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68-404: Watchers are devoted to tracking and fighting malevolent supernatural entities, particularly vampires , primarily by locating individuals with the talents required to combat such beings and emerge victorious. More specifically, Watchers are assigned to Slayers, girls who are part of a succession of mystically powered individuals destined to confront these foes. Upon a Slayer's demise, the next Slayer

136-798: A Row ), Yanna Narvik (watched over the Slayer, Sophie Carstensen in Pretty Maids All in a Row ), Marie-Christine Fontaine (watched Slayer, Eleanor Boudreau in Pretty Maids All in a Row ), Diana Dormer (the name given to Faith's first Watcher in Go Ask Malice ). J'annine Jobling believes that there is a parallel between the Watcher's Council and religious organizations, because they are "bound by tradition and hierarchy", while Buffy and her friends act more democratically and are motivated by love. James Rocha and Mona Rocha add that members of

204-486: A deep understanding of human nature and it uses this knowledge to drive others to madness, murder and/or suicide. The First makes its initial appearance in the series as a monster of the week that Angel must face in the episode " Amends ". It tries to drive the vampire to kill Buffy by reminding him of his "true" nature (Angelus) and it sets about accomplishing this by appearing to him as some of his victims: Daniel, Margaret, Travis and Jenny Calendar . It claims that it

272-581: A duplicate dummy body for him and trap his soul inside. The First Evil has appeared in 16 canonical Buffyverse episodes: Buffy the Vampire Slayer The First appears in the non-canonical video game Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds as the main antagonist, having helped occultist magician Ethan Rayne escape military confinement to enact a plan for world domination. Buffy and her friends pursue

340-428: A fallen one" because of "humans' disobedience and misuse of free will". According to Augustine of Hippo , a god who is perfect is not able to be the "source of evil", just as the "First Evil" does not seem to be able to be the source of any good. According to James B. South, Buffy Summers is not interested in the theological implications of this entity. She merely states: "Alright, I get it, you're evil." He adds that

408-518: A few episodes, but its effect on vampires is never stated. Some established rules, such as a vampire's inability to enter a home uninvited, both helped and hindered the storytelling. Whedon said that whereas shows such as The X-Files spend time explaining the science behind the supernatural and making it as real as possible, Buffy and Angel are more concerned with the emotion resulting from these creatures and events than justifying how they could conceivably exist. The shows therefore tend to gloss over

476-525: A few hours. Vampires generally cannot reproduce sexually, but mystical circumstances allow the characters Angel and Darla to conceive a son, Connor , who has a human soul with vampire-like abilities of strength, endurance, agility, and senses, but none of their weaknesses or need to drink blood. Connor physically ages like humans, indicating that, unlike vampires, he is not an immortal and therefore will die eventually. Finally, vampires are attracted to bright colors and are said to dislike garlic . Vampires in

544-705: A group known as the Shadow Men used magic to infuse a captive girl with the essence of a demon, thereby creating the First Slayer , whom they use to fight demonic forces. The descendants of the Shadow Men go on to form the Watchers' Council. In 2003, Slayer Buffy Anne Summers uses a strange mystical device to meet with the Shadow Men about the threat she faces from the First Evil , where she learns how

612-421: A human residence without having been invited once by a living resident; once given, such an invitation can only be revoked by a magic ritual. If all living residents die, they can enter freely. Areas open to the public and the homes of other vampires, demons, and non-humans are not protected. To reproduce in the series, vampires must drain a human being of most of their blood, then force the victim to drink some of

680-545: A magical amulet, the gang destroy the First's army, the Sunnydale Hellmouth, and the surrounding town. Neither male or female, living or dead, the First is pure power. It is the darkness inside the hearts and souls of all living creatures. While the First has no physical body and is impossible to kill, it also cannot truly interact with the physical world. Certain people are able to interact and even become one with

748-432: A new identity in exchange for her undertaking the mission to kill Genevieve Savidge, a sociopathic Slayer. Later, the two form a "Slayer social worker" program to try to prevent more Slayers from going rogue. According to the comic Fray , a Slayer in the 21st century banishes all demons and magics from the world. When evil returns, a new Slayer – Melaka Fray – is called. The Watchers' Council in this era apparently retains

