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* ''VideoGame/ArenaXlsm'': "Summon Angelic Horde" spell lets you deploy one in order to instantly kill your enemy. Sounds cool, except that it takes 30 blood to unlock and 10 blood to use (why angels don't mind BloodMagic being used on their behalf is another question), which is a truly immense amount, and will require you to make do without many of the lesser spells that would have likely proved lifesaving otherwise.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' a small sub-faction of Angels, known as the Hellguard, appear both as antagonists to the protagonist, [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War]].
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[[OurAngelsAreDifferent Our Angels Are Warriors]]. The Heavenly Host is organized as a rigid military structure to fight against the forces of evil in the name of {{God}}. The big man being TheOmnipotent, this tends to imply a PowersThatBe or HaveYouSeenMyGod portrayal that necessitates his servants to fight his battles for him.
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* Sometimes enemies, sometimes allies of ''Comicbook/GhostRider''. It was eventually revealed by RetCon that the "demon" Zarathos was actually a misguided member of them and that the spirits of vengeance he imitates when possessing John Blaze, which include the "true" Ghost Riders, are in fact non military agents of heaven meant to work where heaven doesn't actually want it's interests to be obvious. Most of the conflict between angels, spirits of vengeance, Zarathos and the like stems from misunderstanding, except of course when the angels in question [[FallenAngel are just evil]].
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** The natives of Fenris combine this with WarriorHeaven: Fenris is basically a SingleBiomePlanet of medieval Scandinavia, with Viking tribes fighting each other for dominance. The young men who fall during these battles are candidates for training and augmentation into SpaceMarines, battling and boozing across the stars in the GodEmperor's name: the SpaceWolves.
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->'''Castiel:''' Read the Bible. Angels are warriors of God. I'm a soldier.
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->'''Castiel:''' Read the Bible. Angels are warriors of God. I'm a soldier.
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->'''Dean:''' I thought angels were supposed to be guardians. Fluffy wings, halos--you know, [[Series/HighwayToHeaven Michael Landon]]. Not dicks.
->'''Castiel:''' Read the Bible. Angels are warriors of God. I'm a soldier.
-->-- ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', [[Recap/SupernaturalS04E02AreYouThereGodItsMeDeanWinchester "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester" (S04, E02)]]
[[OurAngelsAreDifferent Our Angels Are Warriors]]. The Heavenly Host is organized as a rigid military structure to fight against the forces of evil in the name of {{God}}. The big man being TheOmnipotent, this tends to imply a PowersThatBe or HaveYouSeenMyGod portrayal that necessitates his servants to fight his battles for him.
TheLegionsOfHell are their enemy, and these soldiers will be the ones fighting on the front lines on Earth or to defend their home base when HellInvadesHeaven.
The CelestialParagonsAndArchangels will be the ones in charge of the lower angels, with ArchangelMichael typically as the field commander and the one to [[LeaveHimToMe personally smite]] {{Satan}}.
The GoodCounterpart to TheLegionsOfHell.
See also {{Valkyries}}.
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* The Heavenly Host shows up in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'', mostly at the end where they're slaughtered to an angel by the Saint of Killers. The story begins when one of the seraphim has sex with a succubus, birthing Genesis and starting the whole story.
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* The existence of the Heavenly Host has been foreshadowed in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' by Queen Mab, but they are yet to make a canon appearance. ArchangelMichael (who is also yet to be introduced) is said to be their FrontlineGeneral.
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* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', the Host of Heaven is organized like a military. The angelic foot soldiers on Earth are divided into garrisons, of which Castiel commanded one for a while before he was demoted and replaced by Uriel. Their boss Zachariah seems to be in charge of several garrisons and answers to Michael, Heaven's commander-in-chief. [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God has been missing for millennia]].
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* In the backstory of ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', Lucifer's rebellious angels have battled the angelic armies loyal to God and led by ArchangelMichael, but the latter seem to have disappeared from the world while the Fallen were locked up in the Abyss.
* ''TabletopGame/InNomine''. All of the angels of Heaven oppose the demons of Hell in their own way, but the hosts of angels led by the Archangels Lawrence, Michael and David are the closest to being a heavenly army. Of the various types of angels, Malakites (regardless of which Archangel they serve) are most often involved in anti-demonic combat.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
** Applied InUniverse for the Imperium of Man: Many planets are populated by superstitious peasants who know little of life outside what is taught by Imperial preachers, and thus believe the SpaceMarines to be actual angels (and are indeed known as Angels of Death).
** The Sisters of Battle are all human women (less augmented that SpaceMarines but much stronger and zealous than ordinary humans) whose use of JoanOfArchetype imagery and heavenly ranks (Seraphim, Celestials, Living Saints, etc.) brings them close to the trope.
** The natives of Fenris combine this with WarriorHeaven: Fenris is basically a SingleBiomePlanet of medieval Scandinavia, with Viking tribes fighting each other for dominance. The young men who fall during these battles are candidates for training and augmentation into SpaceMarines, battling and boozing across the stars in the GodEmperor's name: the SpaceWolves.
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* The ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' map "War in Heaven" pits, well, Heaven against Hell, using Terran and Protoss units as heavenly soldiers and Zerg for demons: Marines are warrior angels, Sandalphon is a colossus, Jesus is a battlecruiser...
