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Amenadiel is the eldest of all God's Angels and serves as a central character in Lucifer. Initially the primary antagonist of Season 1, he embarked on his own journey of growth and ultimately became one of Lucifer's closest allies. As the eldest in the family, Amenadiel was God's main enforcer and messenger for the majority of his lifetime, as he would be involved in fulfilling his Father's most important orders; these acts ranged from overseeing the banishment of Goddess to Hell, cursing Cain for killing his brother Abel, and traveling to Earth on God's behest in order to send Lucifer Morningstar back to Hell so he could resume his duties as its sovereign, as the latter would often become bored and leave his post. He was eventually tasked with blessing a woman who was unable to have a child, resulting in the birth of Chloe Decker.
By 2011, on one of Amenadiel's trips to Earth to retrieve Lucifer, he lost his necklace and was forced to make a deal with his brother to help retrieve it in exchange for letting him be. Five years later, Amenadiel returned to send him back, only for Lucifer to repeatedly refuse to give up his life in Los Angeles. With Lucifer refusing to go willingly, Amenadiel felt forced to resort to extreme measures: He used Lucifer's therapist Linda Martin to get information on him, starting a sexual relationship with Mazikeen, and even resurrecting Malcolm Graham to kill Lucifer so as to forcibly send Lucifer back, all of which ultimately failed. After realizing he had gone too far, Amenadiel asked for Lucifer's help in returning Malcolm to Hell. During their hunt for the corrupt cop, Amenadiel was stabbed by a Demon dagger, before Maze used a feather from Lucifer's wings to save him.
After learning that Goddess escaped Hell, Amenadiel joined Lucifer in his hunt for Her to send Her back. He soon discovered that he had lost his powers and believed God was punishing him for what he had done the previous year. After Uriel's eradication and learning that Chloe, Lucifer's LAPD partner, was the child of the woman he blessed, Amenadiel grew furious at their Father for manipulating them all without explanation. Becoming his own man, he aided their Mother in Her quest to return to Heaven using the Flaming Sword, only to discover that God had entrusted the final piece to him; his necklace. With this revelation, Amenadiel regained his faith in his Father, believing he was His favorite son. He also started a friendship with Dan Espinoza and temporarily regained his powers to slow down time to save Linda after she was seriously hurt by Goddess.
With their Mother in Her own universe, Amenadiel set out to prove himself to God so he could regain his powers and his wings. He believed Lucifer was his test; to help God's wayward son find redemption, and in helping him, he would be able to go home. He started a romantic relationship with Linda in secret so Maze wouldn't find out, but it eventually came to light and the two broke up. Amenadiel came face-to-face with Cain and, in a fit of fear and delusion, set out to stop Lucifer in helping him break his curse. He eventually learned that Charlotte Richards, Goddess's former host, was alive and developed a friendship with her, having Lucifer reveal his wings to her and exposing the Celestial world to her when she felt like she was going crazy. After a talk with Charlotte, Amenadiel realized that God was never punishing or testing him, and that he was actually responsible for punishing himself, and that Angels self-actualize. When Charlotte was murdered, Amenadiel regained his wings and flew her up to Heaven where she belonged.
After a month, Amenadiel returned to Earth and decided to live amongst humanity, feeling like Earth became more like his home than the Silver City. Despite a rocky start, Amenadiel discovered that he was going to have a son with Linda, something that would have been impossible had he not become compatibly Human after he lost his powers. He was soon paid a visit by Remiel, who intended to take the child to Heaven, but Amenadiel won a battle against his younger sister in deciding his fate. Amenadiel's feeling changed, however, after he witnessed racism and violence aimed towards himself and Caleb Mayfield. He intended to take Charlie to Heaven to keep him safe, but Linda's confessions in regards to her worries about having an angel baby made him reconsider. After Demons kidnapped him, however, and he and Lucifer rescued him, Amenadiel decided his son will be fine after Linda was willing to let her son go, believing the two will protect him on Earth.
