History CainAndAbel / ComicBooks

** In ''ComicBook/AquamanNew52'', it's only somewhat of an example. Orm isn't portrayed as outright evil, and the two actually get along pretty well, but once Orm decided to attack the surface, it became this. The reboot also made it a case of WeUsedToBeFriends, where the two are portrayed as having been very close as teenagers.

* ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} frequently faces off against his evil brother Orm, the Ocean Master.
** In the New 52, it's only somewhat of an example. Orm isn't portrayed as outright evil, and the two actually get along pretty well, but once Orm decided to attack the surface, it became this. The reboot also made it a case of WeUsedToBeFriends, where the two are portrayed as having been very close as teenagers.

%%* ComicBook/BlackPanther and his adopted brother, White Wolf.
* Pakrat the thief and his brother Rident Oly the intergalactic police officer in ''ComicBook/AtariForce''.
%%* Paul and Bob Saetta in ''ComicBook/BackToBrooklyn''.

** Since his resurrection, [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Jason Todd]] has repeatedly attacked his adoptive brothers [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] and Tim Drake. It came to the point that in ''Battle for the Cowl'' he actually tried to kill them.

** In the ComicBook/New52, [[spoiler:Owlman is (supposedly) Thomas Wayne Jr., Bruce's brother]].
** In one story in the ''Batman Black and White'' motion comics, one of Harvey Dent's many, many attempts to become sane again is ruined because his plastic surgeon fiance had a psychotic twin sister who was even crazier than Two-Face.
** Barbara Gordon and her brother James Gordon Jr. have this dynamic, as Barbara is the plucky superheroine ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} who also acts as MissionControl for the entire superhero community under Oracle, while James is a murderous psychopath with sociopathic tendencies who actively enjoys torturing others: Case in point, in ''ComicBook/BatmanTheBlackMirror'', James attempted to murder Barbara by driving knives into the arteries in her legs and then pulling one out himself. He also set his sister up and gave her away to The Joker in ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''.
%%* Rose and her sister, from the epic adventure ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' by Jeff Smith.
* Kalibak, son of [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]], is the adopted brother of Mister Miracle, the biological brother of Orion, and an enemy to them both. And in the same vein, Darkseid murdered his own brother, Drax, to get the Omega Effect and take over Apokolips.
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' has Ellie & Warda. Half-sisters, who duel for the Deadpool name. Warda is the younger sister but is the Cain. She says she hates Wade because of her inheritance and face, having inherited his scars. But later comments hint it was more. At one point, Warda punches Ellie and claims she had everything. She eventually delivers a fatal blow to her, unaware of Ellie's HealingFactor. As Wade grieves, Warda asks would he cry for her if she was killed instead. Ellie heals and returns to the fight -- to Warda's anger. Wade breaks them up to reprimand Warda on the unnecessary war and she points at Ellie, telling him to lecture the family he wanted. Wade straightens her out by admitting that he didn't want any of them and that they all just happened.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'', [[spoiler:Snow White and Rose Red]] are descended from a line of powerful female magic users. Each generation of the family has been doomed to suffer from this because their power [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne can only be inherited by one person]]. Many generations have tried to avert the trope by not fighting or not having children. So far, nothing's worked. Their mother tried to avert it in multiple ways and failed each time. First by abstaining from the conflict, which failed when her remaining sister hunted her down anyway and she was forced to kill her in self-defense (though it's also implied she planned this all along). Then she resolved to die without bearing any children by remaining single for life, which failed when she fell in LoveAtFirstSight with a man who wandered onto her home by complete accident (implied to be destiny at work to propagate the curse). Finally, she resolved to only have ''one'' child, [[spoiler:which failed when she gave birth to twins Snow and Rose.]] Learning all of this convinces [[spoiler:Rose Red]] that a fight to the death with her sibling is inevitable. Since she's also convinced that she would lose in a fair fight, she also resolves to fight dirty...

* ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} and his older brother Trickshot. Trickshot even impersonated his brother during his time with the ComicBook/DarkAvengers, just to piss him off.
* [[BarbarianHero Skaar]] and [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Hiro Kala]], the twin sons of [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]]. Hiro-Kala wanted to kill Skaar, and then himself, to finally destroy the Old Power they inherited from their mother, as he believed it would eventually destroy the universe. Main problem was that he was going to do this by crashing a Mars-size planet into Earth to destroy both worlds, in his words "sacrificing billions to save trillions."
* The Marvel versions of Hercules and Ares are bitter rivals throughout their comics histories. In ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'', ComicBook/{{Ares|Marvel}}' primary reason for despising Hercules is said to be his anger that mortals favoured Hercules over him, despite all the benefits (fame, power, empire) that war brings. But he overlooks the bad things of war (death, destruction, fear and often a heavy poverty)
* Black Bolt, leader of ComicBook/TheInhumans, and his brother Maximus "the Mad". Maximus blames big bro Blackagar for causing his insanity and killing their parents (which, in fairness, was an accident that happened when Black Bolt found out Maximus was covertly working with the Kree), and dedicated himself to killing and [=/=] or overthrowing him. On occasion, however, Maximus has taken time off, but he often ends up reverting to type. He ''is'' mad, after all.
* ComicBook/JudgeDredd and his brother, Rico. Dredd arrests Rico after he goes rogue. Twenty years later, Rico comes back for revenge and Dredd is forced to kill him.
%%* Lightning Lad/Live Wire and Lightning Lord in ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''.
%%* ''ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire'': Luke Cage and his brother Coldfire.
%%* ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'' has the friendship version of this between Luke Cage and Davos/Steel Serpent.
* J'onn J'onnz, the ComicBook/MartianManhunter, also had his share of troubles with his evil sibling Malefic, who was responsible for [[GenocideFromTheInside wiping out the entirety of their species]], before J'onn tossed him into the sun.

* ComicBook/TheMightyThor's archenemy is his adopted brother, [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]].

* Though it's never established if they're blood siblings or not, John Doe and Alfie O'Meagan from ''ComicBook/NthManTheUltimateNinja'' are same-age infants who were found and raised in the same orphanage. The series centers around John's efforts to stop Alfie from destroying the world.
* A one-shot ''ComicBook/RatQueens'' features siblings Broog and Voon. As the older Broog is required to inherit leadership of the tribe, but doesn't want it. Voon is jealous of the opportunity and mounts an attack to both eliminate the competition and demonstrate his ability.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' and associated titles feature Dreaming versions of the original Cain and Abel. Abel is harmless, but Cain feels driven to [[ResurrectiveImmortality repeatedly]] murder him. Furthermore, Cain [[HypocriticalHeartwarming won't stand for anyone else harming Abel]]. These versions of the characters are originally from DC's '70s horror titles. In said '70s titles, this is {{averted|Trope}}: they're a pair of {{Horror Host}}s and quite chummy.

%%* ComicBook/ShangChi and his adopted brother, Midnight Sun.

* ''ComicBook/{{Starman}}:'' The Silver Age version. On the planet Kranaltine, if there are two siblings alive when the current emperor dies, then to head off any case of siblings arguing over who gets the crown, the older one naturally gets it... and the younger is summarily thrown out into space. Problem solved! Or maybe not in Prince Gavyn's case, since he wasn't ''planning'' on killing his big sis in the first place, and was kind of miffed.

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'': In Joe Kelly's run, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s father Zor-El hated his brother Jor, and sent Kara to Earth to kill Jor-El's infant son. Or he just didn't get on with his brother, and knew that Kal-El would "infect" Earth with evil spirits from the Phantom Zone. Or something. It does not matter anyway because it was retconned out.

