Inner Darkness

Inner Darkness
Riku (Kingdom Hearts) is adept at wielding the darkness within his heart in a variety of ways.
Power/Ability to	Harness one's inner darkness.

The power to harness one's inner darkness. Variation of Inner Power. Opposite to Inner Light.

Also Known

• Innate Darkness
• The Darkness Within

Capabilities

The user can harness and utilize the darkness within themselves; an esoteric darkness that lies dormant with the user that contains very powerful and special properties that the wielder can use variety of effects that represent the thoughts and emotions of the users that are inherently malevolent by mystic principle of darkness. The true nature of the darkness can come from the user's inner essence that can influences the nature of the inner darkness that are solely controlling the powers of darkness in general regardless of its nature and purpose.

Applications

• Esoteric Darkness Manipulation
  • Empathic Darkness Manipulation
  • Dark Energy Manipulation
  • Dark Force Manipulation
  • Grim Darkness Manipulation
  • Spiritual Darkness Manipulation
  • Yin Manipulation

Techniques

• Dark Form
• Inner Darkness Externalization
• Umbrakinetic Combat

Associations

• Dark Energy Manipulation
• Dark Heart
• Darkness Manipulation
• Darkside View
• Emotion Manipulation
• Evil Empowerment
• Inner Light-Darkness
• Inner Power
• Malevolence Release

Limitations

• The user’s inner darkness may consume the user if not controlled.

Known Users

Cartoons/Comics

• Trigon (DC Comics/Teen Titans)
• The Dawnbreaker (DC Comics)

Literature

• Dr. Jekyll (Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

Movies

• Sith/Dark Jedi (Star Wars)

Manga/Anime

• Ichirōhiko (Bakemono no Ko)
• Rui Hachioji (Code:Breaker)
• Saechika (Code:Breaker)
• Spike the Devil Man (Dragon Ball)
• Watagash (Dragon Ball Super)
• Babidi (Dragon Ball Z)
• Users of Zekkai (Kekkaishi)
  • Masamori Sumimura
  • Yoshimori Sumimura
• Nyorai (Shaman King)
• Trueman (Yu-Gi-Oh GX)
• Nightshroud (Yu-Gi-Oh GX)

Video Games

• Cia (Hyrule Warriors)
• Riku (Kingdom Hearts series)
• Terra (Kingdom Hearts series)
• Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts series)
• Incarnations of Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts series)
  • Master Xehanort
  • Ansem, Seeker of Darkness
• Persona users (Persona series); via Personas (Inner Beast)

Gallery

Saechika (Code:Breaker) manifesting his inner Dark Side into a shadow armor and weapon.

The Dawnbreaker's (DC Comics) dark powers are derived from the "void" that dwells within him.

Spike the Devil Man (Dragon Ball) can amplify one's inner darkness until it causes the victim's heart to explode.

Babidi's (Dragon Ball Z) dark magic works by drawing out the inner darkness of those he uses it on in order to amplify their power...

...which Vegeta used to his advantage to not only power up...

...but also recapture the feeling of glee he felt when he was evil.

Watagash's (Dragon Ball Super) power works by drawing out the inner evil and darkness of his hosts...

...with Barry Khan having so much darkness and hatred in his heart that the possession heavily mutated his body, first simply making him more muscular...

...then mutating him into a larger, ape-like creature...

...and finally turning him into a giant monster with no resemblance to his original form at all.

Cia (Hyrule Warriors) manifested Link's inner darkness as multiple Dark Links.

Sora's (Kingdom Hearts) Anti-Form is a manifestation of his inner darkness.

Terra (Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep) can manifest the darkness hidden within his heart as dark-based attacks.

Henry Jekyll (Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) created a potion meant to bring forth a person's inner darkness and evil...

...which he used to manifest his own inner evil, Edward Hyde.