This article features (recurring) fictional characters who appear as guest stars on the cult television program Angel. They are ordered by the season they were first introduced in, and then by their first appearance chronologically. For the show's main characters, please see the article list of Angel characters. For the respective articles on parent show Buffy the Vampire Slayer: List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters and minor characters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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First season
Dennis Pearson
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- Appearances: "Rm w/a Vu", (season 2) "Judgement", "First Impressions"
Dennis Pearson (portrayed as a human by BJ Porter) first appears in the Angel episode "Rm w/a Vu", in the first season. Cordelia moved into an apartment where Dennis and his mother, Maude Pearson, once resided. The Angel Investigations team, which consisted of Angel, Cordelia Chase, and Doyle at the time, discovered that the apartment was haunted by Dennis' mother Maude.
After some investigation into the matter, the gang discovered that Maude Pearson had died of what was believed to be a heart attack on the same day that her son had disappeared. The group came to the conclusion, from things that Maude had said, that Dennis had killed his mother in order to be with a woman she didn't approve of. However, after being haunted by the ghost of Maude, Cordelia broke down a wall in her house, revealing the still tied-up body of Dennis Pearson. The team deduces Maude had tied her son up when she learned that he was leaving her to be with his girlfriend. She then built a brick wall and trapped him inside, where he suffocated to death. When Cordelia broke down the wall, it unleashed the spirit of Dennis, who was not pleased. Dennis destroyed his mother's ghost. Because the ghost of Dennis still inhabited the apartment, and Cordelia refused to move out, Dennis then resided with Cordelia as an invisible, and rather benevolent, roommate. This "living" situation continued until Cordy moved into the Hyperion Hotel, and Dennis was never heard from again. It can be assumed that Dennis is still 'haunting' the apartment that Cordelia used to live in. In a reference to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, he has occasionally been referred to as "the phantom Dennis."
Harriet "Harry" Doyle
- Appearances: "Bachelor Party"
Harriet "Harry" Doyle (Kristin Datillo) appeared in "Bachelor Party". She was Doyle's wife, who was engaged to Ano-Movic demon Richard Straley. She was initially shocked when Doyle's demon side emerged on his twenty-first birthday, but later came to accept it, although Doyle was unable to do so, leading to their divorce. When she was engaged to Richard, she invited Cordelia to her bachelorette party - Cordelia being the only woman she knew in Los Angeles under a hundred years old - but the wedding was called off when she and Cordelia realized that part of the bachelor party involved Richard eating Doyle's brains to bless the union.
Penn
- Appearances: "Somnambulist"
Angelus sired Penn (Jeremy Renner) in 1786 (according to "Somnambulist"'s shooting script). He was trained by Angelus, and seemed to look at him as a father figure. He would later point out that Angelus is his father, as he made Penn into the vampire that he was. When Penn was alive, he was a puritan. Once he became a vampire, however, his kills were made to mock God; he killed his victims by carving a cross into their cheek and drank from them before they died of fear. According to Angel in the episode "Somnambulist", he was reliving killing his family. He first killed his own sister, with Angelus by his side. He then went with Angelus to kill the rest of his family. It is never mentioned how long Penn was with Angelus, but he did say that the pair were to meet in Italy. Penn tells Angel that he waited in Italy until the 19th century, and asks what happened to keep him; Angel states he was held up in Romania. When Penn asks what is in Romania, Angel responds "gypsies". Since Angelus was cursed by the Kalderash gypsy clan in 1898, it is likely Penn was with Angelus, at least on and off, up until close to this time. He apparently visited Boston in 1908. He is known to have visited Los Angeles on at least two occasions, the first in 1929. He seems to have been a suspect in a case at the Regent Gardens Hotel. He returned to L.A. in 1963 and was at the Clover Wood Apartments. The police chased him, but by the time they went to make their move, Penn had already fled. On both accounts, Penn was never caught. Penn’s third known visit to the City of Angels would be his last. In 2000, Penn returns to L.A. and begins to kill, as it is his nature. His first victim is Reggie Sparks, a volunteer crossing guard. His second is Jenny Markem; she had just started the 10th grade. The third victim is Jessica Halpen, a waitress. When killing them, he uses his old trademark; he carves crosses on their cheeks. Angel has dreams of Penn killing the victims and thinks that it is himself; Kate's profile of Penn even appears to fit Angel. When Angel confesses