Only Circe and Papa Midnite remained in the Witchcraft Squad.
Circe was the main course and had to be saved for last, slowly prepared. As for Papa Midnite, he was the weakest, so Starfire had merely been assigned to stall him.
The facts proved that this decision had been correct. A shaman from the Mediterranean Sea was no match for an alien princess.
After all, Starfire had once been a Titan. She had participated in the early campaigns against The Spectre and Eclipso. Even if she had only been there to make up the numbers, her experience and perspective were still there.
Su Ming had more or less figured out Circe's thinking when she assembled the Witchcraft Squad.
Grundy was the tank, Witch Boy provided knowledge and advisory services, Plant Master handled logistical support, while Papa Midnite's voodoo supplied the army of cannon fodder.
Yes, the skeletons and Zombies Maya's group had been facing all along were products of voodoo. Like their master's codename, these Voodoo Zombies could only exist at night.
Papa Midnite could summon far more Voodoo Zombies than other shamans, but the price was that he could only do so at night. These undead creations of his would dissipate upon exposure to sunlight.
That was the conclusion Su Ming had reached earlier atop the city wall by having Monark repeatedly turn the lights on and off.
Magic Prince had recognized the voodoo, while Su Ming had identified the pattern behind their appearances and disappearances. That was why Papa Midnite had actually been the first one confirmed as Circe's ally.
Only the small number of malformed monsters mixed into the sea of undead were Circe's witchcraft creations.
Papa Midnite and Constantine were sometimes enemies, sometimes friends; their relationship was highly unstable. He was an underworld boss, and his