Name: Cain

Age: 42

Race: Twili

Gender: Male

Appearance: 
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Like most Twili, Cain covers his milky-pale skin with shadows of his own creation. Actual fabric, though traditionally limited to only those in great power, was afforded to him due to his own position. His short, red hair lies beneath a cowl and a patterned cloth covers his nose and mouth. A sort of moon-shaped cloth drapes across his upper torso, and a belt secures several lengths of cloth around his waist. Finally, he wears a cape emblazoned with several swirling twilight insignias. On his arms are attached sleeves in which he keeps his weapons—huge clawlike gauntlets called Sacred Wolf Claws. Naturally, when in the world of light, he is nothing but a shadow, though he can alter it to be two or three-dimensional at will. When two-dimensional, he is invariably cast upon a surface, like a normal shadow.
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Theme Song: [youtube]1mjlM_RnsVE[/youtube]

Personality: Sneaky, brilliant, wrathful, resolute, collected, grudging

Backstory: 
A millennium ago, there existed a world very different to that of Hyrule; a dark world inhabited by pale beings who wielded shadow magic called the Twilight Realm. Though alien and hostile, this kingdom was peaceful and prosperous until the Usurper King Zant claimed the throne for his own in a bid to take over the World of Light that had scorned his ancestors. After his conquest, few Twili remained unchanged; one that did was Cain, the previous Royal Spymaster and a devious but loyal follower of Princess Midna—not to mention her secret admirer. Funnily enough for an expert information broker, Cain didn't find out until too late that the Twilight Princess, ruler of his realm, and secret love Midna, had been transformed by Zant and banished to the fabled, terrifying World of Light. Suffused with rage, he vowed to find her and help her win back her throne. 

But with the Mirror of Twilight shattered, and no member of the royal family left untwisted to conjure a portal to the World of Light, he had to find another way. After months of searching, however, his growing rage got the better of him and he approached Zant himself. Woefully underestimating the Usurper's power, Cain was struck down by Zant's magic energies and forcibly banished from the Twilight Realm via a particularly powerful portal. Upon waking, Cain found himself reduced to a shadow in an incredible but deadly world--that of Light. Despite his initial elation, it didn't take long for Cain to realize that this world and the one he wished to enter were very different. In this world there was no hint of Twilight, not a peep about an extraordinary imp; even his race as a whole was totally unheard of. Cain found himself confused, lost, and very much alone. Luckily, however, he did find a companion in the form of Frore, a thuggish, easy-to-manipulate Chilfos as one-of-a-kind as Cain was himself. The two quickly became a formidable team; one was the body, the other the voice; one was the brawn, the other the brains. In the shadow of Frore Cain resolved to find a way to return home.

Skills/Talents:
1) SHADOW MAN – in the World of Light, Cain employs several natural abilities to remain both undetected and alive. First and foremost, he can hide in the shadows of living beings. While hidden, he can still speak. For a limited time he can also regain his full-bodied form and solidify himself to physically interact with things in the world of light, but any length of contact longer than a few seconds will kill him (magic/survival)
2) SPYMASTER – using skills gained during his time as the Grand Spymaster of the Twilight Palace, Cain is adept at stealth, covert operation, and quickly obtaining information (practical)
3) DARK TRAVEL – Cain can dissolve himself into hundreds of tiny, angular black particles and teleport great distances. However, he must be in full-bodied form to do this, and since doing that in the world of light is lethal, this isn't a very useful talent at the moment (magical)
4) SAVAGE – years of training with his clawed gauntlets have made Cain deadly with them (fighting)
5) TRICHOMANCY – like all Twili with any degree of magical power, Cain can manipulate his own hair to serve as a weapon, usually to make a giant, clawed hand when greater strength is needed. (magical/fighting)
6) SELF-RELIANT – spending lots of time alone, either to remain covert or survive in the wilderness, Cain is very capable of finding and obtaining food, water, and shelter (survival/practical)
7) TWILIGHT BURST – when under intense emotional duress, usually anger but also applicable to sorrow and despair, Cain begins to unconsciously build up dark energies within him. At he peak of his emotional state, he will automatically and explosively release it all, creating a spherical field approximately fifty feet in diameter that is technically within the Twilight Realm. The air assumes a golden hue with black particles sifting throughout, and Cain can assume his full-body form and access all of his powers within the confines of the field for up to ten minutes, at which point the field dissipates and the feedback strikes Cain unconscious. When active, the stationary field can be entered at will but only Cain can let an entrant leave (magic/fighting/survival)

Goal(s): Originally, to find and rescue Princess Midna. Now, he seeks a way to return to his own dimension.

Inventory: Sacred Wolf Claws, telescope, satchel w/ provisions and canteen, several strands of leather and string, a small bedroll, flint and steel

Wallet: 84