Origin

Primordial chaos and darkness opposite of order and light, Angelus. Darkness is considered one of the 13 Artifacts. Darkness and Angelus also have an offspring, that acts as balance between the two forces, it is named Witchblade.

Major Story Arcs

Coming of Age

The Darkness entity at first entices and promises power to Jackie Estacado who became of age to be the next Darkness bearer. This soon stopped and The Darkness took more back seat role.

First Born

The Darkness took control of Jackie Estacado's body and used him to impregnate the Witchblade wielder Sara Pezzini while she was in a coma. This lead to the birth of Hope Pezzini, the key to reshaping the universe.

Sierra Muñoz

When Jackie Estacado moved to Sierra Muñoz and teamed up with Dr. Kirchner to hone his Darkness skills, Dr. Kirchner had other ideas and wanted to manipulate the darkness itself. The plan was to get Elle, a darkling pregnant by Jackie so Darkness would have a physical form. Darkness went along with it, and killed Elle in the birthing process, and killed Dr. Kirchner right after. Since he was preoccupied with his own birth, Darkness overlooked Jackie, who at the same time called back the Darkness power to heal himself. Jackie confronted the Darkness, and the two fought. Jackie took the fight outside, and into the air. Darkness over confident played with Jackie while he was goading him, only to realize they flew so high up the sun beaked out from behind the Earth and hit them both. Since the Darkness' body comprised of the darkness itself, it burned away while Jackie fell back to Earth.

Powers and Abilities

The wielder of the Darkness possesses a number of supernatural abilities. The Darkness power allows the wielder to create anything they desire. One of the primary weapons of the Darkness is the ability to generate solid constructs such as blades, claws, and protective armor. The darkness can also be used to create living, sentient beings that are controlled by the wielder. These darkness creatures are often in the form of imps or demons often referred to as Darklings. They tend to be violent in nature, and use a lot of profanity when they talk. The possessor of the darkness can also hear and see remotely through these creatures. Close proximity is also not necessary as they can be created and left in a dark area and controlled remotely via a telepathic control over the creatures.

Creations of the Darkness are not limited to Darklings, however. Possessors of the Darkness in the past have even created human-like creatures out of the Darkness for many purposes including sex.

Weaknesses and Limitations

Light

As suggested by the name, a primary weakness of the Darkness is that it only functions in the absence of light. The Darkness cannot be accessed in the light and when light hits anything created of the Darkness it vanishes. This leaves the wielder particularly vulnerable during the day, however even during the day if protection from the light can be found the Darkness can be used. The darkness can be accessed simply by being in a non-lit room or even under the cover of smoke as long as it is thick enough to provide protection from the light.

Celibacy

All wielders of the Darkness pass on the Darkness to their heirs through sex. Upon the conception of their child they die, so males in the Estacado family generally die during intercourse. This can be quite a burden for some, and the Darkness has been used in the past to create sentient humanoids for the purpose of sexual gratification.

However, there is a loophole in this rule. Since the Darkness is an entire entity itself, it could create an offspring itself without having Jackie killed in the process.

Hosts

This is a list of all those who have wielded the Darkness Power

• The Foreigner (8000 BC)
• Unnamed Past Wielder
• Bolo (359)
• Black Captain (9th century)
• Lord Cardinale (1175)
• Christian Estacado
• Idris (14th century)
• Michaelangelo Estacado (16th century)
• Antonio Estacado (~1500)
• Miguel Estacado (1671)
• Ramon Estacado (1878)
• Teo Estacado (1897)
• Belasco Estacado (1908)
• Adelmo Estacado (1912)
• Anthony Estacado (1918 Alternate Universe)
• Roberto Estacado (1942)
• Danny Estacado (late 20th century)
• Capris Castiglione - Twin-sister of Jackie Estacado, first female host.
• Jackie Estacado - Current possessor of The Darkness, known also as The Darkness.
• Bud Starling - Possible near future wielder.
• Unnamed Future Wielder
• Tony Estacado - Wielder from the Switch timeline