Axtius

Axtius was the pure-blood Brachen Demon who was the father of Allen Francis Doyle. Drunk on the beauty of the world around him when he was younger, he slept with a human woman, but abandoned the child under unrevealed circumstances, later coming to loath his 'weakness', concluding that the world could never be beautiful as long as the humans ruled it. To this end, Axtius joined the Coalition for Purity, an organisation dedicated to eradicating humans and half-breeds, but secretly worked to find a means of purging Doyle of his human half so that he could make Doyle the son he had always sought. He apparently discovered a magic that could accomplish this goal, only to learn upon his arrival in Los Angeles that Doyle had been dead for two years. Learning of the circumstances of Doyle's death, he vowed revenge on Angel and Harry- how he perceived as 'encouraging' Doyle's human weakness-, sending demons to attack Harry's current dig site while he personally confronted Angel himself, badly beating Angel with a mystical mace before pinning him to a rooftop so that he would be incinerated by the sun, only for Angel's allies to rescue him.

Despite the effort of one of Angel's allies to sow discord in the Coalition by revealing Axtius's connection to Doyle, Axtius was able to quell rebellion by claiming that his past 'weakness' had been purged from him. Tracking the location of a half-breed colony off the coast, Axtius travelled to the island as leader of a large group of Coalition soldiers, only to find himself facing the gathered forces of the island and the majority of the Scooby Gang and Angel Investigations. Although the battle was primarily a draw for the most part, the Coalition forces withdrew after the arrival of Garth, an Old One who had settled on the island centuries in the past, Garth stating that any demon wishing to continue fighting would have to kill him first.

Despite the withdrawal of his forces, Axtius continued to try and attack Angel, only for Angel to outmaneouvre him now that Axtius no longer had the element of surprise.

Powers and Abilities
As a pure-blood Brachen demon, Axtius was significantly larger, stronger and faster than Doyle was in his demon state, although he tended to rely on a mystical mace in his confrontations with Angel rather than his own natural brute strength. He also demonstrated a fairly impressive ability to cast complex spells, managing to trap Angel behind a shield that no living thing could penetrate (Although the shield allowed the dead through, Axtius may have simply not bothered with a more detailed spell as he reasoned that nothing dead would try to save Angel.

His membership of the Coalition granted him authority over a large demonic army, which were strongly committed to him and his cause, to the extent that one of his followers committed suicide after a raid to acquire supplies from the Magic Box failed. Although he rejected his past apparent willingness to co-exist with humans, he proved unwilling to kill his son Doyle despite his tainted heritage, although this may have been out of his desire to find a means of purging Doyle of his demon half rather than any genuine affection.

Appearances

 * Monster Island