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The Angel was created to destroy the Emperor's enemies on Terra during it's pacification. Chief among those, was the [[Daemon Prince]] [[Pharaa'gueotla]]; an ancient daemon that had terrorized Terra, since the dawn of [[Mankind]]. Pharaa'gueotla was finally cast out by the arrival of the Emperor himself, and fled from Terra soon after. The Emperor eventually cornered the daemon, on the planet that would be known as [[Karis Cephalon]]. The Emperor, with the help of the mighty Angel, imprisoned the daemon in the very bedrock of the planet.{{Fn|1c}}
Though a useful weapon, as shown with the defeat of Pharaa'gueotla, the Angel was flawed and would often cause more harm than good. One incident written in ancient tomes, described a city named Coranis, reduced to ashes by the Angel. Judging the population unworthy of the Emperor's love, it wiped out the entire population of Caranis in a single nightof bloodshed. From there it moved out and destroyed the rest of the planet Coranis resided on, until it was emptied of all life. In order to quell the Angel's thirst for vengeance and cause it to fall into a slumber, the Emperor placed a piece of the corrupted flesh of the Daemon Prince Pharaa'gueotla into it's coffin, the Angel immediately returned to it's coffin, in order to destroy the flesh and this allowed the Emperor to activate the locks and wards on it's coffin, sealing it once again.{{Fn|1d}}
Though believed to be one of the Emperor's greatest weapons against [[Chaos]], this flaw this thirst for vengeance, caused the Emperor to send the Angel back to Terra. Slated to be destroyed, the Angel was somehow smuggled out of the [[Sol]] system before the Emperor could dispose of it.{{Fn|1a}} It's location was unknown for milliena, though recently it was thought to be somewhere on the planet Karis Cephalon.
