When Fred is killed by Illyria, Spike mourns her death and decides to join Team Angel in her honor.

After single-handedly ( literally, he held the baby in one hand and a sword in the other ) rescuing an infant and destroying the Fell Brethren, Spike joins Angel, Illyria, and a badly-wounded Charles Gunn in the alley behind the Hyperion as the series draws to an end, preparing to incur the apocalyptic wrath of the Senior Partners, as a way of going out in a blaze of glory that probably cost him his life as well as that of his friends.

In Angel: After the Fall, Spike has adjusted to Los Angeles ' new status as a literal hell on Earth ; he and Illyria both serve together as the Demon Lords of Beverly Hills, living in the Playboy Mansion after the death of Hugh Hefner and served by a harem of human and demon females known collectively as the " Spikettes.

Illyria is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Angel.

After hours of agony, and despite Angel and Spike traveling to Illyria's former prison in an attempt to find a way to draw her out of Fred, Fred's body is completely taken over by Illyria, who also absorbs her memories ( which she later likens to " sparks ").

Fortunately, the explosion sends Angel backwards in time to shortly before Illyria killed the others, allowing Angel to use his new foreknowledge of their deaths to save his friends and calm Illyria down.

In the Angel series finale, " Not Fade Away ," Illyria, Spike, Wesley, Gunn, Lorne, Lindsey, and Angel each fight separate groups of demons from the Circle of the Black Thorn.

" Her wish is granted when the Senior Partners send their army against the surviving members of Angel's team ; Illyria joins Angel, Gunn, and Spike in the final battle against the Senior Partners.

Despite Fred's soul supposedly shattering in the process of Illyria taking over her body, Joss Whedon originally intended for either Fred and Illyria to be split in two had Angel gotten a sixth season, as revealed by Amy Acker in an interview: " As I ’ m playing this new character now, it was just some stuff that he was going to do with her and bringing Fred back and getting to work with both characters ", or for Illyria to take on more and more of Fred's memories.

In the canonical comic Angel: After the Fall, it is confirmed Illyria survived the final battle against the Senior Partners.

Several titles featuring Illyria have nothing or very little to do with the larger Buffy and Angel franchise.

Until the advent of the canonical comics of 2007, most Illyria stories were set during Season Five of Angel.

Peter David also published an Illyria crossover with his own comic book, Fallen Angel.

In volume one of Fallen Angel Reborn ( 2009 ), set in Season Five, Illyria is transported to the dimension of Bete Noire where she attempts to reclaim her lost power ; flashbacks depict her battle with the Wolf, the Ram and the Hart as well as other Old Ones like herself, in a primordial era ; in the present-day, she faces the series ' heroine Liandra.

In IDW's ongoing Angel series, a storyline depicts Illyria attempting to seduce Connor as part of her mating cycle.

In the comic book Angel: Only Human, when facing her old enemy Baticus ( who had been empowered with the energy drained from Illyria by the Mutari generator ) Illyria again regained some of her former power, being able to teleport and freeze time.

In Angel: After the Fall # 3, Spike also refers to Illyria as Fred Sonja while she was battling Angel's dragon.

In After the Fall, Illyria apparently considers Spike a pet and comes to his defense when Angel attacks him.

When vampire Gunn causes Illyria to revert to her monster form, memories of Fred from Spike and Wesley are transplanted into her to restore her humanity.

For example, he is able to briefly overcome Illyria during a testing of her abilities prior to her powers being greatly reduced by Wesley.

After being in love with her for almost two seasons, Wesley finally gets together with Fred in the subsequent episode " Smile Time ", only to watch her die in the next episode when she is taken over by the ancient demon Illyria.

Descending into alcoholism, Wesley holds onto Illyria as the only thing he has left of Fred, helping her understand the human world she is unfamiliar with.

He spends his dying moments with Illyria at his side, finally agreeing to let the demon take the form of Fred, thus allowing Wesley, in some way, to say goodbye to the woman he loved.

Wesley is resigned to his fate, believing that he has nothing more to live for now that Fred is gone, and walks away, but not before asking Spike to take care of Illyria.

" Denisof talked with Whedon about what storylines would have been in place had the television series received another season ; Wesley would not have died, and he and Illyria would have featured in an arc in which the transformation of Illyria to Fred would have been extended over many episodes and taken to a " much deeper, darker place " than it briefly was in the late fifth season episode, " The Girl in Question ".

Denisof continues, " They would have progressed the relationship between Wesley and Illyria in such a way it would conflict with his own feelings for Fred, in a much more profound way.

Unfortunately, this friendship is again put under stress when the creation of Illyria ( for which Gunn is indirectly responsible ) causes Fred's death ; Wesley stabs Gunn with a scalpel.

When Wesley mentions to her Gunn is trapped in a Wolfram & Hart-imposed pseudo-Hell, Illyria opens a portal and rescues Gunn without hesitation, later noting the great debt the group owes to her.

Before Illyria can detonate again, Wesley uses a Mutari generator to extract a large portion of her power, effectively ending the threat.

After recognizing Wesley's feelings for the " shell " ( Fred ), Illyria wishes to explore her relationship with Wesley in a more sexual or romantic direction ; he rejects any possibility of accepting her in Fred's form.

After killing her demon victims, promising to " make trophies from their spines ," Illyria seeks out Wesley and finds him dying.

The comic book Illyria: Spotlight ( 2006 ) by Peter David depicts Illyria's encounters with Fred's friends and family, and she even begins to cry when she watches home movies of Fred's life ; she later asserts to Wesley that she feels no regret.

Wesley perceives that Illyria is no longer invulnerable, as she once was ( cf.

* Wesley Wyndam-Pryce – Though their " relationship " is not a true romantic one, the undertones of attraction being based mostly on Fred and Wesley's relationship, Wesley wanted to be around the one part of his deceased love and Illyria was influenced by Fred's memories.

When Wesley dies at the hands of Cyvus Vail, Illyria takes revenge on Cyvus by putting her fist through his skull, killing him instantly.

Cradling her in his arms, Wesley stays with Fred until the moment she dies, after which her body is taken over by Illyria.

When Wesley dies, Illyria takes on Fred's form to comfort him and because she has Fred's form, the evil warlock Cyvus Vail underestimates her and she easily kills him.

This happens a first time upon the initial fusion of Hell and L. A. and then a second time upon a reunion of Illyria and Wesley.

Issue # 9 reveals that the Illyria and Fred essences have been struggling for dominance over their shared body, and that Spike has been trying to suppress Fred's manifestations ( even going so far as to ask Angel for help ), and admits that he would have kept Illyria away from the battle had he known Wesley was going to be present.

By After the Fall, the team seems to have been fully disbanded, though the members are still active, albeit operating mostly independent of each other ; the now-human Angel and a ghostly Wesley are combating the Demon Lords from the destroyed Wolfram & Hart building, Spike and an unstable Illyria are posing as Demon Lords in order to save humans and benevolent demons, a vampiric Gunn is fighting the Demon Lords and plotting revenge against Angel for letting him die, Connor is heading a safe house for humans and benevolent demons ( most of them having been rescued and evacuated into his care by Spike and an anonymous Angel ) alongside Nina Ash and Gwen Raiden, and Lorne is the neutral Lord of Silver Lake with the Groosalugg as his champion.

Gunn, Spike, and Illyria kill their targets.