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816-450: A sense of paranoia. He also wanted to make the vampires look demonic, stating, "I didn't think I really wanted to put a show on the air about a high school girl who was stabbing normal-looking people in the heart. I thought somehow that might send the wrong message, but when they are clearly monsters, it takes it to a level of fantasy that is safer." In early episodes, the vampires appeared "very white-faced, very creepy, very ghoulish". This

884-447: A stake to the chest without dusting and show only minor burns when doused with holy water, but can still be killed by beheading or sunlight. In the show, the idea of the "vamp faces" — to have vampires' human features distort to become more demonic — was implemented because Whedon wanted to have high school students that the other characters could interact with normally only to discover that these people would turn out be vampires, creating

952-426: A vampire's higher brain functions and they become "living skeletons", but do not die. They do not need to breathe air—although they can breathe to speak or smoke—and they cannot pass breath on to others via CPR. They are affected by drugs, poisons, and electricity, and they can be sedated and tasered . Some vampires in the series enjoy recreational drug use like alcoholic and caffeinated beverages, and tobacco; Spike,

1020-479: A wide knowledge of various incarnations of evil, but their expertise is usually the vampire . They are also highly educated and can speak a wide variety of languages, both human and demonic in nature. Watchers are typically well versed in hand-to-hand combat techniques, though they generally confine themselves to training Slayers or supporting them in battles, as their lower strength relatively limits their effectiveness in directly engaging vampires. In ancient times,

1088-517: Is called into duty and assigned a Watcher. The Watchers' Council trains new Watchers in a private school of sorts. In " Never Kill a Boy on the First Date ," Giles implies that Watchers are, to a certain extent, "called" or assigned to become Watchers before attending university. This concept is supported by Watcher families like the Giles and Wyndam-Pryces. Rupert Giles was Buffy's Watcher at

1156-545: Is coming. He shows her a vision of the First's army of Turok-Han in the Hellmouth, causing her to start to reconsider her decision, but she is brought back by her friends before she can do anything else. The Shadow Men first appeared in Fray issue #3 and were later shown onscreen in the episode " Get It Done ". The Watchers' Council of Britain is an organization dedicated to finding, training, and supervising Slayers . Over

1224-513: Is dismissed from his position immediately. In 2001, representatives of the Council visit Sunnydale, California to deliver vital information on the seemingly unstoppable Glory to the Slayer, Buffy Summers. However, the Council refuses to turn over the information until an extensive review of Buffy's abilities is completed. This assessment includes a review of Buffy's combat skills, as well as interviews with many of her closest friends. Eventually,

1292-634: Is implied that the First's high priest, Caleb , has played an important role in indoctrinating the Bringers. He possesses extensive knowledge of their habits (such as knowing that they pant instead of sweating) and refers to them as "my boys". Indeed, The Harbingers of Death themselves refer to him as their "teacher". The Bringers also have a poisonous aura which is capable of rendering earth and living beings sterile: Despite their apparent disabilities, Bringers are swift assassins capable of highly organized attacks thanks to their collective consciousness, which

1360-484: Is responsible for Angel's return from Hell , and suggests that Angel can end his sufferings by turning evil again and killing Buffy, but instead he chooses to kill himself using the sunrise. His suicide is only averted by a freak snowstorm unheard of in Southern California. Episodes of the spin-off series Angel later suggest that Angel was returned from hell and his life saved by divine intervention from

1428-555: Is said that the First lurked in the darkness long before the universe was even created and shall remain long after the universe ends. Few have heard of it and even fewer believe in its existence. The entity cannot affect the world on a physical level. Its power lies in its ability to deceive, torment and manipulate others. It can take the form of anyone who has died (or as an enormous, phantasmic demon with large horns and long, talon-shaped fingers), and it can choose to be seen and heard by just one person or by multiple people. The First has

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1496-529: Is under the control of the First. Besides their deadly fighting skills, Bringers are also capable of summoning manifestations of the First to haunt people, and create psychic links between dreamers through their dark rituals. In season 7, The First declared war on the Slayer line . The Bringers became assassins of Potential Slayers around the world. When the First set up camp in Sunnydale, Bringers begin to swarm

