User blog comment:ImperiexSeed/The oldest being, archangel or leviathan?/@comment-63.117.245.61-20111007183115/@comment-3481504-20111007193739

It's this simple, that was evaluated very well, and makes perfect sense. However, even though Raphael's considerably older than Gabriel, I always viewed Gabriel as being way more powerful, and here's why... Gabriel was full of tricks and mischief, and could do just about anything, maybe being a bit omnipotent. Also, Gabriel achieved feats that Raphael hadn't even demonstrated.