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series ''all'' angels are warriors, and they spend all of their time either fighting demons or planning to fight demons. As well, they all seem to be identical except for the five special snowflakes on the [[CouncilOfAngels Angiris Council]] and their lieutenants. At least, this is how it was, until the creation of Sanctuary threw a wrench in the Eternal Conflict, leaving the angels to mostly mope about the Heavens in trepidation.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' a small sub-faction of Angels, known as the Hellguard, appear both as antagonists to the protagonist, [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War]].
* In ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'', they appear once again, this time as ([[TeethClenchedTeamwork not all too willing]]) allies to Death.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' has the angels of Paradiso as the main enemies she faces.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has the champion Kayle, an angelic being from "a land far away" who fights using the power of the sun. She also has a sister, Morgana, who uses the power of the moon against the warriors of the sun.
* [[GodOfGood Palutena]] in the ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' games has an [[RedShirtArmy army]] of Centurions, but they are so weak that she almost never sends them on the battlefield as [[AFatherToHisMen she doesn't want them to be hurt]], privileging her elite soldier Pit (the protagonist of the games).
* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', the Centurions are called by Pit during his Final Smash (with Palutena shining in the background).
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-->-- ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', [[Recap/SupernaturalS04E02AreYouThereGodItsMeDeanWinchester "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester" (S04, E02)]]
[[OurAngelsAreDifferent Our Angels Are Warriors]]. The Heavenly Host is organized as a rigid military structure to fight against the forces of evil in the name of {{God}}. The big man being TheOmnipotent, this tends to imply a PowersThatBe or HaveYouSeenMyGod portrayal that necessitates his servants to fight his battles for him.
TheLegionsOfHell are their enemy, and these soldiers will be the ones fighting on the front lines on Earth or to defend their home base when HellInvadesHeaven.
The CelestialParagonsAndArchangels will be the ones in charge of the lower angels, with ArchangelMichael typically as the field commander and the one to [[LeaveHimToMe personally smite]] {{Satan}}.
The GoodCounterpart to TheLegionsOfHell.
See also {{Valkyries}}.
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* While they don't exactly do much fighting, the angels in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'' do have a large military presence in the series.
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* The Heavenly Host shows up in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'', mostly at the end where they're slaughtered to an angel by the Saint of Killers. The story begins when one of the seraphim has sex with a succubus, birthing Genesis and starting the whole story.
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* The existence of the Heavenly Host has been foreshadowed in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' by Queen Mab, but they are yet to make a canon appearance. ArchangelMichael (who is also yet to be introduced) is said to be their FrontlineGeneral.
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* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', the Host of Heaven is organized like a military. The angelic foot soldiers on Earth are divided into garrisons, of which Castiel commanded one for a while before he was demoted and replaced by Uriel. Their boss Zachariah seems to be in charge of several garrisons and answers to Michael, Heaven's commander-in-chief. [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God has been missing for millennia]].
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* In the backstory of ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', Lucifer's rebellious angels have battled the angelic armies loyal to God and led by ArchangelMichael, but the latter seem to have disappeared from the world while the Fallen were locked up in the Abyss.
* ''TabletopGame/InNomine''. All of the angels of Heaven oppose the demons of Hell in their own way, but the hosts of angels led by the Archangels Lawrence, Michael and David are the closest to being a heavenly army. Of the various types of angels, Malakites (regardless of which Archangel they serve) are most often involved in anti-demonic combat.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
** Applied InUniverse for the Imperium of Man: Many planets are populated by superstitious peasants who know little of life outside what is taught by Imperial preachers, and thus believe the SpaceMarines to be actual angels (and are indeed known as Angels of Death).
** The Sisters of Battle are all human women (less augmented that SpaceMarines but much stronger and zealous than ordinary humans) whose use of JoanOfArchetype imagery and heavenly ranks (Seraphim, Celestials, Living Saints, etc.) brings them close to the trope.
** The natives of Fenris combine this with WarriorHeaven: Fenris is basically a SingleBiomePlanet of medieval Scandinavia, with Viking tribes fighting each other for dominance. The young men who fall during these battles are candidates for training and augmentation into SpaceMarines, battling and boozing across the stars in the GodEmperor's name: the SpaceWolves.
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* The ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' map "War in Heaven" pits, well, Heaven against Hell, using Terran and Protoss units as heavenly soldiers and Zerg for demons: Marines are warrior angels, Sandalphon is a colossus, Jesus is a battlecruiser...
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series ''all'' angels are warriors, and they spend all of their time either fighting demons or planning to fight demons. As well, they all seem to be identical except for the five special snowflakes on the [[CouncilOfAngels Angiris Council]] and their lieutenants. At least, this is how it was, until the creation of Sanctuary threw a wrench in the Eternal Conflict, leaving the angels to mostly mope about the Heavens in trepidation.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' a small sub-faction of Angels, known as the Hellguard, appear both as antagonists to the protagonist, [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War]].
* In ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'', they appear once again, this time as ([[TeethClenchedTeamwork not all too willing]]) allies to Death.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' has the angels of Paradiso as the main enemies she faces.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has the champion Kayle, an angelic being from "a land far away" who fights using the power of the sun. She also has a sister, Morgana, who uses the power of the moon against the warriors of the sun.
* [[GodOfGood Palutena]] in the ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' games has an [[RedShirtArmy army]] of Centurions, but they are so weak that she almost never sends them on the battlefield as [[AFatherToHisMen she doesn't want them to be hurt]], privileging her elite soldier Pit (the protagonist of the games).
* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', the Centurions are called by Pit during his Final Smash (with Palutena shining in the background).
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Kenny is enlisted by Heaven to command the angelic armies against an [[HellInvadesHeaven invasion from Hell]].
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