1564-602: The Buffyverse do not have human souls, but a character Giles in the episode "The Harvest" says the human corpse a vampire is born into is infected with a demon soul via vampiric blood, and therefore lacks a conscience. Angel and Spike —vampires characters whose human souls were restored to them—feel remorse for their previous actions. However, soulless vampires are capable of feeling human emotions such as love, though these tend to be expressed as twisted and obsessive behavior, and without souls, they typically can only experience

1632-528: The Slayers were created. They attempt to repeat history by infusing an unwilling Buffy with the same demonic essence that they used on the First Slayer to increase her power; however, Buffy refused, as she had come to seek only knowledge, not power, especially if that power meant that she would lose her humanity . After Buffy defeats them, one of the Shadow Men gives Buffy what she wants: knowledge of what

1700-518: The negative affectivity associated with evil. Variations of vampires are seen on both Buffy and Angel . In the Angel season two episode " Through the Looking Glass ", Angel and his team travel to a parallel world, Pylea, where he becomes a "Van-Tal" demon with green skin, spines and a bestial appearance. This form is described in the series as the vampire (specifically the demon that creates

1768-484: The television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel , a vampire is a unique variety of demon that can exist on the earthly plane only by inhabiting and animating a human corpse. In Fray , a Buffy comic book spin-off set about a century in the future, vampires are also called " lurks" . Vampires in the canonical Buffyverse differ significantly from their counterparts in

1836-577: The 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie. While the movie's vampires possess the ability to fly, maintain a relatively human appearance, and do not disintegrate into dust upon death, the canonical vampires introduced in the television series are portrayed as demonic spirits that inhabit human corpses. The canonical vampires (introduced in the first episode of the television series) are demonic spirits that inhabit human corpses. Because of their partly human nature, vampires are considered impure by other demons. According to Rupert Giles , an occult expert in

1904-531: The Buffy's gang, and releasing evil monsters from the Hellmouth. Later in season seven, the audience is introduced to the First's right-hand-man, the supernaturally strong misogynistic ex-priest Caleb , as well as its army of primordial Turok-Han vampires living beneath the Hellmouth. In the series finale, Buffy and her allies take the fight to the First by opening the Hellmouth and using magic to activate every potential Slayer in Buffy's army. With additional help from

1972-401: The Council do not even question the institution, which for them is always right. They are valuing their old customs and do not want to change it. They portray themselves in a very positive way and believe in their own portrayal. This makes them unable to do any moral thinking and leads them to betraying the values, they pretend to have. Vampire (Buffyverse) In the fictional world of

2040-518: The Council's destruction two years later. When the Scoobies rebuilt the Council after the war with the First, they did so under better circumstances. Thus, the new Council is far more moral and ethical, in contrast to the moral ambiguity of the original. The Guardians is an organization of long-lived women who developed parallel to the Shadow Men and Watchers. They forge a weapon, the Scythe , for

2108-437: The First is an incorporeal entity that can assume the appearance of any person who has died (however briefly) – including vampires and humans who have been resurrected. Over the course of the series, and depending upon its audience, it takes various guises as a method of deception and manipulation – for example, the First usually appears as Buffy Summers ( Sarah Michelle Gellar ) to the Slayer and her allies, but it also assumes

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2176-554: The First over multiple realities and across the centuries, eventually "dispersing it across dimensions" to stop its plans to consume the universe with evil. The Bringers of the First Evil, or Harbingers of Death, are the acolytes of the First Evil. They are humans who have been corrupted by the First and undergone rituals that include self-mutilation: their eyes and tongues are removed, and their eyelids covered by rune-like scars; yet they are perfectly aware of their surroundings. It

2244-600: The First, such as Caleb. The First appears in the physical world as dead people, including vampires, humans who have died, and dead people who have been resurrected. This allows the First to impersonate people for the purpose of manipulating others. For instance, the First appears as Warren to get Andrew to kill Jonathan during " Lessons ," as Eve to more easily attack the Potentials during " Showtime ," and as Buffy to amplify Spike's torture throughout Season 7 . The First seems also to know mannerisms, information and details of

2312-465: The Master's appearance on a bat, saying that the character has devolved to a more primal, demonic state over the years. It was decided that vampires and their clothes would turn to dust after they died. The introduction to one episode, " The Wish ", parodied this vampiric trait; when Buffy kills a non-humanoid demon, Willow wonders why the demon corpse "doesn't go poof" and must be buried. Joss Whedon had

