Darius Arteria, the Ferryman's Bouncer
"The weak end your life... The skilled make it hell."
Age: 2045 and seven months, looks 26
Species: Human/Inari
Height: 6 feet, 3 inches
Weight: 190 pounds
Things to differentiate Darius from the average Joe:
-Nine translucent flaming tails, which are intangible due to their being made of false-foxfire(everyone can see it, regardless of mental strength, due to it being light refraction rather than mental magic). This is in no way offensively usable, and is simply a racial trait, where each tail represents a certain level of power, maxing out at nine. The flames do not produce their own light unless Darius wishes, and it is a weak glow.
-prismatic eyes, also useless in combat.
-short silver hair, kind of useful if the opponent is distracted by it
-large dog-like ears, useful for when Darius needs to fight blind

Equipment:
Darius needs little to wear defensively, due to both his style being more effective the less he's weighed down, and because he only needs enough to stay modest. He wears a simple gi that is a dingy brown in color, and a black undershirt beneath it. He wears sandals, but only when walking barefoot would be socially unacceptable, such as in a restaurant.

Passive abilities
-Form Anchoring: whenever Darius touches someone with his magic, they become anchored in this dimension/plane of existence, incapable of interacting with other dimensions in any way until the magic is dispersed(Ex., if someone is struck by his main weapon, Light-With-No-Shade, they'll be yanked into this dimension and can't use things like astral projection until he stops using it, but a quick-acting spell like his Shadow Burst will only stop them for a brief moment, pulling them into this dimension, but not holding them here.) The Anchoring also prevents beings from leaving their natural state until the debuff ends. This means someone who normally fuses with another would be left unfusable, shapeshifters can't, and someone who took the form of a liquid/gas will be yanked back to the form they held previous.

-Enhanced speed, reflexes, and agility: Thanks to his monstrous heritage, Darius can both move and react to things at speeds that surpass that of high-caliber bullets, and does not suffer detrimental results of such speed like whiplash or inertia from running into small objects in the air. He has enough leg strength to ascend buildings by leaping up between them, and speed enough to appear to flicker between two points in space to the average human.

-Enhanced durability: Being half-monster doesn't just improve speed, but also grants him incredible toughness, capable of taking cannonfire to the gut and persistent enough to fight for hours at full throttle without lactic acid buildup. Sharp enough blades still hurt him severely, of course.

-Magic Resonance: Darius is able to sense magic and other forms of supernatural energy(I consider anything that cannot be done with technology such as electricity, wires, mirrors, etc. "magic". If it comes from Chi, it's magic. If it's alchemic(ala FMA), it's magic. If Satan himself is powering it, it's magic.) before they're released(and while they're active), which he could best describe as feeling the path the energy is going to take while the caster is still formulating the idea of using it. Darius can also ignore barriers made with said energies by tuning his own energies to perfectly match, thus allowing him to slip through as if he were part of the barrier itself.

-Martial Arts prowess: Darius has two millennia of training and usage of several different forms of the martial arts. Through this, he has devised his own style centered around quick strikes at weak spots on the opponent. This cripples/wears the opponent down until he can hit an incapacitating, nonlethal(most of the time) blow. All his experience has left him a master of prediction, using the motion of his opponent's body to tell where they'll strike and act accordingly with almost prescient ability. This applies to weapon-based combat as well, with the same concept of seeing the body movements that will result in the weapon moving and stopping them before they follow through. When combined with his capacity to see magic before it's cast, it is near-impossible to catch him off-guard.

-Age and experience: Darius is really freakin' old. He's traveled the entire world and has experienced almost everything this world has to offer, along with the next world. He cannot be taken off-guard by something new, and has knowledge in almost all trades, be they combat-based or not. His experiences also mean he has a solution for almost every situation, which is one of the reasons he's continued to live this long.