** "ComicBook/SupergirlsBigBrother": Subverted. Supergirl is introduced to her adoptive brother Jan Danvers, who lets drop that he would love having powers like her. In spite of her misgivings, Kara comes to believe she can trust him to use super-powers responsibly, so she gives him a power-granting pill...and Jan commits theft within one hour. Supergirl cannot believe her own brother would commit crimes, but she then decides to run a background check, discovering that the real Jan Danvers is dead. She is dealing with a fraud who is not her brother, adoptive or otherwise.

** In ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'', Joel Kent, who was prenatally stripped of his Kryptonian superpowers by Gold Kryptonite exposure, was the Cain to his sister Kara's Abel, and in the same Biblical fashion ended up killing her when he got superpowers.

* Ulic and Cay Qel-Droma from ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi''. There isn't any SiblingRivalry until their master is killed and Ulic's attempt to become a FakeDefector results in him ''actually'' falling to the dark side and becoming the Sith Lord Exar Kun's NumberTwo. Nevertheless, Cay stubbornly believes that there's still good in his brother and tries to talk him back even after Ulic shoots his starfighter down. [[spoiler:He's...sort of right -- Ulic kills him in a lightsaber duel, and promptly turns back out of remorse.]]
* Anyone who's a fan of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon knows that ComicBook/{{Starfire}} and her sister Blackfire are enemies... Their hatred for each other is a ''lot'' worse in the comics--and much more tragic, as it basically boils down to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Blackfire being treated like a monster for something that happened on the day she was born and ultimately snapping]] and lashing out at her sister, one of the few who loved her but was given her birthright, until she started hating her back.
* Starfox and [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] the Mad Titan. Their father forced them to agree to meet once every thousand years on peaceful terms in the hopes that they would eventually stop fighting altogether. So far they haven't.

* Tomoe and her EvilCounterpart Noriko from ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo''.
* Heroic trucker Ulysses Solomon Archer and his villainous brother the Highwayman from Marvel's short-lived toy tie-in comic ''U.S. 1'' (and now officially part of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse).

* ''ComicBook/XMen'' has a number of examples.

** ComicBook/{{Cable}} and his brother/clone Stryfe.

** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] aren't brothers ''per se'', but they were both products of the Weapon X project, and at one point it was (wrongly) believed Sabretooth was Wolverine's father. Creator/ChrisClaremont has suggested that Sabertooth being Wolverine's father ''was'' the original plan.

** [[Characters/WolverineSupportingCharacters Daken]] and ComicBook/{{X 23}} can be added to the list, being the son and daughter of Wolverine. Daken is what Wolverine is trying to make sure X-23 does NOT end up like him.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Spider-Man with his clones [[Characters/MarvelComicsScarletSpider Ben Reilly]] and Kaine, who were sort of brothers. Ben and Peter managed to work it out just in time for Ben to die. Kaine however was unfriendly and confrontational for a very long time.

** Aquaman's wife ComicBook/{{Mera}} also has an enimity with her sister Hila.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' had [[Characters/MarvelComicsScarletSpider Ben Reilly]] and Kaine, who were sort of brothers. Ben and Peter managed to work it out just in time for Ben to die. Kaine however was unfriendly and confrontational for a very long time.

** Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}} and her sisters, especially Adrienne whom she shot to death after Adrienne's actions led to Synch's death.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' had [[Characters/MarvelComicsScarletSpider Ben Reilly]] and Kaine, who were [[CloningBlues sort of]] brothers. Ben and Peter managed to work it out just in time for Ben to die. Kaine however was unfriendly and confrontational for a very long time.

