Raf

Raf is the main protagonist of the series, the informal leader of the Angel's Friends. She is a 99% Angel who goes to Earth to start her stage in Golden School in order to become a 100% Angel and win her Radiant Halo. Raf was the first character to be introduced.

Personality and Traits
Raf is a 15 star-old (in Season 1) angel, she is described as a curious, lively, practical, rational, romantic and caring girl, also extremly stubborn and a  fighter. She is the informal leader of the group Angel's Friends. Raf likes to share her thoughts and worries on her secret diary. Raf has long blonde hair, blue eyes, a small pigtail on the right side of her head and a red tuft on her fringe. She likes to wear sporty clothes, most of them are in the colors of blue, white and/or pink.

Series
History

Raf was raised as an angel, living all her life with her parents, whose names are unknown, in the city of Angels, Angie Town. She grew up being taught to never lie and always to do the right thing. In reality she was adopted by the Hight Spheres when both her birth parents went missing. It all started at the end of 1800, with the mysterious disappearence of Angelie, Raf's mother, while she was playing with her toodler daughter outside the house, she was taken by a mysterious force and disappeared without any trace leaving her husband, Malachia, and Raf behind.

Raf was then raised by her father but not for a very long time because not too long after Angelie's disappearence, he too disappeared but unlike his wife the causes were clear: his guardian angel, Reina, was in love with him and tried to force him to love her, something that didn't work, and so as a second plan Reina entered in the Portraits Room and stole Malachia's portrait which forced him to become her slave. After such event Raf was adopted by the High  Spheres, turned into an angel and given to a family. It's theorized that the reason of why it were the High Spheres adopting Raf was because it had been an angel causing the disappearence of her father.

The proof that Raf was born on Earth and not in Angie Town as she was told her whole life is a birthmark on her neck with the shape of a bell.

Season 1
Raf had just completed 15 stars and so that meant that her time to go to Earth and begin her first stage as a Guardian Angel had come. The young angel meets with her best friend, Urié, so both can go to the Big Door that will allow them to go down Earth.

On Earth, Raf meets Sulfus, a 16 thunder-old devil who laughs at her face when she thought a truck would hit her when instead went right through her. He explains to her that until she completes her transformation she is transperent to the Earthly Ones. Later on at school Raf is given a Earthly One, Andrea a 14 year-old boy, who she must protect and guide to the good road. She also discovers that Sulfus is her rival and learns what the V.E.T.O is.

Raf loses her first challenge against Sulfus after he tricks her, making her think that he is drowning, that trick leads the two to touch and break for the first time the V.E.T.O, which leaves a red star on their hands. Unknown to her and to Sulfus, the two are being secretly watched by Reina who sets them up as the ones who will free her from her prision in the Limbo, but for that the two must kiss.

On a weekend where the teachers must leave to the cities to talk with the High and Low Spheres, what starts with a usual fight between angels and devils ends up in a fun chase between Raf and Sulfus around the school, when the game is over the two are bitten by a spider sent by Reina, the poison of the spider would make Raf and Sulfus fall in love. After that moment Raf and Sulfus are constantly caught in traps created by Reina and her servant, Malachia, so the two could be alone and kiss. In order to stop their feelings from growing the teachers, Arkhan and Temptel, separate the two and give each other new Earthly Ones and new rivals.

Raf's new rival is Gas and her new Earthly Ones are the twin girls, Giulia and Elena. After being caught in another trap that sends Raf and Sulfus to another dimension, the two wander around the Mortal Labyrinth where they later on face a Minotaur, their feelings by that time seem very strong by the way they protect each other. Before they manage to escape the Minotaur Sulfus gets badly wounded and Raf feels guilty for such thing having happened to him. She almost kisses him but they are stopped by their friends.

Even though they promised secret, eventually Arkhan and Temptel find out about the almost-kiss between Raf and Sulfus. One more time to stop them, the two give them bodyguards that should follow them everywhere and avoid the two to meet. Raf eventually becomes jealous of Misha and so does Sulfus with Gabi. Later on another trap is set, this time Reina locks the two inside a cavern where they find out each other's feelings, the two almost kiss but this time they are stopped by Raf herself who states it's wrong because she is an angel and he is a devil.

