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Player Information
Name: Chipps
Age: 26
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Reserve Link: Portability.
Character Basics
Name: Castiel
Character Journal:dirtytrenchcoat
Canon: Supernatural
Canon Point: 10x08 ("Hibbing 911")
Age:While no canon specific age is stated it's remarked upon by Castiel when speaking of his history that he'd been alive long before humanity occupied the planet. Given that, it's safe to say that Castiel is anywhere between several thousand to several million years old. He's older then the sun and earth and his species took precedence canonically before mortal life ever did. This being said his vessel and the man that he hosts, Jimmy Novak, is in his late thirties to early forties and this is the appearance he will be taking in the game.
Icon: http://i66.tinypic.com/2a3fuu.jpg
Canon Character Information
Appearance: There's nothing unusual about Castiel at first glance. He might be a little uncomfortable to look at. Tired dark hair, and clothes that are better suited to some sort of business conference. He looks like he's always ready to walk the streets of New York. The one thing that stands out about him physically are his piercing blue eyes, and his lack of social poise, otherwise he looks like any other person you might see on your way to work or Sunday service.
The way he presents himself is the biggest thing that lends itself to the fact that he's not human. Most just assume he's repressed. His clothes are too big, and drape over an olive skin tone and a five o' clock shadow that makes him look less like a businessman and more like he was laid off. He's tall, lanky, but not altogether scrawny. There's lean muscle there and purpose behind his posture, despite wardrobe and gestures saying otherwise.
History: A multidimensional wavelength of celestial intent.
Personality:Introduced in season four as a character with mysterious allegiances and the reason that Dean Winchester was purged from hell Castiel remarkably shows no interest in the hunters and the judgment that they pass onto him and instead openly states his concern with their path, where itās taking them, and where it ultimately will lead the world. His concern is not in their baseless criticism but instead focused upon the bigger plan and what they have to gain and lose by working with the angels or evading their help. Openly saying things like, āIām the one that gripped you tight and raised you from perdition,ā and āYou should show me some respect, I brought you out of hell and I can throw you back in,ā key into his archaic descent and how long heās been around despite how little of it was spent in the company of mortals and using a vessel. Despite his newness to the occupation of earth and commiserating with humans Castiel stands strong and noble; a figure of godās promise to save the world and all those who inhabit it. Unstudied with the culture and customs, outside of religion, that is now prevalent on earth Castiel is forced to turn a blind eye to it and function as the old and not yet adapted creature that he is in favor of instead sympathizing with the human plight or Dean and Samās wishes that are opposed to what he must do and what his orders are. Ultimately Cas is focused and effervescently active in following what he deems to be the right path and what his father would suggest is true and concrete in his word. His wishes, passion, and driving ambition are focused toward carrying out what is conceived to be the flawless and indubitable path that has been laid out for centuries and equipped unto him by a stern hand and the timeless measures of his father, the father of all creation. This is where his true allegiance lies even in contrast to his brothers who may have superior ranks to his own.
Family, when considered by angels isnāt really the most important thing that there is and itās often not greeted with the same hospitality that humans relate to it. Primarily angels are focused toward the laws of ascension and the things that ranking and the higher standard of being does entail. Castiel being one of the lower tiered and division angels answers to Uriel after getting close to Dean, he was demoted with not so much as a bat of an eye. He'd initially been his superior and was forced beneath him when the gateway to doubt was opened. He took the change in roles with ease long before they found out that Uriel was double crossing their plight. He was trained under his sister Anna whoād fallen by choice and lived a distinctly human life until her angel radio keyed her into all that was going on. Angels, instead of looking at each other as a family have a tendency to look at one another as obstacles. Uriel was merely using Castiel to carry out his own plans and Castiel although appreciated by Anna was all too quick to turn her in for going against what he thought to be Godās word and the path heād been dignified in knowing was right. Because there are so many children born out of heaven itās suggested that the familial ties are very loose. Some view one another as expendable. Zachariah, Uriel, Raphael, and most of the archangels certainly believe this to be true. That godās plan is the only plan and anything else is obsolete. Castiel starts off in canon believing this too, that an angel's existence is a promise or commitment to God and that denying this is a shameful and vile approach to the life that was breathed into them. Itās why he turned in Anna when he did, a choice that he comes to regret later after heās taken away too and re-indoctrinated. The belief that others are dispensable doesnāt sit with Castiel long though and after spending an extended period of time on earth and in the company of Dean and Sam they show him that family does matter and that people do matter and arenāt canon fodder to the larger scheme and the glaringly cataclysmic road they were about to wander down. Itās reflected on later by Cas in season six when heās recalling his life and mentions one of his siblings saying to him, āDonāt step on that fish, Castiel, big plans for that fish,ā as heās standing on the shoreline. Later on, in the same episode, he regales Dean and Sam by saying, āIām unashamed to say that my big brother knocked me into next week.ā Itās clear that Cas does slowly change with help from the duo and with insight from other people but ultimately his goals are with the reckoning of his father and what he suggests is his means.
