Witchblade - Characters

Characters

Sara Pezzini

A New York City detective, Sara, is a disciplined, tough-talking woman of Italian descent, who first encountered The Witchblade while on a case with her ex-partner, Michael Yee. After both officers were mortally wounded by criminal Ian Nottingham, the entity suddenly left the possession of Nottingham's employer, Kenneth Irons, and gave its power to Sara, healing her wounds. Pezzini has since been thrown into a darker world in which she's encountered a number of mystical opponents and strange cases while hosting The Witchblade. Quite often, she has wished for her life to return to normal.

Eventually, it was revealed that The Witchblade was actually the offspring of the universe's two constants, The Angelus and The Darkness. When Jackie Estacado, the host of The Darkness, was "possessed" by its influence, he impregnated a temporarily comatose Sara as part of an effort to sway The Witchblade's balance. However, neither of them became aware of this until later. Eventually, Sara met and relinquished The Witchblade to Dani Baptiste, whom the entity had a strong affinity toward. Coincidentally, Dani also happened to be the daughter of Sara's police captain. Amidst complications during the birth of her daughter, Hope, Sara's life was saved when she received half of The Witchblade from Dani. During this period, both women bore distinct visual effects when activating the gauntlet. Sara, formerly possessing the half infused with The Darkness, manifested a dark appearance and bat-like wings when flying, while Dani manifested a bright appearance with fairy-like wings during flight.

Sara now possesses the full Witchblade, as Dani is now the host for The Angelus.

Danielle Baptiste

The latest in the long line of bearers, Danielle is an impulsive but goodhearted young dancer who was born in New Orleans. After moving to New York to pursue her career, she experienced a mysterious dream which foretold her destiny. In the vision, she saw herself inheriting great power by means of a mystical gauntlet, though she was told that it would require much discipline to control. Perplexed by the message, Dani found herself taking a walk and wandering to an antique shop the next day. It was there that she encountered Sara Pezinni, the current host of The Witchblade. Having become pregnant, Sara realized that the time had come for her to relinquish the entity. She also noticed that it became quite animated in Dani's presence, constantly reaching out to her. Dani recognized The Witchblade as the same entity from her dream, and offered to relieve Sara of it upon learning what it was. Realizing that Dani was meant to become the next host, Sara relinquished The Witchblade to her.

After receiving possession of the balance, Dani faced a string of challenges in learning to control both it and her emotions. While exploring her power, she also faced and overcame a number of mystical opponents. Eventually, Dani returned half of The Witchblade to Sara in order to save Sara's life following the birth of her child. She currently does not have any portion of the Witchblade, as she is the present host to The Angelus.

The Angelus

The Angelus is a female spirit which represents the light of creation. Throughout history, she has chosen various women on Earth to serve as her host, each of whom are joined in battle by numerous winged soldiers known as Angelus Warriors. Along with The Darkness, The Angelus is one of the two primal forces of the universe that created The Witchblade.

The Darkness

The Darkness is a male spirit that embodies a power that stems from the original darkness that covered the universe. Like The Angelus, it is one of the two constants in the universe that created The Witchblade, and has chosen male hosts throughout history. The most well-known host is Jackie Estacado, a mob boss who has had many run-ins with Sara. While under The Darkness' influence, he impregnated a temporarily comatose Sara, which made him the father of her child, Hope.

Magdalena (Patience)

The warrior of the Catholic Church. A direct descendant of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. She possess the Spear of Longinus artifact.

Detective Patrick Gleason

Sara's partner and boyfriend. He is of Irish descent and is a policeman. He takes care of Hope when Sara is away. He is also her sex partner and love interest.

The Curator/The Survivor

A mysterious owner of an antiques shop, The Curator is a sage-like spectator and occasional informant. One of Sara and Dani's most trusted confidants, he knows much about The Witchblade, the other entities, and the ongoing matters surrounding The Angelus and The Darkness. The Curator apparently dies in Artifacts, spontaneously exploding after saying all hope is lost. It was later revealed, however, that The Curator was, in reality, The Survivor – the mysterious mastermind behind all of the events of Artifacts. His past is finally explored; he is the sole survivor of the previous universe, in which he was the "Codex" — meant to ensure its survival in the event of armageddon. Having originally failed in his duty, and witnessed the destruction of his family and everyone and everything he ever knew and cared about, The Survivor, existing for billions of years and witnessing all life in the universe, has been gradually manipulating and gathering the artifact bearers throughout the series in the knowledge he will need them in his plan to resurrect his universe.

