Caritas is a fictional demon-friendly karaoke bar in the U.S. television series Angel. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Angel is an American Television series, a Spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Caritas makes its first appearance in season two's "Judgment" episode, and its final appearance in season three's "Lullaby".
Caritas is run by Lorne, an empath demon, who is at the beginning known simply as 'The Host'. Krevlornswath "Lorne" of the Deathwok Clan, also known as The Host, is a Fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the Television Caritas is a sanctuary (which is in fact the name's literal meaning in Latin), where humans, demons, and vampires alike can enter without a fight breaking out. Sanctuary has multiple meanings A sanctuary is the consecrated area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus In the fictional Buffyverse established by ''Buffy'' and ''Angel'', a Demon is a kind of nonhuman life form generally believed to be evil In the fictional world of the Television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, a vampire is a species of demon Violence is forbidden in the bar, and there is a spell cast on Caritas by the Furies so that, literally, no demons and vampires (and presumably no other supernatural creatures) can commit any acts of violence inside of it. Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is a Conceptual system that asserts human ability to control the natural world (including events objects people and Violence is the exertion of force so as to injure or abuse The word is used broadly to describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like Storms and Earthquakes Lorne can see into people's souls when they sing and leads them on their path, leading to people performing karaoke in the bar so that he can tell them their future. (kɑːrɑːˌoʊkɛ in Japanese karaoke) is a form of Entertainment in which Amateur Singers sing along with recorded Music (and/or a Lorne places no restrictions on who can visit Caritas, allowing even baby-eating demons as customers, since he believes anyone, whether good, evil, or "morally ambiguous," can turn their lives around if given sufficient guidance. Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn, Lindsey, Harmony Kendall, and Darla are some of the people that use Lorne's services at Caritas. Angel is a Fictional character created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt for the Television programs Buffy the Vampire Cordelia Chase (born January 1981, in Sunnydale, California, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (also spelled Wyndam-Price When Faith goes rogue after accidentally killing a human being the Scooby Gang neglect to inform Wesley and Charles Gunn (born 1978 in Los Angeles, California) is a Fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult Television series Lindsey McDonald is a Fictional character from the Television series Angel. Harmony Kendall (born presumably in 1981 in Sunnydale, California) is a Fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult Darla is a Fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the Television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
Caritas is later destroyed by old friends of Gunn who do not share his 'not everything is black and white' view of good and evil, and Lorne realizes that humans are still able to commit acts of violence in his so-called sanctuary. This occurs in the episode "That Old Gang of Mine", which features one of the aforementioned baby-eating demons.
In "Offspring", Caritas is rebuilt, with the spell fixed so that neither humans nor demons are able to commit acts of violence inside. However, Daniel Holtz finds a loophole in this spell by tossing a barrel of gasoline and a grenade down the stairs and into the bar, destroying it once more. Daniel Holtz is a Fictional character on the Television series Angel. Lorne closes it down permanently, and moves into the Hyperion Hotel. The Hyperion Hotel was a fictional home base for Angel in the television series Angel during the middle seasons of the show
The spot on which Caritas was built is where Lorne first arrived on Earth from the Pylean dimension after entering a portal opened up by Winifred "Fred" Burkle, a focus character in Angel from late season 2 through to season 5, after they rescue her from Pylea. Winifred "Fred" Burkle is a Fictional character created by Joss Whedon and introduced by Shawn Ryan for the cult Television series