Blackfire is stated as being over 134 years old, and is often portrayed as a power-crazed charismatic con artist and cult leader skilled in manipulation and brainwashing.

Blackfire claimed to be a Native American shaman who was entombed alive after being found guilty of killing a tribal chief and committing heresy.

[2] He and his followers lead a violent war on crime, overtaking Gotham City and isolating it from the rest of the United States.

[4][5] In The New 52 reboot, Deacon Blackfire is an evangelist who is the center of the occult power permeating Arkham Asylum.

Deacon Blackfire appears in Batman: Arkham Knight, voiced by Marc Worden.