2380-523: The Slayer to use. They are apparently mistrustful of the Shadow Men and Watchers who followed, as they keep this weapon, along with their very existence, a secret. They allow the Watchers to observe and manage the Slayer for centuries, but all the while the Guardians are watching the Watchers. They remain in hiding until Buffy Summers discovers the Scythe and tracks its origin to an Egyptian-style tomb, where

2448-482: The Slayer turns the tables on the Watchers, declaring that they need her to validate their existence more than she needs their help. She defends the frequent assistance of her friends (Slayers typically operate alone) and demands that Rupert Giles be reinstated as her Watcher, with retroactive pay to the time of his dismissal. The Council agrees to this, changing the nature of the Council/Slayer relationship until

2516-574: The Special Operations Team. This team is responsible for some of the more unsavory aspects of the Council's work, such as interrogations, smuggling, and, if necessary, assassinations. When Faith Lehane stakes and kills a human, the Special Ops Team was dispatched to retrieve the rogue Slayer, circumventing local and international authorities. The Council is also known for placing its principles and perceived goals ahead of

2584-452: The Watcher's Council. Andrew, Xander Harris , and Robin Wood are functioning as Watchers (though Xander dislikes that term and insists that others do not call him such), assisting in the training and supervision of the new Slayers in separate squads around the world (Rome, Scotland, and Cleveland respectively). Their duties have expanded to monitoring Slayers as well; Giles offers Faith Lehane

2652-503: The Watchers' Council have been shown to have survived the First's attacks: Rupert Giles; an acquaintance to him named Robson who survived a Bringer attack; and Roger Wyndham-Pryce. His son, Wesley, and Rutherford Sirk were ex-members of the Council and thus not targeted by the First Evil. In the canonical comic Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight , Giles informs Faith that he is, for all intents and purposes,

2720-424: The battle with the army of The First and the destruction of the Sunnydale Hellmouth, the Watchers' Council begins the process of rebuilding. The work to be done is considerable, especially in light of the creation of hundreds of active Slayers around the world. The structure of this new Council is unknown, but it appears that Rupert Giles is its new head and is training Andrew Wells as a Watcher. Only three members of

2788-410: The beginning of the series. It was revealed that he had never been invited to the Watchers' retreat. After being fired by the Council for having "a father's love" for the Slayer in season 3, he remained her unofficial Watcher for the rest of the series. Wesley Wyndam-Pryce became Buffy and Faith 's Watcher for a short period. Wyndam-Pryce was fired after Faith turned rogue and Buffy "quit". Rupert Giles

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2856-481: The characters get from one fight, that is won to the next. As the evil is an entity that can not be fully defeated, Buffy and their friends have to keep it up with an army of this entity within the last season, which can be defeated by them, while the entity continues to exist. According to J'annine Jobling the First Evil seems to be "a radical reversal of the Christian mythos". "An original graced state gave way to

2924-477: The current Slayer . When Buffy's allies Giles and Anya query the First's sudden rise in activity with a mystical third party, they learn that the First is able to act in this way because of an anomaly in the Slayer line caused by Buffy's recent resurrection, providing an outlet for the First to wipe out all the Slayers. Though incorporeal, the First is effective in prompting suicides, deceiving various members of

2992-449: The day by blocking the sunlight coming through his car windows with foil, and leaving a small strip clear to see the road. Vampires' flesh burns upon contact with blessed objects such as holy water, a Bible , recently consecrated ground, or a Christian cross . Knowing this, Buffy wears a small cross pendant necklace at all times for minor protection. Vampires can enter consecrated buildings but appear to feel ill at ease. They cannot enter

3060-517: The details of vampire and demon lore, simply using the Hellmouth as a plot device to explain unexplainable things. First Evil The First Evil (usually called The First ) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . The First Evil first appeared in the third season episode " Amends ", and became the main antagonist of the seventh and final season. A being manifested from all evil in existence,

3128-513: The forms of Warren Mears , Spike , Drusilla and Jonathan Levinson on multiple occasions, among a variety of other forms taken less frequently. Its only real weakness is that it is non-corporeal, and therefore cannot cause any real physical damage. It is expert at psychological manipulation , and can act through its servants, such as the Bringers , Turok-Han , Caleb or whatever person it can manage to influence. The First Evil claims to be

