The elemental force of chaos granted Jackie a limitless power, access to an otherworldly dimension and control over the demons that dwell there. In that moment he was both blessed and cursed.
Like those who walked in the shadow of The Darkness before him, Jackie's powers manifested on his 21st birthday. The Darkness thrived upon the death and devastation spread by its host and its unsuitable appetite only grew with each new generation.In our generation, The Darkness took root in Jackie Estacado, an orphan, as all the bearers before him, raised by pimps and thieves–The Franchetti Crime Family. When each bearer conceived an offspring the curse of The Darkness would betray its host, leaving him to die as it bound itself to the newly innocent life, like wolves to a slaughter of defenseless lambs.Įach new vessel was steered to its inevitable ruin by The Darkness. Each new generation inherited the gifts of The Darkness, spreading misery and unyielding chaos across the kingdoms of man. The vessel was mankind, God's most favored of all his creations.The Darkness found fertile ground for its chaotic lust in the bloodline of a family thought barely human by its fellow man: the Estacados. Ages would pass before The Darkness found a vessel worthy to inherit its boundless hatred. In that moment, a bitterness and spite was born that would fester and grow for centuries, distilling itself to raw, seething perfection. And the darkness? The Darkness resented it. So, being the guy that he is, he decided to meddle some more and separate the light from the darkness. Then God said "Let there be light." And there was light, and God saw that it was good. Read a full synopsis below (via Top Cow).īefore time was time, the Earth was formless and void and darkness stretched over the surface of the deep. That's not to say that he doesn't do a fair amount of killing and evil-doing in the meantime, though. He wrestles with his strong set of morals and his carnal nature, trying to keep from wholly giving into The Darkness. The current wielder of The Darkness is a former hitman for the mob who develops a slight control over the force.
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