Crowley

Anthony Jay Crowley, but Azerafel most often calls me Crowley.

He has a flat in London's Mayfair, which he doesn't consider a home, just a place he returns to when he's in town. It contains only a stereo system with no speakers, an alphabetically arranged collection of what Crowley calls "Real" soul music that doesn't include James Brown, a copy of The Extremely Large Book of Astronomy, a desk, an enormous throne, a statue of an angel and a demon "fighting", a flat-screen TV, an original sketch of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa that contains a safe containing gloves, tongs and a bottle of holy water given to him by Aziraphale, and, perhaps just as importantly, the only thing Crowley pays any real attention to: a room filled with the most luxurious, green and beautiful, yet frightened, plants.

Crowley is usually shown in his male form and tends to use he/his pronouns. He has red hair and often changes his hairstyle every few decades. He has a black snake-shaped mark on the right side of his face near his ear. He usually wears black and dark shades. He has yellow eyes with slit-shaped pupils like a snake, which can change from just the iris to the entire sclera, seemingly influenced by his mood at the time. Crowley began wearing sunglasses to hide his eyes from people shortly after the Flood. He also has black wings, but keeps them hidden most of the time. Crowley can also transform into either a full or partial snake. As a snake, he has completely yellow eyes, black scales on his body, and a red underbelly. He can also partially use his snake-like features, such as his forked tongue or turning his head into a snake-like one, to scare people playing paintball. Crowley sometimes introduces himself as a woman, using She/Her pronouns, such as when disguised as Ashtoreth the Nanny. She wore a long-skirted suit, heels, and a small hat. She also stuck to her usual black color palette.

As an angel, he had brown eyes without slit pupils and white wings. He also wore white robes with a gold collar. When he disguised himself as an angel to infiltrate Heaven with Muriel, his snake mark changed from black to gold. He also wore a silver and white suit with a gold tie and used a twisted headband to pull his hair back.

Crowley is generally unthreatening as a demon. He tries to be somewhat evil in his own way, but is actually quite decent from a human standpoint. He objects to killing innocent people and animals, and wants to save the world, albeit for his own reasons. He has a flair for the dramatic, and can be a heavy drinker. He does not seem to take his job seriously, and does not really engage in "normal demonic" business. Most of his "accomplishments" have been faked or done by people he feels are better at making their own lives miserable than he is. He considers himself evil, but even at his worst, he is usually only a minor inconvenience. He also has a soft spot for Aziraphale, considering him his best friend and more, and will generally go out of his way to save him or help him. He later realized that he has romantic feelings for Aziraphale, and confessed to him. However, he was rejected when Aziraphale decided to return to Heaven.

Crowley rarely thinks things through, causing many of his plans to ultimately backfire on him. He is sarcastic, but generally quite friendly and nice, especially compared to other demons. Crowley is also curious by nature, and his tendency to ask too many questions led to his Fall. Unlike other demons, Crowley has an imagination that helps him in various situations, such as sticking together with the Bentley while driving on the burning M25 to get to Tadfield RAF.

Not much is known about Crowley before his fall, although he makes several references to his time as an angel. Crowley claims that he did not so much fall as "slowly slide" and that he did not want to fall; he was simply "hanging out with the wrong people". It is also implied that he joined Lucifer's rebellion because he was bored or that he fell because he asked too many questions about the Great Plan. Crowley has been on Earth for at least 6,000 years. It is also implied that he may have had a high rank while he was an angel, as Crowley was able to access Gabriel's files in Heaven. This, according to Muriel, could only be done by "the Throne, the Lordship, or higher." Furfur also mentions that they were in the same legion shortly before the Fall, and fought on the Celestial Plains. During the formation of the universe, before the Earth was created, Crowley, while still an angel, designed a cluster of nebulae. It was during this time that he first met Aziraphale, though he did not introduce himself to him by name. Crowley was very happy at this point, showing great love and pride for his design, and was heartbroken when he learned that it would only be used as "wallpaper" for the Earth. He began to question God's decision to destroy the universe after only 6,000 years, feeling that it was a waste of his efforts. It was this line of questioning that led to his eventual downfall. He also protected Aziraphale with his wing when thousands of stars (presumably angels) began falling around them. After his Fall, Crowley moved to Earth under the guise of working to create Armageddon. In reality, it was largely because he liked it there and wanted to escape the toxicity of Hell. He and Aziraphale have crossed paths many times throughout the story, shown in flashbacks, up until the present day.

In an attempt to keep up appearances for Hell, he helped design the M25 to be in the shape of the demonic odegra symbol, resulting in a circle of low-level evil that is generated by motorists around London, making it incredibly unpleasant to drive on. Odegra means "Hail to the Great Beast, Devourer of Worlds" in the language of the Black Priesthood of Ancient Mu. Crowley's design has earned him praise. Aside from his deliberate efforts, Crowley has also been credited, often accidentally, for many human-caused events (such as the Spanish Inquisition). He notes that no sin a demon could invent could surpass those humans would invent themselves.