After that time Raf tries to avoid Sulfus the best she can but one more time Reina interveins and sets up a new trap for the two. This time during the Tournament of Light and Darkness, when their turn to fight comes Raf and Sulfus are sent back in time, to the Maia Civilization where they meet Tyco and Sai, two rivals who were in love with each other just like them. Although the two guardians can't see Raf and Sulfus, the two follow them around and end up discussing. Sulfus accuses her of playing with him and his feelings but Raf yells at him that she loves him, however the words aren't enough and Sulfus wants a proof: a kiss. Raf refuses to kiss him which leads Sulfus to say that she is lying, Raf slaps him and the two begin fighting. Raf earns a new power: Inflame. Sulfus accidentally hurts Raf badly and the angel falls, hitting strongly against the ceiling of a temple. After healing Raf, the two eventually kiss.

Once they return to their time, Raf and Sulfus end up confessing that they kissed and are eventually punished but they end up being freed from the accusations when Arkhan and Temptel find out Reina has escaped from her prision and that she has been watching Raf and Sulfus all over this time. They come to the conclusion that Raf and Sulfus were forced to kiss and therefore they have no feelings for each other which eventually is a lie.

Shortly after a Halloween party, Raf and Sulfus are put to sleep where they both dream with the day they will marry each other. When they wake up they are face-to-face with Reina who tells Raf that she wasn't born an angel but an Earthly One. Raf refuses to believe in such a thing but ends up going back to Reina so she can tell her more about her family, Reina tells Raf that her parents were two sovereigns who died during a struggle between Angels and Devils and the proof she was born an Earthly One is the birthmark on her neck.

After being tricked into opening the Portraits Room with Sulfus and all the portraits being stolen, Raf tries to act as an ally to Reina, this is all in order to get the key of the room where Reina locked the portraits. This is when Raf finds out the truth about her parents, after recovering his memories Malachia reveals that Reina lied about her parents being dead for he is alive.

Raf manages to escape the Mystery House after the sacrifice of Malachia, she reaches her friends and the Devils and together they fight Reina. In the end of the season Raf achieves her Prisma Fly, the chromatic essence of the Celestial Blue color, Raf defeats Reina and after three days of sleeping she wakes up hearing the voice of her mother in her head. When she is about to leave Earth, Sulfus reaches her and Raf reveals to him that she heard her mother's voice and that she knows she must be alive somewhere.

Angel's Friends The Movie: Between Dream and Reality
In the movie, Raf keeps having dreams about her wedding with Sulfus although Reina's spell has vanished. She tries to forget the devil but just can't and so to cheer her up, her friends invite her to go to a summer course at the Sunny College, Raf hesitates because she fears to find Sulfus there however ends up accepting when her friends guarantee her that the devils won't be there due to the course not being required.

<p style="font-size:13px;">At the camp, Raf and her friends meet a mysterious and elegant angel named Terence who chants them a poem leaving the girls enchanted with him. Raf gets a strange feeling when he talks about the Sigh of Deception.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf and her friends are invited to a Masquerade Party to which Raf hesitates in going because her seventh sense tells her something will happen. The angel at the party stumbles across a boy to who she gets a warm and strange feeling, strangely not being able to see anyone else but him. The boy takes her outside to catch some air and the two talk, when the boy asks her name a blow of wind makes their masks fall to the ground revealing who is behind the mask: Sulfus. Raf tries to escape but he stops her and asks her why she is treating him so badly, Raf makes up a lie that she likes someone else in order to protect her beloved, thinking that only this way he could be happy. The girl leaves the party heart-broken. Raf continues avoiding Sulfus trying to make him think that she was talking seriously when she said she no longer had feelings for him but for someone else.

<p style="font-size:13px;">After fighting with Tyco and later on listening to his sad story with Sai, Raf decided to face the Sigh of Deception by herself however Sulfus joins her. Raf confesses to Sulfus that she lied to him when she said she liked someone else, revealing that she wanted him to hate her so he would forget her and be happy in the future. After caressing the devil's cheek and wipping a tear, Raf realizes that the tears of a devil are the key to resolve the problem. The two build the broken key and face the Sigh of Deception.

