Angel

An Angel is a mysterious classification of lifeform commonly believed to be a subtype of kaiju. Angel appearances are sporadic and are almost singularly focused on attacking Tokyo-3; it is unclear why this is.

Angel physiology is unique in several ways: no two Angels are alike, and all possess powers that seem to defy conventional logic. All Angels, however, possess AT Fields; while these barriers vary in strength they render the Angel invulnerable to almost all known forms of damage and can only be breached by another AT Field.

The corpus of the Angel is not its true body, but rather a red, spherical organ referred to as a Core. An Angel cannot truly be killed until the Core is breached, at which point it undergoes a dramatic and violent process of discorporation known as Image Collapse; most Angel Cores are protected, sometimes in unconventional ways.

List of Known Angels

When an Angel's power manifests directly (typically in the form of its A.T. Field) its existence is immediately registered and catalogued by the NERV supercomputer known as MAGI. All Angel-type lifeforms register as "Blood Pattern Blue."

The first known Angel manifestation was the Fourth Angel, Sachiel. While this implies the existence of a First, Second and Third, their identities are unknown (publicly anyway).

This the current list of known Angels as catalogued by MAGI:

Number	Name	Title	Date Encountered
1	???	???	N/A
2	???	???	N/A
3	Third Angel (no designation*)	???	January 15, 0096
4	Sachiel	Angel of Water	October 4, 0095
5	Shamshel	Angel of the Morning	November 11, 0095
6	Ramiel	Angel of Thunder	January 1; January 2, 0096
7	Jehudiel	Angel of Celestial Motion	February 10, 0096
8	Jophiel †	Angel of Wisdom	May 8, 0096 (Part 2; Part 3)
9	Sandalphon	Angel of the Embryo	September 18, 0096; October 15, 0096; November 13 0096 (Part 2)
10	Duma †	Angel of Silence	First Discovered: June 25, 0096; Officially Resolved: August 12, 0097
11	Sahaquiel	Angel of the Sky	June 25, 0097 (Side A/Side B)
12	Bardiel	Angel of Haze	September 29, 0097 (Part 1/Part 2)

• The Third Angel was secretly sealed inside NERV's Bethany Base facility, built specifically to contain and study it; as such, it was never given a designation. Its existence, escape and execution at the hands of Mari Makinami Illustrious are all heavily classified by NERV.

† indicates an Angel that is Original Content for the MOO.