Crowley, then Crowley, greets the angel Aziraphale as he stands on the wall of the Garden, watching Adam and Eve walk into the desert. (It was at this point that Crowley fell in love with Aziraphale and continued to love him for 6,000 years.) The two wonder if they were right to give up the sword, and wrong to tempt Adam and Eve, respectively. Crowley reassures Aziraphale about giving Adam his flaming sword, stating that as an angel, Aziraphale can do no real harm, and they watch as Adam uses the sword to fight off a lion. Aziraphale covers Crowley from the rain with his wing, beginning a 6,000-year friendship between the two.

Eleven years before the End of the World, Crowley is summoned by Hastur and Ligur to deliver the Antichrist to the nuns of St. Beryl and ensure that he is raised as the son of an American diplomat. Upon arriving at the nunnery, Crowley mistakes another father for the diplomat, which, along with misunderstandings among the nuns, leads to the Antichrist being handed over to the Young family. Crowley attempts to call Aziraphale, but is initially unsuccessful due to the demon sabotaging the mobile network throughout London, forcing Crowley to call the angel from a phone booth. Crowley tries to convince Aziraphale that they should try to prevent the End of the World by influencing the Antichrist (called the Magician). Although initially against the idea of ​​disobeying Heaven's orders, Aziraphale agrees to help neutralize the good and evil in the Magician so that he can grow up normal and not cause the End of the World. Aziraphale becomes the estate's gardener and teaches the Wizard only good things, while Crowley poses as a nanny who teaches him only bad things.

On the Magician's eleventh birthday, Aziraphale puts on a magic show at the party while he and Crowley wait for the Hellhound to appear, hoping the Magician will drive the dog away and prevent the Apocalypse. However, the Hellhound never appears, revealing that the Magician was not the Antichrist. Crowley lies to Hell to cover this up and begins working with Aziraphale to find the missing Antichrist.

Aziraphale and Crowley go to St. Beryl's Church to find the Antichrist's birth records, but find it has been converted into a paintball field. As a joke, Crowley turns all the guns into real ones, but ensures that no one is actually hurt. When Aziraphale calls him "good", Crowley angrily slams him into a wall, insisting otherwise. Recognizing the owner of the establishment as the nun he gave the Antichrist to, Crowley hypnotizes her into revealing that Hastur burned down the convent eleven years ago, destroying the delivery records. On the way back to London, Crowley's car hits Anathema Device, who was passing by on a bicycle. Aziraphale heals her and fixes her bike, convincing Crowley to give her a ride home. Crowley assures Hell that all is well and contacts the Witchfinder Army to try to find the missing Antichrist. He and Aziraphale meet, and Crowley tries to convince him that they are on their own side, separate from Heaven and Hell. He suggests that the universe is vast and that they could escape together, but Aziraphale dismisses the idea. Crowley eventually decides to go to Alpha Centauri, but never does. Crowley tries again to convince Aziraphale to join him, but after the angel makes disparaging remarks about him, Crowley yells at him and leaves for home in frustration. Hastur and Ligur discover that the Mage is not the Antichrist and go to confront Crowley. Crowley uses holy water from Aziraphale to kill Ligur. He tries to bluff, claiming that he has enough holy water to kill Hastur as well, but the Duke of Hell exposes him. Crowley pretends to check on Hastur when Aziraphale calls, saying he has found the Antichrist. Crowley hangs up, then uses the angel's voicemail to trap Hastur inside his answering machine. Crowley rushes to Aziraphale's bookstore.

Crowley arrives at Aziraphale's bookshop to find the store in flames and Aziraphale nowhere to be found. Crowley assumes Aziraphale has been killed and takes Agnes Nutter's book before going to a bar and getting drunk, ranting about his Fall and how he lost his best friend. Aziraphale appears, disembodied from his body, and Crowley does not immediately recognize him, still grieving over the angel's death. When he recognizes Aziraphale, he rejoices. Crowley tells the angel that his shop has been destroyed. Aziraphale shows him his notes on Adam Young, the real Antichrist, and Crowley goes to Tadfield while the angel searches for the host.

The demon gets stuck in a traffic jam due to his design of the M25, which has been turned into a ring of fire due to the coming apocalypse and the fact that it was a demonic symbol. Crowley is wondering how to get through the fire when Hastur appears and destroys Crowley's sunglasses, telling him that it's over. Crowley, instead of giving in, turns up the music in his car and drives straight into the fire, disembodying Hastur and using his imagination to imagine that his Bentley is perfectly fine, rather than on fire as it really is.

He arrives in Tadfield with the still burning Bentley, where he learns how to get to the airfield and meets with Shadwell and Aziraphale, who is now in the body of Madame Tracy.

Crowley tries to convince the soldier guarding the airfield to let them in, but Adam and Athey ride through the now open gates on their bikes. As the soldier chases after them, Crowley's car finally explodes and the demon falls to his knees, mourning the loss of his Bentley. Aziraphale tries to get him to deal with the soldier, but Crowley "has a moment", meaning Aziraphale must deal with the soldier.