this to Cordelia Chase and Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, they tie him to the bed in case the dreams are real. As it turns out, Angel is not the killer, but Penn kills a fourth person that night. The fourth victim is a white female. Penn is almost successful in killing an adolescent male he meets outside of a local bar, but the police interrupt him. After the failed attempt to kill the boy, who reminded him of his brother, Penn goes to Angel Investigations. He tells Angel to think of the worst thing imaginable, and he will be there. He leaves plans to make it look like he is going to attack some children at a local school, but this is merely a diversion so that he can kill detective Kate Lockley. Angel sees through this plan and meets up with Penn and Kate. Kate ends up killing Penn, making him the first vampire she stakes. Having only just learned about Angel's vampire side, Kate is instinctively distrustful of him, but when she has a chance to stake Penn and Angel (Penn is on Angel's back) she drives the wood through Angel's stomach and into Penn's heart. Kate never fully trusts Angel after learning about his demon, however. Unlike other vampires, Penn also seems to possess speed that has not been demonstrated by any other vampire. He is able to move so fast in the police briefing room that he appears as a blur. The episode's writer, Tim Minear, has stated, "...to my mind we didn't really invent new powers for our vamps. Penn did leap into a second story window, but he had been feeding and was fueled with adrenaline. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. As far as anything that may have seemed new... I made a point to have Penn "speed up" or go all Matrix-y when we were in a scene that was Kate's POV"[1].
Second season
Merl
- Appearances: "Judgement", "Redefinition", "Blood Money", "The Thin Dead Line", (season 3) "Heartthrob", "That Old Gang of Mine"
Merl (Matthew James) is a tongue-less Parasite demon with the reputation of a snitch among the underworld community. He hangs around mostly at Caritas, the karaoke bar that fellow green-skinned demon Lorne runs. He is introduced to Angel by Wesley, who had used his services before, in exchange for money. Afterwards, he is frequently used by Angel for information about the vampires Darla and Drusilla. Instead of giving Merl monetary payment however, Angel frequently physically and vocally intimidates Merl into giving him the necessary information. Merl is largely used for comedic relief during the darker turn the show takes during its second season, centered around the frequent abuse the character is forced to endure. Merl is one of the few demons that are in fact, not evil. Over the course of the second season, Merl grows to dislike Angel, and with him, his friends as well. In the beginning of the third season, Merl is once again used for information by Angel, but he has finally had enough after being hung upside down by Angel and not let go. He demands an apology, and when Angel goes to visit him the next day with a box of donuts, he finds Merl dead, killed by a new demon killer called Gio, who runs with Gunn's old hunting crew.
Anne Steele
- Appearances: (Angel only) "Blood Money", "The Thin Dead Line", (season 5) "Not Fade Away"
Anne Steele (also known as Joan, "Sister Sunshine", "Chantarelle" and "Lily") is a recurring character crossed over from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed by Julia Lee. Initially known as "Chanterelle", she first appeared in the Buffy season two episode "Lie to Me" as a member of the Sunset Club, a naïve cult that worships vampires. Chantarelle discovers the true nature of vampires when the club is raided by Spike's bloodthirsty gang, and her life is saved by Buffy Summers. The character reappears in the third season episode "Anne", now named "Lily" and in love with a boy called Rickie. Buffy is working as a waitress at a diner under her middle name, "Anne", after running away to Los Angeles. Lily explains to Buffy that she always changes her identity and persona as she moves from place to place. When Rickie is killed by a group of demons, Buffy and Lily are taken to a hell dimension where humans are worked as slaves. Lily helps Buffy defeat the demons, and afterwards Buffy decides to go home, leaving her job, apartment, and identity as "Anne" to Lily. When Anne appears in the second season of Angel, she is an administrator at a shelter for homeless teenagers called the East Hills Teen Centre. In the episode "Blood Money", when the corrupt lawfirm Wolfram & Hart presents itself as a benefactor to the shelter, Angel convinces Anne to expose their plans to pocket a majority of the money raised on behalf of the shelter. Later in the season, Anne helps Gunn, Wesley and Cordelia find sanctuary in her shelter from undead police officers. Anne's last onscreen appearance is in the final episode of Angel, "Not Fade Away". During what Gunn assumes will be his last day alive, he chooses to assist Anne at the shelter. Gunn asks Anne what she would do if she knew it was all pointless; she asserts that she would still do whatever needed to be done to help make the world a better place.
