Darkhold

The Darkhold, also known as the Book of Sins, the Book of Spells, or the Book of the Damned, was a book of spells containing transcribed dark magic based on ancient engravings carved by Chthon. Only two copies of the Darkhold have surfaced in recent times.
For years, the legend of the Darkhold drove countless people to seek its content and knowledge, including Johann Schmidt, Daniel Whitehall, and Nick Fury. In 2012, a copy of the Darkhold was finally found by Joseph and Lucy Bauer, although the Darkhold corrupted them along with Eli Morrow, who tried to kill his co-workers to take the book for himself. Five years later, after Morrow's demise, the book was used by Aida and Holden Radcliffe to upgrade the Framework virtual reality, which was used to trap several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Aida used the Darkhold to create herself a human body using Dark Matter, pitting her against Ghost Rider, who helped S.H.I.E.L.D. defeat her before taking the book back to the Dark Dimension. The Darkhold was eventually retrieved by Morgan le Fay in an attempt to merge the Dark Dimension with Earth. However, she was stopped by the Runaways and PRIDE, who used the book to imprison her in the Dark Dimension.
Another copy of the Darkhold was owned by Agatha Harkness. For hundreds of years, Harkness used the Darkhold to enhance her powers and keep at bay those who sought revenge against her. In 2023, Harkness brought her copy of the Darkhold with her to Westview in order to amplify her powers so she could manipulate the Westview Anomaly without being noticed. It was later taken by Wanda Maximoff, who began studying it. 
Eventually, the Darkhold's influence took over Maximoff, corrupting her mind and making her believe that the only way to see her twin sons again was to find them in the Multiverse. This led her into a conflict with the Masters of the Mystic Arts, led by the Sorcerer Supreme Wong and Doctor Strange. Initially, the Darkhold was destroyed by Sara Wolfe who sacrificed her life to do so, leading Maximoff to force Wong to take her to Mount Wundagore, the site of the Darkhold Castle where the Darkhold was transcribed. After unleashing her ferocious rampage, Maximoff eventually broke out of the book's influence. She then used her powers to destroy the Darkhold and every version of it within the Multiverse to stop it from influencing anyone else.
==History==
===Origins===
Due to its dark nature, the Darkhold was believed by some to have roots in the Dark Dimension, but what is known for certain is that the Darkhold was transcribed from Chthon's dark magic which was carved into the walls of a castle at the top of Mount Wundagore. The Masters of the Mystic Arts were aware of this transcription. Two visually distinct copies of the Darkhold are known to exist.
A copy of the Darkhold, adorned with an ambigram that read 'Darkhold' from both directions, was crafted from dark matter. It was said to contain infinite knowledge, and it was originally owned by Morgan le Fay, who claimed it to be hers.
Another copy of the Darkhold was made in the early days of bookmaking with peculiar elements such as metal and stones. It also featured an obscure illustration of Yggdrasil on its cover. It was a powerful grimoire full of Eldritch magic,‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’: Demystifying the Darkhold and Book of Vishanti and it served as a higher-level dark-magic power totem.WANDAVISION'S CREATIVE TEAM DISCUSSES THE DARKHOLD, THE SCARLET WITCH, AND FAN THEORIES It had a full chapter dedicated to the myth of the "Scarlet Witch." Among its many spells, in its back pages,‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’: The Cost of Dreamwalking and Incursions the Darkhold contained a spell that allowed a sorcerer to possess their alternate selves in other universes.
===Search for the Darkhold===
Over the course of history, many individuals searched for the Darkhold, including Red Skull, Daniel Whitehall, and Nick Fury. During the search for the book, S.H.I.E.L.D. created a file on it, including a draft based on an ancient description of the book's design.
The Masters of the Mystic Arts were also aware of the book's existence and its connection to the demon Chthon. They also knew that the Darkhold corrupted everything and everyone that it touched, and it was a magical object to be afraid of.
===Ambigram Cover Copy===
====Discovery====
In the 21st century, Lucy and Joseph Bauer found one copy of the Darkhold in the basement of its former owner's home, who had killed the previous owner of the book, and opened it. When Lucy touched it, she discovered she could read the text in English, whereas when Joseph touched it, he could read it in German. As she studied the Darkhold, Lucy became obsessed with it.