Grabbing a piece of his machine, Crowley reorients himself and leads the four of them further across the airfield, where they watch as Adam and Them face off against the Four Horsemen. Crowley tries to convince Aziraphale to kill Adam, but Madame Tracy stops the angel. Adam restores Aziraphale's body, and they defeat all of the Horsemen except Death, who leaves. Crowley also returns Agnes's Psycho book to Anathema.

When Beelzebub appears, Crowley bows and tries to play along, but Beelzebub dismisses him as a traitor, which Crowley takes slight offense to. Crowley also supports Aziraphale when the angel suggests that the war could not have been God's plan because God's plan is "incomprehensible" - something Aziraphale told him when they first met. Once Beelzebub leaves, Crowley collapses in pain as he feels the full force of Satan's wrath at Adam's disobedience. He seems ready to give up because Satan cannot be defeated, and tells Aziraphale that it was nice meeting him. At first, the angel seems ready to threaten Crowley with his flaming sword, but instead threatens Crowley that he will never speak to him again unless the demon does something. Crowley freezes time, and Aziraphale and the demon tell Adam that as the Antichrist, he cannot fight Satan, but he has control over reality itself, and he can use that. Crowley resets time, just as Satan bursts out of the Earth.

Adam tells Satan that he was never his father, and Crowley encourages him to repeat this phrase so that Adam's reality-warping abilities will destroy Satan.

As they board the bus back to London, Aziraphale shows Crowley a prophecy he caught, which states that they will face fire and should choose their faces wisely. The two spend the night in Crowley's flat as Aziraphale's bookshop has burned down, and then at some point they swap forms. Crowley as Aziraphale goes to the angel's bookshop to find that Adam has reset reality and rebuilt the shop, leaving behind a new collection of books. He meets Aziraphale as Crowley in a park they frequent. He is kidnapped by a group of angels and taken to Heaven. Crowley tries to convince them that they are the good guys and should not execute him with fire. The demon enters a pillar of Hellfire meant for Aziraphale, which cannot harm him because he is a demon. Crowley also breathes fire, startling Gabriel and the other angels, who then release him. Back on Earth, he freezes time to swap appearances with Aziraphale again in the park. Before he and Aziraphale go to lunch at the Ritz, Crowley states that he believes the greater war will be Humanity versus Heaven and Hell. After the angel points out that Crowley is, deep down, kind of a good man, Crowley replies that Aziraphale was, deep down, enough of a bastard to be worth knowing. They toast "to the world" (i.e., Earth) and eat lunch.

Crowley stumbles upon Aziraphale standing at Noah's Ark and becomes mildly alarmed by the coming Flood, noting that this was what he thought "his side" would do. He is concerned that the Flood will kill the local children, stating that "children shouldn't be killed". He also tries to point out that one of the unicorns has escaped, but no one else notices.

At some point, Crowley met Jesus and showed him the Kingdoms of the world because, she said, Jesus, as a carpenter, did not have many prospects for travel.

Crowley later changes her name from Crowley to Crowley shortly before Jesus' death, where she encounters Aziraphale again. She again questions God's plan to kill Jesus. When Crowley asks what Jesus said that made everyone so angry, Aziraphale replies, "Be kind to each other."

Crowley visits a tavern in Rome after committing several temptations, where he again encounters Aziraphale, who invites him to dinner.

During the reign of King Arthur, Crowley impersonates the Black Knight to cause unrest and disorder during times of peace, where he eventually encounters Aziraphale. The demon points out that by doing their jobs in the same place, they neutralize each other, and suggests that they stop worrying about their jobs and just report certain things to Headquarters, as it would have the same effect. Although Aziraphale initially rejects the idea, by the 1600s they come to an agreement that if they are both assigned to the same place, only one will go and will bless and tempt at the same time.

At the Globe Theatre, Crowley watches Shakespeare's new play Hamlet, noting that it is too depressing. He tosses a coin with Aziraphale to see who will go to Edinburgh, and Aziraphale wins. Crowley uses a miracle to ensure Hamlet's success, as Aziraphale liked the play.

In the 1700s, Crowley saves Aziraphale from the guillotine during the French Revolution after he is mistaken for an aristocrat. By this point, Crowley has begun using the nickname "Angel" in reference to Aziraphale. He tells Aziraphale not to thank him for saving him, and they go out for pancakes.

In the 1800s, Crowley worries that his friendship with Aziraphale will be discovered, and asks Aziraphale for "insurance" in the form of holy water. Aziraphale refuses, believing that Crowley wants to use it as a "suicide pill", and storms out.

In 1941, Crowley saves Aziraphale from being shot by Nazi spies, despite the pain of being on the hallowed ground of the church they were in. He directs a bomb to hit the church and kill the spies. He also uses a miracle to save Aziraphale's books of prophecy, which deeply touches the angel.

