Conrad

Conrad is a character in As The Orb Turns. He is an angel.

Bio
According to Conrad, he has existed forever, and always will.

Since at least her birth, if not longer, he has been Christine Peck's guardian angel. He first appeared to Christine in the story "Heaven Over Wacovia."

He appeared to Christine to comfort her, and she requested that he pose as her boyfriend, which he agreed to do. Conrad talked to Christine and played with her at the park.

Eventually, Christine developed feelings for Conrad; and he had to remind her that she was a human and he was an angel, and that she needed to live her life on Earth where she belonged.

Though not stated in any story, the mysterious note and rose that Christine receives at the end of "Masquerade & Dance" was from Conrad. The daisy that Chuck later gives to Christine both mirrors this as well as being the opposite: instead of a beautiful rose given in secret by an angel, a common daisy given in person by a human being.

Meta-info
Conrad is named after the protagonist of Ordinary People. Also, the scene where Valery asks for Conrad's surname and he sees a shrub and quickly replies "Plant" is a reference to the film City of Angels.

Heaven Over Wacovia's name is partly a refference to the Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire (which inspired City of Angels), whose original German name is Der Himmel Ober Berlin, which means literally, "the heaven over Berlin."