Black Wing Clan

The **Black Wing Clan** is a race of transcendent demons who've featured in multiple Superstring Webtoons, such as "**Electronic Horror Store**", "**Terror Vs Revival**" and "**Blade of the Phantom Master**". They're characterized by their black wings and the way they feed on the desires of humans, often bringing death and destruction as a result. Some members of the race are the source of the White Cult.

## Background

A transcendent race based in Hell and located at the top of the pyramid hierarchy there. It is unclear how long they have existed and if they come from the same lineage. Regardless, they rule over the other demons and beasts and some members can easily summon other demons (i.e. Yak). Despite being able to travel between dimensions, most members of the clan require a human host to be able to exist in the human world as they do not possess an ego.

They can only manifest by merging with humans, thus the very evil in mankind is the medium which permits their existence. Similar to a demonic contract, once the contractor makes a wish and the wish is granted, the Black Wing Clan member gains freedom (i.e. Ajitae or Garmaldi). In short, in return for fulfilling human's dark desires, the Black Wing Clan are allowed into this world However, this may not be true for all members. Some are able to travel into the human world via different methods, i.e. Yak being sent by the Queen, Atrahasis using Yak's dimensional device, or the Queen, herself, is able to travel freely.

Furthermore, there are complete and incomplete members of the clan. Obeid Al-Dosari is mentioned as an incomplete being and Changhyuk Yoo tells him to consume the Willioza in order to become complete. Likewise, Garmaldi is also incomplete as Ajitae uses Garmaldi's feather to conjure black magic to transfer the curse of Wolhyang Kye to Munsu.

According to Changhyuk Yoo, the Black Wing Clan was involved in the founding of White. In fact there apparently a prophecy from the Black Wing Clans that points to a "Day of Advent", which apparently can be stopped by the "Prophets". This "Day of Advent" may refer to the end of the world. However, this is a bit confusing, as according to Atrahasis, the Queen of the Black Wing Clan came to an agreement with the Prophet (Prophets?) to establish only one future timeline in each dimension, ultimately ending in the destruction of the world, so that there would be no branching timelines, which would create more human desires for the Black Wing Clan to feed on. It is likely that that is reason that some of the Black Wing Clan members started White to create more human desires to feed on.

## Hierarchy and Members

It is unclear how strict a hierarchy they maintain. Nonetheless, it would seem that Hell is their origin and the Queen is the Monarch. Apart from the Queen and Yak, it is unclear the hierarchy of the other members. However, Yak in Terror vs Revival mentions that high-ranking members can see part of the future, thus inferring that at least Atrahasis is quite high ranked, or at least was. Based on that ability, Ajitae would also classify as a high-ranking member, as he, too, had some ability to foresee the future.

## Commonalities

### Common Characteristics

* **Black Wings** - all members of the clan are characterized by black wings, unless they have interfered with the human world and have had their wings ripped off as their wings are their source of power. However, there are members who have yet to display their wings: Eris, Diane, and the Queen.
* **Require a Contract** - most members require a human host to be able to exist in the human world as they do not possess an ego. They can only manifest by merging with humans, thus the very evil in mankind is the medium which permits their existence. Similar to a demonic contract, once the contractor makes a wish and the wish is granted, the Black Wing Clan member gains freedom. In short, in return for fulfilling human's dark desires, the Black Wing Clan are allowed into this world However, this may not be true for all members. Some are able to travel into the human world via different methods, i.e. Yak being sent by the Queen, Atrahasis using Yak's dimensional device, or the Queen, herself, is able to travel freely.
* **Low Body Temperature** - It is not clear if this is a characteristic of all Black Wing members, but when Deokman Jang tracks him with infrared, he is shown with impossibly low body temperatures.
* **Can be summoned** - Lou Ellus summons a Black Wing Clan that later enters into Garmaldi. Van, likewise, is able to summon three Black Wing Clan members: Shiva and two other unnamed members.
* **Their body parts can be used** - body parts of clan members can be used to conjure spells or create weapons (i.e. Willioza). However, it seems that if you use part of the wing (even a feather), it can cause an adverse effect on the Black Wing Clan owner of the wing (i.e. in the case of Garmaldi, he went insane and became susceptible to be consumed by Ajitae). If it is others parts of the body, there doesn't seem to be any adverse effects, such as Atrahasis giving his horn to Jungwoo Min.
* **Some names are not real names** - in the case of Obeid and Garmaldi, their names are most likely the name of the host. However, in cases of Atrahasis, Yak, Eris, these would probably be their original names. Not sure about Ajitae and Yuite. It may be coincidence, but most of the real names of the Black Wing Clan members just happen to be names from mythology.