Being primarily focused on God and carrying out what he believes to be his work Castiel also walks a line of moral ambiguity. As mentioned previously he did believe others to be canon fodder and a worthy sacrifice of a better plan. This is carried into later seasons where heās focused more toward a civil war in heaven and even goes so far as betray both Winchesters and go back in time to make sure the titanic doesnāt sink so heād have another several thousand souls to help fight in that battle. Heās better at lying, better at getting his point across and even goes so far as to work with Crowley, a high ranking demon to carry out his goals and help drive the aforementioned ambition. Heās fighting three different battles. One for the earth, one in the depths of the Garrison, and another to find purgatory and the line heās walking keeps getting grayer and grayer as he goes along it. Like any General heās having to think within a tactical and what some might consider as malicious means. Heās making allies that he has no plans to keep once his task is over and done with and is choosing to go against what heās previously known to be good and, ādo what he must,ā to carry out the bigger plan and accomplish a defeat of Raphael in the civil war so that it wonāt bleed onto earth and destroy Sam and Deanās lives as well. In spite of them disagreeing with his choices, and considering that these choices might, in fact, be shadier than heād previously been when working to stop Lucifer from claiming the earth Castiel still loves them for what they represented in his life and still considers them his friends even while forsaking their trust so that he can achieve what heās set out to do. Some might think his behavior and his battle plans cruel and unforgivable, like Napoleon Bonaparte, but heās not trying to conquer the world. Heās trying to find peace for it. The allies heās made and caters to arenāt what he wouldāve previously recognized as worthy and are spoken of still with contempt and scorn. He knows that he still needs them, in spite of his feelings toward them, and canāt deviate from them until his fatherās plan is done and his will is finally recognized among heaven and on earth. It pains him to have to play Judas to the Winchesters but he knows that ultimately itās what needs to be done and so he carries on with that path regardless of their thoughts to his behavior or their suspicions of his choices.
A prideful being Castiel stands with straight shoulders and inhuman poise. Heās been around long enough to know how the world works and how most humans interact but is still lost when it comes to pop-cultural references and certain basic mechanisms of human interactions despite how wise he is and how audacious his regard for himself might be. Above all Castiel is tenacious, driven, and ambitious about what he needs to carry out and how he needs to do so. In season five when Dean broke and was willing to give himself over to Michael, Castiel corners him before heās able to do so and physically brutalizes him in an attempt to get him to understand. āI gave you everything, and this is what you give to me?!ā Itās no secret that Cas had found codependence and the recognition he needed in both of the Winchesters and that Deanās behavior was something he considered disloyal, especially after his own loyalty had been given. He punctuates this by saying, āI donāt have the same faith in you that Sam does,ā and that he wasnāt going to watch Dean fail. They were taking on Zachariah and a handful of his brothers and Cas went in singularly to pave their way. Dean remarks that itās suicide and Castiel answers with something of the same. The bigotry that he so often displays (with demons, monsters, and things he finds unholy) is soul deep and so is the arrogance that is present with it. While Castiel is an altruist by creation heās also a determined, cunning, and ruthless being with a mind to finish what he starts and carries out Godās will at all costs, even his own. He found Dean's actions offensive to the faith that he'd placed in him, was jealous of the idea that he'd ever turn himself over to Michael, and was sure to remark upon it when the time came for him to face that music. His foundation is his biggest ally and what he has to fall back on when nothing else is there. Later when the choice resulted in his grace being diminished it was still his beliefs that held proper. Castiel is highly tailored to his blind faith, the principles that he upholds, and the lengths that heāll go to in order to protect what he esteems is worthy. Itās this in him that rings true even beneath the ambiguity and doubt that people catch fair glimpses of once in a while.
