The Witchblade first appeared in Cyblade / Shi #1, with a backup story dedicated to its origin, but this origin was ignored with the launch of the Witchblade ongoing series. Witchblade was created by Marc Silvestri, David Wohl, Brian Haberlin and Michael Turner. However, the Witchblade itself chooses who shall wield it's power so it chose NYPD detective Sara Pezzini. Eventually it would be discovered by Kenneth Irons in the present time,who had sought it for years and yearned to wield it. The Witchblade would eventually have to change hosts as time went by. The Witchblade was soon discovered by Una, who would become the very first wielder of the Witchblade. It first crashed like a meteorite on Earth near the beginning of when the Earth formed. The Witchblade is a male and it requires a female host. The Witchblade was created as a balance between the Darkness and the Angelus. That offspring would be known as the Witchblade. However, the Darkness and Angelus had an offspring together.
Throughout the years they have been at war with each other and constantly try to kill the wielder of either the Darkness or the Angelus. The Darkness represented Chaos and Darkness while the Angelus represented Light and Order.
In the Top Cow Universe, there are two opposing forces named The Darkness and The Angelus.