Seed of Life
Seeds of Life are life giving aliens created by the First Ancestral Race with a mission to populate the galaxy. They are transported to planets within vessels dubbed "Moons". Adam and Lilith, the only Seeds that we see in the series, procreate Angels and Lilim respectively. All Seeds of Life are paired with a Spear of Longinus.
Adam, contained within the White Moon, was the first Seed to land on Earth, at least 4 billion years ago. Before angelic life could start however, Lilith crash landed on Earth within the Black Moon (apparently destroying her Spear) and causing the event now known as the First Impact. Due to an unspecified law in the First Ancestral Race's plan, two Seeds cannot co-exist on the same planet. Because of this, the only Spear on the planet took the initiative to permanantly subdue one of the Seeds: Adam. Lilith then spread the primordial ooze from which terrestrial life evolved over the course of billions of years, while Adam remained inactive until he was forcibly awoken by the Katsuragi Expedition, resulting in the Second Impact.
It can be assumed that Evangelion Unit-01 ascended into a Seed of Life at the end of Episode 26', after the Third Impact.
| 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 |