What people see outwardly is a stern face and a sharp and guttural tone of wording when speaking to him that hides nothing of how strongly he presents himself. He focuses on whatās serious and what needs to be done and this is evident when interacting with him; that his cut and dry tone and vapid expression cater to this need of accomplishing what heās set out to do. A lot of sarcasm and witty banter is lost on him as heās overlooking the bigger picture and detailing his plans and what he needs to achieve. He seems to most like an innocuous ātax accountant,ā and can be the butt of a joke when he remarks blandly on something in a way that you might find callow if you didnāt truly know him. While he has gotten a handle on human tendencies and customs heās still inelegant in how he chooses to handle them and is genuinely proud of himself when he accomplishes them correctly. He can be weird, displayed as awkward, especially to those that donāt truly know him, what he is, or where he comes from, but he does try to relate to most and isnāt vitriol unless you go against his creed or what he deems to be respectable or worthy. Heās ever patient to a point and dangerous if pushed beyond it.
Castiel, Bobby, The Winchesters, and their crew: Castiel learns a great deal from Dean who opens him up to the idea that Godās plan doesnāt have to be just black and white and that he should take a look at what's around him and decide whatās real before his brothers poisoned him more to what was truly legitimate when it came to the bigger plan. Castiel is reserved to begin with and doesnāt go very far to accept his words but over time adjusts and understands the verity to them despite being unwilling at first.
In traveling with Dean and Sam Castiel is opened to what really lies in human nature and what really makes them works of art and beautiful in their own right and heās able to differentiate this belief as opposed to his brothers and make good of it because he does recognize the species as his fatherās greatest handiwork and he does consider them to be worth saving. The slow stumble to accepting Deanās words and encouragement allow him to feel things he wouldnāt have normally and opens the gateway to doubt. He starts to doubt his fatherās plan, despite it being outlined for him, and even goes so far as to relinquish it completely (which includes getting wasted and showing up at Samās a little later than he wouldāve expected), if just because the emotions and things that he was experiencing were opening him up to different behaviors and overwhelming him to an extent that suggested it.
Over time he learns to regard them as friends, and loves them for what theyāve taught him, and stays alongside them long after his grace is gone and broken because he finds a home away from the Garrison in their company and is able to readily give himself over, and over, and over for the plan that comes down to the two of them and always would. Heās brought back many times to beseech them to take the right path and continue what theyāre doing, by God, and takes the blessings when he gets them to heart allowing them to right him when heās wrong and keep him standing strong when he thinks heās going to fall. Itās this love for his father that he ties into his love for the Winchesters and those that are affiliated with them. The losses of the Harvelles and others that were in their constant company influence him too because they affect Dean and Sam.
During the almost three years heās been in contact with them Cas has slowly started to consider himself the sole guardian of the Winchesters and even in the midst of a heavenly war heās able to set time aside to aid them when they request even if it serves to be a detriment to him and the fight heās doing top side. He always comes when they call and often it gets him into trouble he wouldnāt have otherwise been in had he ignored it. He considers them more than friends now, but family, and above anything else, he knows that theyāve truly motivated his life despite not telling them and not mentioning it.
Castiel and Jimmy Novak: James Novak was a devout man who prayed often, as spoken by Castiel in early seasons when he was first consented to be among humans. Heās laughed at initially and called names when the garb that James wore to meet him was taken into consideration; a blue suit and a long tan trench coat. Jimmy himself was a man with a family, a wife and daughter, and an ad salesman from Pontiac, Illinois. He acceded to let Castiel use him under the promise that Castiel would keep his family safe. Angels much like demons possess a body in order to walk among humans, the only difference is that they need the humans approval to do so. The promise Castiel made was relinquished when he was dragged back to heaven to be indoctrinated again, thus putting Jimmy in harms way when demons left to lay claim to the vessel so that Dean and Sam would be more open to their attacks without an angel constantly protecting them.
When he comes back Jimmy has already been shot by a demon that had been within his wife, Amelia, and because he was near death he was forced to take Claire whoād also said yes, his twelve-year-old daughter. āItās in her blood line, as it was in yours,ā suggests that vessels are destined to be as they are through the wear and tear of years despite the angels involved and itās further punctuated when Gabriel reveals to Dean and Sam that theyāre Michael and Luciferās meat suits and that they have no choice.
