The Dark Raiders began as a small group of Infernalists from the Order of Stygia who had failed a mission from Set and were ordered put to death. They escaped and eventually found a new patron, one who hated Set and wanted to supplant him.

Arkhansas was appointed their leader and began recruiting other dark mages and organizing their group. However, he remembered how often the Order was attacked and defeated by powerful supernatural heroes and wondered how to avoid their notice. One night he watched a feature on Justice Anonymous and their latest adventure, the defeat of a cadre of the Fifth Reich who had attempted to cripple New York’s Port Authority. He had a startling insight. For the first time he saw these new superheroes for what they truly were. In the superheroes’ aliases, he saw the sorcerer assuming a name to protect his true one, the essence of his being, from his enemies. In the iconography of their costumes, he glimpsed the occult geometries and symbols he had mastered over the last century and a half. In their forthright and unyielding moralities, he recognized the universal principles and archetypes they embodied. In their superhuman powers, he remembered the stories of lost ages such as the kingdom of Atlantis at its height, when men wielded power enough to rival the gods. In these emerging superheroes, as well as their superhuman nemeses, Arkhanses saw the occult hiding in plain sight unnoticed by the sheep who dwelt in the mundane world.

He discovered a way to hide the Dark Raider's purpose and evil intentions. They hired mercenaries and the disenfranchised en masse and set them up as supervillains who base their powers on stolen technology. While the decoy group would keep the superheroes and law enforcement busy the inner circle of Infernalists could go about their real plans.

The Public Team

The Real Dark Raiders

Enemies