Raphael

Raphael is Asgard's first-ranked archangel and the longtime leader of its angel army. Bright and courteous in manner but casually coercive in action, they first confront Grid to seize the liberated souls of legends, only to be repelled by Grid and Mir. Raphael later loses standing through repeated schemes and defeats, yet remains an authority on Asgard. Fear of Grid eventually becomes submission, and a small act of kindness turns that obedience into loyalty and genuine remorse immediately before Asura destroys Raphael's body. (Chapters 1441, 1527–1530, 1615, 1931–1932, 2038–2039, 2041, and 2045–2046)

Biography

Apostles, Dragons, and the Overgeared World

Raphael first descends to the surface to collect the souls freed after Gamigin's destruction. They greet humanity politely, but admit that their opening surprise attack was merely the fastest way to subdue Grid before taking what they wanted. Their immense status also limits the descent: the surface cannot support them for long. Grid exploits that pressure, refuses the demand, and survives a halo that blinds the battlefield, dispels magic, and sends down enormous pillars of light. Mir then intervenes because he can sense Raphael, and his assault gives Grid the opening to sever the archangel's head and force their return to Asgard. (Chapters 1527–1529)

The defeat does not produce lasting shame. Raphael regards angels as creations sustained by the goddess rather than worship, so public humiliation does not diminish them as it would a god. Back in Asgard, they dismiss the failed mission as bad luck and return to their duties. Their later position confirms the scale of their authority: Raphael leads the angel army, commands the second-largest military force in heaven after Dominion, and is among the few permitted to meet the goddess directly. At the same time, their exchanges with Gabriel show a playful, manipulative streak and a willingness to exploit other angels to test Grid. (Chapters 1529, 1615, and 1624)

Baal, Asgard, and the Complete Ending

Raphael's confidence erodes as the world changes faster than they do. After being demoted to hell, they try to turn the dead Hayate into an angel and imagine using him against Grid. Hayate's soul instead overwhelms Raphael through Noblesse Oblige and his recovered dragon-killing identity. Raphael recognizes that a human who has grown through struggle has surpassed an archangel who remained static for ages, but that insight comes too late to prevent another defeat. (Chapters 1931–1932)

In the final Asgard conflict, Raphael helps negotiate with demon cultivators and supports construction of the Full Moon Fortress, but Mumud traps them after Asura begins betraying the alliance. Grid frees Raphael while confronting Mumud's plan. Raphael then warns that an independent Asgard could grow without human restraint and admits that personal pride also prevents them from accepting Mumud as a superior. When Grid later demonstrates that he can bypass Raphael's defenses and kill immortal beings, terror strips away the prejudice Raphael held against a god of human origin. Raphael submits and promises not to betray him. (Chapters 2038–2039 and 2041)

Raphael guides Grid's party through a secret route to Asgard's heart. Grid's attempt to defend Rebecca's honor feels to Raphael like unprecedented personal kindness, changing coerced obedience into peak loyalty. When Grid accidentally ruins the route's Stardust, he apologizes and promises restoration. Raphael responds by apologizing for the humans they harmed and pledging atonement. The change is immediately cut short when Asura decapitates them; Raphael continues firing divinity while dying, but Asura consumes the attack and reduces the body to ashes. Since ordinary angels can transfer their souls into spare bodies, destruction of this body is not by itself proof that Raphael's existence has ended permanently. (Chapters 2045–2046)

Appearance and personality

Raphael initially appears as a young, androgynous angel whose spear is taller than their body. A halo casts much of their face into shadow, and two armed cherubs circle them to form a Trinity. In later scenes they are described with bright blond hair, white-jade skin, large eyes, and a beautiful face; imprisonment leaves that face scarred and bloodied. They can reveal seven pairs of wings, while their halo and wings function as both symbols of rank and active weapons. (Chapters 1527–1528, 1932, and 2038–2039)

