Skylar (Darkiceflame)

Description
An ageless Nightling who hails from 60 years in the future, Skylar lived in the Greater Jaona Region, a country made up of two large islands in the middle of the ocean, and the homeland of the Nightlings.

Summary
The Gauntlets

During an attempt to recreate the Twin Gauntlets of Power--Darkim and Chronum--he was imprisoned by his superior, Director Akimaya, as a supposed traitor. During his two years of incarceration, his first completed creation, the Darkim Gauntlet, was studied and replicated in order for Akimaya to create its pair to control the power of time. Unfortunately, its unstable energy threatened to destroy Jaona entirely through abnormal disasters and chaos, but at the same freed Skylar from incarceration.

Lost in Time

In a desperate attempt to protect his home, Skylar donned both gauntlets and tried to contain their energy by diverting it into his own body. This resulted in his gaining of inherent Pure Darkim abilities as well as halting his aging process. An unfortunate side effect of this was that his body was thrown into the past by the energy and split into three separate beings--himself, Desol and Cael. The latter two received a majority of Skylar's powers over fire and ice respectively, while all three were left possessing no faces. This led to the hooded style they all adopted, to cover their disfigurement.

Betrayal

At some point later in the timeline, the Chronum Gauntlet was lost, and Skylar was forced to seal his rebelling doppelgangers inside the Darkim Gauntlet. He avoids talking about these events--or really any events in his past--claiming multiple times that he isn't proud of the things he has done.

Meeting the Advancers

Through a mysterious course of events, Sky happened to be working an odd job at a pizza parlor and made a delivery to the Advancers Mansion (By mistake, it later turned out.) Sensing the boy's powers, Gavin invited the young Nightling to take up permanent residence, where he quickly made friends with the other Advancers.

Advancers Vacation

During their vacation on Advancer Island, Skylar was extremely sensitive to the dark energies at work, to the point that he became physically sick. After delving into his mind for answers, he found that he had subconsciously formed a link with Shadow Darkrai, (Mostly due to the influence of the Darkim Wraithe, who had corrupted Darkrai and would later posess Sky himself) and that their destinies were intertwined. He defeated and caught Darkrai, but was unable to purge it of its Shadow status.

A Winter Wonderland Getaway

During the ghost siege of the mansion, Sky found himself to be immune to the ghosts' influence, where other users of darkness became possessed. The reason for this is as of yet unknown.

Later, during a ski trip brought about by said invasion, he had a frightening encounter with Cael, who had escaped from the Darkim Gauntlet, but assumed it to be a dream.

Peak

When he was determined to finally defeat Gavin and Mark in a fight, he first threw everyone into a dark pocket dimension provided by Aura where everyone faced their own nightmares. Mark and Luke defeated Cael and Desol respectively who, unbeknownst to Sky, were the actual brothers who had snuck into the nightmare using the Wraithe's magic, not just figments of his imagination.

After that attempt failed, Sky forced his body to Peak, concentrating raw Darkim energy into every cell, increasing his physical and magical abilities tenfold, but this also allowed the Darkim Wraithe to seize control of his body until Mark defeated him.

Total Desol-ation

When Desol disguised himself as Sky so as to infiltrate the mansion, Luke was the first to realize that it was a fake. He forced Desol to reveal himself, ultimately convincing Skylar that his brothers really had escaped the Darkim Gauntlet. He returned later to the Advancer Carrier in order to reap confusion and suspicion amongst the Advancers. By this point, Sky had finally explained his history to the others about the origins of himself and his brothers. He alongside several others fought Desol to a standstill before the latter revealed his secret ace--he had been in possession of the Chronum Gauntlet through his entire exile. He engaged a Fused Gavin until  Speedy used his immunity to time energy to restrain him before transporting them both to Pluto for their mysterious decisive battle.


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Appearance
Before his accident and after being healed, Skylar is of average height, extremely pale skinned, yet reasonably strong. He possesses midnight black hair and eyes which fluctuate between the blue and violet spectrum depending on his mood.

