| “ | They don't listen, Castiel, because their hearts are mine. | ” |
Raphael Loyalists refers to the angels who fought on the side of Raphael during and after the Second Heaven Civil War.
Powers[]
Weaknesses[]
- Archangels - The loyalists were subservient to Raphael, and he corrupted them against their will.
- Angel Blades: Angel Blades can kill angels.
- Angel banishing sigil: The Angel Banishing Sigil can banish angels.
- Heaven's Weapons
- Staff of Moses: Balthazar killed one with the Staff of Moses, causing him to choke on a toad.
- Higher Beings: Wielding the power of all the souls of Purgatory and Leviathans, Castiel vaporized thousands of the loyalists.
Background[]
Season 6[]
Raphael's followers were angels who chose not to follow Castiel, a newly-proclaimed hero at the time, and stick with accepting the archangel as their ruler. They are first seen guarding Ken Lay's Heaven which Raphael was "borrowing" in order to speak to Castiel.
Later on, two followers join Raphael in laying siege to Balthazar's mansion to kill Castiel and re-claim Heaven's Weapons. All three were defeated, but Raphael survived.
Most of Raphael's followers fought against Castiel Loyalists in Heaven. The tides were turned in the latter's favor when Castiel obtained the souls of Purgatory and was able to obliterate Raphael. Upon declaring himself the new God, Castiel went about killing anyone who opposed him.
Castiel purged Heaven of any and all of Raphael's remaining followers.
Appearances[]
- Season 6
- The Third Man
- The French Mistake (Virgil only)
- Frontierland (Rachel only)
- The Man Who Would Be King (flashbacks)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (mentioned only)
- Season 7
- Meet the New Boss (corpses)
- The Born Again Identity (referenced only)
- Reading Is Fundamental (mentioned only)
- Season 8
- A Little Slice of Kevin (referenced only)
- Hunteri Heroici (referenced only)
- Torn and Frayed (referenced only)
- Clip Show (flashback only)
- Season 9
- Captives (mentioned only)