Jophiel (Starcross)

Summary
Jophiel is the fifth archangel, formed from Yaldabaoth's magic and will, and instilled with the power of a dying star. Much like the rest of her siblings, for much of her early life, Jophiel had little personality and no goals of her own, existing only as an instrument of Yaldabaoth’s. She was created to assist in the creation of new angels and technologies, to make new forays into these fields while Yaldabaoth focused on Heaven’s grander affairs. So, she was neglected in favor of her “more important” siblings.

As Heaven progressed, Jophiel slowly started coming into her own. She dedicated herself to her role, working constantly to perfect Heaven’s magical technologies. As Heaven warred and Yaldabaoth slowly withdrew from the public eye, this changed little for Jophiel at first, but she gradually gained greater and greater freedom.

She used this freedom to delve deeper into the studies of science and magic, for the purpose of perfecting Heaven. Her research took her across existence; she ventured outside of Heaven and into new universes to study life, scientific principles, and magic, everywhere they arose. And in these studies, she ultimately came into possession of a truth. In her studies of “primitive angelic lifeforms”, Jophiel realized that Yaldabaoth was no god, and that she had only been a seraph.

She was the first archangel to realize this, and though she shared it with her siblings, those that believed her didn’t really change at all. Jophiel, though, changed profoundly, and as she continued her research and looked upon the world and compared it to Heaven, she came to realize just what Heaven was, and the true extent of what Yaldabaoth was; a delusional tyrant. Still, the world was filled with the weak and stupid, and without direction, they would only falter.

Estranged by her sisters and left to her own devices, Jophiel’s beliefs shifted. She witnessed Lucifer's war against Heaven, and watched her battle with Abaddon. Something about her dedication, willpower, and sheer idealism shone through for Jophiel. Taking this into account, along with all her experiences, she decided that Heaven could no longer be left under Mastema’s control, for its people would only suffer, stagnate, and eventually die.

While Lucifer was responsible for much of these new beliefs, the ideals and values that Jophiel grew to have were much different. While Lucifer was idealistic and altruistic, wanting to bring peace and safety to everyone, Jophiel was more interested in making a society where the strong and intelligent would succeed, and the weak would be left to rot.

An all-out war such as what Lucifer had waged was far too destructive and risky; instead, Jophiel chose to subtly work towards her own ends. Once everything was in place, she’d kill her sisters, along with her mother. With them out of the way, she could take over Heaven; and this would only be the first step towards conquering everything.

Appearance
As with all angels, Jophiel has no real set appearance; she in particular likes to switch up her bodies a lot, so they tend not to be all that consistent. Usually, in a "human" guise, Jophiel is tall, typically anywhere from 6 to 7 feet, with long legs and pronounced hips. Her hair varies wildly, ranging from chin to waist length, in eye-catching shades of brown, blonde, gold, auburn, blue, and red, or even shades and colors that humans can't perceive. Each strand of her hair is prehensile and laced in microscopic, venomous barbs. Her eyes are nearly always a deep, piercing red, with unnatural pupils - if there are any pupils at all. Sometimes, she wears glasses. The specifics of her other traits vary; she may have paws and claws, a tail, animal ears, or any number of other traits, but she generally has terrifyingly sharp, lamprey-like teeth - or in a more insectoid arrangement (that is, no teeth at all, just mandibles). Her tongue differs a lot as well. Sometimes it's just long; other times, it's serpentine, or covered in teeth-like protrusions, or suckers. She has a single pair of massive wings, and a bright halo, often in the same colors as her hair.

None of the other archangels are as flamboyant as she is. Whereas Mastema and Abaddon rarely wear anything outside of their uniforms, Jophiel will wear virtually anything, in eye catching combinations. She wears lab coats and blazers and all kinds of other long coats, often with turtlenecks or other sweaters. She'll wear virtually any top - normal blouses and t-shirts, or crop, tank, and even tube tops. She usually wears tight jeans, but she'll wear shorts or track pants on occasion. Sometimes she wears skirts, of virtually any variety. If appropriate for her outfit, she'll wear tights or thigh highs. For footwear, she almost exclusively wears boots - knee-high to thigh-high, and always with heels.

