Angels

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“Servants of Aleph who guard against the Chandrian”

Description§

The angels are beings created by Aleph, into whose service Tehlu and others passed when fire settled on their foreheads like silver stars. In the Tehlin telling Tehlu is not a god but the chief of Aleph's angels. The Chandrian fear them and search the skies for their approach, taking pains to remain hidden before an angel arrives.

Relationships§

• Watched Over Kvothe — An angel is seen standing over Kvothe as he loses consciousness in Tarbean
• Feared By The Chandrian — The Chandrian fear the angels and search the skies, staying hidden before their arrival
• Led By Tehlu — Tehlu is named chief among the angels rather than a god
• Created By Aleph — Beings created by Aleph, entering service when fire settled on their foreheads

Established facts§

• Created by Aleph; Tehlu is named as chief among them rather than a god
• Those who became angels had fire settle on their foreheads like silver stars, becoming righteous, wise, and terrible to behold
• The Chandrian fear the angels and search the skies, staying hidden before their arrival
• An angel is seen standing over Kvothe as he loses consciousness in Tarbean

Theories that reference this§

• plausible Haliax and Encanis Are the Same Being Across Two Mythologies pop 713
• fringe The Chandrian Function Like an Eight-Spring Arrowcatch Around the Moon pop 190
• fringe Haliax Corrupted the Tehlin Church to Neutralise the Angels pop 183
• plausible Tehlu's Alias 'Menda' May Hint He Is Not the Benevolent God pop 152
• fringe The Chandrian Are a Wheel Holding Iax Bound Beyond the Doors pop 147
• fringe Denna Is the Metaphorical Name of the Wind That Kvothe Is Bound to Lose pop 130
• fringe The Chandrian Are Heroes and Kvothe Triggers a Second Creation War pop 116
• fringe The Angel Kvothe Killed for His Heart's Desire May Have Been Denna pop 108
• fringe Auri the Namer Saved Kvothe in His Battle With the Angel pop 77
• fringe The Cthaeh's 'Stick by the Maer' Advice Is a Deadly Play on Words pop 70
• fringe The Mauthen Vase Depicts Kvothe's Future, Not the Distant Past pop 66
• fringe Moon Phases Form Mirror-Image Pairs, With Haliax and a Luminous Woman as the Extremes pop 51