(I'll try to use he as a pronoun to avoid the usual problems of switching around, unless he's in a female form.)<br/><br/>Name: Arathel<br/>Character Type: (Initiate, Indoctrinated, or Monster) Monster<br/>Physical Description and/or image: Sex:<br/>(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7963/1266362598130.jpg)<br/>Arathel appears alternatively male, female or androgynous depending on a number of factors, but his true form is androgynous.  However, his true form is one that is rarely seen.  Even when revealed in the white robes and angel wings, most people simply can't seem to see anything other than an ordinary man or woman.  However, Hunters and those more aware of the true nature of the world have little trouble seeing the angel form once he reveals himself, though he doesn't do so casually.<br/>The three forms that others have seen him in which appear mortal are:<br/>A young man in a white T-shirt, faded jeans and sneakers.<br/>A younger woman dressed in a white dress, purse and heels.<br/>A hermaphrodite dressed in an expensive but somewhat pale business suit.<br/>Each of the three have the fiery red hair and the green eyes of the angel's true form, and each one could easily be mistaken for siblings of the others.  It's rare but not unheard of for someone to see him in one particular form and actually end up seeing an alternate form which they recognize.  Further clarification below:<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">He effectively has four forms that he can choose to appear in, the angel form, or one of the three human forms.  While in one of the human forms, it is possible once in a great while that he will seem to one of the other humans to be in an alternate form.  The reasoning for this is because the person recognizing the glitch has seen the angel before and recognizes him, even though he's in an alternate human form.  The three forms do look similar enough that he can easily be recognized anyway if one knows what to look for; the three are close enough to be siblings or closely related.<br/><br/>For example, let's say that he appears in female form to start off.  She will head around the place, say hi to everyone, introduce herself as Arathel and so on.  Now Sam and Max see her, meet her, greet her and so on, as do others.  Now, later on he meets them in male form.  <br/><br/>Sam will see him and have very little trouble recognizing Arathel despite the different form because they're so similar.  Max, however, is one of the rare exceptions.  For some unknown reason, he'll see Arathel in his female form still, still recognizing Arathel but his brain just has an easier time processing that it's the same female that he met before.  Arathel has no control over this aspect of things.<br/><br/>If Arathel is in angel form, mortals who aren't used to the supernatural will see him just as one of the three forms, maybe at random, maybe whatever they feel most comfortable with or is most beautiful.</div></div><br/><br/>Sexual Preferences: Heterosexual in male form, bisexual in female form, attracted to females in hermaphrodite form, asexual in angel form<br/>Skills: (list 3, one of which may be combat or very physical for Initiates; 4, two of which may be combat-related for the Indoctrinated)  Melee Weaponry, Empathy, and Musical Instruments.<br/>Backstory: (This doesn't need to be as long as the example below but should be at least one solid paragraph.)<br/><br/>Arathel is rather silent about his true upbringings and backstory, but those who have seen his wings, his white robes and the glow from his form have little choice but to recognize an angel.  Some have theorized that he doesn't willingly explain himself in order not to tarnish the faiths of others, others that his existence is a mockery in an attempt to convince people of untruths.  Arathel simply seems more concerned in actions than words and guesswork.<br/><br/>He's shown an ability to heal and seems to be able to call a flaming sword from nowhere, with which he is exceptionally proficient.  Just as with his true form, however, the flaming sword appears perfectly mundane to those unaware of the supernatural, who see either a mundane sword, a torch or flashlight, or something similar.  He can also summon a golden harp in the same method, which he sometimes plays beautifully.  Occasionally he can be seen out in public in one of his human forms, playing the harp for tips.<br/><br/>Further, he seems to be able to judge the hearts and minds of those he sees, recognizing the good and evil as easily as others would notice colors.  He doesn't seem to have to eat or sleep as well, and his healing, though not instantaneous, is somewhat quicker than ordinary people, occurring in hours instead of days.<br/><br/>One of the stranger things about him seems to be his concept of life and death.  Though most would traditionally expect an angel to be strongly devout to saving every life possible, Arathel is more devoted to the greater good and is willing to let people die for a cause.<br/><br/>With the world in the sorry state that it's in, sometimes it can be hard to believe that an angel could just appear from nowhere to save people.  Sometimes it just seems a little too convenient.<br/><br/>When Arathel first came to Earth, swooping down to the ground with the speed and burning precision of a meteor, the only ones to witness the crater that he left in the cement were Otis and the large gathering of vampires that Otis had been hunting.  It would be difficult to say who rescued whom, but between the two of them, and a lot of luck, they managed to dispatch enough to send the other monsters running.  Ever since, Arathel has been living on the farmstead with Otis, watching for those who seem worthy of his aid.<br/><br/>Short term goals: Ally with hunters to destroy monsters and save the innocent<br/><br/>Long term goals: GM secret ^_^