The Angels
They were called the Angels of Death - and sometimes "The Angels of Vengence". They were knights who rode into battle wearing angel's wings.
MAGDALENA
10/16/20241 min read
Magdalena calls on the spirits of the Angels when times go bad. These are not angels who look down from heaven - these are ones who erupt from deep inside her soul - for she carries these angels in her heart. They are the spirits of her ancestors. And then it is like lightning! She goes forward feeling the wind from their wings.
And sometimes when she is in a tight spot.. and she doesn't know what to do... it is like an angel whispers in her ear.
The Angels of Death. Winged Hussars: The Rise and Fall of Europe’s ‘Angels of Death’
The charge of the Winged Hussars halted the invasion of the Ottoman Empire at the Seige of Vienna. Some say Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien took inspiration from the Siege of Vienna when writing about the Battle of the Pelennor Fields at the Siege of Minas Tirith, aka the Siege of Gondor, in Return of the King.