====Momentum Labs====
The Darkhold helped Joseph Bauer in building the Quantum Particle Generator in Momentum Labs in order to help him allegedly create matter out of thin air, when in truth the machine was siphoning energy from another dimension. The engineer of the project, Eli Morrow, desired the book for himself. He tried to reason with Joseph to give him the book, but he refused to give it to him. One day, Morrow put all the Momentum Labs workers inside the machine in order to kill them and take the book for himself.
Morrow personally attacked Joseph, but the latter refused to tell him where he had hidden the Darkhold, so he put him into a coma. Unbeknownst to Morrow, Bauer and three of her co-workers Hugo, Frederick, and Vincent transformed into spiritual entities, contained within the special boxes that were created with the Darkhold's knowledge. Years later, Lucy visited Joseph and snapped him out of his coma to get the current location of the Darkhold.
====Targeted by S.H.I.E.L.D.====
Upon heading back to where the Darkhold was found by her and Joseph, Lucy found herself unable to read it in her current state. In order to get the Darkhold read, she and her remaining ghosts Hugo and Vincent had to infiltrate South Ridge Penitentiary in order to spring Eli Morrow from his prison. Lucy was successful in her mission at the cost of Hugo and Vincent who were taken out by Ghost Rider. At the Pasadena Momentum Laboratory, after killing the security guards there, Lucy had Eli touch the Darkhold and the text appeared before them in Spanish.
With the knowledge of the book, Morrow managed to rebuild the Quantum Particle Generator in an abandoned Roxxon Corporation power plant. As S.H.I.E.L.D. stormed into the building, Phil Coulson found the Darkhold unguarded. He asked Melinda May to bring it back to the Quinjet and hide it. Following Coulson and Leo Fitz's sudden vanishing, May thought about using the Darkhold to save them. She tried to explain this to Alphonso Mackenzie, but he tried to talk her out of it, claiming that Coulson had stated that the book was dangerous.
In the Playground, May showed Holden Radcliffe the Darkhold and asked him to read it in order to save Coulson and Fitz from being dragged to Hell. Radcliffe read the book but immediately closed it, saying that it was too much knowledge for a human mind. May, however, still tried to convince him to use the knowledge; however, it was Radcliffe's android assistant, Aida, who volunteered to read the book. With the knowledge she received, Radcliffe built for her the Inter-Dimensional Gate and Laser-Coupling Gloves, which helped her bringing Coulson and Fitz back to Earth.
====Targeted by Holden Radcliffe====
While reading the book, Holden Radcliffe noticed a way to prevent death. The idea had corrupted him and he developed an obsession for the Darkhold, causing him to betray S.H.I.E.L.D.. As part of his plan to steal the book, he programmed Aida to appear as if she had become self-aware via reading the Darkhold as well as taking Melinda May hostage and replacing her with a Life-Model Decoy.
Radcliffe planned that Aida would be seen as though she wanted to steal the book for herself. At the same time, Director Jeffrey Mace hid the book in his office and cloaked it, as Mace and Phil Coulson figured out that it was for the best that the Darkhold be destroyed. Radcliffe then initiated his plan, as Aida attacked the base and stole the book. However, Aida was destroyed by Alphonso Mackenzie, and Coulson retrieved the Darkhold in the process.
Coulson then brought the book to Billy Koenig, who had passed it to his brothers. When LT Koenig returned it to Billy, he hid it inside the Labyrinth. The Watchdogs, assisted by Radcliffe, tried to take the book, but were stopped by S.H.I.E.L.D. However, LMD May took the book and brought it to Radcliffe. Anton Ivanov wanted to use the book to kill both Inhumans and Coulson. Ivanov then briefly read the book, which gave him the answer to use Radcliffe in order to fight the Inhumans. Radcliffe later also read the Darkhold.