Jimmy pleads with Castiel to take him instead that he doesnāt care that he should rest now and go to the Lord and that he doesnāt want his daughter living the life heās had to for the past year, āYou take me. You take me.ā He begs. Castiel concedes with, āThis past year has been painful for you, there will be a hundred, a thousand more like it.ā Jimmyās desires win out in the end and his daughter and wife are spared.
Itās suggested that in canon when Castiel is struck down by Raphael that Jimmy has died and is further supported when Castiel returns again in the later seasons but itās largely irrelevant to how Castiel feels about him as a whole. He considers Jimmy to be a very big loss, an encumbrance that he has to bear, and something that should have never happened and did because of the relinquishment and leverage heād given to both Dean and Zachariah. He still feels some shame when it comes to James and where his family is concerned. He doesnāt often speak of it, but itās there.
Powers/Abilities/Talents:
Angels in Supernatural canon vary as far as abilities and strength are concerned, Castiel, however, has been spoken of often as a lower tier or division angel and therefore his powers arenāt as considerable as the alleged four archangels and the prowess that they show canonically. All angels are required to have the consent of their vessel before using and possessing them and all vessels are designed well beforehand and born through blood and breeding.
ā¢ Castielās true form is the size of the Chrysler building, roughly, as spoken by him in canon. Mere humans can't look upon this form as it is too pure and will burn their eyes out of their sockets. His true voice is booming and screeching that breaks glass, shakes the earth, and is also very painful to mortal senses. Because of this, and through learning the hard way, Cas remains within James Novak, his vessel, when associating with the Winchesters and those that they're affiliated with.
ā¢ Angels have the ability to raise the dead, heal, exorcise demons and transport people from one place to another with a touch alone. They have also been known to ward charges against evil or others of their kind through a touch (as proven by Castiel and the Enochian sigils that he carved into the ribs of Dean and Sam simply by reaching out and pushing his palm against their chest.)
ā¢ Theyāre highly durable while in their vessels and are impervious to all human weapons. They can only be killed by another of their kind or with an angelic sword.
ā¢ Angels can warp time and transport or move within the future or the past. Castiel can do this but it exhausts him and leaves him unable to do much more after the fact, winded and in pain.
ā¢ Angels have an ability called Angel Radio which is ingrained into their head. It consists mostly of other angels speaking Enochian (their native tongue) on their same frequency and it can even pick up on mortal prayer as well.
ā¢ Castiel seems to gain power when weak by touching the soul of another person, he can also see their souls when doing this and can sense their strength and/or vulnerability.
ā¢ An ability in canon is that angels can literally fly from place to place with such intricate velocity that itās unable to be seen by human eyes. Itās associated with their wings (Castielās which heās shown twice in canon) and allows them to move from one place to another within seconds and is seen by most who are unfamiliar as teleporting and teleportation. They appear in whatever place theyāre needed with nothing but a flutter of wings. As spoken of above, angels can also do the same with other people by pressing two fingers into their temple, or a palm to their head, it differs in that they literally transport the person to that place without moving themselves but still ties into what Cas has canonically called portability.
ā¢ Angels are telepaths and empaths. They can see thoughts, pilfer through them, and sense emotion. This in part has been displayed several times with other angels and the Winchesters, reading their minds, and keying into how they're feeling to accomplish a goal.
ā¢ An ability Castiel uses quite often in canon is that he can put a person to sleep with a simple touch. He presses two fingers to their temple and then they're out like a light.
ā¢ Angels have no need to rest, use the bathroom, eat, drink, or bathe. They can simply will themselves clean and itās as if time has stopped for their vessels in question. They donāt age and it takes very much to kill them or make their powers dwindle.
ā¢ Their senses are also very keen. Theyāre able to pick up on other creatures immediately and can sense an entire area, sometimes further, for the sole being they're looking for searching with mostly their mind and the power that is at their disposal.
ā¢ All of this ties into their grace, which is essentially what makes them angelic and keeps them as strong as they are. When their grace has expired, or they have willingly given it up, theyāre little more than mortals but incredibly aged beings in the body of whichever vessel that theyāre inhabiting.
