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Character name: Anthony J Crowley
Age: 6000+
Canon: Good Omens (2019 miniseries)
Canon point: Post-canon
History: Boom

Three key adjectives: Passionate, Wily, Clever, Imaginative, Devoted

Influential Events:
>The Garden
Long story short, Crowley was the serpent who tempted Eve at the Garden of Eden. This was a crucial moment to his development, because he was present for humanity's original sin, and also because after the humans were exiled from Eden he slid up onto the wall and met the angel who had been stationed at the Eastern Wall. This was arguably one of his first formative moments since he Fell from Heaven - he Fell for asking questions, and here he found an angel who was willing to not ask, but just do the right thing. An angel who offered his wing to a demon for shelter during the first rain.

Additionally, he expresses the feeling that he thinks exile is a bit of a harsh punishment for a first offense. Obviously, being a demon, this isn't the first time that he's defied God's plan, but this questioning nature makes it clear that he's already fond of these new humans, and his defiance is out of resistance to what he believes is their unfair treatment.

>The Flood & The Crucifixion
Crowley was present in Mesopotamia for the Flood, and in Golgotha for the Crucifixion of Christ. These two events had about the same impact on his character; they served to further break the last traces of idealism left in him. The flood and Aziraphale's reluctant acceptance of Heaven's "party line", so to speak, drive home the point that God will willingly make Her children suffer, just to prove a point. He's offended that She would go so far as to let all of the children drown, saying that it sounds more like something his side would do.

The Crucifixion shows him the cruelty in humanity. Crowley liked Jesus, and is so disillusioned by the fact that he's being executed for trying to spread a message of love that by the time he meets Aziraphale again eight years after the death of Jesus, his whole disposition has darkened and his expressive eyes have been covered over with smoky quartz sunglasses.

>The Arrangement
Glossing over several thousand years of history here. He and Aziraphale orbited each other consistently until sometime around 1000AD, at which point they came to an agreement to help one another and to stay out of each others' way. Their arrangement involves them doing each others' assignments, as well as Crowley saving Aziraphale from an inconvenient discorporation in 1793.

The truly important points in this arrangement, however, don't start until the 19th century. Crowley asked Aziraphale to provide him wiith holy water, as insurance against the forces of Hell if they should find out that he's been aiding and abetting an angel. Aziraphale denies him, resulting in one of their biggest fights, and they don't see one another again until 1941 when Crowley shows up in a church to save Aziraphale from being killed by nazis. Years later, in 1967, Crowley starts planning a heist to obtain the holy water, but Aziraphale provides it for him.

These important events shape Crowley's character by demonstrating his loyalty, first and foremost. He flaunts the threat of Hell's anger because he enjoys spending time with Aziraphale. Even after he's turned down for the holy water, he comes back when Aziraphale needs him. And he's shocked when Aziraphale provides it for him just over 100 years later, after denying him so emphatically. This series of events marks the beginning of a shift in his relationship with Aziraphale, budding into the easy, familiar companionship that we see during the main events of the show proper.

>The Baby
To begin a long story shortly, Crowley was the demon tasked with delivering the Antichrist. This is a formative moment in his personality, because it's the moment when the far-off goal of "destroying the earth and waging a war between heaven and hell" becomes a far more immediate 11-year timeline. Suddenly, all the time in the world becomes a finite end times, and he responds to this by taking his best friend out for an expensive lunch and then spending all night drinking themselves blind while he tries to convince him to help save the earth. The biggest shift to his outlook since 33 AD starts here - when he realizes that he'll have to choose a side and then spends exactly zero seconds deliberating on which side to choose.

>The End Times
Once he gets Aziraphale on board with the plan, they spend 11 years looking after the wrong child. This doesn't provide much in the way of development, until they realize that there's been a mix-up. He spent several years as a nanny for the not-quite-Antichrist, and through the moments shown with the boy he was every bit a demonic Mary Poppins.

By this point, Crowley has been firmly invested in the idea of thwarting the apocalypse for 11 whole years, but as soon as the unexpected hiccup occurs of losing the boy, he's ready to bail on the plan of saving the earth for the sake of running off to relative safety with Aziraphale. Almost like it was never about saving the earth at all, and more about not having to fight Aziraphale in the war at the endtimes. He makes two proposals to get Aziraphale to go with him. The second one comes at a point of desperation, when he knows that Hell has found out about the baby swap and that agents of Hell are coming for him. Even at this point of great personal peril, he can't leave without his best friend.

>The Fire
After escaping the agents of Hell sent to capture him, the first thing that he does is go back to Aziraphale to try and convince him a third time. He finds Aziraphale's beloved bookshop on fire, and he panics*. When he can't feel his best friend's presence on Earth anymore, he gives up completely on thwarting Armageddon and goes to drink himself stupid in a bar, instead. While he's usually the man who makes the plan, that only works for as long as he has something to fight for. As fond as he is of Earth, without Aziraphale it isn't enough to keep him moving forward on the plan.
*This is one of the biggest differences between book Crowley and show Crowley.