Third season
Skip
- Appearances: "That Vision Thing", "Birthday", "Tomorrow", (season 4) "Inside Out"
Skip (portrayed by David Denman) is a formidable and powerful demon, whose body is plated in armor. He appears in four episodes of the series. The demon sports a confident, charismatic personality and frequently makes humorous reference to human popular culture and turn-of-phrase. The history and nature of Skip is largely unknown since much of what Skip says is later revealed to be a lie. Skip is revealed to be a servant of Jasmine who is used to trick Cordelia Chase into becoming a vessel for the possession and birth of Jasmine. Skip is first seen in the season three episode "That Vision Thing". Angel is forced to rescue an evil boy named Billy Blim from torment in a demon dimension in order to save Cordelia's life. Skip guards Billy's prison of fire. When Angel first enters this dimension, he and Skip have a very pleasant conversation where Skip claims that he works for The Powers That Be. Skip's pleasant demeanor (juxtaposed with his intimidating appearance) is a surprise for Angel, who has to fight him anyway. Angel wins, and is able to trade Billy for Cordelia's life. Later, Skip claims he threw this fight. Skip's second appearance is in the episode "Birthday" where he informs Cordelia that she will die if she continues receiving visions from the Powers. He then serves as Cordelia's guide through a "what-if" scenario where she had never inherited her visions and had become a celebrity. After realizing that fighting evil is her true calling, Cordelia asks to keep her visions. Skip offers to make her part-demon so that she can continue to bear the visions and Cordelia agrees. In the season three finale, Skip once again returns to Cordelia, this time to inform her that she has been chosen to ascend to a higher realm and become a higher being. Cordelia agrees and ascends to become all seeing but is unable to act and becomes very bored. After Cordelia returns and appears to have become evil, Angel and the remainder of the group realize that something bad had happened to Cordelia on the higher realm. Angel seeks out Skip for an explanation. In the episode "Inside Out", Angel once again enters Skip's dimension and questions him about Cordelia's changes. Skip feigns ignorance, but Angel realizes that Skip is hiding something, and a fight ensues. During the fight, Angel is able to defeat Skip, pulling off a small piece of his armor near his ear. Angel then brings Skip back to Los Angeles where he is bound to this dimension and questioned. Skip reveals that he is part of a conspiracy to bring Jasmine into the world. He also claims that most of the important plot points of the entire series were directed by Jasmine (though he does not mention her by name), including tricking Cordelia into becoming part-demon and her ascension. How much of Skip's story is true is unknown as much of it contradicts previous and later events. Skip also reveals that killing Cordelia is the only way to stop Jasmine's birth. Able to escape thanks to an earthquake that breaks the containment spell, he engages the members of Angel's team, but is killed when Wesley shoots a bullet in the exact place where Angel earlier broke his armor. His last words were an amazed, "Well that ain't right." The character of Skip is a tribute to Skip Schoolnik, a producer and director for Buffy and Angel. Schoolnik is credited as co-producer on a number of episodes, including "That Vision Thing", the episode that introduced the character. Schoolnik directed 5 episodes for Angel including "Habeas Corpses", "Slouching Toward Bethlehem", "Destiny", "Quickening", and "Underneath". Whedon has hinted that Skip is aesthetically his favorite demon on the show, promising that demons will be more cool-looking, but not as cool as Skip, in the canonical Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight comic series.[2]
The Transuding Furies
- Appearances: "That Old Gang of Mine", "Offspring"
The Transuding Furies (Heidi Marnhout, An Le, Madison Gray) are three sisters possessing magical abilities who can cast a spell to prevent any form of violence committed by both demons and humans. Whether this is the extent of their magical abilities is unconfirmed. Very dreamy and spacey, not to mention sensuous, they float a few feet above the ground and finish each other's sentences or talk in unison with their melodious voices. In the third season episode "That Old Gang of Mine", Cordelia goes to them to lift the spell they have put on Lorne's Club Caritas. They agree to do it for a price, one that only Angel is "equipped" to pay. Once the spell that prevents all demon violence in the club is lifted, Angel is able to fight off Geo and Rondell's crew. They return again later that season in the episode "Offspring" to re-cast the spell on Caritas (this time banning human violence as well as demon violence) so that Lorne can re-open it. The last time we see them, although they aren't really seen, just heard, is in the fourth season episode "Release". In this episode, they are casting the sanctuary spell over the hotel to make sure Angelus doesn't come back and hurt anyone.