Jophiel's "true" form stands in stark contrast. She looks something like a jellyfish, or maybe a squid, but not quite either, varying in size from something you could hold in your hand to something that could drape entire star systems. She has long, trailing tentacles, covered in bright lights, razors, teeth, hooks, and needles. She has a single, deep red, piercing eye, and a large, sucker-like mouth at the center of all her tentacles and arms. All her strong, eye-catching colors remain, becoming even more intense, with many slipping out of a human’s capacity for vision, into impossible and imaginary colors that exist outside of perception, and others that exist in magic alone.

Personality
Jophiel is an individual of intense, unyielding confidence and ambition. She is extremely forceful, speaking with an effortless charisma that allows her to easily manipulate others. While she's not unfriendly, she's not exactly approachable, either. She disdains all "useless" conversation, and only has interest in interacting with those that have something for her, whether it's interesting, valuable, or entertaining. While Heaven often clings to tradition, Jophiel regularly throws it aside, recruiting angels from all over Heaven into her Research Bureau, and even those outside of Heaven. She's an extremely curious person who highly values knowledge, and she finds experimenting incredibly satisfying. Jophiel is a very well-organized perfectionist, and is bothered by disorder in other things, often taking her time to order them even when she doesn't need to. She seeks to reach perfection for not only herself, but all things - an endless process, really.

One of Jophiel's prime goals is to prove herself distinct from everyone else in the world, through her personality, appearance, goals, and accomplishments. Jophiel hates being told what to do above all else, and, if she must, grudgingly follows the orders of others under most circumstances. She is ruthlessly ambitious and opportunistic, willing to do virtually anything to reach her goals. She looks down on the vast majority of those who live for lacking ambition, seeing them as weak, stupid, and, above all else, boring. She loathes those who coast off the accomplishments of others with proving themselves, and respects those who ambitiously pursue anything. Jophiel fears being seen as weak, and thus, hates the idea of ever having to depend on others. She wants to succeed through her own worth and strength, and no one else's. She wants to prove herself to be every bit the equal - and, ultimately, superior - of her other family members, particularly Yaldabaoth and Mastema. Of all her goals, surpassing Mastema is the greatest and most personal.

Personal Statistics
Origin: Starcross Name: Jophiel, Dina

Classification: Archangel of Knowledge

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Color Identity: Blue/Black Gender: Female

Age: Billions of years old

Date of Birth: The "First Day"

Height: Varies

Weight: Varies Likes: Science, magic, learning, working, bright colors, standing out, strong tastes, soap operas

Dislikes: The weak and the stupid, ignorance, tradition, Mastema

Affiliation: Herself

Combat Statistics
Tier: At least 3-C

Powers and Abilities: Magic, Enhanced Senses, Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Barrier Creation, Physics Manipulation, Strong Force Manipulation, Electromagnetism Manipulation, Weak Force Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation, Probability Manipulation, Causality Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation, Time Manipulation (Can slow, accelerate, skip, and stop time), Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Quantum Manipulation, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Teleportation, Dimensional Travel, Power Mimicry, Absorption, Summoning (Can summon other angels), Sealing, Shapeshifting, Reality Warping via reality wheels, her attacks (physical and magical) damage the soul just as they do the body, Reactive Evolution (An Absolute Barrier automatically adapts to attacks to become more resistant), Resistance to magical and physical attacks (including hax such as Reality Warping, Matter, Mind, Soul, Conceptual, and Causality Manipulation, among many others), Partial Acausality (Has her own personal causality, which disconnects her from traditional cause and effect; unaffected by changes to the past), Intangibility, Non-Corporeal (Composed out of magic; immune to conventional damage), Immortality (Types 1 and 3), Regeneration (Low-Godly; can regenerate from nothing but data)

Attack Potency: At least Galaxy level (Comparable to the likes of Mastema, Lucifer, and Abaddon; one of the strongest Archangels. Superior to most Galactic Witches and Demon Lords).

Speed: Massively FTL+ (Jophiel can rapidly fly across large stretches of Heaven, a universe, and is vastly faster than the likes of Base Deleter)

Lifting Strength: Multi-Stellar (Stronger than Remnant, who can fit multiple stars in their orbit)

Striking Strength: At least Galactic Class

Durability: At least Galaxy level

Stamina: Limitless.

Range: Multi-Universal.

Standard Equipment: Nothing notable.

