KNOWN FACTS
(know your canon from your fanon)

• Doyle refers to himself as "a lowly messenger" and is not "combat ready" (Hero, City of...)
  
  
• Doyle's full name is Alan Francis Doyle. There is no canonical spelling of "Alan" because it was not scripted, so it is often found as "Allen" on-line. However, the "Allen" spelling is more commonly the surname, while "Alan" is the more common given name. (Bachelor Party)
  
  
• His ex-wife knew him as "Francis Doyle." (Bachelor Party)
  
  
• Doyle's father was a Brachen (pronounced BROCK-EN) demon. "Brachen" is the canonical spelling. (Hero)
  
  
• Doyle never knew his father was a demon. His demon half first appeared when he was 21. (Bachelor Party)
  
  
• Doyle was a teacher, and taught the third grade. (Bachelor Party)
  
  
• Doyle and Harry met at a food bank. (Bachelor Party)
  
  
• Doyle and Harry married when they weren't even twenty. (Bachelor Party)
  
  
• Harry "freaked" when his demon half first presented, but later learned to accept it. Doyle, however, never learned to accept his heritage. (Bachelor Party)
  
  
• Harry left Doyle. Doyle, however, felt she had reason. (Bachelor Party)
  
  
• Doyle was sent by "The Powers That Be" to help Angel. (City of...)
  
  
• Doyle's first vision was of a Brachen clan slaughtered by the Scourge, shortly after he first found out about his demon half. (Hero)
  
  
• Doyle used to smoke. (Hero)
  
  
• Doyle's claims his lifestyle (drinking and gambling, running from demon lone sharks bent on killing him) is a choice. He tells Angel "it's the kind of life that keeps your expectations from getting too high." (Rm w/a Vu)
  
  
• Doyle's mother is still alive. (In The Dark)
  
  
• Doyle believes he was given the visions because "we all got something to atone for." (City of...)
  
  
• The only money in his family is "underneath the sofa cushions." (Bachelor Party)
  
  
• Doyle has enough knowledge of the supernatural to recognise the Gem of Amarra on sight. (In The Dark)
  
  
• Doyle knows how to summon the Oracles, but never told Angel about the Oracles because both he and Angel were on a "need to know" basis. (I Will Remember You)