Justine Cooper
- Appearances: "Dad", "Provider", "Loyalty", "Sleep Tight", "Forgiving", "Benediction", "Tomorrow", (season 4) "Deep Down"
Justine Cooper (portrayed by Laurel Holloman) is a young woman who becomes a vampire hunter after her twin sister, Julia Cooper, is killed by vampires. Unable to cope with the death of Julia, Justine turns to alcohol and roams graveyards at nights, killing any vampire she encounters. She is the first vengeful soul that Daniel Holtz recruits in his battle against Angel. After having her hand impaled with an ice pick for hours, she reluctantly joins the cause and forms a bond with him. Justine seeks out others that, like herself and Holtz, lost loved ones to vampires and were consumed by their desire for revenge. Wesley, who is meeting in secret with Holtz in order to protect Connor, tries to reach out and turn Justine away from Holtz. However, Justine deceives Wesley and slits his throat in order to kidnap Connor and deliver him to Holtz. After a standoff amongst the members of Wolfram and Hart, Angel and Sahjhan, Holtz abandons Justine and jumps into the hell dimension, Quor-toth. Justine, amazed and saddened rallies the remaining members of Holtz's militia to kill Angel. She fails, but hours later, she imprisons the demon Sahjhan in a Resikhian Urn in revenge for trapping Holtz in Quor-Toth. Upon his return to Earth, Holtz is found by Justine and prompts her to kill him. She stabs him in the throat with an ice pick, making the wounds resemble a vampire bite mark. Following Holtz's last wish, she frames Angel for the killing by telling Connor that Angel was the one who killed Holtz. She then aids Connor in his plan to trap Angel at the bottom of the ocean. In the following months, Justine is kidnapped by Wesley, who imprisons her in a closet, bound and gagged, with a little food and a bucket. Reluctantly, she helps him find the metal box in which she and Connor put Angel, while at the same time, Justine taunts Wesley by telling him he has turned to evil, "banging the enemy and keeping slave girl in his closet". Wesley counters by telling her that she had been a slave to Holtz and to her own desire for revenge. Wesley had broken Justine to the point of being capable to dissuade her from attacking him by threatening to take away her bucket. Back on land and with Angel released, Wesley cuffs Justine to a railing. She taunts Wesley once more, telling him Angel will turn on him. Wesley merely throws her the key to her cuff and tells her she now has the choice of moving on with her life or continue to be a slave. Justine possesses no powers, unlike most of the warriors of the Buffyverse, but like Charles Gunn, her ability to take on the average vampire (who are still superhumanly strong) results from her martial arts prowess.
Fourth season
Gwen Raiden
- Appearances: "Ground State", "Long Day's Journey", "Players" , "After the Fall #1", "After the Fall #2
Gwen Raiden (portrayed by Alexa Davalos) is first introduced in season four's "Ground State" as a mutant with the ability to funnel electricity. Her origin is uncharacteristically shown to the audience via a flashback montage before the primary action of the episode takes place. Born with these abilities, Gwen has little control over her abilities as a child, and in 1985, is taken to a boarding school. She accidentally kills one of her new classmates when a toy car he offers to share conducts her electrical charge into him. In 2002, the 25-year-old Gwen is using her powers to facilitate her career as a successful, wealthy, professional thief. She meets Angel when she is hired to steal a valuable artifact called The Axis Of Pythia, which he needs in order to find Cordelia Chase on her higher plane. Finding the artifact, Gwen and Angel fight over its possession. During the course of the battle, Gwen tries to kill Angel with an electric shock. However since he's already dead, her attack actually serves to make his dead heart beat again for a few seconds (this power had been illustrated earlier in the episode, where she restarts Gunn's normal heartbeat after her own powers affected him). Caught in the moment, Angel gives Gwen a passionate kiss. After he regains his focus on Cordelia, the man who hired Gwen reveals that he had trapped her and intended to kill her with poison gas. The vampiric Angel is unaffected by the gas, enabling him to rescue Gwen. In gratitude, Gwen allows Angel to use the artifact. Afterwards, he returns it to her, and she presumably sells it for a high price. The second time Gwen appears (in "Long Day's Journey"), she assists Angel in fighting against the machinations of The Beast and takes an interest in Gunn. During her last appearance, she asks Gunn to help her with a mission under the pretense of helping a kidnapped girl; in fact, she is trying to steal an experimental device which will allow her to touch others without killing them. Gunn grudgingly agrees and ultimately helps her to steal the item, sharing an intimate physical moment with her after the device seems to work. Gwen has the ability to generate and manipulate electricity. This power can be used in a number of ways, from creating powerful and damaging electric blasts to manipulating and controlling electronic devices. The latter proves especially useful in her role as a high-tech, professional thief, a career at which she seems especially skilled and adept, making herself quite wealthy in the process. She can also use the electricity that she generates internally to augment her physical performance, allowing her to hold her own against Angel in hand-to-hand combat. Although her powers initially came with dangerous, uncontrollable elements, the inability to touch others and the tendency to attract lighting, these drawbacks appear to have been rectified after use of the device she appropriated in her final appearance. In Angel: After The Fall, Gwen currently provides humans and good demons sanctuary with the help of Nina Ash and Connor after Los Angeles was sent to hell by the Senior Partners. Her last name is a reference to a Japanese god of thunder, appropriate considering her abilities.