<p style="font-size:13px;">By the end, Raf and Sulfus are told to play as Romeo and Juliet on the play due to the protagonists not being able to do it. The movies ends with Raf and Sulfus promising that they will think about if they should go through the Path of Metamorphosis, the only way to be together.

Season 2
<p style="font-size:13px;">On season 2, Raf and Sulfus' relationship is highly tested when Raf begins to notice how strange Sulfus is acting around her by ignoring her, then flirting with her. Raf finds out later that supposly Sulfus likes another girl and isn't telling her, she decides to be away from him if not for work over their new Earthly One.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf is forced to spend time with Sulfus when both do their lesson of Personification, they both keep in silence but Raf wants to know what's happening between them and why Sulfus is no longer the boy she met a year ago. Raf receives a gift from Sulfus when they do the trip to Istambul, he gives her a star shaped necklace.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Things between the couple becomes very shaky again when she sees Sulfus and Dolce a way too close, however nobody realizes that's a clone and not the real Sulfus. At the Spring Dance Raf's heart breaks completely when she sees Sulfus kissing Dolce. The necklace was actually a path that would lead the new enemies to the Temple of V.E.T.O, the necklace however would only open the path when Raf's heart would feel love and hate at the same time: a disharmonic vibration.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Angry, Raf decides to punish Sulfus and Dolce for having betrayed her trust by telling the sacrilege to the teachers, Cassidy and Kubral. This whole fight ends up causing trouble in Raf and Urie's friendship, Raf accuses Urie of being jealous to her and their friendship ends there. Later Raf is called to go to Angie Town and there she talks with Arkhan who tells her someone is using her for their own purposes.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf realizes she comitted a mistake for having caused trouble to Sulfus and Dolce, and also for having discussed with Urie and so she decides to make up everything. She finds Sulfus in the street and tells him that she doesn't blame him for what happened, adding that she is confused but that there will always be a place for him in her heart. Next the angel goes to Dolce and to make up her error, she decides to help her friend with the trouble of her Earthly One. The next thing Raf wants to do is apologizing for having accused Urie of being jealous of her but things between the two don't go easy as  they went with Sulfus and Dolce. However later the two make up.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf, her friends and the devils find out about the maps that would lead them to the Temple of V.E.T.O, for that Raf and her friends dress up as devils and the devils as angels. Raf and her friends go to Zolfanello City and Raf faces a devil who challenges her: if she wins, he will tell her where to find the map; if he wins, she will become his slave. Raf ends up winning the motorcycle race and later goes to the pyramid with her friends where they end up falling on a trap.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Back to their angels forms, the girls find the map and manage to escape the pyramid before it's too late. Once back on Earth, Raf and Sulfus join the parts of the map and decide to go by themselves to the Temple. Raf sees her mother and tries to reach her but Blu traps her inside a crystal prision that no attack can break. The angel watches helplessly how Sulfus is tortured by Blu, Cassidy and Kubral in front of her. Angelie talks telepatically with her daughter and tells her that nothing can stop her magic.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf activates her Prisma Fly and destroys the crystal prision where she is arrested along with the crystal case, where her mother sleeps, and the V.E.T.O's scales. She later wakes up at the school's infirmary and reunites with her mother. Raf and the others try to find a way to stop the war that approaches between angels and devils caused by Cassidy and Kubral. The only way is to challenge the actual generals and if they win, they become the new generals and declare peace.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Before facing Cassidy and Kubral, Raf and her friends must first face the soldiers of each army. Raf's turn to fight comes with the group challenge where she, her friends and the devils face all the soldiers. Raf risks her life by protecting Sulfus from Kupsida's poison using her Rock Fly. When they think they defeated the soldiers, they surprise them by uniting, becoming two giants who catch Raf and Sulfus, nearly squeezing them to death.

