"Only in pure darkness do we reveal our true selves."
Name: Karma Javian
Alias(s): Shade
Age: 21
Height: 5'7
Weight: 165lbs
Affiliations: Merc
Hair Color: Dark Grey/ Bluish
Eye Color: Fire Red
Ethnicity: American-Sicilian
Attire: A black, extended-length, trench coat. A black t-shirt with black leather straps which may indicate the prior use of stored firearms and black industrial trousers with matching boots.
Powers: Darkness Manipulation
Absolute Darkness
Karma can create, generate, increase and absorb complete darkness. It is unknown exactly how much darkness he can create but during its creation, it simply seems to ooze from his being like a pitch black mist or fog. Potentially, Karma could blanket an entire city in eternal darkness though this theory has never been tested. Karma doesn’t often emit his darkness further than a 60 meter radius/double the radius of the Stonehenge. Due to this power, Karma always seems to have a dark aura that surrounds him.
Umbrakinetic Constructs
Karma can solidify and control the darkness he generates into walls, armour, tendrils and projectile blades. The walls and armour he uses for defense during battle. The tendrils and blades are used for offense. He utilizes his tendrils almost exclusively, also employing them to aid in maneuvering great distances in a short period of time. The tendrils can act like razor-sharp whips or ensnaring vines, depending on what he is trying to achieve. He will also fling the projectile blades from the end of the tendrils as well as his hands. Karma has only been known to use a darkness blade as a hand-held weapon only a few times when severely threatened at close range..
Darkness Poisoning
Karma rarely utilizes this ability, having only used it once previously. This ability allows him to control a smoke-like darkness to enter the body of his enemy via any orifice possible. Once inside his opponent, the darkness begin to poison the victim, infecting their flesh and mind and essentially killing them from the inside. He can, however, choose to remove the darkness whenever he likes or if his loses consciousness or in any way distracted from the task. Heavy damage will still be left that could potentially leave victims in a comatose state. Solely infecting the mind of his victim can result in their complete submission to his will, however this has never been attempted as he is not yet strong enough to control the darkness fully whilst inside a living being.
Weaknesses:
Karma’s greatest weakness is light itself. During the day, his powers are much less powerful and require a lot more effort to perform. He can become extremely exhausted during an extended engagement and may even lose consciousness.
Despite being able to manifest darkness into a solid state, the objects created are relatively weak. They are used either for rapid cutting or blocking attacks and causing distractions. The armour and walls can be easily broken with a medium to powerful strike and may not be able to stop or hinder highly penetrative attacks.
His Poisoning Ability is something that is beyond him essentially. He cannot use it properly or effectively at all. Despite being at risk of passing out during extended attempts at using it, he is also at a very high risk of damaging himself with his own darkness, due to its poisonous nature.
Karma’s body is entirely susceptible to harm. He possesses more scars on him than his brother did.
Skills:
Like his brother, Karma has trained extensively in the practice and execution of Taekwondo and Muay Thai. He fights mainly with his Muay Thai, much preferring the brutality it holds over the precise, but just as deadly, Taekwondo. Unlike Aster, he completely abandoned his patterns, deciding to focus only on the attacking subjects of both styles.
Equipment: None
Ranking: A-B
Brief History:
Karma was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Both him and his older brother, Aster, grew up as the sons of a powerful Made Man within the Gambino Crime Family. During his late teens, he forced his brother to run away from his father in order to prevent him from becoming a Fighter and Enforcer for the Family. Instead he took up the position himself, vowing to protect his brother’s chosen identity. However, after some time, Karma also left his father and the family behind to search for his brother, Aster. These event are the most recent to occur, it is unknown whether his father is looking for him.