>The Flames
A discorporated Aziraphale finds Crowley drinking and waiting until the end of the world, and gives him the kick in the pants needed to get a "wiggle on." Crowley is unique among demons for several reasons. Chief among them is the fact that he, unlike most other demons, has imagination. The M25 around London catches Hellfire due to the fact that back in the 1970s Crowley messed with the building markers to make it the sigil of a demonic lord, and Crowley decides to drive his classic antique Bentley through the flames because he needs to get out of town for the end of the world. He uses imagination (and no small amount of demonic power) to keep the flaming Bentley in one piece as he screams toward Tadfield.

This is more of a key event than the actual apocalypse, because what it demonstrates is Crowley's determination and imagination - two of the key traits of his personality. When he has a goal to follow through on, he will do so with a bloody-minded determination.

>Even More Flames
After Armageddidn't, Crowley and Aziraphale find themselves in hot water with their sides. They didn't play an integral part in averting the apocalypse, but they did enough to burn all their remaining bridges with Heaven and Hell. [[Miniseries spoilers]] They switch bodies. Crowley-in-Aziraphale's-body is kidnapped by angels and taken to Heaven. While he didn't have a very high opinion of the Upper Management before, he didn't know how they treat Aziraphale. He comes very close to breaking character when they not only execute him without a trial, but expect him to walk into the Hellfire willingly as if it's his duty as a good little angel.

What the botched execution demonstrates is how far his repeated promises of "our side" go. Sure, he knows that he won't be injured by Hellfire, but he's going primarily on faith that Heaven won't decide to try a different tactic when the Hellfire doesn't work. But he'll protect what's important to him at any cost.

>The Garden (Reprise)
It ends, as it began, in a garden. The miniseries ends with him and Aziraphale laughing together, fully on their own side and happy to face the first day of the rest of their lives.
Unfortunately, it's shortly after this happy ending that the Hunger comes, an apocalypse that they can do nothing to stop.


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Chosen path: Warlock
5 Abilities: (include 1 canon power + 4 path actions, or 5 path actions)
Otherworldly Patron: (REQUIRED) You have conducted a pact that allows you to commune with your patron. The patron must be a faerie, a celestial being, a devil, an eldritch monster, a star, or an undead horror. (If I need to be more specific than just "a devil" I can, but for now that's about as much thought as I've put into it. I'm also down for being assigned one, or for having to negotiate the pact ICly. Good Omens demons technically have a "patron" in that they have the ability to use magic but their power comes from the turning wheels of bureaucracy in Hell.)

Pact of the Tome: Choose one path action spell marked with an (M) from bard, cleric, sorcerer, or wizard. You learn how to cast it. (I'm stealing Thaumaturgy from the Wizard path, and with it the ability to open locked doors and windows with a snap of his fingers.)

Create Familiar: You are able to make a familiar of your choice that represents your patron. (Ideally he'll be able to create a familiar that matches his normal snake form - a 15ft viper with black scales and a red underbelly. If that's too big, or if you'd rather me unlock Big Snek later/only under specific conditions, just let me know what my limit is!)

Force Distrust: (P) You have the ability to sow the seeds of chaos within an area around you. You can expend your patron's energy in a given place to make it more amenable to your desires. People with strong links to the divine can detect this, as well as pinpoint your location when it has been used.

Darkness: (M) You can use magic to create an area of darkness 15 feet in diameter. The area cannot be seen through by any non-magical means.

Supernatural Physiology (Canon Power) - Angels and Demons in Good Omens are not entirely unlike liches without phylacteries, when it comes down to it. They are something far surpassing human understanding, forced into a human-shaped meat suit. This meat suit is the definition of "immortal, but not invulnerable" - they can be discorporated, but their body will never age (or change, unless they will it to). They don't have to sleep or eat in order to continue to function, although that's about the extent of their powers just by itself. If you want to nerf this a little, I would be open to him having to eat and sleep after he uses too much of his powers.

Minor Miracles (Canon Power) 1/day - Good Omens angels and demons have the ability to tweak reality in minor ways to suit their needs. Things like fixing minor injuries, summoning (or putting out) lights, cleaning up spills, adjust restaurant reservations, and sober themselves up after drinking too much.

Why this path?: In Good Omens, the implication is that the power to do magic ("miracles") is innate only in the sense that it comes naturally to them. Despite this, this power is controlled by the grinding bureaucracy of Hell. When Satan rises in the airfield, Crowley feels this like a physical pain, and when he and Aziraphale are taken captive by Heaven and Hell presumably their ability to perform miracles are dampered to prevent them from trying to fight their way out. Being brought to a new world and promptly cut off from the powers that used-to-be would create a power vacuum that would be pretty enticing for a patron. Crowley, thinking that this will hopefully be a temporary gig, would take a deal that would give him something close to his old/normal powers.