Poppy Warriors
In Rebel Angels, Gemma, Ann, and Felicity, have an encounter with the "Poppy Warriors," in their search for the Temple. The nearly skeletal warriors wear chain mail and tattered knights' tunics painted with poppy flowers, and they make games of stealing and breaking souls from the human world and the realms. Their leader, Azreal, torments Felicity with the knowledge of her father's abuse, attempting to get her to commit suicide. The poppy warriors have the ability to feed on humans' fear, and are able to transform into crows. They live in a dilapidated cathedral in the middle of a lake; the cathedral sits upon multiple bone-filled catacombs. The girls outwit the Poppy Warriors by keeping Felicity, "the strength," alive and escape into the lake.
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