-Charon's Employee: Due to his boss being the guy who the spirits got past in the first place, Darius has a certain leeway with things when it comes to Death. For one, he cannot die-die, Charon'll just bring him back to life nearby and away from danger. He also is immune to diseases, poisons, and light and dark-based magic/chi/whathaveyou, however, he cannot abuse his undeath to continue a fight, if he's killed, he must accept his loss and leave.

Active combat abilities
-Light-With-No-Shade: Darius' main offense, these are twin tonfa made of light which can trigger the Anchoring effect. Each one extends to his elbow and four inches past his fist, with a blunted, curved blade that juts out four inches opposite the handle. They are weightless for all practical purposes, cannot be broken, and disappear the second they leave Darius' hands, but can be recalled instantly, however, this still resets the Dimensional Anchor effect.

-Shadow Burst: Darius stomps the ground/makes a spreading motion in the air and releases a wave of spiritual energy into the physical realm in the form of a spherical shockwave, pushing away anything else that has a spirit with extreme prejudice(things classified as not having a spirit are unpossessed inanimate objects, magic-controlled deceased beings(although any living beings inside them will be affected), and pure technology, although the same rule as the undead have applies here with living beings inside). This is by no means a spammable spell, taking at least three seconds to charge(though he can move during this time, attacking or being hit with a disruptive move resets his need to charge) but hits anything within a ten-foot radius regardless of whether or not they're tangible, or even if they're just a spirit, and also yanks them into existence as a tangible being for a brief moment. Against beings with more than one soul, the kinetic force behind the burst is increased with a ratio of 1:1, meaning two souls doubles the force, three triples, etc., etc.

-Light Burst: Darius focuses spiritual energy in the point of his tonfa and fires off a basketball-sized concussive beam of energy with a punch, with the equivalent effect of being hit by a dump truck in terms of momentum and force as the punishment for being hit, as it dissipates and delivers its kinetic energy into the target. It can be redirected, but not reflected, and cannot be redirected by more than 45 degrees. This is spammable, but is capable of being charged for more speed and power(and no real cap) while Darius is moving, and Night-With-No-Dawn turns this spell into a piercing attack, replacing the concussive ball of energy with a spinning drill.

-Night-With-No-Dawn: Darius' last resort weapon, he turns his tonfa into elbow blades of darkness, which act like a saw through dimensions, ripping apart anything they pass through regardless of durability or capacity to repel. The only reason he doesn't always use this spell all the time is because it only lasts for ten seconds and leaves him totally depowered for the rest of the day. During these ten seconds, Darius cannot use the Shadow Burst, and gains increasing speed and strength over the duration, peaking at double his speed and strength at the eight second mark. This sounds negligible in comparison to those whose power can increase by larger amounts, but considering his already incredible speed, and lack of a need for strength(can't block what cuts through everything, and even if he didn't, he's still all about poking the opponent wherever they'll suffer for it most, so strength only sweetens the deal), this is more than he needs. The only thing in existence that can stop the Night-With-No-Dawn is the Light-With-No-Shade, which only Darius and other employees of Charon know.

-Balance Break: Darius' finishing move against those who have proven too dangerous to allow back into this world or the next, he infuses his spirit energy into his very fists and punches the opponent with 108 strikes at full force in the span of a half-second, enough to pierce through an entire planet. The energy in his fists is then released through their body, acting to disassemble his opponent on both a molecular and spiritual level into inert particles and reishi. The entire disassembling process takes three seconds, starting with the external limbs within the first second. Then the senses leave, allowing only pain to be felt. The heart is last, and leaves behind no trace of the original being's existence. This move requires the opponent to be immobilized, which Darius' style tends to inflict rather quickly if allowed, and can be performed at full power even as a depowered human, although this causes muscle backlash.

-Balance Burst: Darius steps between dimensions for a brief moment, causing himself to be both untargetable and incapable of doing damage. When he leaves the split, he causes a displacement of energy, pulling things in and then exploding back out with a wave of spiritual energy. This can only be done once per battle, so Darius tends to make it count. If something would be in the same place as Darius where he would reappear, it is shoved away violently.