His most common outfit initially consisted of a black full-body cloak with a hood always drawn. (To hide the disfigurement of his face.) Occasionally he would also wear a silver mask designed to resemble a human face with no eye or mouth holes, usually donned during combat situations. Beneath the cloak is a flexible black armour designed to allow full body motion, but simultaneously extremely durable at the joints. This armour was seen to be strong enough to resist the crushing jaws of Ana's Auralycan Queen form, though it began to crack after only a few attacks.

After his face was restored, Skylar moved to much more casual forms of attire, usually a deep grey hooded jacket over a black shirt with deep blue jeans. Another favourite outfit consists of a black buttoned shirt and grey overcoat (Matching his jacket) with black slacks and loafers. The outfit is accented by either a flat cap or fedora which match the general color scheme, along with a pair of wireframe rose-tinted glasses. (It is unknown whether these actually contribute to his visual strength in any way.

True Body

In this form, Skylar gains a much more feminine appearance, his irises turning completely violet and his ears becoming pointed. His facial and bone structure become slighter, giving him a very fragile appearance. In this form, his body gains a constant violet aura, a physical manifestation of his Darkim energy. In addition, he is able to form a pair of large Night Wings--birdlike wings with jet-black feathers with which he can carry his own body weight plus that of a single passenger.

Daemon Body

Nothing is really known about the appearance of the Daemon Body, other than Skylar's description of it being "Totally creepy, both inside and out."

Abilities
Skylar's main ability is the control of Pure Darkim, concentrated shadow energy which he can bend to his will. He has been seen using the energy as both bullet and beam projectiles, as well as shaping it into barriers, armour, and on one occasion even a substitute sword when Gavin had taken his. This ability was sacrificed to Chronum when their deal was made to repair Skylar's immortality.
 * Pure Darkim Manipulation

Darkim Travel: Skylar can use his abilities to travel through the Darkim Field in order to reach destinations in an instant. This ability is akin to teleporting, but requires actual momentum to use, meaning he cannot simply disappear then appear somewhere else.

One of Skylar's two original talents, he mentally shapes Darkim energy to manifest as flames. These flames can be used as projectiles or to augment his own weapons and body. After the Chrono Gauntlet incident, a majority of this power was transferred to Desol.
 * Pyrokinesis

One of Skylar's two original talents, he mentally shapes Darkim energy to manifest as frozen air or even solid ice. This ice can be used as a projectile, to freeze objects, or to be shaped into weapons and barriers. After the Chrono Gauntlet incident, a majority of this power was transferred to Cael.
 * Cryokinesis

After his Darkim abilities were repressed by the Darkim Wraithe, Skylar began to unconsciously generate an augmented form of Aether. While manipulating Aether he was able to control elements of the sky, generally meaning the elements of wind and lightning. After the Darkstar was extracted from his body, he lost his ability to use Aether.
 * Aether (Purple)

While using the power of the Darkstar, Skylar was able to manipulate time energy, allowing him to alter the flow of time for himself and others, as well as to accelerate and decelerate the aging of people and objects. Little was seen of this power before the Darkstar was removed.
 * Chronum

By using this dangerous technique, Skylar forces Darkim energy into every cell of his body, increasing his strength tenfold. Unfortunately, this left him and any other Nightlings who used it vulnerable to being possessed by the Darkim Wraithe before he was sealed away, as well as causing massive strain to the body--in some cases fatal if the energy is withdrawn too quickly, as was seen when the Alternate Reality Desol's body was ripped apart when Skylar took his Peak energy. Daemon Body is a much more controlled version of this.
 * Peaking

Thought to be the original form of the Nightlings, Skylar can adopt this form at any time to greatly increase his Darkim abilities. In this form his magic attacks are stronger, as is his natural regenerative ability, and he is able to form Night Wings. Unfortunately his physical strength is somewhat lacking. This form also expends large ammounts of energy, leaving him exhausted after being used.
 * True Body

Almost nothing is known about the Daemon Body, as Skylar has only been willing to use it once. This form supposedly enhances his physical abilities, but is incredibly difficult to control. After being defeated by the form, Desol remarks that the name "Hell Body" would be more appropriate.
 * Daemon Body