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Brother Bloods Strength and Endurance ebb and flow with the number of followers he has.
It should be noted that Brother Blood is immune to Raven's soul-self due to his shawl's powers.
In his glory, Blood is a formidable opponent who is backed by a massive number of fanatical followers. He is an expert manipulator who feeds off of the faith of his members. Blood can act gentle and merciful, or be filled with righteous indignation. He loves to gloat over his helpless captives, and even if he is beaten, he manages to turn events to his own advantage.
Equipment: Prayer Shawl of Christ
This item which is reputed to be the prayer Shawl of Christ gives Brother Blood Immortality. Even without the Shawl, if Blood bathes in the pool of blood under his church in Zandia once a year he retains his Immortality.
Equipment: Battle Armor
EX body armor
Energy Blast IN
Talents: Martial Arts A, D, Melee Weapons, Leadership, Religion.
Contacts: Church of Blood.
First Appearance: New Teen Titans (first series) #21
The cult of Brother Blood is over 700 years old. It began when a Christian priest named Brother Sebastian came upon what may be the prayer shawl of Christ. Whatever it was, it gave him invulnerability and drastically slowed his aging process. In order to gain the shawl, Sebastian had to slay the priest that led the Crusade's armies to invade Zandia. With his dying breath, the rebel priest cursed Sebastian, saying that the son must slay the father before the father's 100th birthday. Ignoring the curse, Sebastian donned the mantle and declared himself Brother Blood. It was this Brother Blood who began the practice of bathing in blood.
There were seven Brother Bloods before the current one, who was born in 1941. The 20th Century Blood had the benefit of an Oxford education and extensive travels. He eventually returned to Zandia, slew his father, and became the new Brother Blood. Under his guidance, the Church of Blood grew to become a worldwide organization, with some members coming from prominent national governments. Brother Blood's desire and alleged destiny has always been to rule the world.
Blood ran afoul of the Titans when Cyborg's ex-girlfriend, Marcy Reynolds, tried to escape the local branch of the Church of Blood. There were several clashes with the Titans, including a campaign of false information, set-ups and dirty tricks, engineered with the help of church member Bethany Snow.
Snow used her job as a news reporter to offer horrendously slanted reports about the Titans, and to turn the tide of public opinion against them.
Brother Blood even managed to capture Dick Grayson and brainwash him, the result causing severe personality flaws in Dick for a long period of time. Raven was also captured by Blood and used to help in his phony "resurrection." The as-yet-unnamed winged man was recruited as well, and told that he was in fact Azrael, the angel that separated life and death. He, too, was used as a prop in Blood's "resurrection."
Eventually, Blood's reach exceeded his grasp. He added the revived Raven's powers to his own, but was defeated by the Titans, his mind destroyed in the battle. Azrael brought the shattered Blood to a monastery, where the would-be conqueror now lives an inoffensive life, seemingly unaware of his past actions.
Blood's mate, Mother Mayhem, pregnant with his heir, was captured by Wildebeest. The Titans rescued her, and the baby turned out to be a girl, implying that Brother Sebastian's curse has finally ended.
Recently, Brother Blood's followers have conspired to resurrect their leader. Blood's acolytes have summoned a new vessel to serve as the Bride of Blood - a body occupied by the Titan known as Raven.
At some point, The Titans team battled Brother Blood in Egypt. The events of this new ‘resurrection' remain a mystery at this time. Nightwing and his fellow Titans (Troia, Arsenal, Tempest, Flash, Argent, Damage, Starfire, Jesse Quick, Cyborg and Lilith) fought against Blood, who sought to somehow siphon the Titans powers to add to his own. Blood killed half the team, and the other half was placed in stasis in a tomb in Egypt.
In the far future, the Legion of Superheroes unearthed the Titans and they awoke in the 30th century. At the same time, Universo and Brother Blood teamed up in a bid to rule the universe, with Universo trying to orchestrate events to his own advantage. The Titans and the Legion were able to defeat the combined might of Universo and Brother Blood, while Saturn Girl and Lilith traveled to the past in astral form.
Saturn Girl and Lilith were able to help the Titans defeat Brother Blood in the ‘present' in Egypt. Their intervention altered the timestream, saving the slain Titans and preventing the chain of events that led to the Titans being put in stasis and Brother Blood's 30th century resurrection. Thus, the heroes' memories of the Titans/Legion team-up are no more than a foggy, half-remembered dream.
F- GD (10)
A- TY (6)
S- PR (4)
E- TY (6)
R- TY (6)
I- EX (20)
P- EX (20)
H- 26
K- 46
R- RM
P- 10
Powers: Mind Control GD
Talents: Guns, Leadership, History - Church of Blood.
Contacts: Brother Blood.
First Appearance: New Teen Titans (first series) #21
May Bennett was one of the worshippers of the Church of Blood and was chosen personally by the most recent Brother Blood to be his consort. Blood dubbed her "Mother Mayhem" and used her as his right-hand woman.
Mother Mayhem often went on missions for Blood, such as capturing Raven after Trigon's defeat. She carried Blood's child, and after Blood's church fell, May gave birth to a girl, Jessica.
May is currently on good terms with the Titans, especially after they rescued her from Wildebeest.
Mother Mayhem initially believed that Brother Blood is omnipotent. She is a hostile, cunning villainess, and is the only person besides Brother Blood who is aware of the Church of Blood's plans and schemes. May softened in the end, due to becoming a mother.
Equipment: Laser Pistol
TY range
TY damage
Talents: Guns.
