Nigel Lucas

Blacklight
**L***O Corpsman 2814

The Dark Ring: A technologically advanced tool/weapon that operates, in many ways, similarily to the Green Lantern Corps' rings. Manipulating a substance called shadow mass, black material that repels all light, he can create constructs of various shapes and sizes that appear to be a deep darkness. The Shadow Mass is defaultedly contained in an ultra-dense diamond shaped construct that is attatched to the ring itself. Temporarily trading the constructive powers, he can transform his body into shadow mass that carries his consciousness while his original body is stored within the ring.

Shadow Form:

• Flight: A combination of low anatomical density and dark matter propulsion enables him to fly like a rocket, but direct himself with greater accuracy.
• Immunity: He cannot be damaged in his shadow-state by blunt force or cutting. An object may pass through him, such as a bullet or a blade, but any object at unsafe speeds will pass through him instead of ricocheting unless he consciously chooses to be moved by it instead.
• Selective Intangibility: He can pass through solid objects by sliding the molecules of shadow mass past others, in a similar manner to the ability of the Flash family.
• Shadow Travel: He gains the ability to travel through large or connected shadows as though they are a river, thus enabling extremely fast travel.
• Super-Strength: When in this form he is very capable of exerting kinetic power well beyond the superhuman limit and placing him in between the strength class of Gotham City's Bane and Fawcett's Captain Marvel.

While he uses the ring as a means to craft shadow-mass constructs he is undefended, unless he gives himself armor or a protective bubble. Even he cannot see through the shadow mass, so at most points his eyes will be extremely vulnerable. His natural human adjustment within the eyes between cones and rods can give him a headache or even lapses in actual ability to see details in the dark, or alternatively sensitivity to bright light. The larger a construct, the larger the blind spot he's created

While in his shadow form he has no projectile abilities, meaning his defaulted approach is to use close-quarters combat. There is no harming him this way unless items of a mystical nature are involved. But, if an item passes through him it may cause huge collateral damage. It is possible that by scattering his atoms widely enough that it may severely impair the speed with which he reforms if he consciously chooses to take a blow by a powerful enough object.

Finally, the ring he wields can be stolen and it would not return to him on its own. In his shadow form it would be useless to the thief for any reason besides preventing him from returning to normal or handicapping his creative abilities. But while in his own flesh, it would completely depower him and empower the thief.

"Listen to me, Bee - It doesn't have to be this way!" I get it - she's mad. She feels alone. I understand, I mean.. we've been through everything together. Losing mom, losing dad, the dog, house, a lot of weight. "Just listen to me - I'm sorry. I swear, I will never leave you alone again!"

"It's too late, Nigel! You ran off and hid from the world and yourself and left me alone - still homeless - while you played 'Superhero'."

"I'm SORRY!" I screamed, feeling my heart thunder with my voice.

"I don't want your sorrow. I want your corpse now!"

So she charged me with a beam of ice. I avoided it carefully, trying to avoid it simply if I could. No powers, no big hero fights, just - "Damn! That was close!" And like that the line was crossed, she would've killed me and impailed me on a frozen kabob, so I diced her chances.

In an instant, every cell in my body traded places with my ring. It's indescribable really. Painless. Then every shot she took phased through me, pissing her off a thousand times more.

Screaming, cursing, punching, thrashing, crying.. She broke down to cry at my feet.

"Damn it, Nigel. I want to go home."

"We will, sis. We will."

Nigel belongs to a Corps of similarily empowered beings wielding identical rings in some ways resembling the GLC. Unlike them, they do not exist to enforce intergalactic law or have territories. The **L***O Corp serves the master for whom they are named and are his soldiers. Thanks to their rings, their master can take over their bodies at any time he chooses.

He has a twin sister named Bianca, who has obtained a talisman granting her chryokinesis, but is in a coma.

Yes, I am consciously avoiding the whole name of their master for now. Feel free to speculate.