Armisael
| Armisael | |
| |
| アルミサエル | |
| Number | 16th |
|---|---|
| Symbol | Womb |
| Appearance(s) | Episode 23 |
| Defeated by | Evangelion Unit-00 |
Armisael is the Sixteenth Angel.
Biology
Armisael is a floating ring of light, shaped like a double-helix which unravels into a single glowing thread of light which lashes out at enemies. It is several times longer than an Eva is tall. Armisael's primary means of attack is to physically try to merge with Evangelions upon coming into contact with them. Armisael can easily pierce through an Eva's A.T. Field. Armisael was resistant to point-blank fire from Eva 00's sniper rifle, however, Eva 01 stabbing the Angel with a prog knife caused a shower of red blood to erupt from it.
After Armisael merged with Eva 00, it was capable of forming a gigantic "Angel tower" growth to form out of Eva 00's back, recreating the parts of the forms of all of the Angels which had been previously destroyed (it s not clear if the Angel was capable of doing this without Eva Unit 00).
Unlike previous Angels, whose behavior was on the whole erratic or instinctive (it is debatable how intelligent Leliel and Arael were), Armisael is truly sentient and was capable of communicating with Rei through her mind after merging with Eva 00, by appearing to her as an avatar of Rei herself.
Rei pointed out to Armisael that it felt the pain of loneliness, and Armisael seemed to imply that merging with other creatures was how it sought to end its loneliness: ultimately this may have been the reason behind its desire, indeed that of all Angels, to initiate Third Impact.
Battle
Armisael suddenly appeared hovering in the air on the outskirts of Tokyo-3. Eva 00 was launched to investigate it, but the Angel appeared dormant. Just as Eva 00 was about to withdraw so the Angel could be observed more, it transformed from its ring-shape into its thread-shaped combat form, pierced Eva 00's core with one of its thread's "ends", and began merging with Eva 00. Eva 00 shot the body of Armisael several times, but this did not stop it.
The mind of Armisael itself then contacted the mind of Rei, and engaged in a brief conversation remarking on their mutual loneliness. Eva 02 was launched, but failed to even start because Asuka's synchronization level had fallen below critical lows. In desperation, the order freezing the use of Eva 01 was suspended, but as soon as Eva 01 was launched Armisael tried to merge with it as well, with Eva 01 narrowly avoiding it.
Eva 01 grabbed Armisael's other end in its hands, and stabbed it with its prog knife, causing it to howl in pain like Rei.
Fearful for Shinji's survival, Rei set her AT Field to maximum to draw Armisael to herself and try to contain it temporarily, and then activated Eva 00's self-destruct. This resulted in a massive explosion that destroyed Armisael, but also destroyed a large portion of Tokyo-3 as well, resulting in the creating of a new artificial lake.
Notes
- In the "Director's Cut" version, the fight against Armisael is expanded:
- Armisael tries to merge with Eva 01 and Shinji is able to catch its "end" in his hands before it can reach Eva 01's core, but it then begins to merge with his hands, resulting in images of Rei popping up out of them.
- Eva 01 stabs Armisael with its progressive knife, creating a shower of blood, but it then howls in pain like Rei because she is now bonded to it.
- When the "end" of Armisael attacks Eva 01, it forms into a glowing white version of Rei which caresses Eva 01's face, and Rei realizes that her innermost desire is to be with Shinji.
- A giant growth appears out of Eva 00's back, composed of parts of all of the previous Angels
- In the instant before Eva 00 self-destructs, Eva 00 transforms into a glowing-white giant nude Eva-sized image of Rei, but explodes before anything else can happen.
- Armisael is named for the Angel of the Womb, and resembles an umbilical cord when merged with Eva-00. The literal translation of the name is "Mountain of Judgment of God", which fits the monstrous growth that contains the forms of all the dead Angels.
| Angels |
| Angels (general) |
| First and Second Angels (Seeds of Life): Adam | Lilith |
| Third to Seventeenth Angels (Adam's Children): |
| Sachiel | Shamshel | Ramiel | Gaghiel | Israfel | Sandalphon | Matarael | Sahaquiel |
| Ireul | Leliel | Bardiel | Zeruel | Arael | Armisael | Tabris |
| Eighteenth Angel: Lilin |
| Rebuild of Evangelion: ?Adams? | Lilith | 3rd Angel | 4th Angel | 5th Angel | 6th Angel | 7th Angel | 8th Angel | 9th Angel | 10th Angel | 11th Angel | 12th Angel | 1st/13th Angel |
| Other: Extracanonical Angels |