====Aida's Plan====
Under Holden Radcliffe's request, Aida used the Darkhold to improve the Framework so it would be a virtual world. With the knowledge provided by the Darkhold, Aida created a full Life-Model Decoy body for the severely wounded Anton Ivanov. While Ivanov's head was inside a jar, his brain controlled the body remotely.
The Darkhold showed Aida how to accomplish her ultimate goal: to become a human being. Using the Quantum Batteries, Aida could create for herself a human body, so she would no longer be chained to Radcliffe's protocols. Leo Fitz designed for her the machine inside the Framework (known as "Project Looking Glass") and Ivanov's men built it on his oil platform. Aida successfully created a living body with Inhuman abilities.
Ivanov told Aida that with the help of the Darkhold, they could ensure that the real world would become its replica in the Framework. Due to Aida's creation, a rift in Hell was created. The Spirit of Vengeance inside Robbie Reyes wanted to retrieve the Darkhold to Hell and kill Aida. Reyes passed to the other side and returned to Earth and came after the book. Aida managed to escape with the Darkhold before the Ghost Rider could get his hands on it. Later on, Ivanov, controlling LMDs of himself and Sergei Mishkin, brought the Darkhold to the International Inquiry Committee and told the attendees to read the book, intending for it to corrupt their minds to make them follow his anti-Inhuman crusade.
However, Ghost Rider managed to steal the Darkhold before that could happen. Afterwards, though Reyes asked to take the Darkhold, Phil Coulson asked that he wait, since he intended to use the book in order to lure Aida into a trap. Thus, Coulson held the book close to him when he returned to the Playground. When Aida came for him, having been fooled by Fitz into thinking he was planning to use the Darkhold against her, he revealed himself to be possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance and used its power to destroy her. Afterwards, Coulson handed the book to Reyes, who then opened a portal to Hell and took the Darkhold with him, thereby ensuring that it could no longer corrupt any more innocent lives.
====Used by Morgan le Fay====
The Darkhold was eventually acquired by Morgan le Fay, who planned to use the knowledge contained in the ancient book to conquer the Earth. It became le Fay's most prized possession, as she had a connection with it. Having escaped from the Dark Dimension, le Fay stored the book at the Essex Tower Hotel.
Le Fay took the Darkhold to the ritual room, where a ceremony was held to induct Nico Minoru into her Morgan le Fay's Coven of witches. The Darkhold was opened by le Fay during the ritual, with Minoru getting curious about the book. The next morning, Minoru asked Bronwyn for information about the book.
====Doorway to Darkness====
In order to rescue Alex Wilder, Nico Minoru had planned to steal the Darkhold from Morgan le Fay to cast the spell required to return to the Dark Dimension. She and her mother Tina infiltrated the Essex Tower Hotel to retrieve the book. When Tina freed Robert from le Fay's Crow Necklace spell, he offered to help his wife and daughter in the search for the grimoire. Robert successfully located the Darkhold in a secret room.
While Robert was using his WizGlasses to record the necessary pages to help Nico to access the Darkhold's spells, including a page with the phrase "doorway to darkness", le Fay sensed that he had found the book. Once Robert finished recording the necessary pages, he tried to run from the secret room with the Darkhold. However, le Fay immediately teleported to Robert and took the book from him. Angry at the Minoru family's attempt to steal the Darkhold, le Fay mentioned her connection to the Darkhold and how sacred the book was before killing Robert with her powers.
Robert, in his final moments, gave his WizGlasses containing a video of the Darkhold to Nico. At the Hostel, Nico used the content of the book to cast a spell with the Staff of One. However, instead of opening a portal to another dimension, the spell from the Darkhold caused the appearance of two young people: Cloak & Dagger. While explaining her mission, Nico showed the recorded footage of the Darkhold to Cloak and Dagger. The spell from the Darkhold was useful after all: using Cloak's powers, the Runaways and Cloak & Dagger teleported to the Dark Dimension and rescued Wilder.
====Banishing Morgan le Fay====
When PRIDE united with the Runaways to stop Morgan le Fay's grand plan to merge the Dark Dimension with Earth, Nico Minoru revealed to Tina Minoru that Robert Minoru had recorded pages of the book on his WizGlasses. Using the contents from the book, Tina started working on a banishing spell while Nico and the other kids were fighting le Fay at the Hostel. Joining the battle, Tina cast a powerful spell from the Darkhold and successively banished le Fay from the Earth.