In the following months after Lucifer returned to Hell to keep it in line, Amenadiel ran Lux in his absence and tried to make L.A. better for Charlie. However, with Michael's quest to ruin Lucifer's life on Earth, he retrieved Lucifer to stop him. After temporarily running Hell for a couple of days, Amenadiel returned to Earth when his father told him Hell no longer needed a warden. He helped Chloe resolve her issues after she found out about her divine birth and got her and Lucifer to reconnect. When Charlie got sick, he realized, thanks to Michael's manipulations, that Charlie was mortal. This caused him to have a panic attack and uncontrollably freeze time. Before he could fix his mistake, he and Lucifer were attacked by Michael and Maze in the precinct. After their fight was broken up by God's arrival, Amenadiel reverted to his old self and remained loyal to Him. However during their family dinner, he admitted that he wouldn't want to raise Charlie the same way his father treated his siblings, hinting at his frustrations with his father's negligence and cryptic nature. With God's announcement to retire, the angels unanimously wanted Amenadiel to take His place, but he ultimately declined, backing Lucifer's claim for the throne. Choosing to spend his life as a police officer helping others and living amongst humanity to raise his son, he had an argument with Dan when he misunderstood what the latter meant in regards to him choosing to be a cop. After Dan and Remiel were killed in Michael's campaign for Godhood, Amenadiel joined Lucifer in defeating their brother and happily led the others in taking a knee to the new God.
HistoryDeal with LuciferReturn to the Silver CityOnce Amenadiel brought Charlotte to Heaven, he was reunited with the inhabitants there. He couldn't stop talking about his realization that they're all free to make their own choices, which worried Remiel. He, however, became concerned when he discovered that Michael took his place at their Father's side and insured no one in the city could speak with him. He also came across Chloe's father, who relayed to him how proud he was of her. During his time back in Heaven, he felt off, believing it had no longer felt like home to him.Making Earth his HomeShifting Views of HumanityAmenadiel is very head-strong, loyal, determined, disciplined, honorable, and righteous. Lucifer once described him as a "major power-hungry dick", though he admitted that he and their other siblings all looked up to Amenadiel. He is extremely loyal to his Father, God, and has shown great determination to complete whatever task he believes God wants him to do.
While not initially evident, it becomes clear that Amenadiel is jealous of Lucifer’s place as God’s ‘favorite’ son (Samael, which is translated as ‘God’s favorite’). He is thrilled when, having read in an untitled ancient tome that the key to Azrael’s blade, the missing third piece was given to God’s favorite son, and assuming that the piece was in Lucifer’s possession, he realizes that it was given to him - in the form of a necklace he always wears.
Like his brother Lucifer, Amenadiel is physically handsome, well built, and has a powerful physique. Amenadiel initially shows disdain towards Hell and Earth. He rejects becoming the sovereign of Hell nor does he want to live on Earth. He looks down at humans and once called humans who were with Lucifer "poor creatures" who "know not what they do." However, after living on Earth he begins to understand humans more and even falls in love with one.
While generally trying to do "good", Amenadiel has at times deviated. While trying to force Lucifer to go back to Hell, he lied to and manipulated Dr. Linda Martin. He also resurrected Malcolm Graham from Hell for Malcolm to kill Lucifer. Goddess noted Amenadiel sacrifices a lot to be the "good son" but is never rewarded for all he does. However, despite blaming Lucifer for refusing to listen, Amenadiel is not without remorse; when he befriended Linda to manipulate Lucifer, he truly thought of her as a friend. When he realized his action had led to people being hurt, he felt guilty and sought to make things right.
When Amenadiel fell from grace, he started to become weary of God's choices. He believes God is testing him but he is confused about what he should do. In season 3, he had concluded that Lucifer is his test, that God wants him to be there for Lucifer and be his "brother's keeper."
Amenadiel hides the fact he still cares deeply about Lucifer, but still acts in his best interest. When he saw Lucifer was on the verge of crying after using his emotional pain to ignite the Flaming Sword, he stopped Goddess from forcing him to keep trying when it failed to stay lit. Of all the Angels, Amenadiel was the first to back Lucifer to replace their Father and was the first to kneel before him when it looked as if he would become God, proud at how far his little brother has come.