Rutherford Sirk
Rutherford Sirk (portrayed by Michael Halsey) is a former member of the Watchers' Council, Rutherford Sirk lacked the moral clarity of other Watchers of his generation and found himself doubting about the good fight and the Council's mission, though he was far from the only Watcher corrupted by the knowledge he obtained at the Council. Tempted by power and ambition, Sirk joined Wolfram & Hart and took along with him several valuable tomes belonging to the Council, including the Devandiré Sybilline Codex. Later when Angel Investigations was offered the L.A. branch of Wolfram and Hart in the episode "Home" (his first appearance), he was sent to the Los Angeles branch and was the one that showed Wesley around their research and intelligence division. He received a punch in the face because of his attitude and because Wesley wanted to infiltrate the firm's files and records department. He showed up once again, now part of Eve and Lindsey's plot against Angel in "Destiny". Sirk claimed to have translated the entire Shanshu Prophecy, sending Angel and Spike against each in the false quest for the Cup of Perpetual Torment, a fake relic which was nothing more than a cup with Mountain Dew, which was supposed to reveal the true champion of the prophecy. After his deception was discovered, Sirk fled from Wolfram and Hart and the Senior Partners. His current whereabouts and status are unknown. Rutherford Sirk makes an appearance in the Buffyverse Expanded Universe (uncanon), in Book of the Dead[3]. The novel reveals the extent of Rutherford's power within W&H, and the circumstances under which he left the Watchers' Council and joined the law firm.
Fifth season
Nina Ash
- Appearances: "Unleashed", "Smile Time", "Power Play", "After the Fall #1", "After the Fall #2
Nina Ash (portrayed by Jenny Mollen) is introduced in the third episode of the fifth season, "Unleashed". A young art major living at home with her older sister and niece, she is bitten by a werewolf during a night run. She herself eventually becomes a werewolf and a potential love interest for Angel. After becoming a werewolf, she voluntarily comes to Wolfram and Hart every month during the full moon in order to be caged, a similar arrangement that Oz had in the Sunnydale High library. During the episode "Smile Time", Angel realizes, with the help of Wesley, that it is time to pick up the pieces of his turgid love life and ask Nina out for coffee. This is hindered by the fact Angel has morphed into a puppet, but regardless, he overcomes his fear of dating. Although Spike already references her as Angel's girlfriend in "The Girl in Question", she is not seen again on-screen until episode 21, "Power Play". She and Angel are seen in bed, and she jokes about whether or not Angel is perfectly happy. She tries to get closer to Angel, who, worried about the impending apocalypse at the hands of the Senior Partners, sends Nina, her sister, and her niece away in the series finale. In Angel: After The Fall, Nina currently provides humans and good demons sanctuary with the help of Connor and Gwen Raiden after Los Angeles was sent to hell by the Senior Partners. In the hellish Los Angeles, the sun and the moon are out at the same time; this makes Nina more primal in her human form.
