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| - The Pah-wraiths were noncorporeal energy beings who shared an antithetical relationship with the so-called Prophets of Bajoran religion, equivalent to "demons" in Earth mythology. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- The Pah-wraiths typically took the form of fire spirits (from which they got their name). Other than that, they were virtually identical to the Prophets. They could induce visions in corporeal beings, appearing as familiar figures as the Prophets did in such visions. However, the Pah-wraiths in such visions acted smugly, whereas the Prophets displayed very little emotion. (DS9: "'Til Death Do Us Part") They were vulnerable to high levels of chroniton radiation. This was discovered in 2373, when a Pah-wraith took over the body of Keiko O'Brien and attempted to destroy the Prophets by firing a chroniton beam directly at the Bajoran wormhole, only to be foiled and destroyed by Keiko's husband, Miles O'Brien. (DS9: "The Assignment")
- According to Bajoran texts, at some point millennia ago, the Pah-wraiths became enemies of the Prophets, and were banished from the wormhole to the Fire Caves on Bajor. Bajoran texts also record the Pah-wraiths as being "false Prophets". (DS9 episodes: "The Assignment", "The Reckoning", "Tears of the Prophets", "Shadows and Symbols", "'Til Death Do Us Part", "Strange Bedfellows", "What You Leave Behind")
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| - The Pah-wraiths typically took the form of fire spirits (from which they got their name). Other than that, they were virtually identical to the Prophets. They could induce visions in corporeal beings, appearing as familiar figures as the Prophets did in such visions. However, the Pah-wraiths in such visions acted smugly, whereas the Prophets displayed very little emotion. (DS9: "'Til Death Do Us Part") They were vulnerable to high levels of chroniton radiation. This was discovered in 2373, when a Pah-wraith took over the body of Keiko O'Brien and attempted to destroy the Prophets by firing a chroniton beam directly at the Bajoran wormhole, only to be foiled and destroyed by Keiko's husband, Miles O'Brien. (DS9: "The Assignment") A year later, one of the Kosst Amojan took over the body of Jake Sisko in order to fulfill the ancient prophecy of "The Reckoning". The entity was driven out after Kai Winn Adami flooded the station with chroniton radiation before the battle was completed. (DS9: "The Reckoning") In the same year, Gul Dukat released a Pah-wraith from an ancient artifact, which then took over his body and used him to get to the Orb of Contemplation on board the space station Deep Space 9. Jadzia Dax happened to be in the shrine at the time, and was fatally wounded by the Pah-wraith. The Pah-wraith was then released into the Orb, allowing it access to the wormhole and collapsing the entrance on the Alpha Quadrant side, starting a war between the Prophets and the Pah-wraith. (DS9: "Tears of the Prophets") In 2375, Benjamin Sisko received visions from the Pah-wraith, during his quest for the Orb of the Emissary, in an attempt to confuse him from what the Prophets wished him to do. It failed and Sisko opened the vessel containing that orb, reopening the Bajoran wormhole. (DS9: "Image in the Sand", "Shadows and Symbols") The imprisonment and release of the Pah-wraiths was detailed in the Book of the Kosst Amojan and the legend of the koss'moran. Followers of the teachings of the Pah-wraiths joined the Cult of the Pah-wraiths. Dukat posed as the Emissary of the Pah-wraiths in 2375, on board the abandoned Cardassian space station Empok Nor. (DS9: "Covenant") In the same year, Kai Winn received visions which she initially believed to be from the Prophets, only to learn that it had been the Pah-wraiths that had been communicating with her. (DS9: "Strange Bedfellows") Dukat, in disguise as Anjohl Tennan, then convinced her that the Pah-wraiths were the true Prophets, and that they had to be released from the Fire Caves. She agreed, and consulted the Book of the Kosst Amojan. (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil") Later that year, Sisko tried to stop the Pah-wraiths. However, they resurrected Dukat with near-omnipotent power. Dukat revealed the Pah-wraiths' plans to Sisko: to spread from Bajor in all directions, burning the universe in their wake. In order to stop them, Sisko threw himself, Dukat, and the Book of the Kosst Amojan into a fire pit, sealing the Pah-wraiths forever in the Fire Caves. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
- The Pah-wraiths were noncorporeal energy beings who shared an antithetical relationship with the so-called Prophets of Bajoran religion, equivalent to "demons" in Earth mythology. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- According to Bajoran texts, at some point millennia ago, the Pah-wraiths became enemies of the Prophets, and were banished from the wormhole to the Fire Caves on Bajor. Bajoran texts also record the Pah-wraiths as being "false Prophets". (DS9 episodes: "The Assignment", "The Reckoning", "Tears of the Prophets", "Shadows and Symbols", "'Til Death Do Us Part", "Strange Bedfellows", "What You Leave Behind") There were at least two groups of Pah-wraith; the first were led by Kosst Amojan who led the war against the Prophets and were banished within the Fire Caves for their actions. The second group were a minority who did not aid their brethren during the battle and, instead, fled into Jalbador, the second wormhole. (DS9 - Millennium novel: Inferno)
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