Jophiel (Prime Earth)

So many people are never happy. I'm supposed to even the odds just a little in favor of happiness. That's my job. And if doing my job means I'll never get back home, then so be it.

— Jophiel ^src

Jophiel is an angel who was assigned to supervise the dreams of those who receive the calling to the spiritual journey.^[1]

History

It was Jophiel who revealed to Ruin, the most recently created nightmare, that they were in a dream, and that Ruin should do his job as a nightmare. When Ruin witnessed Saint Joan's martyrdom in the dream, which was a calling Jophiel was in charge of supervising to ensure that the dream was going well and the next day the dreamer started his spiritual journey, Ruin saw the boy who was dreaming and he fell in love with him. Jophiel told him to create a nightmare for the dreamer, to frighten him and make him think about eternity, but Ruin tried to change the dream into something beautiful, however, being a nightmare, he did not succeed, and only made it worse, terrifying, causing Jophiel's ire and causing the angel to be expelled from The Dreaming and exiled to the waking world.^[1]

When Ruin decided to come to the waking world, he wished he could soon find Jophiel to correct his mistakes. The opportunity came when he was sent to create a nightmare for Lindy Morris, who lived near Jophiel's exile in New Jersey. He tried to follow her out of The Dreaming while she slept, but switched places with her instead. Awakening in the waking world, Ruin realized that Morris was trapped in The Dreaming, and so he was forced to look after her baby daughter while he went to seek help from Jophiel, as Ruin did not know how to return to The Dreaming in order to help Morris to wake up, otherwise she will go crazy and end up dying.^[2]

Jophiel was the angel of the story of Abraham and Isaac, and the plague of the firstborn. Lindy Morris's daughter was the first baby in two thousand years that he had held since Jesus.^[2] Jophiel (spelled Zophiel) was John Milton's favorite cherub.^[1]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Angelic Physiology: Jophiel's angelic form is that of a scary giant with six wings and a lion's head, holding a fiery sword,^[1] but he can also present himself in the form of a six-winged man.^[3]
- Immortality
- Wings
  - Flight

Abilities

Swordsmanship

Paraphernalia

Weapons

Flaming Sword^[1]

Notes

This character or object is an adaptation of Jophiel, 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.

Trivia

In exile, he lives at 316 East John Street, Old Branch, New Jersey.^[2]

Jophiel (Prime Earth)

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