[🤍] ~ Aziraphale

AZIRAPHALE

Aziraphale is one of the main characters in Amazon series Good Omens. He is an angel who doubles as a rare book dealer. He is Crowley's best friend and life partner.

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Background

Aziraphale seeks to prevent the apocalypse because he has grown to like humans and enjoy his life on Earth. There are restaurants on here, for a start. Furthermore, he does not find the idea of listening to The Sound of Music for eternity very appealing. He is Crowley’s best friend and soulmate (platonic and/or romantic).

He briefly met Crowley when he was still an angel twice. The first time was when Crowley asked him for help in starting up a new nebula he had been working on. Aziraphale then explained that the universe would only be around for 6000 years and the nebula was too far away from Earth.

The second time was during The Great War. Aziraphale was considered a great general by the other archangels for his part in protecting the Eternal Flame from rebel angels. He was threatened by an injured Crowley into handing over his weapon. After seeing the wound on Crowley’s leg, he tied a bandage to it and then left.

Aziraphale found his bookshop in 1800 due to his love for books. All of his books are signed first editions. Although his shop is officially a bookshop, he doesn't actually like to sell any of his books. He has many ways to keep people from buying his books, for example having impossible opening hours no one can follow or making the shop as unpleasant as he can. To the people in Soho, he calls himself Mr. Fell.

The bookshop is a charming and quaint establishment. The architecture is old-fashioned with many historic and antique artifacts and furniture between all the books. There is a black spiral staircase that leads to another floor with a lot more books. Somewhere up there is also a room with a bed and orange walls which Jim used in season 2.

Although it looks like a normal bookshop at first glance, there are more things to it. The round, threadbare carpet hides a circle of protection, something Aziraphale uses to summon the Metatron in season 1 and protect Maggie, Nina, and himself by putting a spell on the circle and discorporating the attacking demons.

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Personality

Aziraphale is generally very bubbly and cheerful and keen to do the right thing. He can become a bit anxious if he has to do something that isn’t 100% good such, as lying. He also tried to wave responsibility for certain tasks over to Crowley since he is meant to be the “nice one” out of the two of them. He fretted slightly about giving away his flaming sword to Adam when he and Eve were banished from Eden.

He has a fondness for human food which is considered weird by other angels since they don’t have the need to eat anything. He is also very protective of his books using his bookshop as a means to store them rather than actually selling any.

He has a soft spot for Crowley - his best friend and life partner. The two have been friends for around 6000 years although Aziraphale sometimes denies it. Although it’s clear that he seems to want to join Crowley in a more separate way from Heaven, he has a strong attachment that causes him to reject Crowley’s invitation to run away with him - twice.

Aziraphale also has difficulty recognizing gray morality compared to Crowley. He automatically assumes that Heaven are the good guys and Hell are the bad guys, often using this to try to justify some of Heaven’s more unpleasant actions. In the Victorian era, he was initially unable to see how Elspeth’s moral choices to survive in poverty were different to someone in a rich situation. Later he was able to see some of the gray morality in the situation. However, he still struggled to recognize Heaven’s actions as bad, unwilling to see them as “toxic” as Crowley stated.

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Abilities:

Aziraphale is a Principality and celestial bureaucrat in Good Omens. While he rarely fights, preferring a quiet life in his London bookshop, he possesses massive cosmic abilities. He bends reality via "miracles," shape-shifts, and manipulates matter, though he is often reluctant to use these powers to their full extent.His primary powers and abilities include:

Miracles Reality Warping: Like demons, angels can manipulate reality and time, which they refer to as "miracles". Aziraphale uses these to:

• Alter Matter: Instantly change the color of Crowley’s car, refill empty wine glasses, or generate vintage clothing out of thin air.
• Protect & Heal: Prevent a bomb from destroying him and Crowley's bookshop simultaneously, and heal humans (like Anathema Device) after accidents.
• Technological Control: Enter and manipulate television screens, phone networks, and the data of earthly agencies.
• Intervention: The rules of reality bend to his intent, allowing him to pull off narrow, "miraculous" escapes.

Celestial Physiology As an immaterial spiritual being, Aziraphale doesn't have a biological body in the traditional sense, but uses a physical shell to interact with Earth. His traits include:

• Immortality & Regeneration: He does not age and can regenerate if his physical form is completely destroyed (discorporated).
• Shapeshifting: He can change his appearance and size at will.
• Flight: He can manifest his magnificent, pure white wings to fly at incredible speeds.
• Possession: In an emergency (such as being accidentally exorcised), he can share a mortal’s body, allowing them to speak while he uses their vessel to travel.
• Celestial Lore & Divination: Being an angel, he is deeply knowledgeable about the design of the universe and can perfectly decipher complex prophecies (like those of Agnes Nutter).