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Gaghiel ガギエル
Name Meaning	Roaring Beast of God
Symbolism	The Angel of the Fish
Number	6th
First Appearance	Asuka Strikes![NGE]

Gaghiel (Hebrew: גגיאל) is the Sixth Angel, an aquatic, shark-like being. It makes an appearance in the anime series, and briefly in the manga. It does not appear in Rebuild of Evangelion. It is preceded by Ramiel, and succeeded by Israfel.

StoryEdit

Gaghiel attacked the UN Pacific fleet as it was delivering Unit-02 and (secretly) the preserved embryonic Adam to NERV. Gaghiel was searching for the Adam embryo, but because the presence of the embryo was secret (apparently even from SEELE), NERV officially reported that Gaghiel was drawn by Unit-02. It managed to damage or destroy almost one third of the UN's combined fleet.

Gaghiel fought with Unit-02, piloted jointly by Asuka Langley Soryu and Shinji Ikari in their first battle together. Asuka brashly challenges Gaghiel in Unit-02 wearing only B-type equipment (unsuited for marine combat). Gaghiel does not knock Unit-02 into the ocean. Instead, a miscalculation by Asuka makes Unit-02 step onto a flight deck elevator which collapses, throwing the Eva and the Angel into the water, where Asuka and Shinji find themselves immobilized. The Angel bites down on them, trapping them in its jaws. Misato hatches a plan, and Unit-02 forces the Angel's mouth open (though only with Asuka and Shinji working and thinking in unison), allowing a pair of scuttled battleships to lodge in its mouth (knocking out most of its teeth in the process) and fire (via remote control) at the Angel's core, then self-destruct inside the Angel, killing it.

ProfileEdit

Gaghiel has a very large body, matching in size to Iowa-class battleships, and easily overshadowing an Eva. It has very large jaws, filled with sharp serrated teeth. Its core is also located in its mouth. Its skin is tannish in color, with a black outline. It is a strong angel, destroying many of the UN Pacific fleets ships with its body. However, it does not generate a visible A.T. Field, though it uses it to some degree, as it is not damaged by the firepower of the fleet.

Gaghiel literally means Roaring Beast of God. It is named after the Angel of the Fish. His appereance resembles the Leviathan, a gigantic mythological sea monster, that appears in the book of Job and is usually compared with the crocodile or the whale. It´s sometimes associated with Lucifer, the fallen angel.

	Angels
Seeds of Life	Adam • Lilith
Angels	Sachiel • Shamshel • Ramiel • Gaghiel • Israfel • Sandalphon • Matarael • Sahaquiel • Ireul • Leliel • Bardiel • Zeruel • Arael • Armisael • Tabris • Lilin
Introduced in Rebuild	Adams • First Angel • Third Angel • Seventh Angel • Twelfth Angel • Thirteenth Angel