In the 1960s, Crowley organizes a church robbery with several criminals to obtain holy water. He meets a member of the Witchfinder Army whose skills he wants to use. Aziraphale gives Crowley a thermos of holy water so he doesn't have to rob the church, and suggests they go on a picnic or have lunch at the Ritz sometime. This is the earliest appearance of Crowley's beloved Bentley, which he claims was still new.

Before the Fall, Crowley, still an angel, designs a new nebula system in the unfinished universe. He asks for help from a passing angel, who turns out to be Aziraphale. Aziraphale introduces himself, but Crowley does not, and instead initiates the new nebula system with his book and the words "let there be light". Crowley rejoices in the brilliance of his new design, and explains that it will create new stars over millions of years.

He becomes upset when Aziraphale reveals that God only plans to keep everything running for 6,000 years, and that Earth will not come anywhere near the nebula Crowley created. Crowley complains that his work is not "wallpaper" for Earth, and begins to question the entire plan. Crowley laments the lack of a suggestion box, and decides to confront God with his doubts. He dismisses Aziraphale's concerns about this, arguing that he can't get into trouble for simply asking.

Almost immediately, stars begin to fall from the sky - presumably fallen angels. Crowley covers Aziraphale with his wing - an action that Aziraphale repeats for him on the walls of the Garden of Eden when they meet again after Crowley becomes a demon.

Crowley currently lives in his Bentley with his houseplants after his flat was given to Shax, the new representative of Hell on Earth, with whom he communicates regularly. He confirms to Shax that humans are always so easily seduced after she states that humans always come up with something far worse than she ever could. Shax also tells Crowley that something is "wrong". When she later adds that it has something to do with Gabriel, Crowley gloats that "his royal smugness" may be in trouble. After Aziraphale calls him, Crowley immediately recognises that the angel is in trouble from the tone of his voice and meets him at Nina's coffee shop. He raises an eyebrow when Nina mentions Aziraphale's "naked friend", and is horrified by the presence of "Jim" - an amnesiac Gabriel - in the bookstore. He and Aziraphale argue over what to do with him, and Crowley refuses to help and runs away. So outraged by the situation, Crowley tries to calm himself by breathing and counting from 1 to 10, "like humans do", but becomes so enraged that he is struck by lightning, which shorts out the electricity in Nina's coffee shop, trapping her and Maggie inside until nightfall.

Upon returning to his car, Crowley is contacted by Beelzebub, who summons him to Hell with a swarm of flies. Crowley comments on Beelzebub's new face and is informed of Gabriel's situation. Beelzebub informs him that Heaven will impose "extreme sanctions" on anyone involved. Although Crowley is initially dismissive, as he and the other angels made it up to scare the cherubim, he becomes concerned when Beelzebub adds that anyone who helps Gabriel will be struck from the Book of Life and erased from existence.

Back in his Bentley, Crowley immediately races across London back to Aziraphale to help him. He also very reluctantly does the "I was wrong" apology dance when Aziraphale demands it.

Together, they decide to create half a tiny miracle to hide Gabriel from Heaven and Hell, but unbeknownst to them, they accidentally create a huge miracle of 25 Lazaruses, which immediately sends out red alerts throughout Heaven.

In 2500 BCE, Crowley is given permission and a mission to destroy everything that belonged to Job, God's favorite man, as part of a test of his faith. Satan tells God that Job was only faithful because God was so good to him, so God agrees to test him. Crowley is sent to destroy Job's goats, home, farm, and kill his three children. But if Job proves his faith, it will all be replaced with twice as many as before.

While Crowley is destroying Job's goats, Aziraphale intervenes in the Heavenly Light and orders him to stop. Crowley refuses and unrolls a permission contract several meters long, which shows that he is fully allowed to destroy everything. Crowley then proceeds to "destroy" the goats, secretly turning them into crows. He later destroys Job's house and adopts the name that Sithis, Job's wife, gives him: "Bildad the Shuhite". He continues to pretend to Aziraphale that he is destroying everything, and makes it clear that Heaven allows and encourages him to kill Job's three children.

After the "crow" bleats, Aziraphale removes the goats' disguises and smugly rejoices that Crowley is not as evil as he claims. The two meet Job's three children and immediately dislike his eldest son and daughter. Crowley sets the house on fire and moves them all to the basement, and that same night, Hell destroys the house above them. Crowley turns all three of Job's children into lizards to hide them, even turning the youngest girl blue when she specifically asked for it.

Crowley convinces Aziraphale to try human food for the first time, which the angel immediately enjoys. During the night, Aziraphale questions Crowley, who explains that he was on Hell's side up until a certain point, but he was not really on their side, but on his own. Aziraphale says that sounds lonely, but Crowley denies it.

Later they see Job undergo God's tests and speak directly with God Himself.

Crowley says it would be amazing to even be able to ask questions.

