Nyxil Vane

Personality
Nyxil ends to stay close to others, but often remains quiet unless adressed. It is uncommon for him to start a conversation. Nyxil is known to swear under frustraition, and angers easily. He likes to consider himself a follower and not a leader, but despite this he attempts to take control of a group's actions without noticing he is doing it. He is rather reckless, and does not care if things are damaged. He hates most all children of Morpheus.

History
Nyxil is a son of Dale Vane, a demigod born to Victor Vane and the goddess Theia. His father met Nyx in an expidition through a cave in the mountain range nearby. She stood near the entrance, unwilling to leave. When Dale continued with the exploration of the cave, she had aproatched him and they conversed. By the end of the week-long expidition through the cave, Dale had attempted to propose. He was turned down. Seven months later, an all-black blanket was laying in his living room, wraped around a young baby.

Dale raised the boy, and cared for him well. One day, when the boy was six, he had managed to get himself trapped in a bear den at the local zoo. The boy, known as Nyxil and named after his mother, drained the lights of energy and when they were relit the bear was dead. From then on, Dale knew that the boy was a demigod like he was. He went in to an outrage, often yelling at the boy. Dale had been a demigod, but at the age of seventeen, he learned that he had titan and god blood, and had his mother, Theia, return him to mortality. The thought that his son was a "mixed-blooded freak of nature" was too much to bear. Nyxil decided to run away, and lived in Mount Clyde, in the cave where his father and mother met. Wolves and bears and other wildlife threatened him, and soon his grandmother, Theia, told him all he needed to know. This included who he really was, and everything about demigods and monsters. She did this to increase his ability and gave him five magical chakrams to defend himself with.

Nyxil hunted for himself and retreaved water for himself. One day when out hunting, he met a wolf with a bluish tint in its fur. It was the only animal he ever met that could outrun him. It would often stand right outside of his reach, then bolt when he attempted to throw a chakram at it. The boy got frustrated with these repeated failures, and returned to the city for a day to get a better meal. When he walked by his old house, it was drk and black. Sections had collapsed, and ashes littered the site. He knew his father must have died in the fire. the thought did not bother him.

A group of demigods had been hiking through the mountains and talking about some kind of "camp". Nyxil spied on them, thus learning of Camp Half-Blood. He started to wander the country, hoping to get leads on its location. He carried a camera with him, and documented his travels. When in Detroit, he saw many monsters attacking a boy with a sword. He took many down with his sword, swinging as well as shooting lightning blasts from it. Nyxil stepped in when the monsters fled. The boy was very hurt, with multiple gashes across his stomache and chest. In his last breath, he said, "You... you are a demigod. Y... you saw. Take this. It wi.. will lead you to a satyr. He will take you to camp. Give my sword to a child of Zue.. Zues." With that, the boy handed Nyxil a map of the city, with one point circled. Nyxil took the blade and went to the satyr. He was led to camp.

The Curse
In Miami, Nyxil found a gruop of demigods doing a quest to return an amulet to Morpheus. They went to a cave along the coast and blasted the rear wall open, revealing a treasure trove of gold and magic items. They had not noticed Nyxil following them. Once they left, he shadow travelled in to the re-sealed vault and stole many gems and coins. The room went dark, and he fell asleep immediately. Morpheus spoke to him then, saying that from then on, when he woke, he may dream himself in a different body. When he wakes, he would be in that body. Nyxil hated Morpheus and all of his children from then on.

Offensive

 * 1) Children of Nyx have the ability to conjure an inanimate object out of pure shadows; however, only one can be created at a time and it cannot be bigger than the one who conjured it. They can also use this power to form other objects as well, at delimited size.
 * 2) Children of Nyx have the ability to conjure a rope of shadows which are bound around an unsuspecting victim; the ropes remain on the person for a short time before vanishing.

Defensive

 * 1) Children of Nyx have the ability to conjure a cloak of pure shadows which will blunt most attacks but slow the movement of the conjurer.
 * 2) Children of Nyx can bend shadows around them, concealing them for a short time.

Passive

 * 1) Children of Nyx are innately strong during the night.
 * 2) Children of Nyx can see perfectly in the night as if it were day.

Supplementary

 * 1) Children of Nyx have the ability to Shadow Travel, a sort of teleportation; the further the distance, the more is energy drained.