====FitzSimmons' Illusion====
During a recreation of the shared memories of Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons induced by the Chronicoms, Fitz realized that the book a child version of Simmons wanted him to read from was an illusion of the Darkhold. Fitz, who remembered that the book was dangerous as it had been involved in the creation of the Framework's fascist world, immediately rejected the book, calling it "very poorly written".
===Agatha Harkness' Copy===
====Receiving the Darkhold====
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====Westview Anomaly====
In November 2023, Agatha Harkness brought the Darkhold with her when she went to Westview, New Jersey to investigate the Westview Anomaly created by Wanda Maximoff. The book enhanced Harkness' powers allowing her to manipulate the Anomaly without being noticed. 
When she and Maximoff eventually came to blows, Harkness revealed the book to Maximoff and explained to her that there was a whole chapter on the "Scarlet Witch" in it. She then revealed the blackened fingers that she had due to the Darkhold's corruption and used dark magic from the book to fight Maximoff.
====Studied by Wanda Maximoff====
The Darkhold was then taken by Wanda Maximoff, who wanted to study it, hoping to learn more about her true power. After fleeing to a cabin, Maximoff learned about the Astral Dimension and mastered astral projection. She studied the book while her physical body performed other menial tasks. Sometime later, while studying the book, and learning about the Multiverse, Maximoff heard the voices of her children crying out for their mother, and proceeded to slam the book shut in alarm.
====Scarlet Witch's Multiversal Madness====
=====Influencing Wanda Maximoff=====
Throughout the remainder of 2023 and into 2024, Wanda Maximoff's mind became corrupted by the Darkhold which allowed her to learn more about the Multiverse and how to see other universes using the book's spells. Once she saw that her children existed in alternate universes and lived happy lives, she became obsessed with reuniting with them and finding a way to live in an alternate universe where they lived. During her studies, she learned of America Chavez, a supernatural being who had the ability to travel through the Multiverse. Maximoff used the Darkhold to summon inter-dimensional beings to find and capture Chavez.
When Maximoff learned that Chavez had entered her universe and encountered Doctor Strange, she prepared herself for Strange's visit by putting away the Darkhold and using her magic to change her living space into a lush plantation full of apple trees and sheep. Strange arrived and spoke with her, but she accidentally gave away that she knew of Chavez and admitted that she was the one who tried to capture her. She then unveiled her illusion and summoned the Darkhold. Strange recognized it and asked what it had done to her. Maximoff told Strange that the Book of the Damned only showed her the truth, but he told her that she what she was planning on doing was a violation of natural law. Dismissing his warnings, Maximoff then ordered Strange to return to Kamar-Taj and hand over the girl peacefully while dematerializing the Darkhold to carry it with her.
=====Siege of Kamar-Taj=====
When Wanda Maximoff laid siege on Kamar-Taj and cornered Doctor Strange, Wong and America Chavez, Maximoff justified her actions and manifested the Darkhold to show Strange how her kids existed in every other universe in the Multiverse.
=====Dreamwalking=====
Having arrived on Earth-838 after escaping Wanda Maximoff, Doctor Strange and America Chavez were greeted by Baron Mordo who welcomed them into the New York Sanctum. Inside, Mordo explained that there was a Darkhold in his universe too and revealed that he guarded it in the Sanctum. He later commented on how it contained a spell that allowed someone to dreamwalk into another universe, something that was deemed a desecration of reality. When Strange asked if Mordo knew about the Book of Vishanti, Mordo revealed it was the Darkhold's antithesis and that it could indeed be used to fight Maximoff. However, due to his experience with his Doctor Strange and the Darkhold, Mordo betrayed Strange and Chavez, using the Sands of Nisanti to knock them unconscious.
Meanwhile, Maximoff used the Dreamwalking spell to project her consciousness into her alternate self from Earth-838, possessing her body.