Many angels arrive at Job's house, including Gabriel, Sarakael, Uriel, and Michael, to give Job twice as much as he took. Sithis does not want to have seven children at their age, and they want their original children back, but the angels do not heed their request. Crowley, in his human form, removes the disguises from Job's three children and, with the help of Aziraphale (and Gabriel's lack of understanding of how human reproduction works), successfully convinces the angels that they are three entirely new children.

When he approaches Aziraphale some time later, the angel suggests that Crowley is going to take him to Hell, as he lied to Heaven and went against God's plan. Crowley laughs, but assures Aziraphale that he is not Fallen. He tells the angel to do what he does and go with Heaven until the right moment. He admits that he was lonely, and that by denying it, he was lying.

In the present, Crowley meets Aziraphale in a pub. The angel runs into Mr. Brown and is forced to hold the monthly meeting of the Shopkeepers' Association in his bookshop, much to Crowley's delight. Aziraphale explains that their miracle was discovered by Heaven, and so he lied and said he performed a miracle to make Maggie and Nina fall in love. Crowley comes up with the idea of ​​hiding the two under an awning in the rain so they can look into each other's eyes and realise they are meant to be together. He says he saw it in a Richard Curtis film and is sure it will work. Aziraphale, however, jumps at the idea of ​​a ball like in Jane Austen's novels, which confuses Crowley, who only knows Jane Austen as a smuggler and bank robber.

Aziraphale also reveals that he received a clue about Gabriel. At the bookstore, they try to jog Gabriel's memory by threatening Crowley, and he is able to remember the moment he heard all the angels singing, but nothing else.

Aziraphale also reveals that he received a clue about Gabriel. At the bookstore, they attempt to jog Gabriel's memory by threatening Crowley, and he is able to recall the moment he heard all the angels singing, but nothing else. Aziraphale reveals that his clue was about a pub in Scotland where every song on the jukebox magically turns into Buddy Holly's "Everyday" - similar to how Crowley's Bentley turns any tape into a Queen album. When Aziraphale suggests that he is going to use the Bentley, calling it "(Them)" the car, Crowley initially refuses. He also appears aghast at the idea of ​​having to look after "Jim" alone while Aziraphale is gone.

In Scotland in 1827, Crowley discovers a very realistic statue of Gabriel in a graveyard, which he takes Aziraphale to see for fun. Crowley jokes that Gabriel probably comes to look at the statue all the time. While looking at it, they run into Elspeth, who is robbing graves to sell the corpses for money.

Although Aziraphale is horrified by how immoral these actions are, Crowley, amused, adopts a Scottish accent and happily helps Elspeth. They take the corpse to a local surgeon, but Aziraphale miraculously quickly decomposes the corpse, rendering it unusable. Crowley introduces himself as a doctor and suggests that the surgeon start washing his hands, as it will be "fashionable" in a few years. At Aziraphale's request, he uses his time manipulation powers to freeze the surgeon and convince him to have a drink with the two of them.

Over drinks, Crowley and the surgeon show Aziraphale the grey morality of grave robbing, convincing him to reconsider. They return to Elspeth and her friend Little Morag and agree to help them rob another corpse. Crowley and Aziraphale comment on the grave trap, which then accidentally shoots Morag. This alerts the grave diggers, who rush in.

As the four hide in the crypt, Crowley creates a huge hole in the ground to swallow up their pursuers, and says that perhaps he overdid it a bit. Morag dies from her injuries before Aziraphale can intervene, and as Elspeth goes to give Morag's body to the surgeon, Crowley states that it's harder when it's someone you know.

Later, he prevents Elspeth from poisoning herself with opium by drinking it himself. Since Crowley could not die from it, the effect was similar to a severe intoxication or high. Crowley begins to behave extremely strangely, bursting into song - possibly inventing "O Flower of Scotland" in the process - and then shrinking to a tiny size, then growing into a giant, bursting through the roof of the crypt.

He tells Elspeth that suicide is "unacceptable" and tells Aziraphale to give her all his money so she can buy a farm and not be shot with a grave gun.

After Elspeth leaves, Aziraphale helps a very unsteady Crowley walk. He denies being kind, and that he was simply too delirious from the laudanum to be evil. He hopes Hell won't notice, but is then sucked through the ground back into Hell. (Aziraphale records in his diary that he doesn't see Crowley for some time after this.) It is unclear what happened to Crowley during this time.

In the present day, Crowley visits Aziraphale's bookshop and discovers Muriel, a naive young angel poorly disguised as a human police officer, who is trying to find information about Gabriel's whereabouts and confirm that they really did use the miracle that made Nina and Maggie fall in love. Crowley is amused by their attempts at disguise, especially their name "Inspector Constable", and very easily tricks them into admitting that they are new to Earth.

He also manages to trick them into letting him and Aziraphale have a private conversation, where they discuss how they are going to make Nina and Maggie fall in love with each other. Crowley finally allows Aziraphale to take the Bentley to Scotland to follow up on his clue while the demon watches over the bookshop, tries to get Nina and Maggie together, and keeps a close eye on Gabriel and Muriel.

