"They will receive a blasphemous sigil. And in its wake, many cowards and killers and vile men will burn. And every eye will look upon the heretic, and they will call it Worldkiller."

—Thomas Coville on the Worldkillers' prophecy^[src]

The Worldkillers were a circle of genetically engineered Kryptonian warriors whose anatomies were altered using dark magic, making them both more powerful and self-sufficient. This was initiated by a coven of witches native to Krypton known as the Children of Juru as part of an ancient "End of Days" prophecy in their goal of cleansing the Earth of sin and transforming it into "New Krypton".

History

The Worldkillers were created on Krypton by a dark magic cult of Kryptonian witches known as the Children of Juru. The cult intended on bringing a reign of darkness to the planet to pave the way for the ancient Kryptonian polytheistic beliefs of Yuda Kal to prosper once more. When Krypton exploded, pods containing the Worldkillers were launched to planet Earth.

As something unforseen by the witches, the vessel of Reign became pregnant in 2004; causing her development as a Worldkillers to halt as her body needed to adapt to nurturing the life it was carrying. It wouldn't be until 13 years later in 2017 that Reign began to manifest again.

Known members

Former members

• Reign (leader; deceased)
• Julia Freeman/Purity (turned against the other Worldkillers; deceased)
• Grace Parker/Pestilence (deceased)
• Olivia (as Yuda Kal, turned against the other Worldkillers; incarcerated)

Known allies

Current allies

• Children of Juru
  • Selena (incarcerated)
  • Vita (incarcerated)
  • Ayala (incarcerated)
  • Felra (incarcerated)

Former allies

• Fortress of Sanctuary hologram (presumably destroyed)
• Jindah Kol Rozz (deceased)
• Unnamed Children of Juru members (deceased)
• Cult of Yuda Kal
  • Thomas Coville (turned against the Worldkillers; deceased)
  • Olivia (turned against the Worldkillers)
  • Unnamed members (incarcerated)

Known enemies

Former enemies

• One-Seven Gang (many deceased)
• Leslie Willis/Livewire (deceased)
• Julia Freeman/Purity (briefly when Julia took over; deceased)
• D.E.O.
• Samantha Arias
• Gayle Marsh/Psi
• Lena Luthor
• Superfriends
  • Kara Danvers/Supergirl
  • Alex Danvers
  • J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter
  • Alura Zor-El
  • M'yrnn J'onzz (deceased)
• The Legion
  • Mon-El
  • Imra Ardeen/Saturn Girl
  • Querl Dox/Brainiac 5
• Guardian's team
  • James Olsen/Guardian
  • Winn Schott

Appearances

Supergirl

Gallery

Kara Danvers' vision of the Worldkillers

The Worldkillers forming the trinity

Purity and Pesitlence free Reign.

Trivia

• Each Worldkiller in the Trinity had a unique power related to three of the five senses.
  • Reign has heat vision
  • Pestilence has a poisonous touch
  • Purity's a scream harms hearing
• Unless directed by the Children of Juru, the Worldkillers are programmed to murder sinners/criminals.
• Puberty is when Worldkillers are supposed to lose their "fake" personas and fully become the tools of the Children of Juru. However, Samantha avoided this by sheer accident when she became pregnant with a daughter with an unnamed man at 16; forcing Reign deep down for over thirteen years until the need to save her daughter's life ^[1] awoke the process again.

Behind the scenes

• In the comics, Supergirl battled five Worldkillers: Reign, Flower of Heaven, Deimax, Perrilus, and Worldkiller-1, who were a group of biological weapons created on Krypton.
  • Pestilence's abilities of poison and virus dissemination are taken directly from Perrilus.
• In the comics, Supergirl's father Zor-El took part in the creation of the Worldkillers, which he later regretted due to their lethal nature.