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An adult Engelfolk woman in the Alps ca. 1880; she's around 30 years old and married according to Engelfolk custom. At this stage of her life, she has fully developed into womanhood after a delayed puberty, a hereditary condition shared by all Engelfolk but very misunderstood by "normal" humans in the 19th. C.

The Engelfolk are an ancient race of nomadic people who first made their appearance during the 4th Century AD when mentioned by the Roman historian, Sulpicius Alexander, who chronicled the history of Germanic tribes before the death of Valentinian II in 392 A.D.

According to Sulpicius, the Engelfolk were thus nicknamed after angels by the Early Roman Church. They were said to be a permanently persecuted people due to a hereditary characteristic which gave them unnatural youthful and androgynous looks well into adulthood, as well as curiously pointed ears. According to Sulpicius, men and women began to differentiate only after pairing in arranged matrimony per the customs of their people. Another curious fact is that they always come in light skinned and swarthy varieties.

The geographic origin of the Engelfolk is unknown, but it's speculated they settled around Scandinavia after coming from Middle Asia, which might explain the apparent binary nature of their complexion. Some historians believe that they may have been the inspiration for the Scandinavian "Alfar," or Elves, as described in the Prose Edda, written by the Icelandic scholar, Snorri Sturluson, around the year 1220.

What is known about the Engelfolk is that by the start of the 19th century, they were under full persecution in northern German states, particularly Prussia, where they were regarded as agents of the Devil. As a result, a diaspora ensued with the Engelfolk migrating south through the Catholic region of Bavaria and finally Austria, where they found refuge and employment as maintenance crewmen for the numerous military dirigibles developed during the post Napoleonic Era.

The Engelfolk were prized for their strength and intelligence as well for their small stature and gracile nature, which made them adept for serving aboard airships. It was then that they acquired the nickname "Luftschiffengel," that is, "Airship Angels."

From the novel "The Valkyrie and the Eagle"
Copyright ©️ 2023 John W. Dunn.

Description
An adult Engelfolk woman in the Alps ca. 1880; she's around 30 years old and married according to Engelfolk custom. At this stage of her life, she has fully developed into womanhood after a delayed puberty, a hereditary condition shared by all Engelfolk but very misunderstood by "normal" humans in the 19th. C.

The Engelfolk are an ancient race of nomadic people who first made their appearance during the 4th Century AD when mentioned by the Roman historian, Sulpicius Alexander, who chronicled the history of Germanic tribes before the death of Valentinian II in 392 A.D.

According to Sulpicius, the Engelfolk were thus nicknamed after angels by the Early Roman Church. They were said to be a permanently persecuted people due to a hereditary characteristic which gave them unnatural youthful and androgynous looks well into adulthood, as well as curiously pointed ears. According to Sulpicius, men and women began to differentiate only after pairing in arranged matrimony per the customs of their people. Another curious fact is that they always come in light skinned and swarthy varieties.

The geographic origin of the Engelfolk is unknown, but it's speculated they settled around Scandinavia after coming from Middle Asia, which might explain the apparent binary nature of their complexion. Some historians believe that they may have been the inspiration for the Scandinavian "Alfar," or Elves, as described in the Prose Edda, written by the Icelandic scholar, Snorri Sturluson, around the year 1220.

What is known about the Engelfolk is that by the start of the 19th century, they were under full persecution in northern German states, particularly Prussia, where they were regarded as agents of the Devil. As a result, a diaspora ensued with the Engelfolk migrating south through the Catholic region of Bavaria and finally Austria, where they found refuge and employment as maintenance crewmen for the numerous military dirigibles developed during the post Napoleonic Era.

The Engelfolk were prized for their strength and intelligence as well for their small stature and gracile nature, which made them adept for serving aboard airships. It was then that they acquired the nickname "Luftschiffengel," that is, "Airship Angels."

From the novel "The Valkyrie and the Eagle"
Copyright ©️ 2023 John W. Dunn.