### Common Power and Abilities

They are a very powerful race. According to Yak, they could potentially kill any living creature (organic being) with a single word (i.e. Ajitae), which is why Yak sends Suki to the Housekeeper dimension to find Hasty, who is an android, and thus not technically an organic being. However, that ability of instant-kill does not see prevalent in all members. Nonetheless, most members seem to have some if not all of the following abilities:

* **Mind-reading** - displayed by Ajitae, Yak (reading Yegun Choi's mind), Euitae Yoo (reading Jun and Munsu's mind). However, this ability seems to be active rather than passive.
* **Manipulation of Electronics** - both Yak and Obeid have shown the ability to interfere and damage electronic items, such as video cameras or speakers and even destroy any electronics connected to them. Yak is able to short-circuit electronics and even damage any electronics that are connected to it, such as Miho's screen that she is using to talk with Yak.
* **Consume Other Beings** - Ajitae ate Mosu Hae, Obeid ate the Bishop and Hwan Seok.
* **Teleportation** - apparently most members can teleport. Ajitae teleported to Munsu's camp, Obeid teleported through his shadow, Yak teleported out of the X-system building after Hwan convinced him to side with their team.
* **Clairvoyance/Foreknowledge** - high-ranked members have the ability to peer into the future, albeit imperfectly. Ajitae, Yak, and Atrahasis all have this ability.

### Common Weaknesses

* **Susceptible to physical damage** - most clan members in Blade of the Phantom Master seem to be susceptible to physical damage (i.e. Ajitae, Euitae, Garmaldi). However, not all physical damage has effect, for example, Yuite is shot in the head, but doesn't feel any pain. At the same time, Yuite, Ajitae, and Garmaldi were all killed off through sword slashes. It is not clear what kind of physical damage will take effect, and which will not. In the case of Obeid Al-Dosari, it seemed that no physical damage took effect, except that done by a half-prophet/prophet (Hwan Seok). Likewise, Atrahasis simply regenerated from physical damage, although he avoided Suki Kang's attack when her heavenly powers were activated.
* **Prophets** - In Terror vs Revival, it is revealed that the Prophets, are capable of defeating the members of the tribe and even imprison them, such as they did with Atrahasis and presumably Ajitae as well.
* **Other Clan members or weapons created from them** - as Changhyuk Yoo pointed out, though technically Prophets are thought to be the only intelligent beings to be able to defeat the Clan members, but if other clan members are involved, then it's a different story, such as when Jungwoo utilizes Project Willioza (which is made from samples of clan members) to weaken Obeid Al-Dosari.
* **Contract-based** - the clan members cannot interfere with most dimensions without a contract. If they interfere with human affairs, they will be punished by losing their wings which are their source of power. Yak had his wings ripped off by Diana because he interfered directly when the people were trying to behead Eris.

## Plot Overview

### Blade of the Phantom Master

This is the first work in which the Black Wings Clan appear. The first member to make an appearance is Euitae Yoo, who was mistaken by Munsu to be Ajitae. During Munsu's flashback to Fredenica, it is revealed that Garmaldi became a Black Wing Clan member through Lou Ellus' black magic. Likewise, Ajitae, the main antagonist and also Black Wing Clan member, makes various appearances and in the end reveals his demon form.

### Electronics Horror Store

Yak and his sister Eris are revealed to be a member of the Black Wings Tribe. However, by using his powers in the human world, his wings were removed by Diana under the order of the Queen.

### Terror Man Season 2

In the epilogue, Jung Woo encounters Atrahasis in the sinkhole in Ivan and Veronica's home, revealing Atrahasis being the source of Project Imagine's abilities.

### Island

In Terror vs Revival, it is revealed that Van can summon Black Wing Clan members and thus, Shiva, and Kali by association, are both Black Wing Clan members. Kali is summoned through various rituals, most likely related to black magic, which Shiva is directly summoned by Van without much effort.

### The Queens

In end of the series, the story fast-forwards to the time of Terror vs Revival where Suki and Lilia are hunting for demons related to the Black Wing Clan.

### Terror vs Revival

Yak and a new member, Obeid Al-Dosari appear. Atrahasis also makes a formal appearance, first through Jungwoo Min's body and then ultimately using Yak's dimensional portal, shows up with his real demon form.

## Trivia

* It is not clear if this a contradiction of the author but there is multiple of the same member in different dimensions. Such as main dimension Yak and Distant Sky dimension Yak in Terror Vs. Revival. Due to how omnipotent they are, and rivaled against the Prophets since beyond the eons, this seems to contradict their characteristics.

## Gallery

Yak seeing Eris being taken away 56.pngYak trapped in the field created by the Queen 56.pngQueen (Black Wing Clan)Queen (Black Wing Clan)AtrahasisAtrahasisObeid Al-DosariObeid Al-DosariShivaShiva
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## Navigation

1. ↑ Terror vs Revival, Ep. 44
2. ↑ Terror vs Revival, Ep. 36
3. ↑ Terror vs Revival, Ep.70
4. ↑ Terror vs Revival, Ep. 69
5. ↑ Terror vs Revival, Ep.77
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gashadokuro
7. ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+10%3A11-12&version=NIV
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Terror vs Revival, Ep. 24
9. ↑ Terror vs Revival, Ep. 44
10. ↑ Terror vs Revival, Ep. 55
11. ↑ Terror vs Revival, Ep. 55
12. ↑ Terror vs Revival, Ep. 22
13. ↑ Electronics Horror Store, Ep. 52