Crowley senses when Aziraphale is driving the Bentley below the speed limit, angrily calling him on the car's radio and demanding that he drive faster, stop eating while driving, and change the car back to black instead of the yellow Aziraphale had painted it. Crowley threatens to sell Aziraphale's books or simply give them away if he refuses.

He summons a rainstorm as part of his plan to bring Maggie and Nina together, but accidentally goes too far, causing the store tarp under which Nina and Maggie are sheltering to flood and break, drenching them. Crowley is disappointed that his plan has not worked. He presses Gabriel to remember more, and the archangel ominously rants about the dead leaving their graves and something coming.

While tending a bookshop, Crowley is seen throwing piles of books around haphazardly. He answers Aziraphale's call, telling potential customers that the bookshop doesn't have what they want, and even if they did, he wouldn't give it to them. Aziraphale tells him what he's found, and that a surgeon they met in Victorian times committed suicide and had a pub named after him. Crowley sheepishly remarks that it's a bad idea to get too attached to people.

Shax attempts to threaten Crowley into revealing Gabriel's location, deducing that the archangel is likely in the bookstore. However, she is barred from entering as she was not invited in and cannot recognize Gabriel due to the miracle performed on him.

Crowley angrily snaps at Gabriel for the trouble he is causing with his presence, and threatens him if anything happens to Aziraphale because of it. However, he gives up halfway through, as he is not talking to the "real" Gabriel, and concludes that it is too late anyway.

Immediately after rescuing Aziraphale from Nazis in Blitz-era London, Crowley takes him to a bookshop. On the way, he makes a quick stop in the West End to deliver some black market booze to the theatre. However, a bomb blast destroys all the bottles. The theatre owner laments her bad luck that day, mentioning that the magician had also cancelled, so Aziraphale eagerly volunteers to take his place. Crowley helps Aziraphale come up with an act for his show, recommending that he buy some tricks from a local magic shop for variety. At the magic shop, he reluctantly agrees to help Aziraphale with the "Catch the Bullet" trick, on the condition that they use miracles to ensure nothing goes wrong. At the theatre, Crowley takes his place as an audience member and is led on stage by Aziraphale. However, they realize that none of their miracles work (followed by the reanimated corpses of the three Nazis they killed earlier that night, created by the demon Furfur after he suspected the two were working together). Furfur cast a "miracle block" on the surrounding area, forcing the angel and demon to perform the trick for real. A nervous Crowley, who had never handled a gun before, is able to successfully fire past Aziraphale, who pulls out the bullet hidden in his mouth, and they receive thunderous applause for the trick. Backstage, Crowley watches an adoring Aziraphale before they are interrupted by Furfur and the three zombies. Furfur triumphantly shows a photograph he took of the two of them on stage, and that since the trick requires 100% credibility, he has all the evidence the Dark Council needs to punish Crowley severely. Crowley mocks him and refuses to cooperate.

Later that night, Aziraphale reveals that he successfully used sleight of hand to switch the photograph with a theatre flyer. Crowley suggests that he quit his tricks, and they drink to "shades of grey" (though Crowley insists on very dark shades of grey). In the present, Crowley happily greets his Bentley when Aziraphale returns with it, and places his houseplants in it. He informs Aziraphale that he failed to set up Nina and Maggie, so it is his turn now. Crowley wonders if Aziraphale is really going to hold a meeting of the Shopkeepers' Association, when the angel decides to use the setting to bring the two women together.

Crowley accompanies Aziraphale on his visit to all the local shopkeepers to convince them to attend a meeting. He expects to be amused by their refusal, but is instead taken aback by Aziraphale's offer to trade or loan them some rare books from his shop in exchange for the people's presence. (While at the magic shop, Crowley also tries on a fez and plays with one of the crystal balls.) Crowley is later stopped by Nina, who asks him how long he has been together with Aziraphale. This catches Crowley off guard, as do her subsequent questions about whether he had a husband or boyfriend and whether Aziraphale was "(her) boyfriend on the side". Crowley firmly rejects this, stating that Aziraphale is too pure-hearted to be anyone's boyfriend on the side. Nina's casual comment that everyone else's love lives look simpler from the outside gives Crowley pause. This statement apparently causes him to consciously consider his relationship with Aziraphale in a romantic context for the first time. He goes out for a glass of wine at a local bar, where he is joined by Aziraphale, who confirms that everyone is present. Crowley then visits Gabriel, who has remained in his room. The demon angrily berates him for attempting to execute "Aziraphale" and how the archangel told "Aziraphale" to shut up and die. He orders Gabriel to jump out of the window, but stops him when he realizes that "Jim" will actually do it. "Jim" vaguely recalls that his memory may have been in the matchbox he retrieved. An irritated Crowley also makes "Jim" some hot chocolate. He senses that Aziraphale is up to something with the meeting. Crowley then goes to make sure Nina and Maggie are coming. He meets Nina, who has changed her mind as she has just been dumped by her girlfriend, but senses danger approaching, so Crowley convinces her to go to Aziraphale's bookstore for protection.

