Prop: Baptismal Font

Name a villain.

Whatever villain you name, it’s likely that villain will be living in some way in the dark.

Dracula –fears the light and lives in the darkness of his coffin and castle

The Joker (of Batman lore) --hides his scar-ridden face in the darkness and behind a mask

The Phantom of the Opera –hides his deformed face in the darkness beneath the opera house

Voldemort (of Harry Potter fame) –lurks in the darkness and hides behind other forms he takes

Gollum (of JJR Tolkien’s fantasies) –retreats to the darkness of the underground

Lillith (George McDonald’s legendary demoness of darkness) –lives in the dark of the woods

The White Witch (of C. S Lewis’ Narnia Chronicles) –lives in darkness and ice

Think of Grimm’s fairytales, in which evil forces emerge from…