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Revision as of 19:45, 7 December 2019
Detective Angela Abar a.k.a. Sister Night is a main character in HBO's Watchmen.
Biography
Angela was born in Saigon, Vietnam; to parents Marcus Abar and Elise Abar. Marcus was the son of Will Reeves and June Abar, two African-Americans who were from Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma and survived the 1921 Black Wall Street Massacre; he was born in Harlem, New York City. Marcus would later be taken from New York back to Tulsa by June after Will Reeves' double life fighting crime as the vigilante Hooded Justice took a heavy toll on the family. Will was thus estranged from the family, and remained in Harlem and never spoken of again.
Marcus would grow up in Tulsa and later enlist in the United States military when war broke out with Vietnam in the 1960s. This was against the wishes of June, who vowed that she would never speak to him again. When Doctor Manhattan, the godlike superhero, helped ensure the defeat of Vietnam and US victory, Marcus stayed in the country as it slowly transitioned from being a territory into a State. He would marry his wife Elise, also an African-American, in Vietnam; and the two would later have their child Angela Abar born in Saigon, two years before Vietnam was admitted into the Union as a State.
As a young child, Angela would attempt to rent movies that were too mature for her age. On one fateful day she would pick the blackxploitation movie "Sister Night" to watch, and brought it to show her father. Marcus told her to return it and explained that people who wore masks were dangerous and to be feared. Angela walked off to return the movie, when she spotted a Vietnamese puppeteer hand a man on a bicycle a backpack before he went over towards a group of US Army Forces men. The backpack had a bomb in it which detonated, killing the Americans and also Angela's parents who were nearby. This was all witnessed by the young Angela, who was knocked down by the blast.
Angela would later be taken in with other orphans, and was the only black child amongst them.
It was also in Vietnam that Angela met Calvin "Cal" Abar. She was a police officer in Vietnam, and -- sometime before 2016 -- Angela and Cal relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma where she continued to serve in Law Enforcement.
On December 24, 2016, Angela and Calvin were attacked in their home by members of the Seventh Kavalry, as were other members of Tulsa P.D. (an event that would be known as "The White Night"). Angela killed one of her attackers and was shot in the stomach by the other. She awoke in a hospital where she'd been recovering for three days. Her partner, Doyle, was also murdered along with his wife on the same night. Angela and Cal would adopt Doyle's three children as their own.
Angela would publicly resign from the Police Force, but secretly adopted the superhero moniker "Sister Night" to resume working for Tulsa P.D. and continue fighting the Seventh Kavalry. By day, she owns the bakery "Milk & Hanoi" which is perpetually "Opening Soon".
As descendants of individuals affected by the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921, Angela and Cal receive Reparations via tax exemption. It would not be until 2019 that Angela would learn that it was her grandfather, Will Reeves, who survived the Tulsa Massacre.
Powers and abilities
Angela is an ordinary human being with no superpowers but is a skilled fighter and combatant. It is unknown if her skills are out of the ordinary like prior masked vigilantes.
As Sister Night, Angela wields a rosary weapon and firearms. She is proficient enough with a variety of types of guns including pistols, machine guns, and shotguns, likely due to her police training.
Angela is also a skilled detective and a skilled actress. In Episode 2, Angela tricks Will Reeves into drinking a cup of coffee in order to gather information from his DNA. In the same episode, Angela fakes fainting from stress at Judd Crawford's funeral in order to investigate and find any secrets in his home.
Physical appearance
Angela Abar is short, with her FBI file listing her height at 5'-3'; African-American woman who is dark of skin and has naturally curly hair. The FBI profile seen in She Was Killed by Space Junk states she weighs 120 pounds. Her eyes are also hazel. As a civilian her outfits consist of ordinary fashion, such as dresses, jeans, and a variety of tops. In It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice, Angela wears a blue top vest with white flowers, that may be of Vietnamese fashion as a nod to her birth in Vietnam.
As Sister Night, Angela dons a black long coat and hood which gives her the appearance of a nun. She wears a white shirt, black trousers, and long black boots with heels. Her eyes are concealed by black spray paint and mouth hidden by a black mask. Her Tulsa Police Badge is worn on the side of her belt.
Personality
Angela is a warm mother towards her adoptive children and a loving wife to Cal Abar. She views her children as her own and has a strong bond with Topher, whom had to grow up fast and with whom Angela is more transparent with. Aside from the trio being the children of her former partner Doyle, Angela likely cares for them greatly due to having tried becoming a mother before the White Night attack.
Cal and Angela are shown to still be greatly in love with each other. Angela also has an active sex life with Cal. In a flashback to the White Night in "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship", Angela is shown to have tried to seduce Cal before they were attacked. Angela also shares all of her secrets with Cal such as the truth about Judd Crawford, meeting Will Reeves, and the supposed conspiracy in Tulsa. Cal is also loyal to Angela as shown in "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own", where he reveals he lied to Agent Blake and didn't tell her what really happened the night of Judd's murder.
On the job, Angela is a cold, efficient Police Officer. Her skill in hunting down members of the Seventh Kavalry could be compared to a hound or tracker dog. Due to the events of the White Night, Angela has a hatred for all racists and the Seventh Cavalry in particular. Chief Judd Crawford even withholds informing Angela of a Kavalry shooting of a Police Officer due to this. When receiving the Little Big Horn the day afterwards, Angela immediately arrests a suspected Kavalry member from Nixonville without due process and later brutally beats him for information on their hideout.
Angela has a good relationship with her fellow officers. She looked up to Chief Judd Crawford and the two are casual friends, even having family dinner with his wife and her family. His death and the secrets he may have held devastate Angela. She is on good terms with her fellow Tulsa Vigilantes including Wade Tillman a.k.a Looking Glass. Outside of work, she and Wade are shown to be friends, with Angela knowing where Wade lives as well as his personal life.
Killed Victims
Appearances
TV series
- "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice"
- "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship"
- "She Was Killed by Space Junk"
- "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own"
- "Little Fear of Lightning"
- "An Almost Religious Awe"
- "A God Walks into a Bar"
Gallery
Trivia
- Originally she was called Angela Abraham, but as of September 26, 2019, she is now being referred to as Angela Abar in promotional materials. [2]
- The casting breakdown described her as the following:
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- In "She Was Killed by Space Junk", the file that FBI has on Angela reveals several things;
References
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