The Kalderash was a tribe of Romani people,[1] responsible for cursing Angelus with a soul in 1898.[2]
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19th century[]
In 1898, Darla kidnapped a Kalderash girl as a gift for Angelus. The girl's father, an elder of the tribe, found them shortly after Angelus had killed her. Angelus escaped,[3] but the Kalderash had one of their members curse him through the Ritual of Restoration.[2] The girl's father explained that the curse was intended to make the vampire suffer for his actions.[3]
Darla, Drusilla, and Spike subsequently massacred the Kalderash encampment. Darla had intended to convince the elder to have Angelus' soul removed, but since Spike had already killed the rest of the family, she was left without leverage and killed the elder as well.[3]
20th century[]
In 1997, the elder woman sent Jennifer Calendar to Sunnydale to watch over Angel and ensure he continued to suffer. By 1998, she sensed that Angel's pain was lessening and sent Enyos to investigate. Enyos demanded a report from his niece and was enraged to learn that Angel had fallen in love with the Slayer, Buffy Summers. Despite Angel now being a force for good, Enyos ordered Jenny to separate them so he would suffer again.[1]
Jenny failed, and Buffy and Angel consummated their relationship,[1] causing Angel to experience a moment of happiness and lose his soul. When Buffy asked Jenny to restore Angel's soul, she explained that it was beyond the tribe's ability, as the spell had been lost long ago.[4]
Angelus subsequently killed Enyos and Jenny, though she managed to translate the ritual and save it on a floppy disk before her death.[5] Willow Rosenberg and Buffy eventually discovered the translation, and Willow cast the curse on Angelus, restoring his soul. As a result, Angel was once again forced to suffer for his crimes against the Kalderash and all those he had hurt as a soulless vampire.[6]
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- The Kalderash are a real subgroup of the Romani people, traditionally known as smiths and metalworkers.
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