Other: More than anything I'd like to explore the nature of the game with Cas, especially with the very real problems he's facing canonically before arrival. His deal with Crowley, the search for Purgatory, and the civil war in heaven. Things that will essentially make his time with castmates more strained if not estranging him completely. He'll have to genuinely depend on others at first to get by and given his canon progression and where he is currently this will be a task in and of itself and it will open him up to more character depth and plot potential in the game and his future spent there.
Itinerary: All that Castiel will be bringing with him is his blade, the fact that he's an angel means that most items are trivial to him and not worth carrying long term.
Samples -
First Person: [VOICE]
[Despite Castiel's many attempts to differentiate the video option from the audio option and some awkward button tones he finally manages to see that the phone is receiving his voice. He clears his throat audibly.]
It's come to my attention that this is the easiest way to get in touch with this islands general population. I know there are natives, there must be, but how may of us are here? Others like myself, that woke up on a boat already headed toward the docks. All varying levels of expertise are appreciated. I've never seen anything like this.
Third Person: TDM.
Finally, out of the 4 words, pick one: Lake
Name: Chipps
Age: 26
Contact: quibblegibbits @ gmail / deathtonormalcy @ aim /
Reserve Link: Portability.
Character Basics
Name: Castiel
Character Journal:
dirtytrenchcoatCanon: Supernatural
Canon Point: 10x08 ("Hibbing 911")
Age:
Icon: http://i66.tinypic.com/2a3fuu.jpg
Canon Character Information
Appearance: There's nothing unusual about Castiel at first glance. He might be a little uncomfortable to look at. Tired dark hair, and clothes that are better suited to some sort of business conference. He looks like he's always ready to walk the streets of New York. The one thing that stands out about him physically are his piercing blue eyes, and his lack of social poise, otherwise he looks like any other person you might see on your way to work or Sunday service.
The way he presents himself is the biggest thing that lends itself to the fact that he's not human. Most just assume he's repressed. His clothes are too big, and drape over an olive skin tone and a five o' clock shadow that makes him look less like a businessman and more like he was laid off. He's tall, lanky, but not altogether scrawny. There's lean muscle there and purpose behind his posture, despite wardrobe and gestures saying otherwise.
History: A multidimensional wavelength of celestial intent.
Personality:
Family, when considered by angels isnāt really the most important thing that there is and itās often not greeted with the same hospitality that humans relate to it. Primarily angels are focused toward the laws of ascension and the things that ranking and the higher standard of being does entail. Castiel being one of the lower tiered and division angels answers to Uriel after getting close to Dean, he was demoted with not so much as a bat of an eye. He'd initially been his superior and was forced beneath him when the gateway to doubt was opened. He took the change in roles with ease long before they found out that Uriel was double crossing their plight. He was trained under his sister Anna whoād fallen by choice and lived a distinctly human life until her angel radio keyed her into all that was going on. Angels, instead of looking at each other as a family have a tendency to look at one another as obstacles. Uriel was merely using Castiel to carry out his own plans and Castiel although appreciated by Anna was all too quick to turn her in for going against what he thought to be Godās word and the path heād been dignified in knowing was right. Because there are so many children born out of heaven itās suggested that the familial ties are very loose. Some view one another as expendable. Zachariah, Uriel, Raphael, and most of the archangels certainly believe this to be true. That godās plan is the only plan and anything else is obsolete. Castiel starts off in canon believing this too, that an angel's existence is a promise or commitment to God and that denying this is a shameful and vile approach to the life that was breathed into them. Itās why he turned in Anna when he did, a choice that he comes to regret later after heās taken away too and re-indoctrinated. The belief that others are dispensable doesnāt sit with Castiel long though and after spending an extended period of time on earth and in the company of Dean and Sam they show him that family does matter and that people do matter and arenāt canon fodder to the larger scheme and the glaringly cataclysmic road they were about to wander down. Itās reflected on later by Cas in season six when heās recalling his life and mentions one of his siblings saying to him, āDonāt step on that fish, Castiel, big plans for that fish,ā as heās standing on the shoreline. Later on, in the same episode, he regales Dean and Sam by saying, āIām unashamed to say that my big brother knocked me into next week.ā Itās clear that Cas does slowly change with help from the duo and with insight from other people but ultimately his goals are with the reckoning of his father and what he suggests is his means.