<p style="font-size:13px;">They all use Prisma Fly to defeat the giants and win the last battle but Raf faints and the next challenge is in two hours. Raf and Sulfus have the final battle against Cassidy and Kubral but end up being tortured by them, they chain them and electrocute them. When the end seems close and comet is about to announce who will disappear, if angels or devils, the love between Raf and Sulfus, now unconcious, ends saving all of them by creating a light that shots to the comet and sends it back to space.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf wakes up after 2 weeks of sleep. After being announced that they will now go to university and that now they are 99,9% Angels and Devils, Raf and Sulfus decide to reveil that they don't plan on joining their friends because they want to go through the Path of Metamorphosis to become humans. Raf is last seen in the season dancing with Sulfus at the final year party.

Eternal
<p style="font-size:13px;">As an Eternal, Raf wears sporty clothes: a short dark blue top decorated with sparkly yellow spirals, matching dark blue shorts decorated with light blue sparkles, a white bell with a ladybug shaped buckle and white knee lenght boots. She also wears 5 different bracelets on each arm, 3 of them are red and blue, the other blue with white spikes and the largest one is light blue with black spirals. Her wings and halo are celestial blue.

Earthly One
<p style="font-size:13px;">As an Earthly One, Raf's clothes vary according with the situation she must transform in order to guide her Earthly One. On her first Earthly transformation Raf wore a long white shirt with a short green sleeveless jacket, a hot pink thin belt surrounding her waist, hot pink wrist bands from elbow to wrist, a short denim skirt and green and white ankle boots. Her second transformation consisted in transforming into a dog walker where she wore a white and dark pink striped shirt, a long sleeved pink jacket, knee-lenght jeans, a red bracelet and yellow sandals decorated with a oval-shaped red jewel at the center.

<p style="font-size:13px;">The third time she is seen transformed as an Earthly One it's on 1x06 in the chase game she and Sulfus had, in there she was wearing a pink shirt with spaghetti straps decorated with an oval picture of a ladybug in the center of her chest, short jeans, long pale pink socks and blue and white ankle tennis. Another time she is seen as an Earthly One is on "Life on Earth" where she wears a blue shirt with the design of a pink heart at the center of her chest, underneath is a white shirt, long jeans, a light pink belt with a hot pink buckle and hot pink high heels. On her head is a hot pink hat.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Other following times, in Season 1, she is seen as an Earthly is on the episodes "Divided" as a painter, "Prisioners of Heart" where she wears an indigo shirt, jeans, pink and white tennis and pink and dark blue bracelets, on "From Sunset to Sunrise" as a rescuer, on "Threats on the Horizon" as a police woman and on "Dangerous Shortcuts" as a basketball player.

<p style="font-size:13px;">On season 2 it's only two times she is seen as an Earthly in order to help her Earthly One, those times are on "Foolish Pride - Part 2" where she dresses up as a race driver and on "Love and Hate - Part 2" as a radio speaker.

Devil
<p style="font-size:13px;">In two episodes, one in season 1 and another in season 2, Raf wears exactly the same devil outfit with the difference that in "Mission Impossible"-"Enemy Territory" she has got her halo as part of her hair decoration. The devil outfit consists in a strapless black top decorated with sparkly red spirals, a dark grey belt with a light grey skull shaped buckle, black tights and grey and red high heels. Wrapped around her left arm is a grey wrist band from her elbow to her wrist and on her right hand is a fingerless dark grey glove. Around her left eye is a red star tattoo similar to the one Sulfus wears in his Eternal form, wrapped around her neck is a black necklace and her hair is caught on a rebel high ponytail held by a spiral shaped purple hairpin. Around her left leg is a pale red leg-band decorated with sparkly red heart, from her shoulders down her ankle is a cape, black on the outside and red from the inside. Raf's devil wings and horns are a mix of dark pink with red.

Wedding
<p style="font-size:13px;">In the dream of her wedding with Sulfus, Raf's bride dress is a long white dress whose bottom is open, revealing her legs and short skirt, the bottom is also in shape of feathers that remind of the wings of an angel but also of a swan. The top is sleeveless and frilly from the neck to the chest.Her hair is caught in a high ponytail in which the veil covers just the beginning of it. She also wears white high heels with a spiral in the center of each.

