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"After the Fall - Epilogue", also known as "Become What You Are", was the twenty-third issue of the Angel comic book series. After fan disappointment with the previous Aftermath arc, Brian Lynch and penciller Franco Urru return to the series in this one shot wrapping up Gunn and Illyria's storylines from After the Fall.

Synopsis

Charles Gunn's lying comatose in a hospital bed, still recovering from the injuries inflicted upon him before L.A. went to Hell. Groo, Gwen, Lorne, Angel, and Betta George all visit him with varying words of comfort as he runs through his head all the scenarios of the evil he committed as a vampire, now undone by Angel's death at his hands.

An attack on his life by someone not so understanding about his actions in the reversed timeline is stopped short by Illyria, watching over him from across the street. Unfortunately, while the god-king is otherwise occupied trying to stop a rampaging dinosaur from getting to him, Non slips into his hospital room unnoticed. She explains that her life-sucking powers go both ways, and heals him, bringing him out of his coma. She goes on to say that she's looking for a "good, old-fashioned, supervillain teamup" and Gunn tackles her in a rage, knocking them both out the window onto the street below.

Non pleads with Gunn to reconsider, so that she can reclaim some of the glory she had as the Lord of Beverly Hills. As she begins to drain a passerby to spur him into the evil she thinks he retains within him, she is stopped by Illyria, who throws her over the horizon and turns toward Gunn. As he is now healed and able to stand, he is ready to receive the punishment coming to him.

Gunn wakes up in a room with Illyria some time later, Illyria having merely knocked him unconscious rather than killed him outright. The two of them talk for a while about their feelings of being not quite human and not quite demonic before bringing Non into the Mosaic Wellness Center. As they're leaving, Illyria has Gunn give up control of his car, in order to take hold of the humanity inside and find a use for it. The two drive off, with Gunn also looking forward to taking hold of the humanity inside him.

Continuity

The story is set some time after "After the Fall", during "Aftermath", but before "Boys and Their Toys".

Plotlines from this one-shot also set up the limited series Only Human, which spin out of the events in this issue. Only Human was then followed up with an additional four-issue limited series Haunted.

Appearances

Individuals

Organizations and Titles

Species

Events

Fall of Los Angeles

Locations

Los Angeles

Weapons and Objects

Body Count

a demon, killed by Illyria
a woman, killed by Non

Behind the Scenes

After negative fan-reaction to the Aftermath story-arc, popular writer Brian Lynch was brought back to this series. This issue is a wrap-up issue of the After the Fall storyline.

Collections

Angel: Last Angel in Hell (Volume Six)

