Pah Wraith
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In the fictional Star Trek universe, Pah Wraiths are evil Bajoran Prophets, non-corporeal life-forms, who were expelled from the Bajoran wormhole and reside in caves on the planet Bajor.
They long for revenge against the prophets who cast them out, even going so far as to possess the bodies of corporeal beings to further their goals. Keiko O'Brien, wife of Deep Space Nine Chief of Operations Miles O'Brien, was used in a nearly successful attempt to kill the prophets. (Episode: "The Assignment")
In another incident, episode "The Reckoning", the Emissary (Benjamin Sisko) released several Pah Wraiths from an ancient artifact. The wraiths entered the wormhole and challenged the Prophets to a fight on the Gates to the Celestial Temple (Deep Space Nine). In the fight, a Prophet possessed the (willing) body of Kira Nerys while the main Pah Wraith, Kosst Amojan, possessed the (unwilling) body of Jake Sisko.
In "Tears of the Prophets", Gul Dukat unleashed a Pah Wraith from an ancient relic which possessed his body and proceeded to use an orb at Deep Space Nine to close the wormhole. Once this happened, the cult of the Pah Wraiths became more popular on Bajor. Once Sisko found the Orb of the Emissary (in "Image In The Sand"), the wormhole reopened and the Pah Wraiths were again cast out and destroyed.