Their surface manner is cheerful, concise, and formally polite, but the courtesy masks entitlement. Raphael sees surprise attacks, forced tribute, manipulation, and sacrificial use of subordinates as practical tools rather than moral violations. They are playful with Gabriel, disdainful toward lesser beings, proud of being the first-ranked archangel, and quick to mock Grid even when dependent on him. Repeated defeats expose fear beneath that pride. At the end, however, they prove capable of reflection: Grid's kindness makes them reconsider forgotten kindness from humans, regret their conduct, and desire atonement. (Chapters 1527, 1615, 1624, 1931–1932, 2039, 2041, and 2045–2046)

Abilities, classes, and skills

As first-ranked archangel, Raphael possesses exceptional divinity, spellcasting, regeneration through angelic vessels, and command authority over the angel army. Their high status is also a limitation on the surface, which cannot sustain their descent indefinitely. Losing a body does not normally end an angel's existence because the soul can be reborn in another vessel, and an angel's damaged status can recover quickly. This resilience does not make a body invulnerable to forces that consume the soul or prevent transfer. (Chapters 1527–1529, 1615, and 1624)

Raphael's halo can expand, blind targets, and generate repeated pillars of light across tens of kilometers. Their nature as an angel disrupts hostile magic, causing spell dispersal and magic-power backflow. Their principal weapon changes between spear, bow, sword, and shield: the bow releases thousands of light arrows, while the spear supports rapid thrusts and close combat. Two cherubs complete a Trinity that sharply increases Raphael's power, but attacking or disabling those partners weakens the formation. (Chapters 1527–1528)

Seven pairs of wings grant extreme aerial mobility and can expand to establish a mental world. Raphael also commands numerous defensive spells and has detailed knowledge of Asgard's structure, hidden temples, routes, and angelic principles. These resources cannot close every gap created by experience and growth: Mir forces their first retreat, Hayate's mental world seals their wings, halo, and unfinished mental world, and Grid later crosses a succession of defensive spells before Raphael can respond. Their latest combat act is a powerful release of divinity after decapitation, but Asura's many halos consume it and destroy the body. (Chapters 1528, 1932, 2041, and 2045–2046)

Raphael's progression is primarily political and psychological rather than a demonstrated late combat upgrade. They move from secure command in Asgard, through demotion and imprisonment, to serving as an unwilling source of information. Grid's Annihilation energy establishes a decisive limit because it can kill beings Raphael considered effectively immortal. Their final change is voluntary: fear produces obedience, kindness produces loyalty, and remorse redirects their remaining strength toward atonement and opposition to Asura. (Chapters 1615, 1931–1932, 2038–2039, 2041, and 2045–2046)

Relationships

Grid is first a human-born god whom Raphael expects to subdue and later the being they fear, obey, and finally choose to serve. Grid repeatedly overturns Raphael's assumptions: he survives the first descent, grows beyond Raphael's defenses, spares them for their knowledge, and apologizes even when he could impose his will. That last gesture produces Raphael's first sincere reconsideration of the humans they harmed. (Chapters 1527–1529, 2038–2039, 2041, and 2045–2046)

Mir was created to oppose Raphael and can detect their presence. He intervenes during Raphael's first surface descent, sacrifices an eye to hold the archangel in place, and enables Grid to sever Raphael's head. Raphael later remains a point of comparison for Mir's power and development. (Chapters 1441, 1527–1529, and 1722)

Mumud is an angel Raphael regards as a former subordinate who has become dangerously independent. Raphael supports the Full Moon Fortress project but rejects the prospect of serving Mumud, is imprisoned by his hybrid magic, and then warns Grid that Mumud's plan could make Asgard independent and eventually hostile to humanity. Their rivalry mixes a legitimate strategic warning with Raphael's wounded hierarchy and pride. (Chapters 2038–2039 and 2041)

Gabriel is a fellow archangel whom Raphael greets playfully and exploits as a test of Grid. Gabriel understands the manipulation and privately hates Raphael, while Raphael welcomes the temporary freedom created by Gabriel's damaged status. The relationship reflects Raphael's tendency to treat other angels as instruments even while behaving familiarly toward them. (Chapter 1624)

Items

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