Archduke Sebassis
- Appearances: "Life of the Party", "Power Play", "Not Fade Away"
Archduke Sebassis (Leland Crooke) is a hairless demon of an unknown species. He possesses long, antelope-like horns, pointed ears, yellow eyes and white skin. Sebassis is the latest in a long line of demonic royalty and commands over forty demonic legions. Because of his background and the thousands of demons under his command, he earned a seat in the Circle of the Black Thorn, a secret society at the service of the Senior Partners of Wolfram and Hart charged with being the driving force behind the firm's scheduled apocalypse and with maintaining corruption in the world. Besides the legions under his command, Sebassis is served by a number of demons of his same species. He also keeps a chained slave at his side, who provides the blue blood Sebassis is accustomed to drink. Sebassis is one of the most famous demons in the Los Angeles underworld, for which he is invited to most events and parties, such as the Wolfram & Hart Halloween Bash, to which he was personally invited by Angel, the new CEO of W&H. At first full of contempt for Angel due to the fact that he fed on pig's blood, which Sebassis considered filthy, Sebassis ultimately agrees to attend the party, after some insistence by Lorne. Sebassis was wary of a trap, so he and his people cast anti-detection spells to conceal weapons they brought with them. In the end, it was Lorne that unwittingly proved a danger, and a monster that had split off from him after he had removed his need to sleep killed one of Sebassis' aides. Angel saved Sebassis' life by restoring Lorne, and Sebassis showed his support, citing that he enjoyed blood sports at social events. Months later, Sebassis assisted in Angel's initiation to the Circle of the Black Thorn and tortured Drogyn the Battlebrand alongside the other Black Thorns. Before revealing himself, Sebassis wore a white bauta mask. At first, Sebassis was delighted, believing Angel had reverted to Angelus, but accepted the notion that Angel had been corrupted instead. However, he remained suspicious that Angel might be deceiving the Circle, hoping to wipe them out in hopes of fulfilling the Shanshu prophecy contained in the Scrolls of Aberjian. At the Circle's insistence, Angel signed away his claim to the destiny foretold in the prophecy. Sebassis never suspected that Angel would kill them merely to do good and not for a reward. Angel eventually assassinated him by poisoning the blood of his slave.
Numero Cinco
- Appearances: background role in various previous episodes, "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco"
Numero Cinco (Danny Mora), or "Number Five", appears in the first few episodes of the fifth season of Angel, but does not actually speak until the sixth episode "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco." He is the office mail clerk and can often be seen pushing the mail cart through the halls of Wolfram and Hart. He is a Mexican Luchador, who is most likely human.
Dana
- Appearances: "Damage"
When Dana (Navi Rawat) was 10 years-old, her family was murdered by a man named Walter Kindel, who kidnapped, drugged, and tortured Dana until she managed to escape. The ordeal at Kindel's hands, however, had left Dana severely traumatized, and she was confined in a psychiatric hospital. However, it also turned out that Dana was a potential Slayer, so her already damaged sanity was further harmed by visions and dreams of past Slayers' lives. At the time of "Chosen", Dana's Slayer powers manifested, thanks to Willow Rosenberg's spell which activated all potential Slayers. Unfortunately, the dreams and memories of past Slayers pushed her further over the edge and her own memories became mixed with those of past Slayers to the point where she would believe herself to be them, and was even able to speak fluently in their native languages (Romanian, Chinese, etc). Dana escapes several months later, when the doctors are unable to contain her new Slayer strength. During and after her escape, she injures or kills several innocent people. Both Angel and Spike attempt to track her down; Spike faces Dana twice, and on both occasions, she manifests the personalities of the two Slayers whom Spike has killed in his life, causing Spike to initially mistake her new Slayer status for possession by a Chinese demon when she taps into the Slayer he killed during the Boxer Rebellion. She later "remembers" him as Nikki Wood had seen him, even begging Spike not to harm her son. With past memories of Spike's misdeeds, Dana mistakes Spike for Kindel, the man who tortured her many years ago, and captures him and saws off his hands in a misguided act of revenge or self-defense (whispering that now he "couldn't touch [her]" anymore). Angel later apprehends Dana, but Andrew Wells and a squad of Slayers arrive and take her into custody, stating that they (including Buffy and the rest of the Scooby Gang) no longer trust him due to his current status as head of Wolfram & Hart, and that, as Dana is "one of them", they will find ways to take care of her on their own. What becomes of Dana afterwards is unknown.
