Nadir

Nadir, along with Zenith, is among the last surviving Shades, and the only living entity who can claim to have battled Anajaz Serya and won. He is covert, untrusting, and eager to return his fallen kin to their cycle of reincarnative immortality.

Background
Nadir led the Shades againt Serya at the end of his multidimensional conquests, and earned a costly victory. Although he crippled and eventually repelled the invading forces, he lost all but one of his fellow Shades in the process.

In hopes of using the same magic that prevented their rebirths to restore them to life, he entered into an uneasy alliance with Cy Modhezyphe. Nadir would lend what resources he retained in order to assist Modhezyphe as well as grant her scientists access to arcane secrets that could revive Serya. Despite his utter hatred of the man that wiped out his race, only Serya would have the knowledge of how to end the banishment he placed on them.

Prowess
Nadir is referenced to be the greatest warrior in the local multiverse, possessing a mastery of shadowform that exceeds Zenith, raw power which rivals Vesser, and a killer instict which catches even Modhezyphe offguard.

If Zenith's theme is smoke, Nadir's theme is fire. Rather than a cloud of ash, his "hair" has visible embers floating around and a charred, red base. Nadir also appears much older than his cousin, though not at all whithered or frail. His shadowform also differs visually, more closely resembling a meteor or living flame. Keeping with the motif, he is exceptionally adept with fire-type magics and can utilize more advanced techniques, such as attacking while intangible and partial materialization.