Well, regarding that last, great -- you're already miles ahead of that one guy.
As for the Haibane... The question you should really decide for purposes of the setting is if the Haibane are some manner of Celestial being, or just look like it. This is important because the Celestials will certainly know if the Haibane are or not, and that will inevitably affect their interactions. Now, you don't need to ever explicitly say what you've decided in a story, but you -- and eventually the rest of the writing team -- will need to know. Just because you know, though, that doesn't mean the Haibane themselves will know, if you don't want them to.
And if they're Celestial, just because they look like Abrahamic angels doesn't mean they are. No doubt you've already noticed that we don't align with any particular pantheon, either -- they all exist together. And the Abrahamic religions aren't the only ones that used winged humanoids in their iconography. Also, "little golden rings floating overhead" haloes are a degenerate representation of more general "divine glows" originating from the head or entire bodies of holy figures; they're not specifically Abrahamic, either. Although we have one character, an Abrahamic Celestial, who has a visible halo at all times (check out Josh, if you haven't come across him yet), that doesn't mean anything as far as the Haibane are concerned.
As for the Haibane... The question you should really decide for purposes of the setting is if the Haibane are some manner of Celestial being, or just look like it. This is important because the Celestials will certainly know if the Haibane are or not, and that will inevitably affect their interactions. Now, you don't need to ever explicitly say what you've decided in a story, but you -- and eventually the rest of the writing team -- will need to know. Just because you know, though, that doesn't mean the Haibane themselves will know, if you don't want them to.
And if they're Celestial, just because they look like Abrahamic angels doesn't mean they are. No doubt you've already noticed that we don't align with any particular pantheon, either -- they all exist together. And the Abrahamic religions aren't the only ones that used winged humanoids in their iconography. Also, "little golden rings floating overhead" haloes are a degenerate representation of more general "divine glows" originating from the head or entire bodies of holy figures; they're not specifically Abrahamic, either. Although we have one character, an Abrahamic Celestial, who has a visible halo at all times (check out Josh, if you haven't come across him yet), that doesn't mean anything as far as the Haibane are concerned.
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....