Basics
Gender
Bit of advice: look from the side. If you still can't tell then ask. But, honestly, it shouldn't be that hard. After all, little or no clothing sort of opens up gender right there (NB: little clothing around us, no clothing in heaven. ...Don't look at me like that. I'm no perv, and you didn't exactly come out in a diaper.)
Of course, there is some understandable confusion. As in that Keystone commercial, women can be confused as men and vise versa. Yes, this is mostly because of hair style and build.
The androgynous...ness of angels is pretty easy to find a reason for. Their jobs, for all you real smart ones. For any random situation with people, it's simplist to go with a form that fits the situation.
As well as single gender--some prefer one or the other--and transgenders, there are hermaphrodites. Now, before you go off screaming "Oh dear God, what is that thing?!" like most or all of you "sensible" people would.... No, they won't show you. Unless they or you are blatantly stupid, they will not reveal themselves until or unless you ask it of them, and you, hopefully, will refrain from questioning it out of simple courtesy.
Nationality
It's a lot like gender. Nationality can depend on three things: surroundings, preference, and you. If they're in the Middle East, for instance, they wouldn't be white! Although bullets don't really do much, there's still heatstroke.
Preference really depends on who you're with. Like Uriel being a Cree Indian, Camael being African American, the leader of the Powers being Chinese, and blah blah blah. And no, Jewish is not a race.
Lastly, it depends on you. If you're, I dunno, Creol and from Louisiana your GA might look like he's from the French Quarter.
Anatomy
Wooo! The section we've all been waiting for!
Aha, I see your minds working, but, no, it is NOT porn! I'm gonna show you how wings work.
Okay, here's a normal bird wing, of a swan, and here's a human shoulder:
*insert sketches here*
And here's an angel's:
*insert another sketch here*
Also, the muscle and bone structure (sorry if it looks like a hieroglyph, it's hard to draw from the side):
*insert muscle and bone drawings here*
The wings are connected to the scapulas and the shoulder muscle by a long bone and muscle. As can be expected, the shoulder muscle is one of the strongest in their bodies.
Next are the feathers. Here is the feather of a normal bird and an angel's:
*insert feather sketches here*
The rachis of the angel featehr is less hollow than a bird's, but enough to sustain flight. Also, unlike bird feathers, these are fire retardant. When on or off the wing, the feather's consistency is controlled. It can be normal and soft and the wings are large enough to completely cover an average person. In times of danger or in battle, they can also be used. The feather, when off-wing, hardens into a long, blade like metal similar to adamant. Much like a swan's, the wings can be thrust forward and are used to shatter bone or even sever the wings of another angel.
The wings and feathers take on other bird like characteristics. They are different colors, from molten rock red to darker-than black. These colors, however, depend on the person's aura. An aura, for all those who--how in the name of God could you not?!--have not run across the term on Wiki or Google, is similar to a spectral moodring.
An aura surrounds a person's body and the colors coordinate to the personality of said one and their feelings at any given time with fixed and changing colors.
The wing color, likewise, reveals the person's character.
Finally, we come to the organ system and I pause to wonder why nobody's asked these questions before.
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Okay, pausing over. On to the heart and lungs.
Their hearts are the same as ours, but the rhythm is different. While ours is bu-bum-bu-bum, theirs, when relaxed, is bu-bu-bu-bum.
This is caused by the adrenaline in the angel's system.
Since their jobs are so strenuous, they have a heightened sense for danger. The constant flow of the stuff slowly became permanent. That explains why some Guardians may look like addicts, what with legal body-made crack flowing through them.
Their lungs are also like ours, but can contain more air and hold it for longer for longer and higher flying.
Soon to come: abilities and attributes. And lists! 4laugh
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