Nessa's character profiles

Her Watcher took her away from her mother to train her, however, when they came up against a very old vampire - Kakistos, he made Faith watch while he tortured and killed her Watcher, scarring her enough to run to Sunnydale to seek help from Buffy. Together, they defeated Kakistos, who had followed Faith, and then Faith settled in to live at an old fleabag motel.

After accidentally killing a man while patrolling, Faith turned to the dark side and worked for the Mayor, but when she poisoned Angel to get him out of the way, Buffy came after her, as Slayer blood was the only cure. The two fought and Faith ended up in an 8 month coma, waking to find a very different world. With the help from the now deceased Mayor (who had left her a present), she switched bodies with Buffy and truly learnt what it was like on the other side, to be treated as a hero. After Buffy finally caught up with her and switched them back, Faith ran away to LA, where she was enlisted by Wolfram and Hart to kill Angel.

Instead of killing Angel, Faith tried to trick him into killing her, ending her unhappy life. He saw through the plan and guided her through her redemption, prompting her to turn herself in to the police. With visits from Angel, she stayed in jail for a few years, only breaking out when Wesley sought her out to save Angel.

After saving Angel, she head back to Sunnydale to make things right with Buffy and to help out with the situation there.

Since they closed the Hellmouth, Faith travelled around, settling in Tulsa for some time when she met Zac. After a lot of on/off moments, they finally got married, only to have Faith leave him soon after, as she realised that she could never have a normal life and couldn't bring herself to burden Zac with that.

Has a daughter with Zac, Tru, and another daughter who was implanted in her by scientists, Airlia - both now deceased.

Fiercely loyal to Angel, the two have stayed close friends and confidants ever since he helped her all those years ago.

On the road with current partner Sam Winchester and his brother, Dean. One child with Sam, Priestly (Zac).

On the night he rises from his grave, Liam sets about murdering the entire community, culminating in an attack on his own house. He first kills his little sister, Kathy, who unknowingly invited the demon in, believing that Liam had come back to her as an "angel", subsequently killing his parents. Kathy's belief that he was an angel was likely the inspiration for his vampire name, "Angelus" (the Latinate for "Angel"). He is later described in historical volumes as "the demon with the face of an angel". After leaving Ireland, Angelus and Darla cut a bloody swath through Wales and northern England, before finally reaching London in 1760. During Angelus's first meeting with the Master, he openly mocks the older vampire despite his power and authority, showing no fear despite his greater age, and confronts Darla about her decision to remain underground when she could be travelling the world with him. Won over by his words, Darla chooses to live with Angelus, abandoning the Master's leadership.

In May 1764, Angelus and Darla killed the family of vampire hunter Daniel Holtz. Holtz devoted himself to capturing Angelus and Darla, chasing them across Europe. Angelus and Darla had a near miss in France, after making too much noise by ordering room service and eating the waiters. Darla flees to Austria, leaving Angelus in a burning barn and riding off on their only horse. After meeting again in Vienna, Angelus and Darla sire the vampires James and Elizabeth. In Marseilles, 1767, Holtz tracks them down and manages to put numerous arrows in Angelus. Holtz briefly lost them in northern Africa, only to track Angelus to Rome, Italy in 1771. Instead of killing Holtz, Angelus and Darla realize that they have come to view him "like family" and make a sport of ruining his life. Holtz abandons his hunt and retires to York, England, until in 1773 a demon named Sahjhan offers to take him to the future where he may continue his revenge.

Angelus later sires a Puritan by the name of Penn, who mimics Angelus by wreaking havoc on his father and killing his family. Over time he begins copying Angelus' 'signature' of leaving a cross-shaped mark on the face of his victims in order to spite God. In 1789, Angelus - apparently alone for reasons unknown - encounters The Beast in Prussia, standing in a field of bodies, who seeks Angelus's aid in killing the Svear Priestesses, a group who wish to banish the Beast and who can only be killed by a vampire. When he declines to join with the Beast, he is met with violent reprisal, but a group of Svear priestesses banish the Beast while Angelus is passing out.

