Darkstalker

Darkstalker has ebony black scales and dark midnight-black wings, appearing as almost a pure NightWing except for a line of icy, white, silvery IceWing scales where his wings met his body, which Clearsight described to be cold when touched. He had one silver teardrop scale on the outward corner of each of his dark eyes, which indicated that he was a mind reader, and he had eyes which were as black as underground caverns. He had a narrow, handsome face, long, twisted horns, and was, after reemerging from Agate Mountain, enormous, at least three times as tall as the largest living dragons. His huge wingspan was as wide as Agate Mountain, and he had a very long neck. He wore a plain, white, half-hoop earring made of bone in his left ear. He was handsome and powerfully built, with scales that felt as hard as armor due to his enchantment. He moved slowly and purposefully and spoke in a cavernous, booming, low rumble.

Before losing Foeslayer, Darkstalker was determined, confident, arrogant, observant, thoughtful, cocky, proud, defiant, happy, hopeful, mischievous, patient, intelligent, intense, knowledgeable, and sarcastic. He was charming, courageous, and cared about those he loved very deeply. He believed in not worrying excessively about the future and preferred to focus on the present. In his youth, he was willing to make an enormous sacrifice by creating his talisman in order to make Clearsight feel safe. Darkstalker later used his talisman to enchant things in secret. He hated sleeping, as he felt that he had so much to do and missing out on things made him feel restless. He was skilled at problem-solving and he had a nervous energy about him whenever he had to tell someone something. He knew how to play tricks with his words.

Several of his earlier spells were kind and compassionate, examples include: a doll, carved to look like a scavenger that would appear at Whiteout's pillow every night; a plate, that kept prey warm for Foeslayer when she was late for dinner; a blanket, that ensured peaceful sleep for Foeslayer when she was in the Kingdom of Sand with the NightWing army; a set of paints, for Whiteout that never dried or ran out; a bell that rang whenever Fathom felt sad or lonely.

However, his later, larger spells were much more menacing: a dagger to kill one IceWing every full moon for one year; spells to torment classmates he hated in small, creative ways; a spell that sent nightmares to Diamond with all of the ways he planned to kill her. He was crueler than necessary towards Arctic and held a serious grudge against Indigo after she attempted to kill him. He began hiding certain enchantments from both Clearsight and Fathom and despite Clearsight stating she would never be okay with her feelings being manipulated and Fathom pleading with him not to use his animus magic anymore he used his powers without regard to either of them. He was dismissive, defiant, and even grinned at Clearsight when confronted about manipulating her foresight ability to only see the good futures. He looked puzzled as to why Clearsight did not want him to murder Vigilance and might have believed that Clearsight's moonstone earrings were simply a kindhearted, sweet gesture to help her focus less on desolate futures. He was completely willing to force Clearsight and Fathom along the path he desired, even if he had to drag them along it kicking and screaming. He was also willing to keep Clearsight in a relationship with him against her will, even if she had not wanted that.

After he began to seek vengeance upon the IceWing tribe after Arctic became even crueler, he became more dishonest, devious, vengeful, furious, manipulative, angry, and callous. He radiated menace. He adopted an unsettling new smile that implied Darkstalker thought he would always be okay, and nothing bad could happen to him, and that he could arrange the world the way he wanted. The loss of his mother broke him into a thousand pieces on the inside, making him furious and devastated, but he could hide it very well. He devolved into a sad, furious mourning, but a strange angry kind where he kept insisting his mother would come home soon, despite Clearsight telling him she would not.

Animus Magic: Animus magic is almost limitless, being capable of moving objects[2] to controlling other dragons.[3] Despite its capabilities, animus magic is unable to bring back the dead;[4] however, it can be used to keep a dragon alive even if they are killed such as how Queen Diamond managed to resurrect Foeslayer with the Diamond Trial. If two animus dragons cast two spells directly in conflict with each other, the one who is older, more powerful, more practiced and experienced, and focused is likely to win, and what exactly was enchanted would have an effect as well. Sacrificing an object that an animus loves for a spell makes the spell more powerful.

Use Animus spells can be cast through spoken words, thoughts, writing,mand Aquatic. To ensure accuracy, the spell should be as specific as possible; otherwise the request could be interpreted another way. effects/Consequences The power can be sensed and felt by a faint tingling in the claws. Anemone felt cold and strangely hard to the touch after casting spells, and her eyes were out of focus. It was previously thought that using any animus magic could cause insanity, though it has been heavily implied that this only happens if an animus dragon uses their magic for evil. Turtle once mentioned that animus magic also hurts an animus dragon's soul if it is used for personal gain; however, the books imply that animus magic does affect the soul, as Stonemover enchanted his scales to turn to stone instead. Both Darkstalker and Anemone attempted to prevent this through enchantments, but this did not have any bearing on their eventual actions or the deterioration of their souls. Darkstalker had also tried this two thousand years ago with his talisman. However, no effects were physically showing.

Heavy use of animus magic can unintentionally alter the landscape where it was cast.

Advanced Future Sight: Darkstalker can see all possible futures. Advanced Mind Reading: He is fully trained in the ability to read minds, He can zone out all other voices and focus on one person, or listen everybodies mind that's around him.