Prisma Fly
<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf's Prisma Fly is a long sparkly dress dress and three layers with different shades of blue and white. At the end of her chest is a white band with the design of a ladybug, the same design she has got on the buckle of her belt in her Eternal form. Raf's red tuft changes to a blue tuft. She wears knee-lenght pink boots with celestial blue spirals decorating it, she also has got transparent white and blue straps that fall down her arms, the number of bracelets on each arm is 4 bracelets. On her right arm she has got three small bracelets, a white, a blue and a yellow one, the largest bracelet is celestial blue with black spirals. On her left arm she has got three small white bracelets and the largest one is golden yellow. Her hair is caught in a high ponytail. Her wings become bigger than the usual and become slight darker than her original wings, they are patterned with sparkly light blue stars. Her halo keeps the same color as her Eternal Form.

Masquerade Party
<p style="font-size:13px;">At the Masquerade Party, Raf wears a pink and white strapless dress. The top down to her chest is pink decorated with white points at the beginning and end of her chest, down to her waist the dress is white. The lower part is multi-layered, goes down to her feet and has an opening from her knee to her ankle. She wears light pink high heels and white wrist bands around her arms from upper arm to wrist with a point down the palm.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Her mask is pink with golden edges that form rounded points on each side, connected by a blue star in the middle. Each edge of the mask has got pink laces. Around her neck she wears a double pink pearl necklace and her hair is caught in a high ponytail with the adornment of a star on her head, her red tuft disappears leaving only a line.

Summer School
<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf's Summer School outfit is a white shirt with short baggy sleeves, that expose slightly her shoulders. On the shirt is the picture of a shield shaped symbol with the initials "SC" and a sun rising under the letters. Covering most of the white shirt is a night blue, blue and yellow corset whose straps have heart shaped yellow buckles, the bodice covers most of her upper body going down to her waist, then a white skirt that covers the beginning of her legs. To finish she wears high heel boots decorated with large blue laces on the outside sides. Her hair remains the same as when she is in her Eternal form.

Personification
<p style="font-size:13px;">Personification consists in spending a day together with rival of the opposite team dressed up as their Earthly One. Eternals must act exactly the same way as their Earthly One does. In Raf's case, her Earthly One doesn't possess any money therefore neither does she.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf's Personification outfit is an orange shirt covered by a long-sleeved bluish grey jacket, the hood is light blue, she wears also long blue pantaloon, the sneakers are white and orange. Her hair has the same hairstyle as she always wears. Wrapped around her left wrist is the blue projection bracelet.

Gymnastic
<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf's gymnastic outfit is a long-sleeved white jacket with matching long white pants and sneakers. On each arm, from the shoulder to the wrist is a line covered with blue and white glitters, the same goes on each side of the legs,  Designed on both left and right sides of her arms, wrists and legs are yale blue wings with three feathers. The lower part of her sneakers are yale blue and the remaining part is white, on each side is designed a white wing with three feathers. On the right side of her chest is a small yale blue cloud.

Field Trips - Paris, Istambul and Rome
<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf's field trips outfits are very similar to the one she uses in the Personification only with the difference that the colors constantly change and a few acessories are added.

<p style="font-size:13px;">On the field trip to Paris, Raf wears a celestial blue shirt covered by a long-sleeved purplish grey jacket, the hood has got two colors: shocking pink and light pink, long shocking pink pantaloon, pale pink, celestial blue and white sneakers, on her head is a shocking pink beret with purplish grey boarders

<p style="font-size:13px;">On the field trip to Istambul, Raf wears pale pink shirt covered by a long-sleeved magenta jacket, the hood is teal blue, teal blue long pantaloon and a matching cap, magenta and white sneakers.

<p style="font-size:13px;">On the field trip to Rome, Raf wears a yellow shirt covered by a long-sleeved denim blue jacket, the hood is carolina blue, long orange pantaloon and matching orange and white sneakers. She also uses a pair of sunglasses whose boarders are orange.

<p style="font-size:13px;">In all the trips she brings with her a yellow shoulder bag decorated with blue and pink designs such as flowers and clouds.

