Angel of Death

"Angels of Death are special angels associated with death. Their main duty is to lead the souls of the righteous into the heavenly plane to eternally bath in the glory of God."

- Carl Black.

An Angel of Death is a special and important class of angel created by God with the assistance of Death. They are responsible for reaping the souls of the faithful and pure when it is their time to die.

Overview
The main mission is to attend to Death with collecting the souls of the religious that worship God (while the reapers) collect the souls of everyone else), they also end the life at their appointed death unless they have a mission from a supernatural entity or made a contract with a demon.

Like Reapers, Angels of Death are mostly seen as cloaked winged figures with weapons, such as scythes or sickles, that claim the souls of the deceased and take them to Heaven, however this is not always the case and they have been seen in varies forms throughout history.

Description
Their main weapon they use for their job is a scythe as they use it to rip the souls of the living when they are meant to die. Because of their weapon and job, they are commonly mistaken to be reapers, though they do work together under the orders of Death or Fate.

The first angel of death to be created was the True Archangel of Death, Azrael who rules the entire host of angels of death along with many others high-ranking angels.

Powers and Abilities
Their very presence is extremely purifying both physically and spiritually, and they wield tremendous hybrid abilities mixing angelic and necrotic energies for particularly potent effects.

Myths and Legends
Samael is considered in Talmudic texts to be a member of the heavenly host with often grim and destructive duties. One of Samael's greatest roles in Jewish lore is that of the main angel of death and the head of satans.

Notable Angels of Death

 * Azrael
 * Sariel
 * Samael
 * Rahab
 * Lucifer (Disputed)
 * Michael (Disputed)
 * Destroying Angel
 * Unnamed Angel of Death

Quotes

 * "The Angel of Death is a noble title only the worthiest of angels could possibly achieve. By achieving that title, you're becoming one with the cosmic cycle of life and death and rebirth and ascend to a higher level of the world." - An Angel.

Trivia

 * While similar, Angels of Death should not be mistaken with Angels of Destruction even if one specific angel is both.
 * Both Michael and Lucifer are said to be angels of Death themselves but this is still being disputed.

Image Sources

 * (Darren-benton-angel-of-death-2.jpg) Angel of Death by Darren Benton
 * (Darren-benton-angel-of-death.jpg) Angel of Death by Darren Benton
 * (Dark-grim-reaper,-black-wings-216370.jpg) Dark Grim Reaper by ???
 * (Mort du fossoyeur.jpg) La mort du fossoyeur - Death of the gravedigger - by Carlos Schwabe
 * (Aspect of Death.jpg) Aspect of Death by velinov
 * (Angel of Death.jpg) Angel of Death by Oblivion-design
 * (Angel of death by ptitvinc by ptitvinc dcyji14-fullview.jpg) angel of death by ptitvinc by ptitvinc
 * (Angel of death by jasontn d7zedvg-fullview.jpg) Angel of Death by JasonTN
 * (Angel of death by daggernogod d4m0mzt-fullview.jpg) +Angel of death+ by DAggERnoGod
 * (Angel of Death - Commission work.jpg) Angel of Death - Commission work! by Carpet-Crawler
 * (Linda-lithen-wsp-deathangel.jpg) Patreon #18 - Angel of death by Linda Lithén
 * (Angel of death.jpg) angel of death by fallen-eye
 * (Angel of death by krasgar ddso6fd-fullview.jp) Angel of Death by Krasgar
 * (Rodolfo-rocha-pers-morte-01-per.jpg) Angel of Death by Rodolfo Perissé
 * (Paolo Monti - Serie fotografica (Venezia, 1951) - BEIC 6342929.jpg) The Angel of Death Sculpture by Paolo Monti