Welcome to the priesthood! You had 2 guardian angels. Did you enchant them, or buff yourself?
Did you get a chance to try eye for an eye? It can rip through brutes.
Besides the ring thing with the rule, I really enjoyed your writeup!
I had both of them buffed with a couple different things, and had Enchantment Transfusion on both. No, I did not get eye for an eye out. I did have Holy Avenger token on one of them with Bear Strength and Rhino Hide, so she was going to be something nasty to deal with. I had Mongoose Agility - and that healing enchantment that heals 4 dice when revealed on the second guardian angel. With flying, a defense, the ability to regenerate (when guarding), combined with Holy Avenger- after pretty much everything he had being dazed and/or stunned, he conceded. I think I had him down to about 10 health remaining- of course, that's me rolling a total of 4 extra dice I shouldn't have over the course of 2 turns. So, not sure if those 4 dice were a game changer or not.
I was initially worried about mana with the Priest, but round one I played Mana Crystal and that holy cleric that can use a full action to channel one mana. Turn 2 I had Moonglow amulet, so effectively, I was channeling 12 mana every turn (with the cleric's action). Mana was not an issue for me this game- two 12 mana creatures and a bunch of enchantments- I had a decent mana reserve.