Being primarily focused on God and carrying out what he believes to be his work Castiel also walks a line of moral ambiguity. As mentioned previously he did believe others to be canon fodder and a worthy sacrifice of a better plan. This is carried into later seasons where heās focused more toward a civil war in heaven and even goes so far as betray both Winchesters and go back in time to make sure the titanic doesnāt sink so heād have another several thousand souls to help fight in that battle. Heās better at lying, better at getting his point across and even goes so far as to work with Crowley, a high ranking demon to carry out his goals and help drive the aforementioned ambition. Heās fighting three different battles. One for the earth, one in the depths of the Garrison, and another to find purgatory and the line heās walking keeps getting grayer and grayer as he goes along it. Like any General heās having to think within a tactical and what some might consider as malicious means. Heās making allies that he has no plans to keep once his task is over and done with and is choosing to go against what heās previously known to be good and, ādo what he must,ā to carry out the bigger plan and accomplish a defeat of Raphael in the civil war so that it wonāt bleed onto earth and destroy Sam and Deanās lives as well. In spite of them disagreeing with his choices, and considering that these choices might, in fact, be shadier than heād previously been when working to stop Lucifer from claiming the earth Castiel still loves them for what they represented in his life and still considers them his friends even while forsaking their trust so that he can achieve what heās set out to do. Some might think his behavior and his battle plans cruel and unforgivable, like Napoleon Bonaparte, but heās not trying to conquer the world. Heās trying to find peace for it. The allies heās made and caters to arenāt what he wouldāve previously recognized as worthy and are spoken of still with contempt and scorn. He knows that he still needs them, in spite of his feelings toward them, and canāt deviate from them until his fatherās plan is done and his will is finally recognized among heaven and on earth. It pains him to have to play Judas to the Winchesters but he knows that ultimately itās what needs to be done and so he carries on with that path regardless of their thoughts to his behavior or their suspicions of his choices.
A prideful being Castiel stands with straight shoulders and inhuman poise. Heās been around long enough to know how the world works and how most humans interact but is still lost when it comes to pop-cultural references and certain basic mechanisms of human interactions despite how wise he is and how audacious his regard for himself might be. Above all Castiel is tenacious, driven, and ambitious about what he needs to carry out and how he needs to do so. In season five when Dean broke and was willing to give himself over to Michael, Castiel corners him before heās able to do so and physically brutalizes him in an attempt to get him to understand. āI gave you everything, and this is what you give to me?!ā Itās no secret that Cas had found codependence and the recognition he needed in both of the Winchesters and that Deanās behavior was something he considered disloyal, especially after his own loyalty had been given. He punctuates this by saying, āI donāt have the same faith in you that Sam does,ā and that he wasnāt going to watch Dean fail. They were taking on Zachariah and a handful of his brothers and Cas went in singularly to pave their way. Dean remarks that itās suicide and Castiel answers with something of the same. The bigotry that he so often displays (with demons, monsters, and things he finds unholy) is soul deep and so is the arrogance that is present with it. While Castiel is an altruist by creation heās also a determined, cunning, and ruthless being with a mind to finish what he starts and carries out Godās will at all costs, even his own. He found Dean's actions offensive to the faith that he'd placed in him, was jealous of the idea that he'd ever turn himself over to Michael, and was sure to remark upon it when the time came for him to face that music. His foundation is his biggest ally and what he has to fall back on when nothing else is there. Later when the choice resulted in his grace being diminished it was still his beliefs that held proper. Castiel is highly tailored to his blind faith, the principles that he upholds, and the lengths that heāll go to in order to protect what he esteems is worthy. Itās this in him that rings true even beneath the ambiguity and doubt that people catch fair glimpses of once in a while.
What people see outwardly is a stern face and a sharp and guttural tone of wording when speaking to him that hides nothing of how strongly he presents himself. He focuses on whatās serious and what needs to be done and this is evident when interacting with him; that his cut and dry tone and vapid expression cater to this need of accomplishing what heās set out to do. A lot of sarcasm and witty banter is lost on him as heās overlooking the bigger picture and detailing his plans and what he needs to achieve. He seems to most like an innocuous ātax accountant,ā and can be the butt of a joke when he remarks blandly on something in a way that you might find callow if you didnāt truly know him. While he has gotten a handle on human tendencies and customs heās still inelegant in how he chooses to handle them and is genuinely proud of himself when he accomplishes them correctly. He can be weird, displayed as awkward, especially to those that donāt truly know him, what he is, or where he comes from, but he does try to relate to most and isnāt vitriol unless you go against his creed or what he deems to be respectable or worthy. Heās ever patient to a point and dangerous if pushed beyond it.