Intelligence: Supergenius. Out of all the archangels, Jophiel is, without question, the greatest mage. She's traveled across all of existence, studying science and magic in countless universes and adapting everything she's found into her own magic. Jophiel is constantly researching deeper and deeper into every science she can, clinging to every scrap of knowledge she can find so that she can become smarter and smarter. She is responsible for the creation of all angels in Heaven, and has refined their design far past Yaldabaoth's original, improving upon every shortcoming, no matter how slight. In the same way, she has improved herself. While she is an extraordinarily intelligent and skilled mage, her knowledge in combat, while still vast, is lacking in comparison.

Weaknesses: None notable.

Abilities
Magic is the art of using one's Understanding to Control Fantasy. With a lifespan as long as Jophiel’s, along with her extreme dedication to magical mastery, it’s only natural that her magical array is of the highest quality. Over the course of her billion-year lifespan, Jophiel has pushed her magical array past its limits again and again, modifying herself to become stronger and stronger. It has grown in response, becoming incredibly powerful and flexible. As a masterful mage, Jophiel’s array is extremely well-suited towards all kinds of magic, and as a result of her rampant self-improvement, very resistant to damage. Due to the strength of her magical array and her nature as an angel, Jophiel can exert herself at the full extent of her magical power for a functionally limitless amount of time, though exerting herself too much in too short a period of time can have negative effects on her array, and could even prove lethal. If she is under intense emotion, this is much likelier to happen, though she will exhibit a much higher output of magical energy. Absolute Barrier: A magical barrier that protects the user from external manipulation and attack, on every level of existence. An Absolute Barrier protects the user’s body, mind, and soul - their cells and atoms, the magical and physical forces keeping them together, and everything else. It is akin to a magical immune system, protecting the mage from threats and adapting to future attack. It passively protects the user from most types of attack, manipulation, and control, as long as the barrier is strong enough - a witch of substantially greater power can punch straight through one. An Absolute Barrier is passively maintained at all times, even in sleep, requiring no energy to maintain, and can only be removed by a stronger witch actively stripping it away, or by the user consciously lowering them. Flight: Jophiel’s magical abilities allow her to easily fly for extended periods of time, as easily as she would walk. She can fly in combat without issue, and is more than fast enough to rapidly travel across intergalactic distances. Radar: Jophiel’s magical abilities sustain a constant 360° image of her surroundings, which is projected straight to her mind for processing. This radar is far more reliable than conventional senses, and is capable of easily picking up superluminal movement. It constantly operates at Jophiel’s maximum processing speed, even when it would normally be restricted so that she can function normally. Superhuman Capabilities: Jophiel’s magical abilities grant her strength, speed, endurance, and processing speed far above that of any normal human. As an angel, her body is a work of magic on its own, and cannot really be described or understood properly with conventional biological knowledge. Powerful magical barriers and spells are a part of her body, allowing her to withstand magical attacks from opponents on her level. The power of her physical blows is comparable to that of her magical attacks. She can process information at a ridiculously fast rate, indescribable multitudes faster than any normal human - or even the average supercomputer - can. This allows her to process and analyze information during battles and run through the countless calculations needed for her magic. She typically keeps this aspect of her magic restricted when she doesn’t need it, though it will automatically activate if her magic detects a threat. Unfortunately, it tends to activate during times of stress and anxiety, regardless of whether or not Jophiel is in legitimate danger. Angel: Jophiel is the fifth angel to have been created by Yaldabaoth, fashioned from Yaldabaoth’s will and drifting stardust. As an angel, Jophiel has all the traits and powers expected of one, along with the natural, powerful aptitude for magic. Angels are effectively masses of magic, so their bodies are highly malleable and are completely immune to any physical form of attack, as they cannot be said to exist physically.
 * Fruit of Life: Unlike the vast majority of other angels, Jophiel possesses the magical organ known as the Fruit of Life, an organ that all seraphs possess. The Fruit of Life is like a seraph’s stellar core, a mass of high-power, high-density magic that acts as an infinite supply of magical energy, synthesized from the infinite potential released by the Big Bang that created Heaven. The power that emanates from the Fruit of Life acts as a protective barrier for Jophiel, protecting her from harm and flooding her body with power. It regulates her body and maintains it through her own will, preventing others from infringing upon herself and her agency.
 * Halo: The halo of an angel is actually a complex reality wheel, passively maintained without draining and energy. A halo has multiple functions in maintaining an angel’s existence and safety.
 * Angelic Data: A halo contains the magical information that makes up an angel’s existence (typically referred to as just “data”). Through this, an angel can regenerate from any scale of physical wounds through their halo, even complete physical destruction. As a halo is a magical construct, no amount of conventional physical harm can damage it, and even directly attacking it with magic can be difficult. If an angel’s halo is shattered, it will immediately and passively reconstruct itself; when an angel is actually killed, the halo will shatter and finally disappear.
 * Fear Not: An angel’s true nature and form is obscured by magic under normal circumstances, so an angel normally seems to be an individual of the viewer’s species, though their exact appearance is still up to them. In addition, they are normally clearly angelic, with the halo and wings representative of angels.
 * Messenger: An angel can teleport immense distances and open portals to other worlds. This allows them to leave Heaven and travel across other universes.
 * Protection from Harm: A halo protects its bearer from offensive magic of all varieties, including those that seek to warp or manipulate them through other means. It is particularly effective in protecting against the corrupting influence of demons.
 * Wings: The wings of an angel are special, unique constructs formed out of magic, and are used to direct and manipulate magical energies as limbs. They can even absorb magic and other energy with ease. The wings are the most sensitive and important part of an angel’s body, and they are carefully maintained at all times.

