Lilith was aware of Strange's plans and sought to break apart the Sons before they fully came together she dispatched a Lilin to poison Morbius, making him susceptible to her control, and also tricked the Nightstalkers into attacking Ghost Rider. The Midnight Sons were composed of Ghost Rider (Daniel Ketch) Johnny Blaze the pseudo-vampire Morbius the Nightstalkers (a group of mystic-hunting heroes that included Blade, Frank Drake and Hannibal King) and the Darkhold Redeemers (Louise Hastings, Victoria Montesi, and Sam Buchanan) who were focused on destroying the ancient tome of evil known as the Darkhold and its physical embodiment, the Dwarf.
After Lilith freed herself from the belly of an ancient beast known as the Leviathan, Strange began manipulating certain heroes, knowing that Lilith would ultimately seek to rip open the walls between the Earthly dimension and the one where her children resided. the Nine) to serve as mankind's first line of defense against the Mother of Demons, Lilith, and her children, the Lilin. In recent years Doctor Strange gathered a loose-knit confederation of mystically powered heroes (a.k.a. the Spirits of Vengeance) opposed the demon Zarathos. Prior to the fall of Atlantis, the Order of the Midnight Sons (a.k.a.