Sam Lawson
- Appearances: "Why We Fight"
By 1943, Sam Lawson (Eyal Podell) is an ensign in the United States Navy. In his younger years, he makes fun of people in the military, believing they couldn't do anything unless they were ordered to. However, he decides to enlist in the Navy after seeing pictures of the German actions, believing it his calling, his mission, to fight evil. Under the command of Captain Franklin, Lawson and others capture a German U-Boat and assume control of the submarine to take it to the United States. However, the Nazi SS are using that submarine to transport a trio of vampire prisoners: Spike, The Prince of Lies, and Nostroyev. The vampires break free and slaughter part of the North-American crew, including Captain Franklin. Enlisted by the newly created Demon Research Initiative, Angel is sent to retrieve the submarine by all means necessary. Killing the vampires besides Spike, Angel has control of the situation until the sub is attacked, and Lawson has to repair the sub's motor. Almost killed by a SS Officer the crew had taken along, Angel saw no choice but to sire Lawson so that he could finish his repairs. After the job is done, Lawson is excited to feast on his crew, but is stopped by Angel, who forces him to leave the submarine together with Spike, telling Lawson that the next time, Angel will kill him. During the following 60 years, Lawson does as other vampires; killing and torturing people. However, he never feels any kind of pleasure or satisfaction from it; he speculates that this is due to Angel having sired him while he still had a soul, although he doubts he has one himself. Seeking revenge for his tortured existence, Lawson watched and waited for the right time. When Angel becomes CEO of Wolfram & Hart, he decides it is time to strike, and infiltrates the building, holding Angel's team captive. Deriding Angel for what he has done, the two ultimately engage in a battle, which ends with Angel staking Lawson. Lawson's last words are "Come on, Chief... give me a mission!", showing how lost he had become.
Drogyn
- Appearances: "A Hole in the World", "Power Play"
A mystic warrior who has been alive for at least a thousand years and who had encountered Angel at some point during the twentieth century. Drogyn (portrayed by Alec Newman) first appears in "A Hole in the World", where it is revealed that since meeting Angel, he has become the keeper of the Deeper Well, a prison for ancient dead demons. The Well is located in the Cotswolds, England and travels straight through the entire planet. Drogyn himself is mystically compelled to answer all questions truthfully. This sometimes results in violent lashing out. Angel goes to the Deeper Well to try to prevent the resurrection of the ancient demon Illyria. This female demon is killing Fred in order to claw its way back into the world. Drogyn informs them that he can save Fred and draw Illyria back to the Deeper Well, but only by sacrificing many thousands of people (as said by Drogyn - "everyone between here and there"). Angel and Spike choose not to save Fred as they believe "she wouldn't have wanted that." Drogyn returns in "Power Play", where he is badly injured by a demon assassin and believes it was sent by Angel. This is in fact Angel's intention as part of a larger plan. Drogyn believes Illyria was freed by Angel in order to kill Fred, an accomplishment which would endear him to the powerful demonic organization called the Circle of the Black Thorn. Illryia, now somewhat loyal to Angel, is left with Drogyn as a bodyguard. Marcus Hamilton, an agent of Wolfram & Hart defeats Illyria and takes Drogyn to the Circle. After much torture, Drogyn is presented to Angel, who then kills him as a further step to infiltrate and deceive the group.
Cyvus Vail
- Appearances: "Origin", "Power Play", "Not Fade Away"
Cyvus Vail (Dennis Christopher) is a powerful and elderly demon warlock, recognizable by his red skin and stringy white hair, whose influence extends throughout Los Angeles thanks to his vast economic power and his membership of the Circle of the Black Thorn. Vail led the team of warlocks who performed the reality alteration that allowed Angel's son Connor to obtain a normal life. He also has a grudge against the demon Sahjhan, whom Vail was unable to fight due to his failing health, which forced him to receive continuous IV transfusions. Vail mentioned that Sahjhan had a nasty habit of trying to murder him. Cyvus Vail thus manipulated Angel to allow Connor to fight Sahjhan (Connor was prophesied to kill Sahjhan), who had been imprisoned in an urn which Cyvus had now obtained. The only way for Connor to be ruthless and skilled enough to fight Sahjhan however, was to restore his memories, which Wesley did by smashing the Orlon Window which held them. He did so, thinking he might be able to bring Fred back to life. Connor proceeded to kill Sahjhan. Vail goes underground to escape Angel's retaliation, but is present at Angel's initiation in the Circle of the Black Thorn, wearing a Venetian scaramouche mask, characterized by its long nose. The old demon paid his respects and accepted Angel's statement that he had been pretending to look for Vail. However, he remained distrustful of Angel and feared he was merely pretending to have been corrupted in order to infiltrate the Circle. He also wanted to keep close tabs on Wesley, whom Vail considered unstable and a loose cannon that would betray Angel to obtain his seat in the Circle. Wesley had more influence on Illyria than any other member of Angel's team. When Angel decided to wipe out the entire Circle, Angel chose Wesley to attack and kill Vail because he was the only one capable of facing Vail's warlock powers. Although he failed in his mission, Illyria came to his aid out of concern for his life. After he died in her arms, she proceeded to kill Vail by shattering his skull to pieces with a single punch.