In 1860, Drusilla from London, England, a young woman "cursed" with the "sight," something her mother saw as "an affront to the Lord," catches the attention of Angelus. Drusilla and her sisters are all noted to be virgins, and Drusilla is described as having been "sweet, pure and chaste." While posing as her priest to torment her, Angelus killed her family, which caused Drusilla to flee to a convent. On the day she was to take her holy orders, Angelus massacred the convent (he had an obsession with nuns, including a massacre of those at "Our Lady of Lochenbee"). After having sex with Darla right in front of Drusilla, Angelus finally pushed her over the edge, driving her insane before he finally sired her. Drusilla is Angelus' "masterpiece," an everlasting example of his finest cruelty, as her immortality means that her torment shall never end.

Drusilla, in turn, sires William the Bloody, for whom Angelus largely served as a mentor and "role model." William, who later becomes known as "Spike," goes so far as to call the elder vampire his "Yoda". Angelus taught William about the art of mass slaughter, including an incident during a wedding party where Angelus beat the groom to death with his own arm. Angelus threatens to stake Spike in a London mine shaft in 1888, as punishment for putting the vampire quartet on the run after attracting too much attention. Angelus introduces Spike to the existence of the Slayer as a cautionary tale, but Spike takes it as a challenge.

In 1890, Angelus attended a production of Giselle by the Blinnikov, a Russian ballet troupe run by Count Kurskov. Despite being evil, he is moved to tears during the performance. In 1894, Angelus and Spike are captured by the Immortal's henchmen in Rome, Italy and tortured while the Immortal had a threesome with Darla and Drusilla. Darla and Angelus were also present at an earthquake in Budapest, Hungary around the turn of the century, where Angelus was a particularly "bad boy."

In 1898, while in Bor°a, Romania, Angelus tortured and killed the favorite daughter of a tribe of Kalderash gypsies, apparently a birthday present from Darla. To avenge her death, the Kalderash gypsies curse him by restoring his human soul, thus afflicting him with a conscience and condemning him to an eternity of remorse for the crimes he has committed. Darla finds Angel huddling in their apartment muttering about all the atrocities they have committed. Repulsed by his "filthy human soul," Darla tries to coerce the father of the dead Gypsy girl to reverse the curse; an overeager Spike kills the rest of the tribe while Darla is busy negotiating with the man. Seeing her leverage has been wasted, a frustrated Darla snaps the father's neck and leaves. Angelus is left homeless and scavenging the streets for rats. He attempts to kill a woman, but finds that he cannot bring himself to.

During the Boxer Rebellion in Beijing, China, the ensouled vampire, now known as "Angel," tries and fails to resume his life with Darla. To satisfy her, he starts killing humans again, but Darla notices that he is only hunting rapists and murderers, never targeting innocents. Darla catches Angel trying to hide a group of Christian missionaries from her. When Angel goes to feed on rats down at the waterfront, Darla kills the missionary family and brings back their infant child as a test for Angel. Unable to kill it, Angel flees with the baby and separates from Darla for good, stating that he can't continue to be something he's not.

Angel arrives in New York City, New York through Ellis Island in 1902. During World War II, Angel is coerced by The Demon Research Initiative into undertaking a secret mission: He must rescue an American submarine crew from three vampires (including Spike) who were captured by the Nazis as part of an experiment to create super-soldiers. During the mission, Angel is forced to sire a fatally-injured Sam Lawson in order for him to repair the submarine's engine, which was damaged during a German attack. Angel later claims to have known Bugsy Siegel around this time, in the early days of Las Vegas, Nevada.

In 1952, while in Los Angeles, California, Angel was a resident at the Hyperion Hotel, the future base of Angel Investigations. Although he tried to isolate himself, Angel was sought out by Judy, who had fled her home town after stealing a sum of money from her job when it was revealed that she had a black mother and a white father. Things quickly deteriorate when a string of murders and suicides gripped the hotel, and the guests become increasingly paranoid. As Angel learns, this is the result of a Thesulac demon, a demon living off fear. Although he initially tried to kill the demon, the guests at the hotel turn against him, and Angel is lynched. Surviving the hanging, and disgusted with the humans, Angel freely allows the demon to consume everyone inside the hotel.

Angel claims to have known the Rat Pack and to have been present during Elvis Presley's wedding reception after his marriage to Priscilla Ann Beaulieu in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 1, 1967.

