An Angelius turning a Khadoran patrol into ash
The great six-winged Angelius is a beast created to stand above the ranks of the seraphim and lead the flying hosts of Everblight to victory. Its razor-barbed tail strikes with blinding speed, impaling its victims with a ferocity belying its serpentine grace. The angelius remains in constant motion, soaring over the battlefield and killing with impunity while evading enemies unworthy of its attention.[1]
More than two thousand years have passed since Everblight first unleashed his favored creation, near the end of the dragon’s alliance with the kingdom of Morrdh. Grown powerful, confident, and too comfortable in his influence over the lords of that dark kingdom, Everblight created the angelius to both placate the loyal and terrify the more recalcitrant lords. In this Everblight made a grave mistake, for agents of the Dragonfather spotted the serpentine spawn. Lord Toruk immediately recognized the mark of its creator and deduced the progeny responsible, eventually unearthing Everblight’s hiding place and nearly exterminating him.[1]
Everblight would not spawn the angelius again until the benefits outweighed the risk of drawing attention. That time came as he prepared to battle the dragon Pyromalfic at the Castle of the Keys. He knew he would need the might of the angelii to strike down that rival. After weeks of preparation, Thagrosh summoned a seraph and spilled its willing blood before he cut his own veins and mingled the seraph’s essence with the purer heart-blood of the dragon. Thus the first angelius of the new age tore into the sky with a rending cry, and with its aid Pyromalfic was defeated.[1]
The time for secrecy ended, Thagrosh and the other warlocks have given life to many more of these flying terrors since. Under the shadow of their wings, the world will come to know its new master.[1]