The Oracles

The Oracles are one of The Power That Be's dangerous channels. They — a male and a female humanoid entities — were finicky and unpredictable; one should get in, ask one's questions and get out; and not forget to take them a gift.

Angel paid a visit to the Oracles after Doyle's death, begging them to return his friend (Parting Gifts), but the Powers That Be refused. Later, the vampire looked for them because he had became human after his blood was mixed with the Mohra's (I Will Remember You); first, Angel wanted to know if it was a permanent condition and later, he wanted to return to be a vampire.

The next time he needed help from the Oracles was when he noticed a black symbol on Cordelia's hand. He headed to the Oracles only to find them slain; however, the spirit of the female Oracle was able to tell Angel that the mark belonged to a warrior of the underworld named Vocah, as well as telling him how to save Cordy — she was in great danger, having permanent visions which had put her in a hospital. Only the words of Anatole (written in the Prophecies of Aberjian), could remove the mark and save Codelia:

And if the beast shalt find thee, and touch thee, thou shalt be wounded in thy soul, and thou shalt know madness. The beast shalt attack and cripple thee and thou shalt know neither friend nor family. But thou shalt undo the beast. Thou shalt find the sacred words of Anatole and thou shalt be restored. Three times shalt thou say these words: unbind, unbind, unbind.

Their place was located in a underground chamber, under the post office in Los Angeles, where there was a white stone arc in one wall with a foreign inscription above it, which read: The Gateway for Lost Souls.

"I come before the Oracles for guidance and direction. I beseech access to the knowing ones."