The Immortal
- Appearances: "The Girl in Question"
The Immortal is first mentioned in the episode "The Girl in Question". The Immortal's face never appears on screen throughout the entire episode (though the audience does presumably see his back while he is dancing with the pseudo-Buffy). Second hand accounts describe him as incredibly attractive, athletic, intelligent and also apparently genuinely immortal and unaging. He has accomplished numerous incredible feats and managed to seduce many women, including Darla and Drusilla.[4] In the fifth season of Angel, Andrew Wells says that Buffy has been dating the Immortal.[4] In Joss Whedon's canonical comic series of Buffy's eighth season, it is revealed that Angel and Spike did not really see Buffy, but one of two decoys pretending to be her, so she can stay hidden from some evil force. Andrew was the one who decided for the Buffy imposter to date the Immortal, because he thought it would be funny, given Angel and Spike's shared history with Buffy and The Immortal. Both vampires view the Immortal as one of their greatest enemies. Buffy herself doesn't know about the reasons why Andrew thought it was funny.[5] Not much information is given about who or what the Immortal is; Darla says that "he's not some common vampire." According to Angel and Spike, he "may or may not be evil." The Immortal makes an appearance in the Buffyverse Expanded Universe (uncanon), in the Buffy book: Queen of the Slayers, which details the start of the relationship between Buffy and the Immortal.
Accomplishments
According to various people who know the Immortal, he is known for accomplishing the following:
- Spending 150 years in a Tibetan Monastery.
- Climbing Mount Everest several times.
- Writing a self-help book which, apparently, is a life-changer.
- Dealing with the Italian Branch of Wolfram and Hart several times and surviving (Ilona Costa Bianchi, CEO of the Roman branch of Wolfram and Hart may have been referring to business dealings or a more personal encounter, quite possibly both).
- Sleeping with Drusilla and Darla at the same time, something that neither Spike nor Angelus could get either girl to agree to.
- Somehow causing Spike to be sent to jail for tax evasion.[4]
Senator Helen Brucker
- Appearances: "Power Play", "Not Fade Away"
Senator Helen Brucker (Stacey Travis) is not a real human being, but a demon who was "installed" in a female body. Her ambition is to become President of the United States in 2008 thanks to the financial aid of hostile countries and the vast influence she possesses as a member of the Circle of the Black Thorn. She also tends to surround herself with vampires, who work both as her bodyguards and campaign staff. She's also a client of Wolfram & Hart, at least since the days of Holland Manners. Senator Brucker visits Wolfram & Hart to obtain the firm's help to defeat her rival Mike Conley, also a candidate for the Senate. She plans to have Conley brainwashed into becoming a pedophile so Brucker can win the 'chick vote'. As part of the act he stages to make the Black Thorn believe he has been corrupted by power, Angel agrees to aid Senator Bruckner and has Conley brainwashed in the following days. Brucker is present at Angel's initiation in the Circle of the Black Thorn, participating in the torture of Drogyn. Before revealing herself to Angel, she wore a bronze-colored Tre Facce mask. When Angel and his crew agree to wipe out all members of the Black Thorn, Gunn is sent to deal with Brucker at her campaign headquarters, a mission in which he succeeds.
References
- ^ Tim Minear at Salon.com
- ^ "IGN Interview with Joss Whedon, page 2".
- ^ McConnell, Ashley, Book of the Dead, (Pocket Books 2004), pages 156-165, 267-269, 283-291.
- ^ a b c "The Girl in Question". Joss Whedon, Steven S. DeKnight, Drew Goddard, David Greenwalt. Angel. WB. 2004-05-05. No. 20, season 5.
- ^ Joss Whedon (w), Georges Jeanty (p), Andy Owen (i). "The Long Way Home" Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight vol. 1, #1 March, 2007 Dark Horse (5/2)