Castiel, Bobby, The Winchesters, and their crew: Castiel learns a great deal from Dean who opens him up to the idea that Godās plan doesnāt have to be just black and white and that he should take a look at what's around him and decide whatās real before his brothers poisoned him more to what was truly legitimate when it came to the bigger plan. Castiel is reserved to begin with and doesnāt go very far to accept his words but over time adjusts and understands the verity to them despite being unwilling at first.
In traveling with Dean and Sam Castiel is opened to what really lies in human nature and what really makes them works of art and beautiful in their own right and heās able to differentiate this belief as opposed to his brothers and make good of it because he does recognize the species as his fatherās greatest handiwork and he does consider them to be worth saving. The slow stumble to accepting Deanās words and encouragement allow him to feel things he wouldnāt have normally and opens the gateway to doubt. He starts to doubt his fatherās plan, despite it being outlined for him, and even goes so far as to relinquish it completely (which includes getting wasted and showing up at Samās a little later than he wouldāve expected), if just because the emotions and things that he was experiencing were opening him up to different behaviors and overwhelming him to an extent that suggested it.
Over time he learns to regard them as friends, and loves them for what theyāve taught him, and stays alongside them long after his grace is gone and broken because he finds a home away from the Garrison in their company and is able to readily give himself over, and over, and over for the plan that comes down to the two of them and always would. Heās brought back many times to beseech them to take the right path and continue what theyāre doing, by God, and takes the blessings when he gets them to heart allowing them to right him when heās wrong and keep him standing strong when he thinks heās going to fall. Itās this love for his father that he ties into his love for the Winchesters and those that are affiliated with them. The losses of the Harvelles and others that were in their constant company influence him too because they affect Dean and Sam.
During the almost three years heās been in contact with them Cas has slowly started to consider himself the sole guardian of the Winchesters and even in the midst of a heavenly war heās able to set time aside to aid them when they request even if it serves to be a detriment to him and the fight heās doing top side. He always comes when they call and often it gets him into trouble he wouldnāt have otherwise been in had he ignored it. He considers them more than friends now, but family, and above anything else, he knows that theyāve truly motivated his life despite not telling them and not mentioning it.
Castiel and Jimmy Novak: James Novak was a devout man who prayed often, as spoken by Castiel in early seasons when he was first consented to be among humans. Heās laughed at initially and called names when the garb that James wore to meet him was taken into consideration; a blue suit and a long tan trench coat. Jimmy himself was a man with a family, a wife and daughter, and an ad salesman from Pontiac, Illinois. He acceded to let Castiel use him under the promise that Castiel would keep his family safe. Angels much like demons possess a body in order to walk among humans, the only difference is that they need the humans approval to do so. The promise Castiel made was relinquished when he was dragged back to heaven to be indoctrinated again, thus putting Jimmy in harms way when demons left to lay claim to the vessel so that Dean and Sam would be more open to their attacks without an angel constantly protecting them.
When he comes back Jimmy has already been shot by a demon that had been within his wife, Amelia, and because he was near death he was forced to take Claire whoād also said yes, his twelve-year-old daughter. āItās in her blood line, as it was in yours,ā suggests that vessels are destined to be as they are through the wear and tear of years despite the angels involved and itās further punctuated when Gabriel reveals to Dean and Sam that theyāre Michael and Luciferās meat suits and that they have no choice.
Jimmy pleads with Castiel to take him instead that he doesnāt care that he should rest now and go to the Lord and that he doesnāt want his daughter living the life heās had to for the past year, āYou take me. You take me.ā He begs. Castiel concedes with, āThis past year has been painful for you, there will be a hundred, a thousand more like it.ā Jimmyās desires win out in the end and his daughter and wife are spared.
