Zenith

Zenith is one of two surviving Shades, along with Nadir. He works very closely with Cy Modhezyphe who uses his natural talents for tasks that would be difficult or impossible for normal individuals. He has a very amiable and lighthearted personality, even befriending the reborn Anajaz Serya.

Background
Zenith was offworld at the time of Serya's invasions and therefore did not witness the ensuing atrocities firsthand. In his previous life, he was a renowned scholar and sorcerer whose talents have transfered into his present form. He eventually was tasked by Nadir to keep a close eye on Modhezyphe, although the two grew very close over their years of working together.

Fairly youthful in appearance, essentially human in physical form, with the exception of having thick black smoke emmitting where his hair would otherwise be. Has an energetic and almost playful demenour that contrasts heavily with most other characters, particurally within Edge.

Prowess
As a Shade, Zenith has the benefit of retaining his previous life's knowledge and abilities. Like others of his kind, he is continously reincarnated at the cost of permenantly forgetting most of his previous existences.

His most noted strength lies in his innate ability to render himself nigh-intangible at will. In this form, he appears as a shadowy cloud which can zip around and reform at will. While intangible, he is essentially free from any harm as he can simply mold aroundany physical object and become disoriented at worst by a magical strike. However, he can neither speak or act, meaning he has to reform to perform any interaction with the world.

He often uses his shadowform to excess, phasing into a cloud for a brief moment in order to change the direction he is facing without actually turnign around. In battle he is  extremely frustrating to fight against, abusing his natural talents. He is not completely impervious though, he can still be harmed in physical form and controlled to a degree while not. His magical skills are avergae at best, although he is more or less able to function without them.