Scourge same period we meet with the private use of the "discipline" by such saintly persons as King Louis IX of France and Elisabeth of Hungary. Semi-literal usages such as "the scourge of God" for Attila the Hun (i.e. "God's whip with which to punish the nations") led to metaphoric uses to mean a severe affliction, e.g. "the scourge of drug abuse". The scourge is described as one of the tools used in Wicca, primarily in the Gardnerian Tradition. The purpose of using the scourge is not to cause pain or to torture, but for purification purposes, particularly for Initiates. The
Scourge of the Underworld Artume, Baron Heinrich Zemo, Commander Kraken, Iron Monger, Jack O'Lantern, Kyknos, Nessus, Orka and Veranke) at Zeus' trial. Another person is christened Scourge and assigned to the Thunderbolts by Osborn. His first mission is to eliminate Songbird. This character is later revealed to be Nuke with a new identity. Another Scourge joins up with Villains for Hire (the villain counterpart of Heroes for Hire). This character was in fact Paladin in disguise, as part of a massive con to take down the Purple Man. Another new Scourge is shown to be using a list of the locations of supervillains who