Itās suggested that in canon when Castiel is struck down by Raphael that Jimmy has died and is further supported when Castiel returns again in the later seasons but itās largely irrelevant to how Castiel feels about him as a whole. He considers Jimmy to be a very big loss, an encumbrance that he has to bear, and something that should have never happened and did because of the relinquishment and leverage heād given to both Dean and Zachariah. He still feels some shame when it comes to James and where his family is concerned. He doesnāt often speak of it, but itās there.
Powers/Abilities/Talents:
ā¢ Castielās true form is the size of the Chrysler building, roughly, as spoken by him in canon. Mere humans can't look upon this form as it is too pure and will burn their eyes out of their sockets. His true voice is booming and screeching that breaks glass, shakes the earth, and is also very painful to mortal senses. Because of this, and through learning the hard way, Cas remains within James Novak, his vessel, when associating with the Winchesters and those that they're affiliated with.
ā¢ Angels have the ability to raise the dead, heal, exorcise demons and transport people from one place to another with a touch alone. They have also been known to ward charges against evil or others of their kind through a touch (as proven by Castiel and the Enochian sigils that he carved into the ribs of Dean and Sam simply by reaching out and pushing his palm against their chest.)
ā¢ Theyāre highly durable while in their vessels and are impervious to all human weapons. They can only be killed by another of their kind or with an angelic sword.
ā¢ Angels can warp time and transport or move within the future or the past. Castiel can do this but it exhausts him and leaves him unable to do much more after the fact, winded and in pain.
ā¢ Angels have an ability called Angel Radio which is ingrained into their head. It consists mostly of other angels speaking Enochian (their native tongue) on their same frequency and it can even pick up on mortal prayer as well.
ā¢ Castiel seems to gain power when weak by touching the soul of another person, he can also see their souls when doing this and can sense their strength and/or vulnerability.
ā¢ An ability in canon is that angels can literally fly from place to place with such intricate velocity that itās unable to be seen by human eyes. Itās associated with their wings (Castielās which heās shown twice in canon) and allows them to move from one place to another within seconds and is seen by most who are unfamiliar as teleporting and teleportation. They appear in whatever place theyāre needed with nothing but a flutter of wings. As spoken of above, angels can also do the same with other people by pressing two fingers into their temple, or a palm to their head, it differs in that they literally transport the person to that place without moving themselves but still ties into what Cas has canonically called portability.
ā¢ Angels are telepaths and empaths. They can see thoughts, pilfer through them, and sense emotion. This in part has been displayed several times with other angels and the Winchesters, reading their minds, and keying into how they're feeling to accomplish a goal.
ā¢ An ability Castiel uses quite often in canon is that he can put a person to sleep with a simple touch. He presses two fingers to their temple and then they're out like a light.
ā¢ Angels have no need to rest, use the bathroom, eat, drink, or bathe. They can simply will themselves clean and itās as if time has stopped for their vessels in question. They donāt age and it takes very much to kill them or make their powers dwindle.
ā¢ Their senses are also very keen. Theyāre able to pick up on other creatures immediately and can sense an entire area, sometimes further, for the sole being they're looking for searching with mostly their mind and the power that is at their disposal.
ā¢ All of this ties into their grace, which is essentially what makes them angelic and keeps them as strong as they are. When their grace has expired, or they have willingly given it up, theyāre little more than mortals but incredibly aged beings in the body of whichever vessel that theyāre inhabiting.
Other: More than anything I'd like to explore the nature of the game with Cas, especially with the very real problems he's facing canonically before arrival. His deal with Crowley, the search for Purgatory, and the civil war in heaven. Things that will essentially make his time with castmates more strained if not estranging him completely. He'll have to genuinely depend on others at first to get by and given his canon progression and where he is currently this will be a task in and of itself and it will open him up to more character depth and plot potential in the game and his future spent there.
Itinerary: All that Castiel will be bringing with him is his blade, the fact that he's an angel means that most items are trivial to him and not worth carrying long term.
Samples -
First Person: [VOICE]
[Despite Castiel's many attempts to differentiate the video option from the audio option and some awkward button tones he finally manages to see that the phone is receiving his voice. He clears his throat audibly.]
It's come to my attention that this is the easiest way to get in touch with this islands general population. I know there are natives, there must be, but how may of us are here? Others like myself, that woke up on a boat already headed toward the docks. All varying levels of expertise are appreciated. I've never seen anything like this.
Third Person: TDM.
Finally, out of the 4 words, pick one: Lake