In New York during the 1970s, Angel witnesses a robbery at a doughnut shop. After the robber shoots an employee and runs away, Angel stays with the man as he dies, and then proceeds to feed on him. Disgusted with himself, Angel then exiles himself to the alleyways, where he spends another 20 years homeless and feeding on rats.

Two decades later, a shadow of his former self, the reclusive Angel is sought out by a demon named Whistler in 1996. Whistler persuades Angel join the fight against evil. He then brings Angel to meet the newly-called Vampire Slayer, Buffy Summers. The following year, when he and Buffy finally meet in Sunnydale, he introduces himself, not as Angelus, but as Angel.

After a tumultous time in Sunnydale and with Buffy, Angel makes the decision to leave and go to LA. In LA, Angel spends a few months alone, patrolling dives and dark alleys, battling vampires who hunt there. Soon enough, he receives support in his attempts to redeem himself in the service of others. First, Doyle, a half-demon and fellow Irishman, is sent by The Powers That Be. Almost immediately thereafter, Angel runs into Cordelia Chase, a former classmate of Buffy's who has moved to L.A. to find wealth and fame. The trio form Angel Investigations, a shoestring operation whose mission statement is to "Help the Helpless."

Doyle, Angel's trusted friend and sole connection to the Powers, sacrifices himself to save others, leading Angel to become even more protective of those few he holds dear. Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, who had briefly served as Watcher to both Buffy and Faith in Sunnydale, arrives in LA claiming to be a "rogue demon hunter," a lone wolf sort who only works solo. After their first case, however, Wesley is eager to stay and assist Angel and Cordelia in their mission. A few months later, they are joined by lifelong demon fighter, Charles Gunn. During this time, three young Wolfram and Hart associates, Lindsey McDonald, Lee Mercer, and Lilah Morgan, attempt to have Angel killed by the rogue vampire slayer, Faith. Under Angel's influence, the deeply troubled Faith starts along her own path to redemption, ultimately turning herself in to the police as the first step toward making amends for her crimes.

Through Faith, Angel finds an ally and his greatest confidant, and in fact, his greatest weakness, doing whatever he can to keep her safe and to protect her.

William showed a strong capacity for loyalty and devoted love, which followed him after his siring. After his romantic overtures were rejected by the aristocratic Cecily, a despondent William, while wandering the streets, bumped into Drusilla. She consoled, bit him, and forced him to drink from her thus transforming him into a vampire.

Whereas new vampires often delight in killing their families once they become evil, William was a notable exception. Having always been very close to his mother, he turned her into a vampire to prevent her from dying from tuberculosis. Unfortunately, his mother, as a vampire, taunted William and insinuated that William had always had a sexual fascination with her. He was forced to stake her because he could not bear to see his mother in such a twisted form. He would later write a poem about this traumatic experience entitled "The Wanton Folly of Me Mum".

After staking his mother, William began a new life with Drusilla, to whom he was utterly devoted. Euphoric with his newfound vampiric abilities he became a rebel, adopting a working class North London accent and embracing impulsiveness and violence. He adopted the nom de guerre "Spike" based on his habit of torturing people with railroad spikes, perhaps as a result of the insult one of his acquaintances used about his poetry: "I'd rather have a railroad spike through my head than listen to that awful stuff". In the company of Drusilla, Angelus and Darla, Spike terrorized Europe and Asia for almost two decades. He had a strained relationship with Drusilla's lover Angelus, who continued a sexual relationship with her despite Spike's strong disapproval. Although Angelus did enjoy the company of another male vampire in their travels, he found Spike's eagerness for battle to be an unnecessary risk. Angelus regarded killing as an art, not a sport, and killed for the sheer act of evil; Spike did it for amusement and the rush.

In 1894, Spike and Angelus developed a rivalry with the enigmatic Immortal; who later had Spike sent to prison for tax evasion. In 1900, Spike killed a Slayer in China during the Boxer Rebellion, and in 1943, he was captured by Nazis for experimentation and taken aboard a submarine, where he was briefly reunited with Angel.

By the 1950s, Spike had reunited with Drusilla and they traveled to Italy. At some point, Spike also became rivals with famous vampire Dracula. Spike contends that Dracula "Owes me eleven pounds" because Dracula tossed a signed copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula in a fire in 1898. Spike, having paid eleven quid for the book, maintains Dracula owes him the cost of the novel.

