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The one - pellet prelude to DC ’s newSword ofAzraelmini - series just changed everything Azrael fan knew about his origins . Azrael , who once filled in for Batman , now police Gotham by dark while wreak in a hospice by 24-hour interval . But Azrael ’s up-to-the-minute opposite just revealed the avenging angel ’s deep - retiring connection to none other than Ra ’s al Ghul .
Azrael — otherwise known as the steadfastly spiritual Jean - Paul Valley — is most well - known for being a Batman filling - in during the nineties . ButAzrael ’s origins are much stranger than Batman ’s ; Valley was brainwash by the Christian group the Order of St. Dumas into believe he was God ’s avenging angel , Azrael . The Order is a fictional sliver group of the historical Knights Templar , who were dynamic during the Crusades . Most recently , Azrael has been work on overtake his more violent tendencies , as taught to him by the Order , while aligning himself with a more peaceable interpretation of Christianity . Ra ’s al Ghul , meanwhile , is the once - immortal keeper of the Lazarus Pits , which yield healing might and can help one annul end . Recently , a Lazarus Resin — a synthetic ingestible variation of the Lazarus Waters — has been developed , and is now being used around Gotham .
Currently , Azrael is larn even moreabout DC Comics ' version of the Knights Templar in the one - shotSword of Azrael : Dark Knight of the Soul#1 by Dan Watters , Nikola Cizmesija , Ivan Plascencia , and Ariana Maher . Azrael is accosted by a unusual opponent who promise herself the Poor Fellow , a callback to one of the historical names of the Knights Templar . In a flashback to 1152 , the Poor Fellow reveals the origins of her mantle — a mantle which predates Azrael , see as the Order of St. Dumas is a Templar sliver group . She tell the story of an ancient assassin who does not seem to dread death : a man under the leaders ofnone other than Ra ’s al Ghul . The Christian mathematical group sees this as utter blasphemy , vote out the assassin before he can reach a Lazarus Pit , and dedicate one of its knights to hunting down and destroy the Pits . Now , this contemporary Poor Fellow is in Gotham , seeking the Lazarus Resin in guild to demolish it , just like her forebears .
The innovation of the contemporary Poor Fellow complicates Azrael ’s already complicated pedigree even further . First , this historical Christian group has just been connect to Ra ’s al Ghul and the Lazarus Pits , further cementing Ra ’s ' impact on macrocosm history in the DC Universe . Second , and even more interesting , this firmly connects Azrael with Ra ’s and the Pits . Azrael was programmed by the Order of St. Dumas , which is a splinter mathematical group of the Knights Templar . If the Poor Fellow is one the original supernatural - orient Knights , and the Order split by after the Poor Fellow ’s creation , thenthe Poor Fellow mantle predates Azrael — meaning Azrael may well be modeled after the hapless Fellow build and the Lazarus Pit hunt .
The repercussions of this new connexion are yet to be seen , but hopefully they will play out in Azrael ’s current miniskirt - series , Sword of Azrael . In any showcase , with the introduction of his newest opposition , Azrael ’s origins have once again shifted , and he may have a brand new connection to the Lazarus Pits — and a brand Modern Christian - theme scourge in the Poor Fellow .
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