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-"'''After the Fall - Epilogue'''", also known as "'''Become What You Are'''", was the twenty-third issue of the ''[[Angel (IDW series)|Angel]]'' comic book series. After fan disappointment with the previous [[Angel Aftermath]] arc, [[Brian Lynch]] and penciller Franco Urru return to the series in this one shot wrapping up Gunn and Illyria's storylines from [[Angel After the Fall|After the Fall]].
+"'''After the Fall - Epilogue'''", also known as "'''Become What You Are'''", was the twenty-third issue of the ''[[Angel (IDW series)|Angel]]'' comic book series. After fan disappointment with the previous [[Aftermath]] arc, [[Brian Lynch]] and penciller Franco Urru return to the series in this one shot wrapping up Gunn and Illyria's storylines from [[After the Fall]].
 ==Synopsis==
+[[Charles Gunn]]'s lying comatose in a hospital bed, still recovering from the injuries inflicted upon him before L.A. went to Hell. [[Groo]], [[Gwen]], [[Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan|Lorne]], [[Angel]], and [[Betta George]] all visit him with varying words of comfort as he runs through his head all the scenarios of the evil he committed as a vampire, now undone by Angel's death at his hands.
-The thing about comas is that you really can wake up from them. Maybe if you’re [[Cordelia]], Buffy or Faith, you’ll snap out of them and also it seems [[Charles Gunn|Gunn]] can too.
+An attack on his life by someone not so understanding about his actions in the reversed timeline is stopped short by [[Illyria]], watching over him from across the street. Unfortunately, while the god-king is otherwise occupied trying to stop [[Kenny (T-Rex)|a rampaging dinosaur]] from getting to him, [[Non]] slips into his hospital room unnoticed. She explains that her life-sucking powers go both ways, and heals him, bringing him out of his coma. She goes on to say that she's looking for a "good, old-fashioned, supervillain teamup" and Gunn tackles her in a rage, knocking them both out the window onto the street below.
-The consequences of being a vampire who wanted to end existence in hell is that everyone remembers it and a fair chunk of that everyone also wants you to pay for it in a big way. [[Illyria]] is amoung the many who feel hatred towards Gunn. Of course, she’d take it personally. However the interesting part of all this is that Illyria is conflicted when it comes to putting [[Gunn ]] six feet under.
+Non pleads with Gunn to reconsider, so that she can reclaim some of the glory she had as the Lord of Beverly Hills. As she begins to drain a passerby to spur him into the evil she thinks he retains within him, she is stopped by Illyria, who throws her over the horizon and turns toward Gunn. As he is now healed and able to stand, he is ready to receive the punishment coming to him.
-There’s the part of her that wants him to pay dearly for the havoc he created but the other part of her has stopped every assassination attempt that Gunn had to endure while he was in a coma. Though given Illyria’s love for dismemberment, I doubt protecting Gunn was all that much of a chore for her.
+Gunn wakes up in a room with Illyria some time later, Illyria having merely knocked him unconscious rather than killed him outright. The two of them talk for a while about their feelings of being not quite human and not quite demonic before bringing Non into the [[Mosaic Wellness Center]]. As they're leaving, Illyria has Gunn give up control of his car, in order to take hold of the humanity inside and find a use for it. The two drive off, with Gunn also looking forward to taking hold of the humanity inside him.
-However when Gunn woke up as happy as Illyria (through [[Winifred Burkle|Fred’s]] influence of course) seemed to be that he was alive, she still wanted to kill him. Gunn agrees, and wants to die. The characters in this particular verse really do feel guilt when they spectacularly go off the deep end. Gunn merely continues that trend.
-Gunn’s waking up however was a bigger surprise. A demon lady, <u>a</u>[[Non|&nbsp;former Lord]] woke him up instead. Gunn expected death and clearly wanted it. He wasn’t initially impressed when he realised that she healed him instead. And curious as to why. The lord's motives for waking up Gunn were thankfully straightforward. Known as Non, she wanted to reclaim her former glory.  The lord also had a very brief interaction with[[ Illyria]] . She was smart enough to distract the god in her bid to woo Gunn. Illyria and the Lord fight, after some threats.If a T-Rex can’t stop Illyria, then what hope did that girl have of doing so? It’s not surprising how quickly Illyria would go from tossing away an opponent to focusing all of her energies on Gunn. After all, the issue made a point of highlighting that she was Gunn’s [[Qwa'ha Xahn|constant companion.]]
-The issue also highlighted various people visiting Gunn during his coma. [[Angel]] was able to forgive him and distinguish between Gunn the soulless vampire and the human, comatose version in that hospital bed. While [[Betta George]] told him about a rehab for demons.
-My favourite part of this issue was actually seeing [[Illyria]] tell Gunn the number of ways that she had considered killing him..She had every right in her own weird way to castigate Gunn for his actions. There is reveal that [[Wesley]] and [[Spike|Spike’s]] memories of [[Fred]] were influencing part of Illyria’s decisions in relation to Gunn.
-This also led to Illyria believing that she’s become infected with humanity. Would an Illyria with a human conscience actually be a more interesting Illyria to read about? Maybe, I guess. Though I’m unsure of as to whether or not she and Gunn’s road trip will be a long term thing.
-The visit to the demon rehab that Betta George suggested was fun. There the woman Gunn was visiting was the Lord that Illyria had thrown into the air. Finally [[Gunn]] is trying to atone for his actions In Hell and trying to get the Lord redeemed. [[Angel]] would be proud of him....
 ==Continuity==
-The story is set after "[[Aftermath]]", but before "[[Boys and Their Toys]]".
+The story is set some time after "[[After the Fall]]", during "[[Aftermath]]", but before "[[Boys and Their Toys]]".
-Plotlines from this one-shot also set up the limited series [[Illyria (series)|"Illyria : Only Human&nbsp;/ Haunted"]]
+Plotlines from this one-shot also set up the limited series [[Only Human]], which spin out of the events in this issue. [[Only Human]] was then followed up with an additional four-issue limited series [[Illyria: Haunted|Haunted]].
 ==Appearances==
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 *[[Betta George]]
 *[[Gwen Raiden]]
-*[[Lorne]]
+*[[Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan|Lorne]]
 *[[Non]]
-*[[Wesley]]
+*[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]]
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-==Death Count==
+==Body Count==
+*a demon, killed by Illyria
+*a woman, killed by Non
 ==Behind the Scenes==
-*After negative fan-reaction to the Aftermath story-arc, popular writer Brian Lynch was brought back to this series. This issue is a wrap-up issue of the [[Angel: After the Fall]] storyline.
+*After negative fan-reaction to the Aftermath story-arc, popular writer Brian Lynch was brought back to this series. This issue is a wrap-up issue of the [[After the Fall]] storyline.
 ===Collections===
 *''[[Angel: Last Angel in Hell (Volume Six)]]''
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