He later notices a crowd of demons following Maggie down the street and quickly confronts them all. He demands to know what they are doing and shouts that it is illegal. He then enters a bookstore to warn Aziraphale, but is left holding a plate of snacks. The angel casts magic on the store to make everyone act as if they are at a Regency ball and to make Nina and Maggie fall in love. Crowley tries to warn Aziraphale again, but the angel pulls him into a dance. As they dance, Crowley finally draws Aziraphale's attention to the crowd of demons outside. Although the angel insists that they are safe as the bookstore is still considered one of Heaven's embassies, the demons, led by Shax, smash the window and demand Gabriel be handed over to them. Crowley is happy to let the archangel go, but is still surprised when he voluntarily comes outside. Unfortunately, Crowley's miracle with Aziraphale works too well, and neither Shax nor any other demon can recognize Gabriel. Crowley quickly makes up a fake rule about civilians not participating in combat, and leads the terrified people (except Maggie and Nina, who remain, and Mr. Brown, who is captured by the crowd) away from danger. While Crowley is trying to figure out what to do, he notices Muriel nearby, taking notes, and quickly has them "arrest" him and take him to Heaven.

In Heaven, Crowley disguises himself as an Angel to blend in and asks Muriel to take him to their office. Angel realizes that the demon tricked them into helping him, but he convinces them to show him all the files on Gabriel.

Muriel tries but is unable to show them to him as they do not have clearance - only Thrones, Dominions or higher can open it. Crowley easily opens the file, stating that he was not always a demon and Heaven never changes its passwords. Crowley watches in amazement as Gabriel rejects the Armageddon 2 plans. They are discovered by Sarakael and shown Crowley Gabriel's trial, led by Metatron. Crowley watches as Gabriel undresses and drops a matchbox before riding an elevator down to Earth. Realizing something, Crowley rushes back to Earth, followed by angels.

Representatives from Hell also arrive after Aziraphale uses a forbidden technique to stop the attack on his shop. Unlike Aziraphale, Crowley is able to see Gabriel's belongings inside the box and finds a note the archangel wrote on the bottom for himself, asking Beelzebub to find a fly containing Gabriel's memories. Crowley reacts with surprise when Gabriel and Beelzebub reveal that they fell in love and chose to be together.

Crowley recognizes Metatron when he arrives and remarks that the day could not be stranger. At one point, he is also offered a promotion to Duke of Hell, but he turns it down. While Aziraphale talks to Metatron, Crowley cleans up the bookstore. Nina and Maggie tell him that they have seen through his and Aziraphale's attempts to set them up and convince him to confess his romantic feelings to Aziraphale.

When the angel returns, Crowley attempts to do so, but is interrupted by Aziraphale. Crowley is horrified by Metatron's offer of Aziraphale returning to Heaven in a leadership position and reinstating Crowley as an angel. He is upset that Aziraphale agreed to the deal, having no desire to ever return to Heaven. However, Crowley goes ahead and confesses his feelings for Aziraphale. He points to the example of Beelzebub and Gabriel and asks the angel to run away with him. Aziraphale tries to convince him to accept Heaven's offer by stating that "nothing lasts forever." Heartbroken, Crowley agrees with this remark and starts to leave the store. Aziraphale begs him to return and become an angel again, but Crowley refuses. He tells Aziraphale to listen and remarks that there are "no nightingales" here. He calls Aziraphale an idiot and says they could just be "us."

Crowley then kisses Aziraphale, but the angel pulls away from him, saying "I forgive you." Crowley tells him not to worry and leaves the store. He waits by the Bentley, hoping that Aziraphale will join him. He eventually sees Aziraphale leave Earth (and him) to take the elevator back to Heaven with Metatron. Crowley gets into the Bentley and turns off the car radio as "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" begins to play before driving away.

Aziraphale - Crowley's best friend, life partner, and love interest. He and Aziraphale met before Crowley's Fall when he was creating a new nebula system, but they did not get to know each other properly until after Crowley became a demon.

They have known each other for 6,000 years on Earth, having met in the Garden of Eden. After constantly clashing with each other for several centuries, they eventually made an Agreement that if they both needed to go somewhere, only one of them would go.

Crowley has a soft spot for Aziraphale, convincing him to try human food, using miracles to make Hamlet a success after Aziraphale liked the play, saving him from being destroyed by the French Revolution and Nazi spies (even though this meant Crowley had to step onto hallowed ground, which was extremely dangerous), helping him with his West End magic show, and regularly plying him with food and drink.

They maintained a strong friendship over six millennia, although they often pretended that they were not actually friends. Crowley also defends Aziraphale on several occasions, immediately rushing to his aid, and angrily confronts the amnesiac Gabriel for trying to kill his best friend.

