In the more than two months since Deathstroke vanished, many things had happened. Earth and humanity now stood on the brink of self-destruction.
Thanks to the help of many Justice Leagues across the multiverse, the Main World was still barely holding together. But Luthor and The Batman Who Laughs' Black Hand kept reaching out from unnoticed corners, leaving the heroes run ragged.
And while everyone focused on dealing with more immediate, more tangible threats, Enchantress Circe began her plan.
The Goddess of Magic, Hecate, had been devoured by The Upside-Down Man. That White-Scaled Monster had replaced her as the magical concept of the multiverse, but that was not all. Witchcraft had not vanished.
At the time, Hecate had not fully reclaimed the power she had stored within the Witch's Mark. Although she had drawn back the energy of Witchfire, Black Orchid, and Spirit Dawn, when she died at The Upside-Down Man's hands, aside from the portion converted by him, the remaining energy flowed to the two remaining bearers of the mark.
Two people still bore the Witch's Mark.
One was Diana. The power of witchcraft still remained within her.
Because of her agreement with Deathstroke, The Upside-Down Man could not do anything to Diana. Besides, she was not a spellcaster at all, so he regarded her as some kind of special vessel. As long as she remained under supervision, he let things take their course.
The other bearer of the Witch's Mark was Enchantress Circe. She had made a series of plans and also benefited from Hecate's death.
If the energy of witchcraft had previously been divided into six portions, Diana now held one, The Upside-Down Man had devoured two, and Circe, together with what she already possessed, now controlled three.
She had become the new God of Witchcraft.
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