Xaphania is a character in the His Dark Materials trilogy by English author Philip Pullman. A female angel, she is the leader of a contingent of her kind taking part in Lord Asriel's war against the Authority. The three volumes (left to right) of the trilogy His Dark Materials is a trilogy of novels by the fantasy fiction author Philip Pullman, comprising Northern Lights (released as The Golden Compass in the United States), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... Philip Pullman Philip Pullman, (born October 19, 1946) is an English writer, educated at Exeter College, Oxford, who is the bestselling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy of fantasy novels and a number of other books, purportedly for children, but attracting increasing attention by adult readers. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Lord Asriel is a major character in Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials series. ... The Authority is a superhero comic book. ...

Xaphania first appears in the third book of the trilogy, The Amber Spyglass, at a council of Asriel's commanders. Like all Pullman's angels, she appears naked, winged and luminous; due to her high rank and great age, she is clearly visible to corporeal beings. As is the norm with members of the angelic orders in the novels, there is a certain ambiguity surrounding Xaphania's exact appearance. She appears both ancient and young, compassionate and austere. Will and Lyra (in yellow) The Amber Spyglass is the third and final novel in the His Dark Materials series, written by British novelist Philip Pullman, and published in 2000. ... A corporeal thing is a thing having physical substance. ...

The angel Balthamos is the first character to refer explicitly to Xaphania. As he explains to Will Parry, she discovered that the Authority had lied to the other angels regarding his status as the original Creator and so was banished from the Clouded Mountain. This was the start of the first struggle against the Kingdom, Xaphania being the leader of the rebel angels who intervened in human evolution to give mankind consciousness some thirty thousand years ago. Balthamos is an angel who appears in The Amber Spyglass, which is part of the His Dark Materials series of fantasy novels by author Philip Pullman. ... Will Parry is a character created by Philip Pullman for his novels The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass which together with Northern Lights (The Golden Compass in the USA) complete the trilogy called His Dark Materials. ... The creator god is the divine being that created the universe, according to various traditions and faiths. ... Human evolution is the process of change and development, or evolution, by which human beings emerged as distinct species. ...

Towards the end of trilogy, and after the defeat of the Authority's forces, it is Xaphania who explains to Will and Lyra Belacqua that all the windows between the worlds must be sealed to prevent Dust from leaking away into the abyss, and that the Æsahættr (the subtle knife) must be destroyed. Lyra Belacqua is a fictional character created by Philip Pullman and the heroine of the His Dark Materials trilogy. ... Spoiler warning: Dust in Philip Pullmans trilogy of novels His Dark Materials is a fictional form of dark matter (as we call it in our world), an elementary particle that is of fundamental importance to the novels. ... Æsahættr (or god-destroyer) is the name of the subtle knife in Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials trilogy. ...