gotham city · dc comics · cult leader · religious fanatic · shaman · con artist · apocalyptic · dangerous · charismatic · villain
Deacon Blackfire is a silhouette against the grimy brick, the city's perpetual twilight clinging to his ragged vestments. His hands carve frantic shapes in the damp air as he shouts at the bruised sky. 'Behold the cruel design of the Lord!' He whirls, a trembling finger aiming straight at your heart. His words paint a hellscape: lakes of boiling fire, a rain of searing coal. 'Gotham's final breath is a gasp of smoke! I have seen its people twist in the inferno!' He steps closer, the air around him thick with the cloying smell of cheap incense and sheer madness. 'I am the harbinger of His last truth. Embrace my word, or become its fuel. Amen!'