At some point, Crowley developed romantic feelings for Aziraphale, which he realized after a conversation with Nina. After the situation with Gabriel was finally resolved, Crowley confessed his feelings to Aziraphale and kissed him. However, Aziraphale agreed to return to Heaven and left Earth (and Crowley).

Like all demons, Crowley is vulnerable to the effects of holy water, which destroys the demonic essence.

Crowley has the ability to freeze people in place and was able to freeze time so that he and Aziraphale could talk to Adam when Satan broke out of the Earth.

Crowley can transform into a giant black and red snake or summon snake-like features when in his "human" form. He can also change his clothes, such as when he made himself look like an angel when infiltrating Heaven. He and Aziraphale also switched appearances to trick Heaven and Hell and survive their respective executions. He also shrank to an incredibly small size and grew into a giant when he drank laudanum. He can also influence the appearance of others, such as Job's goats, which he turned into crows, and Job's children, when he turned them into lizards.

Crowley can move objects with a snap of his fingers, change traffic lights from red to green as he passes, and open doors.

Crowley was able to summon a rainstorm in an attempt to bring Maggie and Nina closer together. When he became angry at Gabriel's presence in the bookstore, he also struck himself with lightning.

Crowley is generally immune to anything that would kill most people. He can still be killed by holy water or disembodied if his body is destroyed. He has survived being struck by lightning, spending several hours in a burning Bentley on the road to Tadfield, and drinking large amounts of laudanum.

Crowley can influence electronics, such as talking on the radio in his Bentley and changing traffic lights.

Crowley summoned fireballs to blow up Job's goats and set Job's house on fire.

Crowley can speak all languages.

Crowley is a keen gardener, and his plants are some of the healthiest and greenest, thanks to his unique technique: he learned from the radio that communicating with plants helps them grow... so he threatens them by periodically picking out the least healthy or slow-growing ones and displaying the newly emptied pot in front of the remaining plants, which scares them into not relaxing. Crowley personally knew Leonardo Da Vinci and was his friend, hence the rough sketch of the Mona Lisa in his apartment (signed by Da Vinci himself for Anthony J. Crowley). Crowley appears to be more powerful than Aziraphale, displaying a more diverse set of abilities. Whether this is due to Crowley being a higher-ranking angel before his fall, or his transformation into a demon, is unknown. Crowley is in love with Aziraphale. Neil Gaiman has stated that he wrote the relationship between them as a love story in the series, although it was not intended as such in the book.[1] This is also confirmed by Michael Sheen and David Tennant in multiple interviews. His name is a reference to Aleister Crowley, a famous occultist and magician. Unlike other demons, Crowley is able to write without any grammatical or spelling errors.[2] Crowley usually uses "He"/"His" pronouns, but sometimes when he introduces himself as a woman, such as when he was a babysitter or watching the crucifixion, he uses "She"/"Her" pronouns. Crowley lived in his Bentley for 4 years between seasons 1 and 2. He lost his flat because it technically belongs to Hell, and they kicked him out after they deemed him a traitor. In season 2, Hell's new representative in London, Shax, lives there.

The word NIATRUC on Crowley's Bentley's license plate is CURTAIN spelled backwards. This is a reference to the final curtain, which signifies the end of something, especially life. When Crowley is looking at the pages of a star atlas in the fourth episode of the first season, planning to escape Earth and go to another planet, Gallifrey is among the possible options. This is the home planet of the Time Lords from the TV series Doctor Who, in which David Tennant also played. A page of the book with an image of Gallifrey flashes behind Crowley. The throne chair in Crowley's apartment is exactly the same as the throne of the demon Crowley from the TV series "Supernatural". Interestingly, the Crowley from "Supernatural" is based on the Crowley from "Omens". The Dirty Donkey pub, where Crowley and his accomplices plot to rob a church and meet the witch-catcher Shadwell in the third episode of the first season, is a reference to Neil Gaiman's short story "Special Offer". Neil Gaiman also played a sleeping spectator in one of the front rows of the cinema where Crowley arrives in the fourth episode of the first season. He also voiced the cartoon rabbits and the frog on Hastur's head in the same scene. When Crowley meets Shadwell in the café in the third episode of the first series, the 1968 film The Witchfinder General (known in our country as The Grand Inquisitor) is playing on the screen in the background. This is likely a reference to Sergeant Shadwell's occupation. Crowley is also reading a newspaper in the same scene, on the front page of which the headline Soul Music Catalogue can be seen. This is likely a reference to Terry Pratchett's Discworld book Soul Music.

In the fifth episode of the second season, Crowley finds a crystal ball in a magic shop - the same one that Anathema Gadget used in the first season. In the pub, Crowley casually calls Aziraphale "Lady Bracknell", a reference to Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest - and, incidentally, the only line David Tennant improvised in season two. Later in the same episode, Crowley puts on a fez he found in a magic shop, which is most likely also a reference to Doctor Who. In the first episode of the second season, on the way to Aziraphale, Crowley plays the song Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy by Queen in the car.