Fallen Angel (Saint Seiya story)

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Fanfiction
Title: Chapter IV: Fallen Angel
Author(s): Stayka
Date(s): 20/10/1999
Length: 4,137 words
Genre(s): gen, prequel
Fandom(s): Saint Seiya
Relationship(s):
External Links: Price of the Cloth: Chapter IV: Fallen Angel
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Fallen Angel is a gen story by Stayka published at Stayka's Saint Seiya Archive. It was written as part of the unfinished series of twelve oneshots "Price of the Cloth", centered on the twelve classic Gold Saints and how they obtained their cloths. Stayka decided to write about her favourite characters first, thus writing the fourth installment about Cancer Deathmask origin first instead of chapter I.

Art inspired by Fallen Angel, by Doku-sama

This story is the origin of Angelo as Deathmask's fanon real name. The headcanon spread quickly and is still used to this day. The name is so widespread and ingrained in the fandom among content creators that many people have come to doubt whether or not it is canon information, its origin unknown to new fans.

Tags: Original Characters, Original Character Death, Physical Abuse, Kid Cancer Deathmask, Origin Story

Other fanfics on the "Price of the Cloth" series

  • Chapter I: Healer's Choice
  • Chapter II: Golden Bull
  • Chapter III: Twin Saga
  • Chapter V: Shining Brighter
  • Chapter VI: Another Paradise Lost
  • Chapter VII: The Long Wait
  • Chapter VIII: Sting of the Scorpion
  • Chapter IX: The Arrow of Justice
  • Chapter X: Honour and Duty
  • Chapter XI: Burning Ice
  • Chapter XII: Deadly Beauty (Unfinished and Discontinued)
  • Chapter XIII: The Hephaesta (Extra story about Marin and Shaina's origins)

Author's comment

Well, several people asked me why I named DeathMask "Angelo". Actually I had so many reasons, that I couldn't think of any other fitting name...

First there were two songs I played all the time during the time I wrote the stuff about DM: "Angel and Me" from Toyah and "Fallen Angel" from Alphaville -- the latter of course gave this story its name (lots of my stories or chapters are titled for my favourite songs).

Then I like Angelus from Buffy the Vampire Slayer a lot, and somewhat he reminded me of DM. As DM comes from Italy, it was logical that I'd choose an Italian name for him, thus turning Angelus to Angelo.

Well, and of course I just loved the irony to give such an evil guy a name like Angelo :)))

Art based on Fallen Angel by Skögul

Readers Comments

achilles212 -- i love this story.,i never believed when kurumada portrayed deathmask as an evil guy.,with no reason rather than just loves evil.,.,this explains it all., really well done., now i hope to see another story describing deathmask early years as a goldsaint congratulations

mitengu -- Wow Stakya, this should be made into an Anime! you`re really good at writing: I have a short attention span, and still, I wanted to read on to find out what`s next! You`re a talented writer! :D