They took his wings and halo but he could still triumph. They eliminated everything he worked for but that only led to him coming back stronger and becoming more of a threat.
"The world was a different place, now that he was dead. The love of my life, gone forever. In my dreams, I would see him on the verge of those chalky white cliffs, and he would look at me, before stepping over the edge. He killed himself, and left me with nothing. So that was what I became. Nothing."
(2nd book in the FM Trilogy)