Zaphkiel also written as Jafkiel, Japhkiel, Tzaphkiel, Zafkiel, Zafchial, Zaphchial, or Zaphiel, is an archangel

Archangel

An archangel is an angel of high rank. Archangels are found in a number of religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Michael and Gabriel are recognized as archangels in Judaism and by most Christians. Michael is the only archangel specifically named in the Protestant Bible...

. He is sometimes equated with Jophiel

Jophiel

The Archangel Jophiel is also known as Iophiel, Iofiel, Jofiel, Yofiel , Youfiel and Zophiel .-In Jewish and Cabalistic lore:...

/Zophiel, but other times considered to be a different angel. Zaphkiel is "chief of the order of thrones and one of the 9 angels that rule Heaven

Heaven

Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...

; also one of the 7 archangels." He is associated with the planet

Planet

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 Saturn.

In fiction

Zaphkiel has been adapted for several pieces of modern fiction:

• Zaphkiel
  Zaphkiel (Dungeons & Dragons)
  Zaphkiel is a powerful archon, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.-Publication history:Zaphkiel was first mentioned as one of the Hebdomad in Planes of Law ....
  
   is an Archon of the Order of Thrones in Wizards of the Coast
  Wizards of the Coast
  Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...
  
  's roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons
  Dungeons & Dragons
  Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...
  
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• Zaphkiel is a card in Last Unicorn Games
  Last Unicorn Games
  Last Unicorn Games was a games publisher that was eventually absorbed by Wizards of the Coast.Last Unicorn developed the collectible card games Dune and Heresy: Kingdom Come as well as the 2000 role-playing game Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium...
  
  ' collectible card game
  Collectible card game
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   Heresy: Kingdom Come
  Heresy: Kingdom Come
  Heresy: Kingdom Come was a collectible card game developed and published by Last Unicorn Games in 1995. The game was based around religion-themed fantasy in a cyberpunk setting.-Publication history:...
  
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• Zaphkiel is one of the antagonists of the video games Star Ocean: The Second Story
  Star Ocean: The Second Story
  is a action role-playing PlayStation video game developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix. It is the second game in the Star Ocean series and the first game in the series to be released in North America and Europe , courtesy of Sony Computer Entertainment...
  
  and Star Ocean: Second Evolution.
• Zaphkiel is an angel in the manga and anime Angel Sanctuary
  Angel Sanctuary
  is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki. Originally serialized in Hana to Yume from February 1995 to February 2001, the chapters were collected and published in twenty tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha; the first volume was released in 1997 and the final volume was published in...
  
  who works to purge the offspring of the forbidden mating between two angels.
• Zaphkiel is an angel in Steven Brust
  Steven Brust
  Steven Karl Zoltán Brust is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He was a member of the writers' group The Scribblies, which included Emma Bull, Pamela Dean, Will Shetterly, Nate Bucklin, Kara Dalkey, and Patricia Wrede; he also belongs to the Pre-Joycean...
  
  's To Reign in Hell
  To Reign in Hell
  To Reign in Hell is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writer Steven Brust. It deals with the revolt of angels in Heaven from a point of view that casts Satan as a sympathetic protagonist...
  
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