=====Destruction of the Darkhold=====
While Wanda Maximoff was Dreamwalking, Sara Wolfe used her dagger to stab the Darkhold and destroy it. The destruction of the book caused Wolfe to be burned to death along with it. Hoping that there was a way to recover it and use its spells, Maximoff attacked Wong and demanded that he revealed to her where she could find another copy of the Darkhold. After torturing some sorcerers, Wong finally revealed that the Darkhold was a copy of Chthon's magic which was carved into the walls of the Darkhold Castle on Mount Wundagore. Maximoff then forced Wong to take her to the mountain. There, she used the Dreamwalking spell once again to successfully possess her alternate self from Earth-838.
=====Battle at the Darkhold Castle=====
Doctor Strange, who was possessing his alternate self's corpse, fought Wanda Maximoff who was at the Darkhold Castle trying to take America Chavez's powers. Strange realized that the only way to defeat Maximoff was to show her what she had become and encouraged Chavez to try to harness her powers and fight Maximoff. During their brief duel, Chavez decided to give Maximoff what she wanted and opened a portal to the Vision Residence on Earth-838 where Billy and Tommy Maximoff were watching television.
Upon noticing her arrival, the Maximoff twins got scared of Scarlet Witch and ran into their mother's arms. Maximoff broke out of the Darkhold's corruption when she saw them rejecting her. Wanda Maximoff from Earth-838 noticed what her alternate self had been trying to do and consoled her by telling her that she would take care of the twins and that they would be loved. Once she returned from Earth-838, Maximoff decided that nobody should be influenced by the Darkhold again and that it was her duty to destroy every single version of the book in the Multiverse. She used her chaos magic to achieve her goal which caused the Darkhold Castle to collapse on top of her, seemingly killing her.
===Destroyed===
In the wake of Maximoff's actions, every copy of the Darkhold was destroyed throughout all of existence.
===Alternate Universe Versions===
====Earth-838====
During the Infinity War, Doctor Strange resorted to the Darkhold in order to find a way to defeat Thanos. He discovered the Dreamwalking spell and used it to navigate into other universes. Unfortunately, Strange inadvertently caused an Incursion, which led to the entire destruction of another universe.
Strange eventually renounced the influence of the Darkhold, which was handed to the Illuminati. Together, they found the Book of Vishanti and used it to defeat Thanos. To avoid any further consequences, Strange was willingly executed by Black Bolt. The Darkhold was then given to Mordo who guarded it inside the New York Sanctum, vowing to never let the dangerous book fall into the wrong hands. Strange's actions were kept a secret from the public, with only the members of the Illuminati and Christine Palmer knowing the truth.
====Sinister Strange's Darkhold====
Following Christine Palmer's wedding, Doctor Strange returned to his home in a fragile emotional state. Due to a lack of closure, Strange turned to the Darkhold with the intention to finding a universe where he was happy with Palmer. However, he found out that multiple versions of himself were just as unhappy as he was. As the Darkhold begin corrupting his mind, Strange decided to do his alternate selves a favor by killing them, something that he considered mercy. His dreamwalking actions eventually led to an Incursion between his universe and another universe which eventually led to his universe turning into a desolate reality where Strange remained as the only survivor.
During their escape from the Illuminati Headquarters, Doctor Strange, Christine Palmer, and America Chavez went to the dimension where the Book of Vishanti was hidden. However, they were ambushed by Wanda Maximoff who was possessing her alternate self from Earth-838. Maximoff then destroyed the Book of Vishanti and used Chavez's powers to send Strange and Palmer to another universe. They eventually found themselves in a reality that was being destroyed by an Incursion.
Strange and Palmer looked for the New York Sanctum of that reality. Once there, Strange entered the Sanctum and discovered an alternate version of himself whose mind had become corrupted by the Darkhold, which he had used to dreamwalk in several universes to find one where he was happy with Palmer, eventually causing the Incursion that was destroying his reality. Sinister Strange told Strange that he kept possessing his alternate selves and started killing them after seeing that none of them were with Palmer. Sinister Strange then showed Strange that using the Darkhold had caused him to develop a third eye. Strange told his sinister counterpart that he needed the Darkhold to communicate with his universe. Sinister Strange agreed to lend the Darkhold to Strange if he let him have the Palmer from his universe. When Strange refused, saying she would never agree to such a deal, they both got into a fight for the Book of the Damned.
