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{{Quotation|'''The Medic''' after unleashing a plague|You have thirty seconds to live!|sound=Medic taunts15.wav}}
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{{Quotation|'''Angel of Death''' original description|Who knows what you'll be hiding under those robes, will it be a cross or a crossbow}}
  
The '''Angel of Death''' is a [[miscellaneous]] item for the [[Medic]] which resembles a catholic priest's clothing.
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The '''Angel of Death''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[miscellaneous]] item for the [[Medic]]. It turns the Medic's default labcoat into a team-colored {{w|surplice}} with wide sleeves and team-colored inside, and adds a medallion with a picture of a [[dove]], and a white, gold-trimmed {{w|pellegrina}} worn on the Medic's shoulders.
  
 
The Angel of Death was [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=191141144 contributed] to the [[Steam Workshop]] under the name "Pope's Robes".
 
The Angel of Death was [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=191141144 contributed] to the [[Steam Workshop]] under the name "Pope's Robes".
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* The Angel of Death was the angel that brought the Tenth Plague according to the Hebrew Bible.  
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* The {{w|Angel of Death}} is the destroying angel in various religions, including Judaism and Christianity.  
* The name of the item is a reference to {{w|Josef Mengele}}, the infamous nazi scientist who conducted various inhumane experiments on the inmates of the {{w|Auschwitz}} concentration camp. It is also the title of one of the best known Slayer's {{w|Angel_of_Death_(Slayer_song)|songs}}, which was also based on the biography of the aforementioned scientist.
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** "Angel of Death" was also the nickname of {{w|Josef Mengele}}, the infamous German {{w|Schutzstaffel}}(SS) officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz who supervised the selection of victims, determining who was to be killed and who was to temporarily become a forced laborer, and for performing bizarre and murderous human experiments on prisoners.
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* The original name referenced the {{w|Pope}}, the Bishop of Rome and the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church.
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* Originally, this item and the [[Nunhood]] formed the "[http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=191144445 Angel of Death]" Medic set (prior to the cosmetic's renaming); however, it was not marked as [[item set]] in-game.
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** The creators intended to hide the Nunhood's shoulder part with the pellegrina of the Angel of Death in order to make both of them look like a single item.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==

Revision as of 05:32, 27 December 2013

Who knows what you'll be hiding under those robes, will it be a cross or a crossbow
Angel of Death original description

The Angel of Death is a community-created miscellaneous item for the Medic. It turns the Medic's default labcoat into a team-colored Template:W with wide sleeves and team-colored inside, and adds a medallion with a picture of a dove, and a white, gold-trimmed Template:W worn on the Medic's shoulders.

The Angel of Death was contributed to the Steam Workshop under the name "Pope's Robes".

Update history

December 20, 2013 Patch

  • The Angel of Death was added to the game.

Trivia

  • The Template:W is the destroying angel in various religions, including Judaism and Christianity.
    • "Angel of Death" was also the nickname of Template:W, the infamous German Template:W(SS) officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz who supervised the selection of victims, determining who was to be killed and who was to temporarily become a forced laborer, and for performing bizarre and murderous human experiments on prisoners.
  • The original name referenced the Template:W, the Bishop of Rome and the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church.
  • Originally, this item and the Nunhood formed the "Angel of Death" Medic set (prior to the cosmetic's renaming); however, it was not marked as item set in-game.
    • The creators intended to hide the Nunhood's shoulder part with the pellegrina of the Angel of Death in order to make both of them look like a single item.

Gallery