Spike attended Woodstock, and later fought and killed the Slayer Nikki Wood, aboard a subway train in New York City, 1977, taking from her the leather duster he constantly wears.

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Spike is seen as something of a paradox amongst vampires, and frequently challenges vampire conventions and limitations. He embraces certain elements of humanity, such as love and loyalty, that would be considered too human (and therefore offensive or impure) by other vampires. With or without a soul, Spike often displays a strong sense of honor and loyalty; leaving anonymous flowers to show respect for Joyce Summers' death, enduring torture at the hands of Glory rather than reveal Dawn's identity, and continuing to aid the Scooby Gang after Buffy's death. Many of Spike's actions, good or evil, are motivated by love for either Drusilla or Buffy.

One of Spike's most notable personality traits is his lust for violence and his love of brawling. He has noted that he finds the very act of violence therapeutic. Similarly, during his drunken pining for Drusilla, he notes that getting pent-up aggression out of his system by staking and driving off several vampires 'put things in perspective' for him.

After a prolonged period of being unable to bite or hurt humans, Spike is delighted to discover that he is able to fight demons and gladly accompanies the Scooby Gang on patrol, proving that it does not much matter to him what he is fighting for so long as he can fight.

Spike has a dry, sarcastic sense of humor. A polar opposite to his callow and simpering human nature, Spike as a vampire possesses a swaggering posture and enjoys living by nobody's rules save his own. He has a habit of making pithy remarks and glib insults, even toward the few he does not view as antagonists. Among his favorite targets is his grandsire and rival Angel (often making fun of Angel's large forehead, constantly groomed appearance, and his attempts to be a 'big, strapping hero'); other targets include Xander Harris, Rupert Giles and to a lesser degree, Buffy Summers.

Spike often nicknames people, both as insults and as terms of endearment, referring to Dawn, for instance, as "Little Bit" and to Drusilla and Buffy as "Pet." He speaks with a strong English accent and slang; while suffering from amnesia, he labels Giles a "nancy boy" for being English, before realizing, "Bloody hell! Sodding, blimey, shagging, knickers, bollocks, oh God! I'm English!" However, Spike also retains something of his literary intellect from his human side, routinely referencing poetry, songs, and literature; he on occasion even waxes poetic on the nature of love and life (and unlife) as being driven by blood, reasoning that blood is more powerful than any supernatural force because it is what separates the living from the dead.

Spike often treats his vulnerability to the sun as simply an annoying inconvenience, rather than a limitation; he drives in broad daylight in vehicles with blacked-out windows, and he regularly travels outside during the day, using a blanket for cover. Indeed, he has a remarkably stronger resistance to sunlight than all other vampires other than Angel (who usually catch on fire just by the slightest solar ray). He also has a taste for human food and drink, such as beer, whiskey, hot chocolate (even asking Joyce Summers if she has any of "those little marshmallows"), chocolates, Buffalo wings, and onion blossoms. Sometimes he adds extra ingredients into his blood, such as Weetabix (for texture), and spices and burba weed (for flavor).

Spike appears to be a fan of pop culture; when held captive by the Scooby Gang, his biggest concern is missing his favorite soap Passions.

In contrast to Angel, Spike's personality remains relatively the same whether he has a soul or not.

Derek married his medical school girlfriend, Addison Montgomery, circa 1994, and the two began their residencies, studying under Dr. Richard Webber. Following residencies and fellowships, Derek and Addison quickly became very successful in their respective fields. They appeared to lead an affluent lifestyle, owning both a Manhattan brownstone overlooking Central Park and a home in the Hamptons, as well as running their own private practices. However, their success and busy workloads put a strain on their marriage and the two grew apart; the emotional distance eventually drove Addison to cheat on Derek with his best friend, Mark.

After discovering Addison in bed with Mark, Derek declared the marriage over and relocated to Seattle, accepting a job offer from his former teacher, Dr. Richard Webber, as Head of Neurosurgery at Seattle Grace Hospital and trading in the brownstone for an Airstream trailer on forty acres of rural property on Bainbridge Island.

