Ariel Augustus is the Grand Chancellor of the Hawthorne School for Exceptional Young Men and a member of the Warlock Council. He is a character in Apocalypse portrayed by Jon Jon Briones.
Background
A large part of Ariel’s background remains unknown. He is the Grand Chancellor of Hawthorne’s school as is viewed as one of the school’s authority and mentor. It was shown that he has been affiliated with Fiona Goode, as he stated on his argument with Cordelia that he knew her mother fairly well.
Personality and Appearance
Ariel is a short man, seemingly in his late thirties; He dresses in black, sporting a Homburg hat and occasionally, a long crimson scarf left to hang on both sides of his neck, seeminhly denoting his rank as the High Chancellor. He always poses as a man with confidence and power, same with other warlocks who reached level 3.
Ariel also seemed to have shown a resentful attitude towards witches, particularly those of Miss Robichaux’s academy. Probably due to the reason, that women are always ahead of men when it comes to magical abilities. Ariel is one of the leaders of Hawthorne School, and as such, he displayed hidden desires for the claim of power. As seen in the series, he has shown to do almost anything to get claim overall authority over all the Salem Descendants. Even though killing one of their own, is equal to treachery and is punishable by death, he willfully allowed Miriam Meade to kill John Henry Moore, so that he won’t be able to reach Cordelia and convince her to halt the Test of The Seven Wonders. Thereby, giving Michael Langdon a chance to perform the said test, confidently clasping to his power to attain the Supremacy.
Story
Ariel summons all members of the Warlock Council to discuss a video footage that shows Michael Langdon 'magically' killing an Interrogations Officer. He, along with the other warlocks of the council (Except for John Henry Moore) feels like Michael could be the Alpha, a powerful warlock who can rise to the level of Supreme. After the meeting, he tracks Michael and introduced him to the world of witchcraft and magic. He eventually brought him to the Hawthorne School for Exceptional Young Men to be part of the coven, as well as to train him to become powerful.
In the series of weeks, Michael then proved what Ariel and the others believed him to be. Michael manifested great control and advancement on his magic, performing all the tests the council has given him. This event fueled Ariel’s desire to call the Witches’ Council to have them administer the Test of the Seven Wonders. [2]
John Henry Moore is the only one perceiving Michael's true identity, and concerned by his vision, he leaves the School in order to warn Cordelia. His dissidence caused his murder at the hands of Ms.Mead ; Ariel and Baldwin were also part of the conspiracy to murder him and push Michael to Supremehood, as Ariel speaks to Mead and Michael after they successfully got rid of their colleague.
After he summoned an emergency Council and explained the situation to a skeptical Cordelia, he asked her to allow Michael to pass the Test of the Seven Wonders, which she flat out rejected for being dangerous and even deadly. When Cordelia finally obliged and allowed him to take the Test, Ariel cheers him up for each of his demonstrations of the Wonders.
After Cordelia proclaims Michael as the next Supreme, Ariel is euphoric, but his ambition goes much further than that. He conspires, along with Baldwin, to wipe out all of the Witches of the Coven with a poisonous powder concocted by Baldwin. However, they are interrupted by Cordelia, who accuses them of treason and erases their mouths.
Having uncovered his treachery and conspiracy, he is doomed to die by fire along with his fellow conspirators, Ms. Mead and Baldwin. His death was reversed by Mallory who used Tempus Infinituum to reverse the events of Apocalypse.
Powers
Ariel is a level 3, natural born warlock who manifested two of the Seven Wonders.
- Telekinesis - One of the Seven Wonders, the magical ability to move things with only the power of the mind. He used it against Michael's jailguard, using a telekinetic clutch on him that kept him against the wall.
- Pyrokinesis - One of the Seven Wonders, the magical ability to create, control and manipulate fire. Ariel was very gifted with this ability; it was revealed when he set fire to the fireplace in order to get warmed after Michael Langdon's weather test.
Quotes
- To John Henry Moore: "Protection of our kind has become a matter of life and death. Warlocks have always been second-class citizens. The Alpha will allow us to take our rightful place at the top of the hierarchy."
- To Michael Langdon: "I for one can't wait to see those bitches squirm with a man in charge. Finally on top, where we belong."
- To Cordelia Goode: "You may come with a kinder facade, but deep down, you're nothing more than a weak, frightened woman, just like Fiona."
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References
- ↑ In Sojourn, he appears as a corpse
- ↑ Episode: Could It Be... Satan?
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