** "ComicBook/SupergirlsBigBrother": Subverted. Supergirl is introduced to her adoptive brother Jan Danvers, who lets drop that he would love having powers like her. In spite of her misgivings, Kara comes to believe she can trust him to use super-powers responsibly, so she gives him a power-granting pill...and Jan commits theft within one hour. Supergirl cannot believe her own brother would commit crimes, but she then decides to run and background check, discovering that the real Jan Danvers is dead. She is dealing with a fraud who is not her brother, adoptive or otherwise.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' had [[Characters/MarvelComicsScarletSpider Ben Reilly]] and Kaine, who were [[CloningBlues sort of]] brothers. Ben and Peter managed to work it out just in time for Ben to die. Kaine however was unfriendly and confrontational for a very long time.
* ''ComicBook/{{Starman}}:'' The Silver Age version of Starman had an interesting version of this. On the planet Kranaltine, if there are two siblings alive when the current emperor dies, then to head off any case of siblings arguing over who gets the crown, the older one naturally gets it... and the younger is summarily thrown out into space. Problem solved! Or maybe not in Prince Gavyn's case, since he wasn't ''planning'' on killing his big sis in the first place, and was kind of miffed.

** During a brief period in [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 the early '00s]] that was thankfully swept away by ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s father Zor-El hated his brother Jor and sent Kara to Earth to kill Jor-El's infant son. Or he just didn't get on with his brother and knew that Kal-El would "infect" Earth with evil spirits from the Phantom Zone. Or… look, never mind, [[AuthorsSavingThrow it's gone]]!

** In ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'', Joel Kent, who was prenatally stripped of his Kryptonian superpowers by Gold Kryptonite exposure, was the Cain to his sister Kara's Abel, and in the same Biblical fashion ended up killing her when he got superpowers.

* This happens in ''ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader'' with [[spoiler: Morit betraying and pushing his sister Aiolin into a lava pit after [[UngratefulBastard she just saved his life]], leaving it down to ''Vader himself'' of all people, who can very much [[Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith relate]], to pull her out and deliver a MercyKill]].

** Barbara Gordon and her brother James Gordon Jr. have this dynamic, as Barbara is the good-hearted superheroine ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} who is loyal to the Bat-Family and after getting paralyzed by Joker, acted as MissionControl for the entire superhero community under Oracle, and James is a murderous psychopath with sociopathic tendencies who actively enjoys torturing others, while also having an obsession with The Joker in the New 52: Case in point, in ''ComicBook/BatmanTheBlackMirror'', James attempted to murder Barbara by driving knives into the arteries in her legs and then pulling one out himself. He also set his sister up and gave her away to The Joker in ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''.

* ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'': Barbara Gordon and her brother James Jr.: In ''ComicBook/BatmanTheBlackMirror'', James attempted to murder Barbara by driving knives into the arteries in her legs and then pulling one out himself. He also set his sister up in [[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 2012]] story arc ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''.

** There's also the human Graydon Creed and his mutant half-brother [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler]].

* ComicBook/{{Arawn}} and his brothers have an extremely murderous rivalry caused primarily by the [[TheCorrupter machinations]] of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Cauldron of Blood]], promising [[ManipulativeBastard ultimate power to all of them simultaneously if they backstab each other]]. It's so intense that [[BlackAndGrayMorality it's hard to figure out which of the brothers were the good and evil ones]]. The biggest one driving the series is between Arawn and his [[BigBrotherBully eldest brother Math]], who becomes so insanely jealous of his possession of the Cauldron that he [[IHaveYourWife kidnaps Arawn's wife]], [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forces her to marry him and carry his child]], while [[WouldHurtAChild he kills Arawn's own son]]. At the end, [[spoiler:their beef is cut short when Math is killed by someone else, but after [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Arawn becomes a God of the Underworld]], he makes sure that [[FateWorseThanDeath his brother is eternally tortured for his terrible crimes]]]].

