Angel
After hovering on the periphery for several episodes, Angel's secret is finally revealed: he's a vampire. This realization does not come until he and Buffy admit their feelings for each other and share their first kiss. At first this leads Buffy to think that Angel's past actions are part of a plot to set her up for a fall, especially after she finds her mother in Angel's arms with bite marks on her neck. (In light of Angel's actions in the later half of the second season, this is an even more reasonable assumption.) Soon enough, Buffy learns the whole truth. Angel was "sired"(vampire language for turning a human into a vampire)by Darla 240 years before. Eighty years ago, he tortured and killed a Romany woman, and her clan put a curse on him: they restored his soul. He became a vampire with a conscience, a unique creature among the undead. Darla's attempts to bring him back to the Master's fold fail, and she winds up on the wrong end of a stake wielded by Angel. The Buffy/Angel relationship goes into full bloom here, starting with his spending the night in her bedroom(though he is, as she says, a perfect gentleman), continuing to their first kiss, and ending with another kiss that, thanks to Buffy's crucifix necklace, leaves a burning impression on Angel's chest. The Master has begun training the Anointed One for the future which he plans to be his awakening.
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