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Daniella Anastasia Baptiste is a fictional comic book superhero in the series Witchblade, published by Top Cow. She was introduced in the one hundredth issue, becoming the series' co-lead. An athletic young dancer, Dani quickly became the new host of the Witchblade, a mystical gauntlet which grants its host an assortment of powers. She later lost it back to his original host and became the new and current host of the Angelus, one of the two primal forces of the universe.

Dani, an impulsive but good-hearted young woman, was born in New Orleans. She moved to New York to pursue a dance career, a dream she had since she was nine years old. After graduating, she became increasingly frustrated about the lack of direction in her life.

After having a strange dream about a mystical gauntlet, Dani was drawn to an antiques shop owned by the mysterious Curator, who would later become a trusted confidant of hers. It was there that she encountered Sara Pezzini, the then-current host of The Witchblade. The two had also encountered each other previously on the steps of Sara's police department when Dani had bumped into Sara in issue #101. Dani instantly recognized The Witchblade as the entity in her dreams. She impulsively decided to accept it from Sara, who was expecting a baby and didn't want to deal with the adventures The Witchblade invariably drew. At first Sara was dubious about handing The Witchblade over to Dani. After seeing The Witchblade respond strongly to her, however, Sara relinquished it to its new host.

Dani would eventually learn that the Witchblade was actually the balance between two primal forces of the universe—a female entity of light known as The Angelus and a male entity of dark known as The Darkness. She was drawn back home after her father was taken into a hospital. While she waited for her father to recover, the nurse on duty told her to go out and relax. Dani complied, enjoying an evening out in New Orleans. However, she was harassed by three young men and punished them by drawing them into a dark alley and unleashing the Witchblade, almost choking one of them to death. It was then she realized that the Witchblade had a mind of its own and that she would have to exert more control over it.

Angelus has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.