Professionally, Derek is regarded one of the best Neurosurgeons in the world; his services result in two million dollarsÆ worth of annual revenue for the hospital, and Derek has performed numerous complicated, risky procedures, including a stand-still operation, two double-barrel brain bypasses, and separation surgery for adult conjoined twins. His confidence was shaken slightly when his surgery to repair a gunshot injury on a colleague, Preston Burke, resulted in BurkeÆs hand developing a tremor, but Derek remains a competent and skilled surgeon who has not forgotten the importance of compassion and bedside manner when dealing with patients.

Family is very important to Derek. His decision to work on his marriage was based largely on his sense of obligation to Addison as his family, the woman with whom he shared ôeleven birthdays, eleven Thanksgivings, [and] eleven Christmases." Although he is sometimes annoyed by his overbearing mother and sisters, he is nonetheless aware of their closeness and has no doubt that all four of his ôvery girlyö sisters would be at his bedside if he were ever sick. His profound hurt over MarkÆs betrayal is compounded by his view of Mark as his brother, the one constant male influence in his life since the death of his father as a child. He has nine nieces and five nephews among his sisters, but no children of his own; Addison admitted that she wasnÆt ready for children, although Derek wanted them. Derek is a Catholic with an Irish background.

Currently working as the Head of Neurosurgery at Seattle Grace Hospital, being groomed for the role of Chief.

Echo excels at pleasing clients because she is able to adapt fully, or perhaps beyond, each imprint. Echo is a special Doll, but special can be dangerous.

Later on, the 25-year-old Gwen used her powers to facilitate her career as a successful, wealthy, professional thief. She met Angel when she was hired to steal a valuable artifact called The Axis Of Pythia, which he needed in order to find Cordelia Chase on her higher plane. Finding the artifact, Gwen and Angel fought over its possession. During the course of the battle, Gwen tried to kill Angel with an electric shock. However since he was already dead, her attack actually served to make his dead heart beat again for a few seconds. Caught in the moment, Angel and Gwen shared a passionate kiss. After he regained his focus on Cordelia, the man who hired Gwen revealed that he had trapped her and intended to kill her with poison gas. The vampiric Angel is unaffected by the gas, enabling him to rescue Gwen. In gratitude, Gwen allowed Angel to use the artifact. Afterwards, he returned it to her, and she sold it for a high price.

Gwen assisted Angel in fighting against the machinations of The Beast and took an interest in Gunn.

She asked Gunn to help her with a mission under the pretense of helping a kidnapped girl; in fact, she was trying to steal an experimental device which would allow her to touch others without killing them (LISA). Gunn grudgingly agrees and ultimately helped her to steal the item, sharing an intimate moment of kissing with her after the device seems to work.

She travelled to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters to learn how to control her powers, where she met and after a few false starts, eventually she married Mordred. They had twins together, but after Spike left Vortigern, Mordred became increasingly paranoid and possessive, causing Gwen to follow the same path and leave. Mordred has since taken the twins and disappeared with Vortigern, leaving no clue of there whereabouts.

Meredith is currently working as a surgical resident at Seattle Grace Hospital, specialising in Neurosurgery and general surgery.

Vanessa grew up in Salinas, California, though briefly lived a few years in Oregon.

She started her career when her friend couldn't go to an audition for a commercial and asked if Vanessa could go. She then began getting several theater roles which included leads in: Evita, Carousel, The Wizard of Oz, The King & I, The Music Man, Cinderella, and Damn Yankees and more. From then on she started to get roles in movies such as, 'Thirteen' and 'Thunderbirds'. She also began appearing in several television shows such as "Quintuplets", "Brothers Garcia", and etc. Since then she has Guest Starred in many other television shows, working with some of her other co-stars in "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" & also was in one episode of "Drake & Josh".

In June 2006, she signed her record deal with Hollywood Records, and her Debut Album, "V" was released September 26th, 2006.

Began her acting career at 11 months, when she was in a commercial for Playskool and since then has appeared in over 50 commercials and various movies and tv shows.

Has two dogs, Penny Lane and Madison, and is a vegan and a supporter of ALF.

In 2003, she released her first studio recorded album "Metamorphisis".

Is currently acting and singing on the side, after finishing a promotional tour for her album.