Dire Wraiths


Dire Wraiths
Continuity:	Marvel Universe
Category:	Alien
Status:	Existing
Homeworld:	Wraithworld
Stellar system:	Dark Nebula
Sub-groups:	Nazgoth Wraithknights
Representatives:	Fantasia; Most High One; Volx
Affiliations:	Deviants; Skrulls
Enemies:	ROM; Spaceknights

The Dire Wraiths are a fictional alien race featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are associated with the ROM ongoing comic book series, but have also fought up against other heroes in the Mighty Marvel Universe including the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men. They first appeared in ROM #1 in December, 1979.

Description[]

Dire Wraiths are an offshoot of the Deviant breed of Skrulls. Having severed ties with their Skrull forbearers, they retreated to the Dark Nebula where they established a new home for themselves - Wraithworld. The Dire Wraiths developed into a matriarchal society that focused on sorcery. The female Dire Wraiths were grotesque flabby corpulent masses of flesh with a proboscis extending from the mandible designed for establishing a parasitic relationship with their prey. The male members of the species, more slender in size, focused their attention on science over sorcery.

The greatest threat to the Dire Wraiths were the Spaceknights. Led by their champion, Rom of Galador, they waged a prolonged and extensive war across numerous battlefields in the cosmos, including Earth.