Adam
							The very first Angel was discovered in Antarctica during the Katsuragi expedition lead by Misato's father.  It was there that the first Angel, Adam, was found, described by those few survivors of the expedition team as a glowing giant. Humanity had found their god of gods, but when humanity attempted to contain what they had found, by reducing Adam to his embryo form, their god fought back, the second impact...  Adam vanished, and was not seen again until many years later when humanity revived their god, from his remains found after the second impact, containing him in his embryo form.  Then came the Angels. Presumably Adam possesses similar abilities to the Evangelions constructed by both NERV and SEELE as the Eva series was created from Adam.  In line with this presumption then, Adam most likely possesses superior strength over that of all the other Angels along with the ability to rapidly regenerate making the Angel the ultimate close combat opponent.  As with all the other Angels, Adam possesses an S2 engine capable of providing an infinite source of energy, and it is rumoured that Adam has the ability to manipulate this energy in many devastating ways which would nicely explain the melting of Antarctica.  Adam also possesses an AT, Absolute Terror, field, that is a kind of almost impenetrable force field, like all the other Angels, though its effectiveness is unknown.
	Experiments on this giant being of light triggered the Second impact, 2000 A.D. This giant angel was involved in a great explosion on Antarctica that melted the Antarctic ice cap and caused massive flooding throughout the world. The world's ocean levels were catastrophically raised by 160 meters (400 feet), resulting in the death of half of humanity. From Adam's body, scientists obtained source material used in the creation of the Evangelion units (Evas) that figure so centrally in the series. After being used to create the Evas, Adam contracted from its giant form into an embryo.