During their fight, Strange used musical notes around the Sanctum and turned them into attacking spells, which managed to break Sinister Strange's locket that contained the Darkhold. Strange then tried to reach to the book, but Sinister Strange used his dark magic, which he obtained thanks to the Darkhold, to fight him off with ease. Strange then trapped all of his musical note spells in a powerful energy ball and used it to blast Sinister Strange, who flew out of the New York Sanctum to his death.
Now in possession of the Darkhold, Doctor Strange realized that the only way to stop Wanda Maximoff was by dreamwalking into his universe. This was met with criticism by Christine Palmer, who remembered how her universe's Strange had made a similar decision and doomed an entire universe. Strange told her that she was right, but clarified that America Chavez needed him and that he could not save her without Palmer's help. Palmer reluctantly agreed to help Strange by protecting his body from the Souls of the Damned, who would attack Strange for trespassing into another universe by possessing a dead version of himself.
====Disappearing from the Multiverse====
As a result of Wanda Maximoff's actions, every version of the Darkhold in the Multiverse was destroyed.
==Capabilities==
The Darkhold was able to corrupt its reader, thus creating a dangerous obsession over itself. A person who had used the Darkhold for a long time may not want others to even touch it. Even a brief skim through the book can corrupt the reader's mind, like in the case of Holden Radcliffe, who, despite recognizing the danger the book posed and not even attempting to read it properly, allowed himself to betray his friends simply to regain possession of the book. Abiotic beings, such as the Life-Model Decoy Aida, could also become corrupted if they read the book. The Darkhold could even corrupt people who have yet to read it; an example is Eli Morrow, who attempted to murder his Momentum Labs coworkers after learning the capabilities of the machine they were building.
The extended use of the dark magic filled within the Darkhold not only caused deep corruption to the user's soul, but it also latched on to their biggest fears and desires, amplifying them to such an extent that they almost turned insane, as shown when Maximoff became mentally unstable due to the Darkhold's influence. The way the Darkhold corrupted people manifested in different ways.
The Darkhold's corruption of its user could only be broken through their own conscience and sheer will, with guilt acting as a counter to break it, as shown with Maximoff and Radcliffe.
===Ambigram Cover Copy===
The Darkhold contained infinite knowledge; it contained spells, formulas, information on how to create machines to harness energy from other dimensions, and even coding. In the case of one copy of the Darkhold, most of the time, its pages were blank, there have been certain occasions when the reader had immediate access to its content; for example, when Robert Minoru opened the book to find the spell to access the Dark Dimension. When the pages were blank they could be read when they entered in contact with the reader, the dark book read the reader and adapted to them by showing the information that they were looking for, featuring instructions to make their desires come true, written in the language the reader would fully understand. The instructions that came from the book could guide the reader to their ultimate goal by showing them how to build items, some of which harness energy from other dimensions. Therefore, even brilliant scientists, like Leo Fitz, could not understand how the creations worked. It cannot be read by beings trapped between the Hell Dimension and the Earth Plane as the ghostly Lucy Bauer could not read it. 
The Darkhold had a special connection with beings who are related to the book itself, dark matter, the Dark Dimension, and dark magic. When Aida built herself a body with the knowledge of the Book of Sins, she used dark matter in the process, which was felt by Ghost Rider who decided to exterminate Aida and return the Darkhold to Hell, where it "belonged". Morgan le Fay considered the Darkhold to be her book of spells and part of herself, due to her strong connection with the grimoire. Le Fay could even feel when it was used by others.
