Name:
Darkus Kulir
Age:
Unknown
Gender:
Formerly Male
Darkus Kulir
Age:
Unknown
Gender:
Formerly Male
Appearance:
While within his shadow form, Darkus appears to be a floating wolf-like head with black fur and two sets of teeth. The eyes of this head are of a pure, glowing color that changes with mood. Along the back of this head is 5 horns of the same color. Beside the head floats two black-fured three digit hands that end large, straight claws. The rest of his body appears as if it was made of pure darkness, leaving the area it inhabits filled with a light black fog.
Darkus's companion shared much the same fate as Darkus and has become a beast of pure darkness with two glowing eyes that change with its mood. It can take the form of any animal that it has previously seen with any coloration it chooses. If it fully takes the form of an animal it gains the full abilities of that animal and is not bound by Darkus's location. However, if it is in its Shadow Form the creature will always be pulled within 50 feet of Darkus in what makes it look like soot blowing in the wind.
Mission:
Once a man in ancient times, Darkus was a necromancer who only entered society when it benefited him. He had sough immortality several times over and took any power that he could acquire without risking the loss of said immortality. When he finally achieved his immortality he thought that he was satisfied. That he would have to look for a new goal. That, however, proved to be quite the opposite of what happened.
The next day stone that served as the foundation to his house crumbled with him and his companion inside the house. That day was the day that Khasm nearly exterminated humanity. As Darkus reformed, his soul bound to the mortal plane itself, his next goal became clear. Destroy Khasm and steal his power. It didn't take long for Darkus to begin delving deeper into dark magics, but such powerful and feared magics take time to learn and master, but Darkus is well aware that he is in no rush.
Powers/Skills:
- Shapeshifting - Darkus can create himself a physical form with no greater dimension than 8 feet. This form has the physical properties of whatever item/species he is mimicking.
- Shadow Form - Darkus's true form is that of a being made of shadows. It is not physical, but is capable of damaging anyone who believes that it can hurt them as well as people/items that are, in some form, infused with magic. This does not apply to the ability to cast spells, and can be harmed by magic. This form can move through any object/space that light can.
- Undeath - Darkus can never age nor can he be truly slain. Instead, he will reform in another location as his Shadow Form.
- Soulbound Companion - If Darkus's companion dies, he has to preform 1 hour of uninterrupted rituals to bring his companions soul back to him.
- Dark Rituals - Given a corpse (at least a skeleton) Darkus can spend 15 minutes per 5 corpses to bring them to life under his command. Anyone who is in tune with the energies of light and dark can feel this for up to 500 feet from Darkus. The undead created by this skill can only go 100 feet away from Darkus before they return to just a corpse. At 50 feet, the corpse will forget its current commands and attempt to return to within 50 feet of Darkus.
- Weak Bodies - Since his first death, Darkus has never been able to become a decently strong body. Instead, any form other than his Shadow Form is physically weak and quick to tire. This only applies to the form's locomotion or other ways of forcing its will upon the rest of the world.
- Photophobic - When in Shadow Form, Darkus cannot exist in the light. Instead he is forced into the dark or shadows. If there are none around, he is paralyzed until darkness or shadows form.
- They All Know - Darkus's undeath is not easy for him to hide. All one has to do to find this out is to look into his eyes (regardless of form) and they will instantly know that he is undead and if they have looked into his eyes before they will instantly make the connection to every time they have looked into Darkus's eyes. When in his Shadow Form, his eyes always glow.
- Undead - Any object that would normally kill or repulse undead will cause Darkus to return to his Shadow Form and push him outside of the range of effect of the item. This also applies to more instantaneous magics that affect the undead as well.
- Vulnerability of the Dark Ritual - While Darkus is wielding any dark power, be it an artifact or ritual, he becomes physical. This makes it so that non-magical items are capable of harming his head and/or hands. When murdered while physical, the murderer will know where Darkus reforms after the kill.