Jackie Estacado is not the only one to have been granted the power of The Darkness. "Tales of the Darkness" tries to focus in other hosts that received this dark gift.

The story focused on Jasmine and Lance, the two most recent incarnations of the Spirit of the Tao. Whenever the earth is threatened by its own life forms the Spirit of the Tao is summoned to kill off the harmful species and return the planet to peace. Humanity was branded such a threat before, but then, as now, a force known as the Tao Hunters appeared to defend humanity and destroy the Tao.