Cloud of Darkness (Opera Omnia)

The Cloud of Darkness is a playable character and boss in Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia who can be recruited at the end of Act 2, Chapter 9 of the main storyline.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Cloud of Darkness's default outfit is an updated version of its original design by Yoshitaka Amano, but with slight modifications in their chest portion of the main body possibly due to rating system issues.
Their first alternate costume is "Lucent Robe", a revamped version of Cloud of Darkness's second alternate costume from Dissidia 012 that was introduced in Dissidia NT.
===Personality===
As in their original role as well as their Dissidia universe appearance, the Cloud of Darkness is nihilistic and will employ any means necessary to achieve their end, including manipulating others in order to push the world to the brink of disaster so that they may gain strength to bring about the Void. They possess no allegiance to either of the gods and seek only to destroy. The Onion Knight is seemingly the only warrior aware of their true nature. 
As three beings of one consciousness, the Cloud of Darkness always speaks of themselves in the first-person plural.
===Gender===
The Cloud of Darkness's gender—or lack of it—has been portrayed inconsistently throughout the Dissidia series, attributed to different scenario writers for each game. While Final Fantasy III refers to them as genderless and merely choosing a feminine appearance, Opera Omnia dialogue refers to the entity with feminine pronouns. The Character Guide biography does not assert a gender, but player characters from other worlds are more likely to refer to the Cloud of Darkness as female than the three other representatives of Final Fantasy III. The Cloud of Darkness will always refer to themselves in the plural regardless of context.
==Story==
===Act 1, Ch. 7: Imber Manor===
The Cloud of Darkness first appears in Imber Manor alongside Kefka. They are neither seen nor mentioned until much later in the game.
===Act 2, Ch. 9: Light of the Living===
The Cloud of Darkness returns to give Ace the brilliance of his dark manikin, reminding him of his tragic fate back in his world. They go as far as mentioning his Mother, Dr. Arecia Al-Rashia, to manipulate him so he could cause a flood of darkness to return the world back to nothingness. 
Under their guidance, Ace recreates a replica of the war-ravaged Orience to put himself at ease, using the dark manikins of his fellow cadets as pawns in a greater scheme. All the while, his mind is slowly poisoned by the Cloud of Darkness's machinations, turning him against his Light World allies so that a battle with him would allow the Cloud of Darkness to manifest and carry out their malicious agenda. Ace is defeated and returns to sense, leaving the entity themselves to engage the party. After their defeat in a brutal battle, they leave their dimensional coordinates behind. The Onion Knight objects vehemently to taking them, but Mog accepts them.
===Act 3, Ch. 1, Pt. 1: Eternal Light===
===Lost Chapter: Thrall of Darkness===
==Gameplay==
===Equipment===
;Weapons
Image 	Name 	Image 	Name
 	魂喰の魔手【III】(5★) / 15CP 	 	幽鬼の魔手【III】(5★) / 35CP
Based on its version from Dissidia NT.	Based on its version from Dissidia NT.	Based on its version from Dissidia NT.	Based on its version from Dissidia NT.
 	妖目の魔手【III】(5★) / EX (70CP) 	 	妖目の魔手【III】+(6★) / EX+ (100CP)
Based on its version from Dissidia NT.	Based on its version from Dissidia NT.	 	妖目の魔手【III】+(6★) / EX+ (100CP)
 	双竜の魔手【III】(5★) /LD (90CP) 	 	獄犬の魔牙【III】(7★) /FR (130CP)
Original weapon. 	Original weapon. 	Original weapon. 	Original weapon.
 	絶夢の魔手【III】BT (130CP) 	 	絶夢の魔手【III】+BT+ (150CP)
Based on its version from Dissidia NT.	Based on its version from Dissidia NT.	 	絶夢の魔手【III】+BT+ (150CP)
;Armor
Image 	Name 	Image 	Name
 	暗闇の雲のアームガード【III】(5★) / 35CP 	 	暗闇の雲のマント【III】(5★) / 90CP
Original armor.Based on the "Abyssal Abhorrence" costume from NT.	Original armor.Based on the "Abyssal Abhorrence" costume from NT.	Original armor.Based on the "Abyssal Abhorrence" costume from NT. 	Original armor.Based on the "Abyssal Abhorrence" costume from NT.
 	暗闇の雲のマント【III】+(6★) / 130CP 	 	光雲の衣【III】(7★) / 210CP
 	暗闇の雲のマント【III】+(6★) / 130CP 	Original armor.Based on the "Lucent Robe" costume from Dissidia NT.	Original armor.Based on the "Lucent Robe" costume from Dissidia NT.
 	光雲の衣【III】+(7★) / 230CP 	 	
 	光雲の衣【III】+(7★) / 230CP 	 	
===Abilities===
Move 	Type 	Attributes 	Obtained 	Image
ブレイブ攻撃 	BRV 	Magic 	Default 	
ブレイブ攻撃 	Steals enemy's BRV. 	Steals enemy's BRV. 	Steals enemy's BRV. 	