Spring Dance
<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf's Spring Dance dress consists in a strapless, long celestial blue dress. The upper part till the end of her chest is covered with sparkles of blue and white, the dress then has got an opening from her tigh down her feet also covered with sparkles of blue and white. She wears light blue gloves from her upper arms down her hands, wrapped around her wrists is a cobalt blue bracelet with a yellow line. Her long blonde hair is wavy, falling down her back, half of the hair is caught in a high ponytail decorated with a hairclip in the shape of a celestial blue and yellow flower. It's later shown that her shoes consist in matching celestial blue high heels.

Final Year Party
<p style="font-size:13px;">Raf's Final Year Party are very simple, they consist in a strap, bubblegum pink shirt that goes down her tighs, decorated with three dark pink rays, dark pink leggings, her hairstyle is quite similar to the one she wears at the Spring Dance with the different that it's not wavy, half of the hair is caught in a high ponytail and the remaining is left hanging down her back. Her shoes aren't able to be seen but it's theorized that she is wearing dark pink wedge heels.

Speed Fly
<p style="font-size:13px;">Her wings change to pointy light blue ones that allow her to increase the speed of her flight. It's used for the first time on 1x01.

Rock Fly
<p style="font-size:13px;">Her wings become bigger and form a temporary shield of rock around her body and anyone that is very close to her. Raf gets weak if she overuses the shield. It's used for the first time on 1x02.

Think Fly
<p style="font-size:13px;">Allows Raf to speak telepatichally with anyone she wants, it allows her as well to erase part of the memory. It's used for the first time on 1x20.

Inflame
<p style="font-size:13px;">A power very similar to Sulfus' Fire Fly, allows Raf to shoot blue flames. It's actually a Devil power in which she gains in the middle of a fight with Sulfus. It's used for the first time on 1x26.

Prisma Fly
<p style="font-size:13px;">Her wings spread the eternal chromatic essence of celestial blue, with which Raf defeats Reina. It's used for the first time on 1x52.

Bell Fly
<p style="font-size:13px;">The power itself isn't very understood yet but due to the fact that it's a power created from her bell shaped birthmark, it's theorized the power spreads the light of Raf's angelical star. It's used for the first time on 2x51.

Curiosities

 * Powers: Fast Fly, i.e speed.
 * Loves: Nature, simple things and her friends Urié and Dolce
 * Likes: Prepare "poultices ecological", such as purity masks for the soul or the infusions against any kind of sore evil
 * Feels: Romantic and affectionate, but also a fighter
 * Secret: Her Diary, in which she trusts her thoughts, her doubts and the most hidden emotions
 * Style: Sport and colorful clothes yet elegant
 * Colors: white, pastel pink and all the shades of blue
 * Earthly One: Andrea, a true liar
 * Favorite Phrases: "Go bless yourself!" and "No, no and NO!"
 * People call her:...beautiful and mischievious, sometimes uncertain, judicious and determined.
 * Mascot: Cox, the luckiest ladybug around.
 * Rival Devil: The feared and handsome Sulfus

Trivia

 * Raf's cartoon version was inspired by singer Avril Lavigne, according to Simona Ferri, the creator of Angel's Friends
 * Raf's name is possibly a reference to the archangel Raphael.
 * While in the cartoon Raf is 15 stars, in the original comic she is 12 stars.
 * While in the cartoon Raf is in love with Sulfus, a devil, in the comic she is in love with an Earthly One, Raoul, ironically both are forbidden loves.
 * In the comic Raf's wings and halo are pink while in the cartoon they are celestial blue.
 * In the comic Raf is the singer of the band named Angels, something that isn't shown in the cartoon version.
 * Malachia's revelation on 1x50 to the fact he is Raf's biological father is possibly a reference to the Star Wars scene.
 * Raf's birthmark has got the shape of a bell
 * It is theorized that the fact Raf was the only one to keep her Think Fly when Reina had absorbed everyone's powers is due to either she was born as a human or the fact she might have heir that power from her mother, Angelie.
 * Raf's adoptive parents are only shown once in a photograph, their names are still a mystery.
 * While Raf's clothing color are different shades of blue, white and pastel pink in the cartoon, in the comic her colors are green and pink.
 * In the comic, Raf has got three boys fighting for her love: Raoul, Sulfus and Gabi.
 * In the cartoon, Raf at the end of the series is called by Arkhan an "Angelic Star" due to her strong light that shines like a star.