3196-410: The heart by a stake (wooden object), or come into contact with sunlight, fire, or excessive amounts of holy water . When killed, a vampire rapidly turns to dry dust. Vampires heal quickly from most injuries, but do not regrow lost limbs, and can acquire scars. Their vulnerability to sunlight limits vampires' movements, and makes most nocturnal. Spike, however, is shown on several occasions driving during

3264-464: The heavenly Powers That Be . Later, the First makes its presence known again in the seventh season by tormenting the vampire Spike , who like Angel has come into possession of a soul; tricking the former villain Andrew Wells into awakening the Hellmouth beneath Sunnydale High; and dispatching its agents, the Bringers, to kill young women around the world with the potential to succeed Faith as

3332-422: The heritage or purpose of their power. Each potential Slayer is assigned her own Watcher – a Council employee who is responsible for training the Slayer in combat techniques as well as researching demons, vampires, and magics. Watchers also maintain diaries chronicling the lives of the Slayers under their charge. In late 2002, the Council learns that The First is systematically eliminating potential Slayers around

3400-798: The last Guardian waits. Immediately after explaining herself to Buffy, the Guardian is killed by Caleb , putting an end to the organization. Note: Some Slayers have had more than one Watcher in the course of their careers. * Watcher fraudulently "assigned" herself to Faith after being expelled from the Council. The following have been featured with no significant details known about them . Not all of these are true Watchers, some of them are merely operatives on payroll. The ( non-canon ) novels and comics, especially those focusing on previous Slayers, show or mention other Watchers including: Michaela Tomassi ( The Gatekeeper trilogy ), Archibald Lassiter ( Giles ), Harold and John Travers ( Pretty Maids All in

3468-406: The life of whoever it imitates. This is best shown in " Conversations with Dead People " as the First appears to Dawn as her mother Joyce, appears to Andrew as Warren and appears to Willow as Cassie Newton, in an attempt to manipulate them all into serving its purpose. As essentially the source of all evil, the First has knowledge of every monster and dark ritual in existence. This was exemplified by

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3536-666: The newly turned Liam/Angelus that "what we were, informs what we become"; after her resurrection as a human, she says that the darkness he unleashed as Angelus was always in him as a human, long before they met, resulting from memories of abuses by his father. Vampires in the Buffy universe live on a diet of blood, preferring fresh human blood; they can distinguish the blood of different animals by flavor, and those who do not drink human blood enjoy that of otters. They require no other food or drink; although they can ingest it, they generally find it bland. Prolonged deprivation of blood can impair

3604-415: The resources to locate Slayers. Melaka Fray is approached by her assigned Watcher, but rather than assist or train her, he immolates himself in front of her. Melaka is instead trained by a demon who says that the remaining Council consists of fanatics and fools. The Watchers' Council has been known to use ethically questionable methods to accomplish its goals. The Council employs a trio of operatives known as

3672-726: The rest were banished from the realm. The series vampires exhibit superhuman abilities, including increased strength, heightened senses, and accelerated healing. These powers intensify as they age or when they consume the blood of powerful supernatural beings. Vampires live indefinitely without aging, with the oldest losing the ability to appear human. Vampires in the series possess all the memories and skills of their human predecessors. They also retain much of their host's personality, including any mental illnesses or emotional instabilities. For example, Spike (unlike most vampires) retained his love for his dying mother. Harmony kept her valley girl personality and her love of unicorns. Darla tells

3740-495: The runes the Bringers carved into Spike's chest to summon the Turok-Han. As the First is said to be eternal, existing before time and believed to be the only thing remaining after the end of time, it is infinitely patient. A defeat it suffers is nothing more than a minor setback. In Chaos Bleeds , the First displayed the ability to possess people, open portals, teleport beings across dimensions and, according to Sid , conjure

3808-587: The series, when an ancient race of demons called the Old Ones were banished from Earth, the last one fed on a human and mixed their blood, creating the first vampire. This vampire then fed on other humans and made more of its kind, essentially becoming a biological weapon for the Old Ones against the human race. According to Illyria , a character in Angel , vampires existed during her time as an Old One—long before

3876-401: The show were dressed in old-fashioned clothes, they would cease to be scary. When creating the vampire "rules" that they would use in the show, the writers used elements from existing vampire lore. They decided the vampires would not fly as in the Buffy movie because they could not make flying vampires look convincing on a television budget. Garlic is mentioned or used as vampire repellent in