Tau'ma

Brother of The Curator, and just as mysterious. Unlike his brother, who tries to keep the balance intact, Tau'ma is clearly on The Darkness' side. He can pull out darklings from his head to attack or spy on others, and wields a powerful cane with a gem-encrusted hawk head. His current location is unknown.

Hope Pezzini

Sara's mystical daughter with Jackie Estacado. She is neither of The Darkness nor The Angelus, but has unknown powers that are currently dormant. In Artifacts, Hope is the subject of a massive search by artifact bearers following her capture by The Survivor – it is during this search her parents, Jackie and Sara, finally consummate their feelings for each other, and Hope's nature is revealed by The Survivor; Hope is the "Codex" for the entire universe, meant to survive and ensure its survival. The Survivor plans to kill and replace her as the Codex to guarantee the resurrection of his own universe.

Julie Pezzini

Sara's sister. She was romantically involved with Jake but the two broke up when Jake discovered that she was running drugs. Under the effects of a hope-suppressing evil, Jake later returned and shot Julie, but she survived. As of issue No. 130, Julie has just come out of her stay in prison for her dealings with drugs. While taking Hope to a fair, Julie was surprised by Aphrodite who killed Julie after shooting her in the head. Aphrodite then kidnapped Hope, setting in motion plans to bring the Darkness and the Witchblade together.

Ian Nottingham

Formerly a Captain of the British Special Air Service, Ian subsequently joined MI5. He underwent behavioural modifications for the purpose of infiltrating The Yakuza. Afterward, he forgot his past, and became a bodyguard for Kenneth Irons. Ian has phenomenal skill with both archaic and modern weapons, bordering on the supernatural. In issue No. 1, Ian kills Sara's partner, Michael Yee. For a time he underwent a great change, allowing him the capability to absorb great quantities of energy and to drain energy from entities, even going so far as to temporarily host both The Witchblade and The Darkness. For a time, he wielded Excalibur, The Witchblade's twin, but it was revealed that the Excalibur entity was merely a shard of The Witchblade, which quickly reabsorbed it. After he lost Excalibur and was defeated by Sara in issue No. 75, Ian was taken to prison where he remains. In Artifacts No. 3, he is freed from prison by Aphrodite IV. Recently, he retrieved the Blood Sword from Michael Finnegan, gravely wounding the wielder of the Glacier Stone in the process, and left him in the river to die.

Kenneth Irons

A rich entrepreneur who discovered The Witchblade in Greece, Irons' age is undefined. It was eventually revealed that he was a Templar Knight of the third crusade and that he once drank from the Holy Grail, granting him a healing factor and 'immortality', establishing his age as greater than 800 years. However, due to his exposure to The Witchblade during an attempt to host it, Irons does not age at a normal rate; he appears to be no older than 35. Initially, Ian Nottingham served as his close and trusted bodyguard, until both Irons' and Ian's fascination with Sara Pezzini drove a wedge between them. In a failed bid to gain control of The Witchblade, Kenneth Irons lost his hand and sacrificed his wife. In issue No. 75, Kenneth Irons was one of two characters left in the Deathpool. As a result, Chief Joe Siry killed Irons for all of the troubles that Irons had unleashed on Sara. He is the father of Geraud Irons.

Joe Siry

Sara's former captain when she served at the 18th Precinct. He was the partner of Sara's dead father, Detective Vincent Pezzini, and has a tendency to dote on her as if she is his daughter. He is married to Dalia. It was revealed that Siry had a hidden agenda with Irons, which forced him to kill Vincent Pezzini in order to protect Sara.

Jake McCarthy

Jake was Sara's best friend and partner. He grew madly in love with Sara, but his feelings were unrequited. A demon came to Earth and entered Jake's body, possessing him while he was wounded defending a weakened Sara. While in a coma he was placed in a hospital. When he awoke in issue No. 100, he was possessed by a god-like demon that had entered his body. The demon was bent on destroying the world to remake it into a hellish kingdom with him as ruler. Sara drove the demon's influence out of his mind, but Jake committed suicide to ensure that he could never return.

Lisa

Daughter of Maria, a deceased friend of Sara's. Sara promised Maria that she would keep an eye on Lisa. She makes her living as a model.