Angel Powers
•Archangel Physiology: As the oldest and one of the most powerful angels, Amenadiel is extremely powerful and has their powers, as well as their weaknesses. He proved to be capable of overpowering the likes of Remiel and Michael. Lucifer is said to be the only angel seen to rival his power, but even he could not defeat Amenadiel without effort. Amenadiel has shown on multiple occasions to overpower Lucifer and attack him with enough force to make him severely bleed. Furthermore, when Amenadiel was weakened and his wings are damaged, he was still much stronger than ordinary human, as shown when he easily held off several hospital security guards, lifting a man off of the ground by his throat one-handed with minimal effort, and effortlessly overpowering and easily defeating Cain in hand-to-hand combat. After Charlotte Richards sacrificed her life to save Amenadiel, his powers were restored and he was able to fly with her soul to Heaven. •Superhuman Strength: Amenadiel, like all angels, is incredibly strong, capable of exerting immense amounts of superhuman physical force and has vast levels of superhuman strength when he so desires, the full extent of which remains unknown but said to be among the strongest of God's angels. While holding back, he could trade blows equally with Remiel, another extremely powerful angel, known as the Huntress of Heaven. However, once he revealed his true power, he overpowered her and easily bested her with a single punch. He also maintained the upper hand through most of his fight with Michael, as the latter struggled to hold many of Amenadiel's powerful strikes back. Amenadiel has shown to have the strength to effortlessly overpower multiple large men in combat. In addition, he can knock a man unconscious with just a light jab, send a heavy punching bag nearly several feet in the air, and bend and break metal objects such as guns. Even without his powers, Amenadiel still maintained a high degree of superhuman physical force, albeit nowhere near as strong as he was before. •Superhuman Speed: Like all angels, Amenadiel is extraordinarily fast, he is much faster than humans, demons, animals, and other beings, he can appear and disappear with a blink of an eye, and when using his wings he can fly as fast or faster than the speed of light, he can appear and disappear, in a similar manner akin to teleportation. It is unknown how fast he is while running, but he has shown to be able to move superhumanly fast. •Immortality: Being the firstborn Angel, Amenadiel has been alive for billions of years, predating the Big Bang and all of his angelic siblings. Like all angels, he is absolutely immortal with an eternal youthful lifespan, and he will live for all eternity without aging or decaying. •Regenerative Healing Factor: Like all angels, Amenadiel can heal any injury or wound within minutes or an hour, no matter how bad the injury is. However, Amenadiel is virtually indestructible, and the only time he would need to heal is if he physically fought his angelic siblings or if he was hurt by the demon daggers or the Flaming Sword. •Invulnerability: Like all Angels, Amenadiel is virtually indestructible and nearly invincible. He has an incredibly durable body, which can withstand a vast amount of physical damage. Bullets and knives harmlessly bounce off of his body. The only things and beings that can harm him are God, Goddess, the Flaming Sword and Demon Daggers forged in Hell. •Superhuman Agility and Reflexes: Like all Angels, Amenadiel has vast superhuman agility and reflexes, far greater agility than humans and demons. •Flight: Amenadiel's wings allow him to fly, including between Earth and Heaven. He can fly as fast or faster than the speed of light in which he would seemingly disappear from the human eye, in a similar manner, akin to teleportation. •Dimensional Travel: When Amenadiel possessed his wings, he was able to travel between Heaven, Hell, and Earth. He lost this ability when his wings were damaged and his powers weakened. Upon regaining his wings, Amenadiel regained the ability to travel back to Heaven. His first act upon regaining his wings was to travel to Heaven with Charlotte's soul so that she can finally be at blissful peace in the afterlife she deserved. •Healing: Amenadiel is capable of channeling divine power to heal the injuries of other beings. When resurrecting Malcolm Graham, he instantly healed the gunshot wound that originally killed him. •Resurrection: Amenadiel, like all angels, can bring people back from the dead. When a dying Malcolm was taken off life support, Amenadiel brought him back to life. He does this by taking a soul and placing it in a recently deceased body. Without his wings as a fallen angel, Amenadiel would be unable to travel to Heaven or Hell to retrieve a soul. This power was presumably restored when his powers returned, as he took Charlotte Richards to Heaven. •Chronokinesis: Amenadiel's greatest power is his unique ability to significantly slow down time. However, after committing several sins he started deeming himself unworthy of his powers, and he began to lose them, with his chronokinetic ability being the first one to fail. In "The Good, the Bad and the Crispy", Amenadiel was able to considerably slow time to allow Maze to save Linda. However, this took intense concentration and left him exhausted afterward. In "They're Back, Aren't They?", Amenadiel tells Lucifer that this appears to have been "a one-time thing" as he has since been unable to replicate the effect or use any of his other powers. This power was revealed to not have been restored with his full angelic form after meeting Remiel, possibly because of his newfound beliefs of connecting with humanity and his views of his powers. During a great moment of anguish, he succeeded in completely stopping time. •Cursing: Amenadiel was sent by God to curse Cain with a mark on his arm that allows him to Live forever. •Celestial Communication: Amenadiel, like all angels, can communicate with his Angelic siblings by praying to them, and he can also communicate with his father God if he chooses to do so. •Spirit Communication: As an angel, Amenadiel can communicate with ghosts, like he did with Dan Espinoza after his soul was placed on Earth from Hell. •Faith Reflection: When around people of faith, they will see their love of God reflected back at them when looking at Amenadiel, as he is a channel for God’s love. This led him to realize that Lucifer’s ability to seduce people was because they saw their own desires reflected back by him, and thus, that Chloe’s immunity to Lucifer’s desire mojo was because her reactions were hers alone, not a mirrored or augmented angelic influence. This is exhibited when he and Chloe are investigating nuns. •Reality Manipulation: Like all angels Amenadiel could grant prayers and has no limitations to what he can achieve. •Miracle Blessing: Amenadiel gave John and Penelope a Miracle (Chloe). •Teleportation: Amenadiel has shown to be able to appear and disappear even without the use of his wings. •Shockwave Generation: Amenadiel has shown the ability to produce massive amount of shockwave in combat.