===Agatha Harkness' Copy===
The copy of the book owned by Agatha Harkness was written in prophecy language.'WandaVision' secrets revealed: The missing Doctor Strange cameo, a goofy 'Growing Pains' reference and the 'Contact' connection The Darkhold was able to amplify the user's magic, as shown with Harkness. The Salem witch used the book as an amplification totem, which allowed her to break into the reality known as the Hex. Therefore, she was the only person unable to be controlled by Maximoff and was able to manipulate the course of events of the reality without being noticed. Harkness was able to hold her own against Maximoff due to her Darkhold-increased powers. However, this was not enough to overpower Scarlet Witch. The book also amplified Scarlet Witch's magic to such a high-extent that she was able to easily seize Kamar-Taj and defeat all of the sorcerers present there during the Siege of Kamar-Taj, besting the likes of the Sorcerer Supreme Wong and Doctor Strange. The book not only amplified someone's magic, but could also alter it, as seen with Sinister Strange's magic, giving it a purple color, which tended to be related to dark magic users such as Harkness. While not common, the Darkhold could also be used as a weapon, as Sinister Strange used it to deflect Doctor Strange's spells.
Among its other capabilities, the Darkhold enabled its user to visualize and see other universes, as shown when Maximoff used the Darkhold to navigate the Multiverse in order to find universes in which she had her twin boys. Through the use of the Darkhold, the user could also summon beings to attack their enemies in other universes, a spell which Maximoff used to summon the Ribboned Creature and Gargantos to capture America Chavez for her. Perhaps the book's most dangerous and deadly power that transcended boundaries of universes was providing its user the ability to dreamwalk in other universes. If the user dreamwalked in a universe for too long they could cause an Incursion between their universe and another universe, which could result in the complete destruction of one or both universes, as shown when Sinister Strange's pursuit of dreamwalking with his Darkhold caused the complete destruction of his universe.
When the book was in possession of Harkness, a master of the dark arts, she was able to teleport the book from her basement into her presence and then return it without any effort, something that Maximoff was also able to do. Despite the short amount of the time that a person used the Darkhold, it still could permanently corrupt the user upon use, as shown when Doctor Strange developed a third eye on his forehead after using the book to temporarily dreamwalk. Due to its prolonged use, and in specific cases, the Darkhold's effects caused its user's fingertips to acquire a black color, looking like rotten flesh, this happened to Harkness, Doctor Strange, and Maximoff, but not to Sinister Strange.
==Known Inventions==
*Quantum Particle Generator: It was created by Lucy Bauer and Eli Morrow. Morrow then used the machine on himself to gain the power to channel quantum energies from the Dark Dimension in order to create matter. He even stated that he was becoming a "God", though this was never seen.
*Quantum Batteries: Created by Joseph and Lucy Bauer, the batteries harnessed quantum energy from another dimension. A larger Quantum Battery was created by Eli Morrow.
*Inter-Dimensional Gate: Created by Aida and Holden Radcliffe, the machine opened a gate to other dimensions.
*Laser-Coupling Gloves: Created by Radcliffe, the gloves summoned energy from other dimensions.
*Quantum Brain: Created by Aida, it was made out of light and powered the Life-Model Decoys.
*Improvement of the Framework: It was done by Holden Radcliffe and Aida. They developed the Framework from a training program for S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to a fully immersive global virtual reality.
*Life-Model Decoy Body: It was created by Aida. Anton Ivanov's brain controlled the body remotely as it functions as Ivanov's body.
*Project Looking Glass: A project created by Madame Hydra and The Doctor in the Framework which was then built by Anton Ivanov's men on his oil platform in the real world. Aida then used it to create a living body with Inhuman abilities for herself.
*Corvus: A type of mobile phone created by Morgan le Fay and engineered by Wizard used to enthrall its user so they could be part of le Fay's army.
==Alternate Versions==
Origin 	Status 	Creators	Owners	Users
Cerebral Fusion Machine 	Destroyed	- 	- 	-
Illuminati Assembled 	Destroyed	- 	- 	Stephen Strange †
Variant Killer Strange 	Destroyed	- 	- 	Stephen Strange †Stephen Strange
Witches' Road Recreation	Inactive 	- 	- 	-
==Appearances==
Appearances for the Darkhold
==Trivia==
*In the comics, the Darkhold is the ultimate dark grimoire, a collection of all evil spells in existence that was gathered by the Elder God Chthon. Pages of the Darkhold were copied into the Book of Cagliostro. It had different designers across time such as Morgan le Fay and Paolo Montesi. The Darkhold has also had different copies of it spread around the world, as well as different designs.
