.

He is the Holy Spirit, though this is debatable whether no one knows this or not. It's basically not a big deal, no one thinks twice about it, but Gabriel is under the impression that no one remembers this, and most try to keep it that way.

He's Michael's primary assassin. When Michael is trying to make a point (because Michael doesn't do sneaky or underhanded), he sends in Gabriel and his crew. They will kill you before you know what hits you.

He's always got a headache. He doesn't talk about it much, but it's pretty well known most of the time he's got a headache and is cranky for it (because of all the voices in his head, it's not easy playing messenger for everything in heaven, hell, and earth).

It's been rumored he's killed other angels on whim, for no reason… or maybe not… no one really knows if that rumor is true or not. That much, it's been said that he's killed angels that are on the palace staff for spilling coffee and rattling tea cups. The palace staff are on pins and needles around him.

He's a lot more stuffy in heaven than on earth. But you'd only see that if you've seen him on earth. In heaven he's unbearably proper and stiff, not approachable at all (not that Gabriel is ever very approachable no matter where he is, but he's down right frightening in heaven)

As more on that, almost every angel is deathly afraid of him.

He has extremely good taste in decorating and is a wonderful host, even though he may not be directly playing host, because he's bad in social situations, anyone who is his guests is well attended to by his staff by his command.

His favorite fruit is pears.

He cheats at cards.

He doesn't know how to play chess.