Apotheosis: Out of all the archangels, Jophiel has changed the most since her creation by Yaldabaoth. All for the sake of improving herself to become as perfect as possible - an endless process, really - she has repeatedly modified herself, to make herself more efficient, stronger, smarter, and more dangerous. While she’s modified the other archangels in the same way, to keep them up to date with the latest upgrades in the creation of angels, she’s given the most focus and the best modifications to herself. As a result, Jophiel and her systems - her distinction barrier, her magical array, and her body and soul themselves - have been refined again and again. They automatically react to and adapt to her surroundings and anything she’s exposed to, making her increasingly resistant to different forms of attack and allowing her to develop new abilities and defenses. World Operator: As a result of millennia upon millennia spent researching science across countless universes and exploring the potential depths of her magical powers, Jophiel has a highly developed understanding of science and its laws. And through magic, she can manipulate these laws and their forces with ease. Jophiel can manipulate, rewrite, overturn, and create scientific principles as she pleases. She can control virtually all physical phenomena; the laws of motion and thermodynamics, the fundamental forces of the universe, quantum physics and mechanics, and matter itself, down to the absolute smallest particles. She can manipulate the fabric of the universe itself, warping space and time, or causality and probability.

Unsurprisingly, Jophiel is a mage of great versatility. Kairos: Kairos is a word in Ancient Greek that essentially means the “critical moment”. For Jophiel, it also refers to the entirety of her time manipulation, one of her favored combat magics. Due to her deep understanding of space and time, Jophiel can manipulate both to her own ends, bending the fabric of the universe to suit her needs.
 * Fall: As the Archangel of Knowledge, Jophiel can, with the utmost of ease, strip an angel of their halo and wings, resulting in their Fall from Heaven, into the form of a fallen angel.
 * Spaceweaving: Jophiel can erase and create space to alter the position of other things or destroy its contents. She can also create pocket universes through the careful manipulation of space, and can define their laws, separate from conventional physics.
 * Time: Jophiel can accelerate, slow, compress, skip, and stop time. The normally exhausting and difficult process of stopping time is much easier for her, allowing her to use it with greater impunity, with great precision or on a great scale. While this is easier for her, it’s still quite difficult. Jophiel’s mastery over time also allows her to even reverse it; when used on herself, this allows her to heal injuries by simply reverting to how she was before she was injured. When used on her opponents, she can cause their wounds to reappear and even trap them in simple time loops.
 * Unending Moment: Using her mastery over time, Jophiel can stop her own time. In this way, she can make herself near impossible to wound or kill, as her body and soul are frozen in their current state; injuring, destroying, or moving any part of it is very difficult for her enemies, though she can move when using it, though not without strain. Due to this, Jophiel only really uses it for brief periods of time, to take attacks she can’t dodge.

Reality Wheel: One of the most advanced and powerful magical techniques. A reality wheel acts as a powerful magical extension of its user, and allows its user to change the nature of reality within its range. Reality wheels are incredibly difficult to use and properly control. In addition, they tend to drain a lot of energy and stamina, making it difficult to use them for extended periods of time, although this can be mitigated by more powerful mages.
 * Relative Lightspeed Spiral: A type of reality wheel, created and utilized with the intent of allowing technical faster-than-light movement. It functions by defining the user as their own universe - and in that universe, the speed of light is a variable they can change. So by increasing the speed of light for themselves, they can accelerate past what the rest of the universe defines as the speed of light.

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