Lilin (Marvel)

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The Lilin are a demonic race that features in Marvel Comics.

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The Lilin were the demonic children of the demoness known as Lilith.

Their mother Lilith came to be imprisoned within the body of the giant oceanic leviathan that went deep into the oceans of the world. In the aftermath, the Lilin scattered across the dimensions with those left behind either being killed or going into hiding. Some came to breed with humans thus creating future descendants of the original Lilin. In the centuries that followed, many of the surviving Lilin came to lose faith and believed their mother would never return to them. (Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #1)

In recent years, the half-buried corpse of the Leviathan was discovered in the frozen wastelands of northern Greenland, the scientists exploring their find accidentally released Lilith. Using magic to peer into the future, Lilith saw that she was destined to fight a cabal of nine supernatural beings who threatened her existence. She summoned her children, but only Pilgrim, a being able to create teleportation rifts, answer her. Determined to keep the Nine from coming together, Lilith and Pilgrim set out to find other Lilin. They first located Creed, a former leader who had long ago given up the old ways, and Blackout, Lilith's mass-murdering vampire-like descendant. Though his Lilin blood was diluted by generations, Blackout pledged total loyalty to Lilith. She sent her three followers to the Quentin Carnival to make a preemptive strike on John Blaze, one of the Nine, but Blaze and his comrade Ghost Rider defeated them. Creed's body was destroyed in the encounter, and as he wanted nothing further to do with Lilin affairs, his undying head thanked the two. Lilith, however, promised Creed he would never find peace. Unknown to Lilith, Dr. Stephen Strange, Earth's Sorcerer Supreme, had become aware of the situation, and though he did not dare confront her in person less it weaken the dimensional barriers that held most of the other Lilin, he manipulated events to place the foretold Nine on a path to come together. (Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1 #1)

Using Nakota's powers, Lilith came to search for threats to her Lilin and among them was Morbius, the Living Vampire. The Mother of Demons came to dispatch one of her children named Fang to help eliminate Michael Morbius. This plot involved contaminating a serum with demon blood that was being developed to cure him of his vampirism. However, this had the opposite effect of actually mutating Morbius even more and making him stronger. (Morbius the Living Vampire v1 #1)

Just as the ranks of the Lilin began to regroup, with Skinner and Meatmarket, so too did the Nine begin to fully emerge. Skinner, who had long since given up Lilith's cause and married a human, slew his family to spare them the horrors of his true heritage before pursuing Ghost Rider and Blaze in a failed attempt to kill them. Efforts to disperse the newly-formed Darkhold Redeemers and Nightstalkers failed as well. Impatient, Lilith opted to use her body as a gateway to return the rest of the Lilin to Earth. Dr. Strange transported the Nine to Greenland to confront the Lilin. During the battle, Lilith pulled the disembodied spirit of Dan Ketch, Ghost Rider's human host, through her, transforming it into a demonic beast. Ghost Rider finally defeated the demoness when he forced part of her through her own portal. With Lilith and the Lilin believed dead and defeated, the Nine dispersed, but Lilith had survived the encounter, feeding on Nakota, the lone surviving Lilin and the flesh of her dead children.

During the months Lilith remained in Greenland, letting the Lilin regrow inside her, the Nightstalkers encountered and destroyed Short-Circuit, another of her "grandchildren." When the time came to give birth to her brood again, she called for help and Outcast, a bestial Lilin who had refused to be at her side previously for reasons unrevealed, arrived. He tore her open, allowing the Lilin's rebirth. Pilgrim and a newly empowered Blackout were sent to find and capture the Nine, and they ran afoul of Ghost Rider. Centurious, Blaze's nemesis, confronted Lilith and offered an alliance, hoping to retrieve the Medallion of Power. The two launched an assault on Blaze and Ghost Rider using the Lilin and Centurious' forces, capturing Blaze as well as Ketch's mother Francis. At the same time, Morbius, fighting for control with the Lilin taint in his system, used the Darkhold to resurrect his slain love, Martine Bancroft, but actually infected her with the Lilin called Parasite. As Morbius began to give in to his Lilin blood, "Martine" manipulated him into giving his control over the it, after which he would act as Lilith's secret weapon within the Midnight Sons. Ghost Rider rescued Blaze, and the two were joined by Vengeance when Centurious and the Lilin arrived. The battle was interrupted when a near-amnesiac Zarathos was released from his prison within Centurious. Lilith, sensing the demon's power, brushed away Centurious and offered an alliance with him. Ghost Rider, however, gained control of the Medallion of Power and sent Zarathos, Lilith and the remaining Lilin to the Shadowside Dimension.

Afterwards, Lilith found herself allied to Mephisto and resided within his realm which became embroiled in the War in Hell. This conflict erupted over the disappearance of Death leading to a battle for control over all the Hell dimensions. The Lilin served their mother in defending Mephisto where they emerged victorious against the forces of Satannish's Lethal Legion. (Deadpool vs. Thanos v1 #3)

Later on, the Mother of Demons made a bid for the throne of Hell after Mepisto was deposed from it and imprisoned in his Hotel Inferno in Las Vegas. She then sought to remove Johnny Blaze from his position as the King of Hell with her bringing the Lilin to aid her. (Ghost Rider v9 #5)

Overview

This race of vampiric demons possessed magical abilities that made them formidable opponents and were born either through the use of the souls of the dead or through normal conception by their mother. Some Lilin could mate with Humans producing Lilin-Human hybrids. The more Lilin that were created the stronger their mother became and she was known to devour some of them in order to replenish her strength.

As demons, their blood was said to serve as a virulent poison in normal circumstances. (Morbius the Living Vampire v1 #1)

Members

  • Bad Timing :
  • Blackout :
  • Bloodthirst :
  • Creed :
  • Dark Legion :
  • Doc :
  • Fang : a male who could turn into shadows allowing him to operate as a spy and hunter. (Morbius the Living Vampire v1 #1)
  • Girth :
  • Infinks :
  • Meatmarket :
  • Nakota : a dark haired female with the power of remotely viewing distant locations and get glimpses of the future. (Morbius the Living Vampire v1 #1)
  • Outcast : a male with a beastial appearance with red fur who helped Lilith in the birthing of new Lilin. (Ghost Rider v3 #41)
  • Parasite :
  • Pilgrim :
  • Pixil :
  • Scatter : a monkey-like Lilin which caused anything to scatter around him such as thoughts, mists and even alliances. (Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme v1 #60)
  • Short Circuit :
  • Sister Nil : a beautiful female Lilin with long black hair and pale skin who wore a dress with her having the power to kill anyone being she touched who aged to their death. (Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme v1 #60)
  • Skinner :
  • Skitter :
  • Spitfire :
  • Vandella : a pale skinned red-eyed female Lilin. (Ghost Rider v9 #5)
  • Helvira : a pale skinned red-eyed female Lilin. (Ghost Rider v9 #5)
  • Mara : a pale skinned red-eyed female Lilin. (Ghost Rider v9 #5)

Notes

  • The Lilin were created by Howard Mackie and Andy Kubert where they made their first appearance in Ghost Rider v3 #28 (August, 1992).
  • They were based on the Lilin of Mesopotamian and Jewish mythology.

Appearances

  • Ghost Rider v3: (1992)
  • Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance v1:
  • Morbius the Living Vampire v1:
  • Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme v1: (1993)
  • Deadpool vs. Thanos v1:
  • Ghost Rider v9: (2020)

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