to lure him. He also meets a past Darkness wielder named Aram, also known as the Foreigner, who explains that the Sovereign has been manipulating Jackie from the start and that both his soul and the Darkness are still within him, merely repressed by his will and desire to be free of the Darkness's influence. Ignoring the Foreigner, Jackie follows the woman and finds himself facing against a resurrected Djinn created by a shaman specifically to kill Darkness wielders. Finding the Djinn to be virtually invincible, Jackie is guided to strangle the woman to death with her own ribbon, breaking the curse of the Djinn and freeing the woman from her eternal servitude. Jackie is confronted by Aram, who further intimidates him into finally summoning the full power of the Darkness once again. Aram disappears, leaving Jackie with the realization of the Sovereign's manipulations and fully intent on revenge with full control of his powers. Seeking Revenge, Jackie attacks the Sovereign, chases him away from his base and conquers it for himself. He finds a list of statues of the Sovereign; to destroy all of them he gathers a crew of thieves, smugglers and fighters, beginning with Leonard Kim, one surviving member of the Sovereigns mercenaries. During this campaign he confronts a swamp monster guarding a temple. Later he has to deal with the US army guarding Fort Knox and escapes from a team of hunter killers of the government - with the help of an army officer who decides, that Jackies abilities should not be replicated. After that he walks in a trap a Russian mafioso build for him with the help of a traitor in his own team, luring him with images of his sister Capris; he escapes from a machine that feeds on his magic energy. Next, he has to deal with a second traitor in his team, mob accountant Regis Tyne, a sleeper agent of a fanatical human Angelus army - who decides not to kill Jackie because there could be worse bearers to the Darkness, without the elements of conscience and loyalty he sees in Jackie, but is killed in the next instant by a surprised Jackie who thinks he has to react fast. He revives the agent with the help of the Darkness, now controlling him, hears his story and let him continue as part of the crew. In the last confrontation with the