Anael

"I was a so-so angel but turns out, I am an excellent businesswoman."

- Anael

Anael is an angel possessing Sister Jo, a well-known faith healer. In exchange for healing Jo's husband, she allowed Anael to possess her. She was the former soul-counter of Heaven before the Fall of the Angels.

Background
Anael was once low ranking angel who acted as the soul counter in Heaven. According to herself, she had many ideas for the souls but they were rejected by her superiors and she was forced to continue her work.

Due to the Fall of the Angels, she was expelled from Heaven along with many of her brethren. Unlike many angels, Anael saw this as a chance to start a new life for herself since she could think for herself now. Anael approached a human woman named Sister Jo, she offered to heal the latter's dying husband if Jo gave her consent to possess her body. Jo accepted and Anael kept her word by healing her husband.

Anael then became a skilled business woman by acting as a faith healer and using her powers to cure those with injuries and defects for a price.

Season 13
Anael is first seen healing several people as she is spied on by Lucifer who recognizes her as an angel and decides to steal her grace to fuel himself. Lucifer acted on his plan by approaching Anael and calling her out on being an angel as she recognizes who he is.

When Lucifer threatens her, she makes him a deal by routinely giving her time to refuel her grace after he takes some from her and promised to help him in his endeavors. Enticed by her offer after hearing her past, Lucifer agrees and takes a little of her grace before healing her wound.

Powers and Abilities
Anael possesses the standard powers of an angel. As a common angel - particularly one of low rank - her powers are not very potent. With Lucifer feeding on her grace, her strength has presumably diminished slightly; only beginning to return to full power as her grace "recharges."
 * Immortality - As an angel, Anael is an eternal being; her possession keeps her vessel physically strong, flawlessly healthy, and forever exempt from the passing of time. Even with her recharging grace, her vessel's integrity is overall uncompromised as her preservative powers are still strong.
 * Invulnerability - Anael's presence renders her vessel all but impervious to permanent harm by earthly means. Only higher celestials such as archangels or weapons forged in Heaven may kill her. Primordial beings such as God, the Darkness, Death, Archangels and possibly the Cosmic Entity may end her with ease.
 * Regeneration - Like all angels, Anael possesses innate powers of instantaneous healing when inhabiting a vessel. This also renders her body impervious to diseases and poisons. However, with her powers weak, it limits this ability; even with her grace, it will take time to regain her full wings.
 * Angelic Possession - As a celestial being, Anael requires a human vessel to walk naturally upon the Earth. By God's decree, she requires the human's spoken consent to inhabit their body. She was able to convince a young woman to agree to the possession in exchange for saving her dying husband's life.
 * Healing - Under the alias of Sister Jo, Anael used her power as a healer; curing birth defects and terminal illnesses as well as healing the crippled, restoring sight to the blind, and clearing up scar tissue all with a touch. She was also able to heal her own cuts from Lucifer's feedings.
 * Super Strength - Being a lesser angel, her strength is weaker compared to higher celestials. With her grace moderately diminished, she may only be barely stronger than a common black-eyed demon; able to single-handedly knock Sam into a wall with enough force to incapacitate him for a few moments.
 * Telepathy - Like all angels, Anael can tune in to Angel Radio as well as hear the prayers of anyone in the world. She was able to hear the prayer of her vessel when she called out for her husband as well as hear Angel Radio when they discovered the dead vessel of the cupid Lucifer had slain.
 * Astral Perception - Even amidst a large congregation of people, Anael was able to recognize Lucifer's true face even within his vessel. Presumably, she was also able to recognize that his abilities were weakened by perceiving his broken wings; an indication of an angel's diminished or damaged grace.

Appearances

 * Season 13
 * Devil's Bargain

Trivia

 * Prior to this angel's introduction, the name "Anael" was believed to be the original angel name of Anna Milton by both fans and Julie McNiven.
 * Haniel (Hebrew: "Joy of God"), also known as Anael, Hanael or Aniel, is an angel in Jewish lore and angelology, and is often included in lists as being one of the seven archangels.