3944-499: The source and embodiment of all that is evil. For technical purposes, the First Evil is neither male, female, demon, nor god; it is a "power". The First is older than demons, even the Old Ones , who themselves existed long before the first humans; it is older than the written word, the Big Bang and transcends all realities and dimensions; it is older than any other evil being and may even be the very first entity ever to have existed. It

4012-421: The town to hunt down arriving Potentials and to unearth the Scythe , a mystic weapon created by Guardians: ancient, powerful women who cared for the Slayer. Picart and Browning describe the First Evil as "evil by definition". According to Gregory Stevenson Whedon's creation of the First Evil shows that evil is persistent. It can never stop nor be fully defeated. There is always a balance between good and evil and

4080-454: The vampire's blood. This process is known as "siring", and the vampire who does so is called a "sire". Sires often act as mentors to their 'children', and form small covens of related vampires for various purposes. Some vampires can be telepathically linked to those that they have sired. The amount of time it takes for a new vampire to rise seems to vary; Buffy often kills vampires as they rise from their graves, but other vampires rise after only

4148-495: The vampire) in its purest form. While in this form, Angel lacks the ability to reason, possessing neither the compassion his soul gives him nor the sadism he possesses as Angelus. The seventh season of Buffy introduces the Turok-Han , an ancient species of vampire analogous to Neanderthal man. These Turok-Han, colloquially referred to as "über-vamps", are stronger and harder to kill than common vampires, can usually withstand

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4216-435: The vampires explode into dust because it was practical, it demonstrates that they are monsters, he did not want a high school girl killing bad guys every episode and have them clean up bodies for 20 minutes, and it also "looks really cool". In the first episode, vampires' clothes reflect the era in which they died. Joss Whedon felt this concept was a "charming notion" but rejected it because he believed that if every vampire in

4284-497: The well-being of the Slayer. A test known as the Cruciamentum involves suppressing the Slayer's natural abilities with a drug and pitting her against a particularly dangerous vampire on the Slayer's eighteenth birthday in order to test the Slayer's intelligence and practical capabilities. When one particular Watcher, Rupert Giles , defies the rules of the test and interferes in the Cruciamentum of his Slayer – Buffy Summers – he

4352-588: The witty " bad boy " vampire, frequently enjoys smoking cigarettes, and Angel, who frequently drinks coffee and tea to cope his restless lifestyle. Vampires can change at will between human appearance and a monstrous form with a pronounced brow ridge , yellow eyes, and sharp teeth. This transformation can happen in seconds. In human form, they can be detected by their lack of heartbeat and lower body temperature. They do not cast reflections, although they can be photographed and filmed. The vampires in Buffy can be killed when they're beheaded, exploded, penetrated through

4420-415: The world in an effort to end the Slayer line. Unfortunately, before this information can be acted on, the Council headquarters is destroyed by agents of The First, specifically Caleb – "At long last. All this time. All the work I've done for you... Blowing up the Council". The Council leadership is killed, and the Council is not able to offer assistance in the struggle against The First. In the aftermath of

4488-518: The years, however, the Council has become increasingly arrogant and egocentric, believing themselves to be the supreme authority while the Slayers are just their tools. The Council eventually bases its headquarters in London , England . It tries to locate potential Slayers and then send Watchers to inform and train them. It is not always successful in doing so, and therefore some Slayers are fully trained when they are called, while others know nothing of

4556-616: Was changed in later seasons to make the vampires look more human because of the sympathetic vampire character Angel and because elaborate make-up was time-consuming. Whedon said that people thought the white faces were "funny looking" but found it creepy, comparing it to the monsters in zombie movies such as Day of the Dead and The Evil Dead . The character of the Master was designed to be in permanent vamp face to highlight his age and make him appear animalistic. Make-up artist John Vulich based

4624-481: Was reinstated as Buffy's official Watcher in the season 5 episode " Checkpoint ," and he remains so until the events at the end of Season 5 , though Giles maintains his contacts with Buffy. A standard Watcher has at least some proficiency in the use of magic, with certain individuals being more powerful than others. One episode in Angel ( Sanctuary ) reveals that numerous members of the board of directors are alchemists. They are students of demonology and as such have

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