God Powers
•Nigh-Omnipotence: As Amenadiel became the new God, it is safe to assume that he has aquired all of the same powers as his father. In addition, Amenadiel possess absolute control over Heaven and the angels, as he was able to command for democracy in Heaven. •Nigh-Omniscience: As a god, Amenadiel presumably possesses nearly unlimited knowledge. •Nigh-Omnipresence: As God, Amenadiel presumably is everywhere at the same time.
Abilities
•Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant/Martial Artist: Amenadiel is a supreme hand-to-hand combatant, one of the greatest fighters to date. He is shown on multiple occasions of being able to swiftly gain the upper hand against the demon Maze in a duel, even mocking her at times. Even without his powers, Amenadiel showed exceptional strength and experience in combat, mostly exhibited during his duel with Cain. He was able to hold his own and overpower the latter, who, while human, has been alive for thousands of years and is also a highly skilled combatant. He is even shown to be quite capable of competing with Lucifer and even overpowering him twice when Lucifer was holding back, although Lucifer is proven to be more skilled than him when he was fighting fully, as despite being able to fight against him on reasonably even footing, Lucifer dealt a more severe beating on him in their third altercation while not at full power.
As an angel, Amenadiel has his weaknesses including the Flaming Sword, Demon Daggers Forged In Hell, God, and Goddess.
•Self-Actualisation: Angels are under the same system of self-judgment as humans are. Similar to how humans are judged to determine if they are to go to Hell, if an angel feels a sufficient amount of guilt, it could cause them to see themselves as sinners and punish themselves. Due to Amenadiel's guilt and feelings of unworthiness, Amenadiel believed he was truly guilty, which resulted in his fall from grace. His personal belief in the importance of connecting with humans on Earth and the role his powers over time had on them had caused him to lose his ability to manipulate time even after his angelic form was restored. It is implied by a conversation with Remiel that his time manipulation power has not returned because he believes he shouldn't use it. When consumed by the fear of his son growing old and dying before him, Amenadiel's subconscious state caused his chronokinesis to go out of control and surpass what he was previously able to do before he lost his power which was limited to only slowing time down initially.
Notes:
•Solid lines denote blood relationships
•Dashed lines denote romantic relationships
•† denote deceased individuals
•D.B. Woodside was announced as the actor playing Amenadiel on March 12, 2015.
•While Chloe was immune to Lucifer's charm, she was affected by Amenadiel's presence. Ella Lopez reacts similarly to Amenadiel, but she is not fully immune to Lucifer's charm.
•Amenadiel was the one who started the association of Lucifer to the figure of a goat, which Lucifer abhors. He spread the rumor a thousand years ago as a prank on Lucifer. Maze was the first person he told about it.
•In the comics, Amenadiel is a supporting antagonist. He is a strong angel who despises Lucifer and is bent on killing him. His personality and role in the show is much like that of Michael's comic counterpart.
•It is said in "Sympathy for the Goddess", that he is God's favorite angel.
•A Devil of My Word is the only season finale in which Amenadiel doesn't appear.
•Amenadiel spent the entirety of season 3 trying understand why God wanted him to be with Lucifer on Earth; with the subtle revelation being to nurture true empathy for humans and learn what it meant to be a father, all of which was needed to be God's successor.
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