ＨＰ攻撃 	HP 	Magic 	Default 	
ＨＰ攻撃 	Expends BRV to deal HP damage. 	Expends BRV to deal HP damage. 	Expends BRV to deal HP damage. 	
 	HP 	Magic 	Default 	
 	2-hit group magic BRV attack + single-target HP attackSelf: 4 turns Increases special effect Darkness by 1 (limit 5)Further increases special effect Darkness by 1 (limit 5) when inflicting BreakAmount stolen BRV may exceed MAX BRV increases with special effect Darkness levelBRV Attack becomes Toying Appendages, HP Attack becomes Uncanny Beam while Annulling Power activeTriggers Counter (2-hit magic BRV attack; increases special effect Darkness by 1 [limit 5]) when taking HP attack	2-hit group magic BRV attack + single-target HP attackSelf: 4 turns Increases special effect Darkness by 1 (limit 5)Further increases special effect Darkness by 1 (limit 5) when inflicting BreakAmount stolen BRV may exceed MAX BRV increases with special effect Darkness levelBRV Attack becomes Toying Appendages, HP Attack becomes Uncanny Beam while Annulling Power activeTriggers Counter (2-hit magic BRV attack; increases special effect Darkness by 1 [limit 5]) when taking HP attack	2-hit group magic BRV attack + single-target HP attackSelf: 4 turns Increases special effect Darkness by 1 (limit 5)Further increases special effect Darkness by 1 (limit 5) when inflicting BreakAmount stolen BRV may exceed MAX BRV increases with special effect Darkness levelBRV Attack becomes Toying Appendages, HP Attack becomes Uncanny Beam while Annulling Power activeTriggers Counter (2-hit magic BRV attack; increases special effect Darkness by 1 [limit 5]) when taking HP attack	
 	HP 	Magic 	Crystal STR 20 	
 	4-hit group magic BRV attack + group HP attackDeals total HP damage to each targetConsumes all special effect DarknessBecomes Zero-Form Particle Beam while special effect Darkness 5 	4-hit group magic BRV attack + group HP attackDeals total HP damage to each targetConsumes all special effect DarknessBecomes Zero-Form Particle Beam while special effect Darkness 5 	4-hit group magic BRV attack + group HP attackDeals total HP damage to each targetConsumes all special effect DarknessBecomes Zero-Form Particle Beam while special effect Darkness 5 	
 	BRV 	Magic, Cancel Break 	Crystal STR 65 	
 	2-hit magic BRV attackCancels target's Break 	2-hit magic BRV attackCancels target's Break 	2-hit magic BRV attackCancels target's Break 	
高射式 波動砲 	HP 	Magic 	EX Ability 	
高射式 波動砲 	6-hit magic BRV attack + HP attackStolen BRV may exceed MAX BRV up to 150%Increases special effect Darkness by 1 (limit 5)Further increases special effect Darkness by 1 (limit 5) when inflicting BreakAmount stolen BRV may exceed MAX BRV increases with special effect Darkness level 	6-hit magic BRV attack + HP attackStolen BRV may exceed MAX BRV up to 150%Increases special effect Darkness by 1 (limit 5)Further increases special effect Darkness by 1 (limit 5) when inflicting BreakAmount stolen BRV may exceed MAX BRV increases with special effect Darkness level 	6-hit magic BRV attack + HP attackStolen BRV may exceed MAX BRV up to 150%Increases special effect Darkness by 1 (limit 5)Further increases special effect Darkness by 1 (limit 5) when inflicting BreakAmount stolen BRV may exceed MAX BRV increases with special effect Darkness level 	
;Passive abilities
==Quotes==
==Gallery==
DFFOO Cloud of Darkness EX.jpg|EX Ability.
DFFOO Cloud of Darkness Battle Stance.png|Battle Stance.
DFFOO Cloud of Darkness Counter.jpg|Counter.
==Allusions==
*The Cloud of Darkness is paired with Exdeath for their FR ability and is also Ultimecia's partner.
**All three express a strong, single-minded desire to return all existence to a state of nothingness in which only they can exist.
**For Exdeath, both antagonists claim command of the Void.
**For Ultimecia, both have developed a friendship of sorts in other Dissidia games.
*Excluding Kefka's attempt at battling the party in his God of All Magic form, the final battles of Act 3 mirror point-for-point the climax of Final Fantasy III
**The player fights an unwinnable battle to start this segment of the story; all are laid low by the entity. 
**Four of Spiritus's warriors with honorable demeanor intervene to assist Materia's group, paralleling the Warriors of Darkness as well as the curse of the five wyrms.
**The story takes place in a mock-up of the World of Darkness.
**The player is required to fight four battles against Spiritus's more corrupt warriors, with one each at the four gates of this World of Darkness, to weaken the Cloud of Darkness enough to reach them.
**The party must battle the Cloud of Darkness in its purest and most malevolent form to end the Act.
*In a nod to the original Final Fantasy VII, the player will fight a scripted battle in which the Onion Knight must use his FR ability to expel the Cloud of Darkness, regardless of whether they have obtained the required weapon to use the FR ability.
Category:Characters in Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia