- But Constantine, I can see you're not just looking for protection. Why is it... when people like you see something pure and good and beautiful... that you have to kick it down and drag it through the mud?
- — Gabriel src
Gabriel Hornblower was a former Demiurgic Archangel of heaven, one of the highest ranked among his siblings and a favorite of God.
History
At the dawn of time, God created the Demiurgic Archangels responsible for creation: Michael Demiurgos, Samael, and Gabriel, who was given the task of setting patterns in what his brothers made in their Father's design. When the Lilim, the children of Lilith were employed as builders in Heaven, Gabriel told his brother Ibriel, who had had a sexual relation with Lilith, to cast the woman and her spawn out, which prompted two of the Lilim, Mazikeen and Briadach, to kill Ibriel. Gabriel then tried to have the two siblings executed, but Samael stopped him.[1]
While Gabriel did wondrously kind things for humanity in service of God, he also committed atrocities such as slaughtering Sodom and Gomorrah, as well as raping Mary of Nazareth to conceive the Redeemer.[2] His station and status ended when he bedded a demon, as part of a plan hatched by John Constantine after Gabriel refused to help him with his lung cancer.
His purity gone, Gabriel had become a fallen angel, stripped of his wings, and even heart. He attacked Lucifer Morningstar in the void as per heaven's request, and later then killed God in anger for what else happened to him. Lucifer did not reveal to him that Gabriel was in fact his father's murderer, and that heaven wiped his memory, until Metatron, chancellor of heaven kicked him out a second time. After this realization, Gabriel Hornblower dedicated his service against heaven, and in the service of hell.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Divine Empowerment: Gabriel is a Demiurgic Archangel, meant to establish patterns as his brothers' creations cooled.[1]
- Immortality
- Flight
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Horn of Gabriel (formerly)
Notes
- This character or object is an adaptation of Gabriel, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.
- Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985–86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
Related
- 35 Appearances of Gabriel (New Earth)
- 7 Images featuring Gabriel (New Earth)
- 3 Quotations by or about Gabriel (New Earth)
- Character Gallery: Gabriel (New Earth)
Footnotes
This character exists under the Vertigo Imprint which is intended for Mature Readers.Their continuity takes place within the context of Vertigo titles although they may cross over into regular DC continuity.
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