Belial took the direct route, serving as the court wizard of the despot Chadhandra, and fighting the Spectre when he came to kill the sultan. He told the lords they'd each get a chance to destroy Specter, with whoever succeeded being elevated in Hell's hierarchy. Lucifer assembled the lords of Hell, showing them the work of Spectre, the Wrath of God, and said his mission of bloody vengeance was nudging humans to stay on the straight and narrow out of fear. The Spectre carried out his mission for over a century. He found the souls of his family that Beltane was keeping, and freed them. Caraka became the Spectre, and tracked down and killed his killer Beltane, but her soul escaped his grasp. Kali told him he could reach Nirvana, but Caraka said he'd never belong there with such rage in his heart. Michael took the form of Kali, and appeared to the recently murdered Indian Caraka, who demanded vengeance not only for his own death, but for that of his wife and son. The blood of God was still fresh, so he'd introduce the Spectre to a different belief system. The Spectre-Force attacked Michael for getting in the way of his vengeance, but Michael overpowered him. Archangel Michael appeared to him, and told him that since the godhead took human form he demanded that hereafter all his aspects be bound to a human soul. When Jesus died on the cross Spectre returned from limbo, and brought the death with him, razing all in his path during the dies irae. When Jesus Christ was born the Spectre was exiled to Limbo, because God's mercy and wrath could not coexist. Spectre brought down the walls of Jericho. Moses had parted the nile for his people to pass, and when they were safe the Spectre drowned the Egyptians. Ramses released the Jews from enslavement, but as Moses and his people were leaving the pharaoh gathered his troops and pursued them. Nabu could not stand idly by, and fought the Spectre again, but was humbled. The Phantom Stranger informed Nabu that the final plague was the death of the Egyptian firstborn, and warned him that the murders would be carried out by the Spectre, so he was not to interfere in God's work. The Presence caused plagues to torment Egypt, but every time Ramses was ready to relent, his heart hardened and he refused to free the Jews. Moses came with a message from his god, and demanded the Jews be freed, but Ramses refused. Young Ramses became the new ruler of Egypt, and Nabu again caution restraint. Spectre, the Wrath of God, claimed the pharaoh's life, and even Nabu was not powerful enough to drive him away. Nabu cautioned the pharaoh against his harsh treatment of the Jews, whom he had made into slaves, but Ramses heart was hard, and had every male Jewish child drowned to reduce their population. (Spectre v3 #0)Ĭenturies later, in the time of the the Pharaohs, the Lord of Order Nabu came to serve as court magician to an Egyptian ruler after seeing Egypt as a beacon of order in a world of chaos. (Solomon Grundy v1 #1) God was said to had unleashed his wrath on Earth resulting in the Spectre destroying Sodom and Gomorroh. (Spectre v3 #60) Before the dawn of man, this Spectre was responsible for slaying a demon whose body came to reside in Slaughter Swamp. Though a heavy price, Aztar relented and he came the first Spectre with any trace of the demon being lost forever. Thus, no awareness of remnant of Aztar was to remain as it was to be called burnt out of him by the aspect of wrath. The angel decreed that it was God's judgement that he was to become a vessel to God's wrath whereby this aspect of God would claim his body. However, Aztar decided to repent for his actions and came before the Angel Michael in order to accept responsibility for his actions as well as any resultant punishment. (Spectre v3 #14) The first host of the Spectre-force was a demon by the name of Aztar who first sided with Lucifer in the rebellion against the Word. The Spectre was created by the Lord as another Spirit of Wrath more directly suited to God's anger and one to replace the fallen Eclipso.
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