Lukhavim

LUKHAVIM

Membership: Unnamed

Base of Operations: Hell

First Appearance: Hellblazer #181 (April, 2003)

Powers: The Lukhavim possessed demonic strength, sharp claws and were covered in spikes. They could seperate souls from their corporal forms, attack souls and devour them. They were vulnerable to consecrated ground.

History: (Hellblazer #181) - The Lukhavim were demons created by warping dead souls, and given the task of destroying the souls of others. Mobster and magician Domine Fredericks was killed by John Constantine, and as an act of revenge Frederick's friends summoned the Lukhavim. They took John's friend Chas and his family hostage to bait the magician. John had the protective ward ogf Hermes on his body, but the Lukhavim circumvented this by removing his soul from his body and chasing it. After a game of cat and mouse he led them to the former site of Bedlam, where the souls of madmen attacked the demons. The demons made short work of them, and John knew using them as a distraction was a jerk move, but he really cared about his own survival. Bedlam was on consecrated ground, and two of the Lukhavim were forced back to Hell. The third didn't want John dead, he just said he had a message to deliver. He gave a cryptic clue about a hound at the gates, and John remembered that Frederick's had nightmares about a hound.

Comments: Created by Mike Carey & Jock.

The Lukhavim had a cameo in Hellblazer #183.