* [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] and her brother James Jr.: In ''[[ComicBook/BatmanTheBlackMirror The Black Mirror]]'', James attempted to murder Barbara by driving knives into the arteries in her legs and then pulling one out himself. He also set his sister up in [[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 2012]] story arc ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** Since his resurrection, [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Jason Todd]] has repeatedly attacked his adoptive brothers [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] and [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]]. It came to the point that in ''Battle for the Cowl'' he actually tried to kill them.
** [[TykeBomb Damian]] also has this toward [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim]], reasoning that he would have to kill the then-current Robin to get Batman's respect. He's undergone some CharacterDevelopment since then, but there still isn't much brotherly love between him and Tim, and for some time he regularly sabotaged Tim's equipment in ways that would probably kill those without the type of training Tim has.

%%* Black Bolt, leader of ComicBook/TheInhumans, and his brother Maximus "the Mad".

** Now [[Characters/WolverineSupportingCharacters Daken]] and ComicBook/{{X 23}} can be added to the list, being the son and daughter of Wolverine. Daken is what Wolverine is trying to make sure X-23 does NOT end up like.
** [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Colossus]] and his (now currently deceased) brother Mikhael Rasputin. His relationship with his little sister [[ComicBook/{{Magik}} Illyana]] is only slightly better: Colossus is fiercely protective of her to the near detriment of every other aspect of his life, but she's a soulless demonic being (who nonetheless still loves Colossus as much as a soulless demonic being is capable of love). Eventually, Ilyana forced Colossus to understand that she isn't the same innocent little sister he loved by manipulating him into suffering demonic possession as the new Juggernaut. When Colossus learned the truth, as well as the fact that Ilyana could have freed him at any time, he vows to kill her if they ever meet again. Ilyana is disturbingly pleased by this.

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' and associated titles feature Dreaming versions of the original Cain and Abel. Abel is harmless, but Cain feels driven to repeatedly murder him. Furthermore, Cain won't stand for anyone else harming Abel. These versions of the characters are originally from DC's '70s horror titles. In said '70s titles, this is averted: they're a pair of {{Horror Host}}s and quite chummy.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** During a brief DorkAge in [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 the early '00s]] that was thankfully swept away by ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s father Zor-El hated his brother Jor, and sent Kara to Earth to kill Jor-El's infant son. Or he just didn't get on with his brother and knew that Kal-El would "infect" Earth with evil spirits from the Phantom Zone. Or… look, never mind, [[AuthorsSavingThrow it's gone]]!

--->'''Tsavo:''' "You attacked our parents, Roho! I'll have your '''hide''' for that!"
** Subverted in ''ComicBook/StrangersAtTheHeartsCore''. Lesla-Lar has deluded herself into believing that her hated foe Supergirl is her twin sister whom she wants to see destroyed for being "their parents'" favorite daughter; but as Kara puts it, it is all in her head since they ''cannot'' possibly be sisters.

* ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'': One of the comic series has Lady Mordiel, who is Graciel's sister and Amethyst's aunt. She wants to kill her sister and adopt her niece as an heir so she can have all the magic power of House Amethyst for herself.

* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' has Ellie & Warda. Half-sisters, who duel for the Deadpool name. Warda is the younger sister but is the Cain. She says she hates Wade because of her inheritance and face, having inherited his scars. But later comments hint it was more. At one point, Warda punches Ellie and claims she had everything. She eventually delivers a fatal blow to her, unaware of Ellie's HealingFactor. As Wade grieves, Warda asks would he cry for her if she was killed instead. Ellie heals and returns to the fight -to Warda's anger. Wade breaks them up to reprimand Warda on the unnecessary war and she points at Ellie, telling him to lecture the family he wanted. Wade straightens her out by admitting that he didn't want any of them and that they all just happened.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]] and ComicBook/CaptainBritain are twin superheroes, and their older brother Jamie Braddock is an insane reality-warper who flip-flops between loving sibling and insane supervillain. Eventually, [[spoiler:Psylocke mind-controls Captain Britain into killing Jamie, in order to prevent his future self from destroying the multiverse]]. This rather sours their family relationship. In a less clear-cut example, at one point Psylocke killed Captain Britain's evil double from an alternate dimension after he tried to rape her.