*The cover of the Darkhold in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Runaways features an ambigram, which makes the writing on it read "Darkhold" from both directions. This design was changed for WandaVision.
==Behind the Scenes==
*Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness co-producer Richie Palmer toyed with the idea that the Darkhold and Book of Vishanti's destruction could tamper with the integrity of the Multiverse stating: "There was one pure source of good, the Book of Vishanti, [...], and one pure source of evil, the Darkhold. At the end of the movie, Wanda destroyed the Darkhold in all universes. Does that mean there is only one well of good in all of the Multiverse, and one well of evil, and Wanda cut off the links to both of them? The hole that leaves going forward, who knows what that can bring?".
===Continuity===
The re-introduction of the Darkhold to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness brought continuity inconsistencies to both Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Runaways.
In its fourth season, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. introduced the Darkhold into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The mythos established by the show was later summarized in the Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season Four. Executive producer Jeffrey Bell explained that incorporating the Darkhold was their way of tying into Doctor Strange, adding that he believed that the "Darkhold feels like it belongs in the library in Kathmandu."Agents of SHIELD EPs on the Season 4 Midseason Finale, Ghost Rider In 2019, VFX supervisor Mark Kolpack confirmed that the intent was for the Darkhold to be "part of that whole series of books that Doctor Strange and his comrades were caretakers of."Breaking Down the Agents of SHIELD FX with VFX Supervisor Mark Kolpack However, this connection was never explicitly addressed by the show, the guidebook, nor Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season Four Declassified. Later that year, Runaways featured the Darkhold in its third season, using the same design as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to strengthen its ties to other MCU properties. In Runaways, the book was suggested to have origins linked to the Dark Dimension (a connection also explored in the ABC series) and Morgan le Fay, who claimed it as her own.
For WandaVision, co-executive producer Mary Livanos proposed the idea of incorporating the Darkhold.WANDAVISION'S CREATIVE TEAM DISCUSSES THE DARKHOLD, THE SCARLET WITCH, AND FAN THEORIES Head writer Jac Schaeffer revealed that they did not consider its previous appearances in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. nor Runaways when deciding to include it in WandaVision,WandaVision Head Writer Jac Schaeffer On Changes, Endings, and Vision's Beautiful Words (Exclusive) instead considering only the story they wrote for the Disney+ series.Jac Schaeffer Interview: WandaVision She later added that other Marvel projects "would [probably] tell more" about the Darkhold outside of what was seen in WandaVision. Despite this, director Matt Shakman said he would imagine the Darkhold from WandaVision was the same book that appeared on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. since both series were part of the Marvel Universe.Matt Shakman Interview: WandaVision
Although Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. established that the pages of the Darkhold were blank and adapted to whoever read them, both WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness disregarded this detail, as the iteration featured in both Marvel Studios' projects was decided only considering how it worked in the comics rather than in its previous iterations in the Marvel Television series. WandaVision prop designer Russell Bobbitt noted that the Darkhold "went through many iterations of design" and to create the final look they had help from the team working on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Coincidentally, Bobbitt also said that it was important the book looked "like a book from the Kamar-Taj Library" which was also intended by Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. creative team. Furthermore, the film expanded the lore behind the Darkhold revealing the grimoire to be a copy of Chthon's dark spells that were carved in Mount Wundagore, which does not line up with the origin implied in both Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Runaways.
In the first episode of Agatha All Along, Rio Vidal informed Agatha Harkness, "That witch is gone, and all the copies of the Darkhold with her", possibly suggesting that there were multiple copies. It is revealed in the third episode that Harkness acquired the Darkhold by exchanging her son Nicholas Scratch for it. It is implied in the second episode that Harkness possessed the book for hundreds of years, thereby rendering the iteration seen in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Runaways irreconcilable with the one from WandaVision, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Agatha All Along. Consequently, the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki deems that the version depicted in the series represents a distinct copy.
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