Good Evening Mr Veritas, Thank you for your interest!
Whilst the angel of death may seem quite the malicious character, he is in fact benign. Finding lost souls and returning them to heaven was the project he undertook and returned to earth to do so. He remains here and when greeted by him, we are encouraged to embrace him, in order to be reunited with the Devine.
A helpful link courtesy of the poster ReallyLegend
http://www.amadan.org/Innomine/Azrael.htm Regards,
Azrael
Ps. i was almost given the name Verity at birth! Nice one :)