Blood (Marvel)
The Blood are a group that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
The Blood
In a time before Atlantis, a group of beings came together to from the Blood. The origins of this group remain unknown. They were allies with the original Spirits of Vengeance, and fought to keep the Medallion of Power from the hands of the demon Zarathos and his ilk. The Blood sought to guard the Medallion, but found that the power contained within was too much for any one being to wield. Zarathos attempted to claim the Medallion, but the Blood and the Spirits of Vengeance opposed him. The Spirits merged with Zarathos within the Medallion. The Blood saw only one solution. The Medallion, which could never be destroyed, was instead, shattered. The pieces of the Medallion, and the powers within were placed within the descendants of two human families. The Blood known as Caretaker was chosen to watch over those families. (Ghost Rider v3 #43)
To prevent the relic's dangerous magic from falling into unvetted hands, the brotherhood deliberately shattered the medallion, scattering the mystical shards across the hereditary bloodlines of two human families to serve as a permanent biological lock. The administration’s absolute unity collapsed when a rogue fraction of their own members turned their backs on the mission to actively worship Zarathos, forming a rival cult faction known as the Fallen. Following this catastrophic internal split, the remaining noble members dispersed into deep obscurity across the globe, leaving a specialized graveyard guardian named the Caretaker to monitor the bloodlines from a secure base within Cypress Hills Cemetery. (Ghost Rider v3 #28)
The Blood merged their powers and stopped the People of the Dust after they killed flesh-beings for million of years. (Marvel Comics Presents v1 #145)
Over the succeeding millennia, the Blood began to break apart. A group of them turned their backs on their previous mission and chose instead to worship the demon Zarathos. These beings became known as the Fallen. The other members began to follow their own paths and agendas, most of them choosing to live in isolation from the rest of the world, and even from their own brethren. Only Caretaker remained true to their original purpose. (Spirits of Vengeance v1 #16) One of the Blood chastised Seer for not bringing Ghost Rider back to the Nightclub. This person also mentioned that Caretaker would be dealt with for failing to bring the Ghost Rider and the Medallion into the Blood's protection. (Spirits of Vengeance v1 #14)
Embyrre and Raydar allied themselves with Seer and the Midnight Sons. (Morbius v1 #17) Metarchus, one of the Fallen, impersonated Caretaker and attempted to slay Embyrre and Raydar, but failed and was forced to flee. (Marvel Comics Presents v1 #146) Caretaker, Embyrre, and Raydar fought against Zarathos and the Fallen. Both Embyrre and Raydar were killed. (Midnight Sons Unlimited v1 #4)
Overview
In appearance, the Blood was a specialized mystical organization whose remaining scattered members and traitorous factions consisted entirely of ancient humanoid immortals. They featured standard, bipedal physical frameworks that mirrored baseline human skeletal biology while possessing varying facial structures, statures, and ages to pass completely unnoticed within modern metropolitan cities. The organization possessed no unified uniform, matching corporate jumpsuits, or standardized state military camouflages, allowing individual members to wear the ordinary civilian garments of their respective geographical locations to preserve complete personal anonymity. Their localized hidden sanctuaries expanded the visual identity of the group through grim, subterranean stone chambers decorated with complex occult marking arrays, while their primary operational tracking base—the Cypress Hills Cemetery—utilized tattered iron gates, mist-shrouded headstones, and deep catacomb vaults to safely conceal their centuries-old activities from municipal authorities. (Spirits of Vengeance v1 #14)
They relied on their collective eons of tactical wisdom and an exceptionally high understanding of ancient sorcery to execute complex warding rituals, process supernatural extractions, and monitor ongoing demonic disruptions across the globe. They did not possess standard superhero flight, technology-dependent small arms, or uniform energy projection capabilities, relying instead on high-tier individual manipulation of magical energy matrices. Their specialized capabilities allowed separate units to craft absolute streams of hidden information via the Seer, channel devastating energy fields, and weaponize unrevealed mystical disciplines. Individual members wielded specialized gear, enabling the Caretaker to wield a chain-link weapon capable of channeling hellfire and operate a mystical motorcycle that bypassed standard physical barriers. Their primary capabilities allowed them to store centuries of restricted theological data outside the reach of global governments, operate completely undetected by modern tracking networks, and maintain a highly disciplined barrier of elemental defense capable of confronting high-tier demonic threats. (Ghost Rider v3 #42)
Members
- Atrocity : a male member of the Blood who he turned his back on his comrades and chose to worship Zarathos instead, becoming one of the Fallen. At one point, centuries or millennia ago, he fell in love with a South American woman named Xoc, but it ended badly, to Atrocity's eternal regret. (Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #14)
- Caretaker :
- Embyrre :
- Foundry :
- Metarchus :
- Patriarch :
- Ranter :
- Raydar :
- Regent :
- Rubach :
- Salomé :
- Seer :
- Truthsayer :
Notes
- The Blood were created by Howard Mackie and Mike Manley where they made their first appearance in Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #14 (September, 1993).
In other media
Television
- In Hellstrom, the Blood appeared in the setting of the Hulu live-action television series. This version were an organization created to stand up against the demons. Over many years, the members gathered information about their enemies so that they would be ready to take on the demons that they hunted.
Video games
- In Marvel's Midnight Suns, the Blood were referenced in the setting of the video game. Those descended from the Blood were able to use the Blood Gates.
Appearances
- Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1: (1993)
- Spirits of Vengeance v1:
- Morbius v1:
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