** Characters/{{Juggernaut}} '''Cain''' Marko and step-brother [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Charles Xavier]].

** [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Colossus]] and his (now currently deceased) brother Mikhael Rasputin. His relationship with his little sister [[Characters/{{Magik}} Illyana]] is only slightly better: Colossus is fiercely protective of her to the near detriment of every other aspect of his life, but she's a soulless demonic being (who nonetheless still loves Colossus as much as a soulless demonic being is capable of love). Eventually, Ilyana forced Colossus to understand that she isn't the same innocent little sister he loved by manipulating him into suffering demonic possession as the new Juggernaut. When Colossus learned the truth, as well as the fact that Ilyana could have freed him at any time, he vows to kill her if they ever meet again. Ilyana is disturbingly pleased by this.

* The Marvel versions of Hercules and Ares are bitter rivals throughout their comics histories. In ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsOlympians Ares]]' primary reason for despising Hercules is said to be his anger that mortals favoured Hercules over him, despite all the benefits (fame, power, empire) that war brings. But he overlooks the bad things of war (death, destruction, fear and often a heavy poverty)

** During a brief DorkAge in [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 the early '00s]] that was thankfully swept away by ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s father Zor-El hated his brother Jor, and sent Kara to Earth to kill Jor-El's infant son. Or he just didn't get on with his brother and knew that Kal-El would "infect" Earth with evil spirits from the Phantom Zone. Or… look never mind, [[AuthorsSavingThrow it's gone]]!

* Ulic and Cay Qel-Droma from ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi''. There isn't any SiblingRivalry until their master is killed and Ulic's attempt to become a FakeDefector results in him ''actually'' falling to the dark side and becoming the Sith Lord Exar Kun's NumberTwo. Nevertheless, Cay stubbornly believes that there's still good in his brother and tries to talk him back even after Ulic shoots his starfighter down. [[spoiler:It doesn't work -- Ulic kills him in a lightsaber duel. It's only after that when Ulic turns back out of remorse.]]

%%* Lightning Lad/Live Wire and Lightning Lord in ''ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}''.

** Aquaman's wife [[Characters/{{Aquaman}} Mera]] also has an enimity with her sister Hila.

* Anyone who's a fan of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon knows that ComicBook/{{Starfire}} and her sister Blackfire are enemies… Their hatred for each other is a ''lot'' worse in the comics-and much more tragic, as it basically boils down to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Blackfire being treated like a monster for something that happened on the day she was born and ultimately snapping]] and lashing out at her sister, one of the few who loved her but was given her birthright, until she started hating her back.

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Tony Stark has an older brother, Gregory Stark. Initially, it was a SiblingRivalry that proved Stark that there's AlwaysSomeoneBetter. All their life, whatever Tony did, Gregory did it as well, and better and bigger. Including wealth and inventions. But then he took one more level: he wants to replace Stark (and, by extension, the Ultimates and ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}) as the ultimate line of defense of humanity, which means taking them all down. Meaning, go into full supervillain mode.

* ComicBook/{{Arawn}} and his brothers have an extremely murderous rivalry caused primarily by the [[TheCorrupter machinations]] of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Cauldron of Blood]], promising [[ManipulativeBastard ultimate power to all of them simultaneously if they backstab each other]]. It's so intense that [[BlackAndGrayMorality it's hard to figure out which of the brothers were the good and evil ones]]. The biggest one driving the series is between Arawn and his [[BigBrotherBully eldest brother Math]], who becomes so insanely jealous of his possession of the Cauldron that he [[IHaveYourWife kidnaps Arawn's wife]], [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forces her to marry him and carry his child]], while [[WouldHurtAChild he kills Arawn's own son]]. At the end, [[spoiler:their beef is cut short when Math is killed by someone else, but after [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Arawn becomes a God of the Underworld]], he makes sure that [[FateWorseThanDeath his brother is eternity tortured for his terrible crimes]]]].