Spirits of Vengeance (Marvel)
The Spirits of Vengeance is a team that features in Marvel Comics Ghost Rider.
Overview
The Spirits of Vengeance were a powerful group of spirits that were given vestiges of God's divine power and were bonded to human host. This was done so in order to limit their power in their quest for divine retribution as these Spirits were tasked with avenging the innocent and eliminating the wicked amongst mankind. Thus, they traced their origins from Biblical times with a long line of those that held the position of Ghost Rider and they served as Heaven's black ops group designed with secret missions in mind. In order to administer and oversee their operations, the Angel Zadkiel was placed in charge of them and manipulate them from the shadows. Thus, this actions led to their true origins being masked in shadow and shrouded in mystery with their involvement with God being almost unknown.
During their long history, the Angel Zadkiel began to grow corrupt and desired more power thus he began a ploy in order to usurp Heaven through the use of the Ghost Riders. His actions led to only two such members of the Spirits of Vengeance remaining by the modern age namely Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch who were the two most powerful Ghost Riders in history. In order to achieve his goal, Zadkiel had Daniel Ketch absorb the power of every Ghost Rider in the mistaken belief that this would prevent them from corrupting him. However, once the task was accomplished, Zadkiel simply stole the collected energy from Ketch and used it to break down the Gates of Heaven and bring about a bloody coup in Heaven itself.
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