Ankou

*"At last, the work of generations is complete. The great error is corrected. No longer will light shine forth upon the Earth. The Rebels are finished. The day of revenge is here. The day of the Shadow."*
—Ankou
**Ankou** was the mystical lord of shadows and archenemy to the assassin, Ghost. His influence over the hope of the heroic Arcadian Rebels, especially when he seemingly killed their leader Lance White, up until his own death by his ostensible victim.

Ankou was eventually revived by his acolytes, in time for the second Shadow War.

## Biography

### Early Life

Ankou is basically as old as time itself; he was born in Dimensional Heaven, which existed before Earth's creation. He was an irregularity amongst his kind, the Light Demons. Eventually, he decided to purge the Dimensonal Heaven and absorb the souls of its denizens. Eventually, a godly being by the name of Santiago dueled Ankou, and banished him to the Void as punishment for his crimes. There, Ankou conquered the Void and created an army.

Ankou was present for, and was also a direct influence of several key events in history, such as the extinction of the dinosaurs and it is speculated he was even responsible for it.

### Japan

Ankou was present to witness the conflicts between blind warrior Isaki Shiro and military leader Yoshida Nakamura.

### Problem for the Rebels

#### Attempted Persuasion

*"Your agents, and the Rebels, are wasting their time. This isn't the last you'll see of me, Director. Although it's fun watching you try. Stopping Taras isn't easy..."*
—Ankou
In late August 2017, the EPF began to take notice of Ankou, as they believed he held crucial information on how to neutralize Pestilence. The Director put out an APB for him, as she wished to speak to him in person and persuade him to fight the good fight. Agent Amy Hall and some of the Arcadian Rebels took part in this, and Ankou ultimately ended up breaching the EPF primary headquarters to warn the Director to stop looking for him.

### A New Threat

In mid October 2017, Ankou, after reuniting with Taras, decided to liberate Taras's Siberian mountain base. This proved successful, and the two began plotting after Ankou learned of a plot to attack the Void by the Arcadian Rebels.

Ankou, disguising himself as Cody, attempted to persuade the Rebels into a trap. This slightly worked, because the Rebels went to the Void, but saw through Ankou's disguise. However, the plot did not go as planned. A dangerous infection manifested within the Void, causing Jason, Lance, and Ankou to fight off the infected.

### Escape from the Rice Fields

Ankou soon was lured into a trap by Santiago, and was promptly banished to the Rice Fields, an omniversal prison.

Cody, with the help of Lance and a Peace^keeper found in the Omniversal Citadel, broke Ankou out of the Rice Fields.

### The Second Shadow Wars

Some time later, Ankou resurfaced, with the intent to bring about the end times. To accomplish such a task, he created the Starbreaker, a weapon of unimaginable power. He also "convinced" Maelstrom and Yuri Richtov to revive him in a dangerous ritual. The ritual worked, and Ankou was revived from the dead.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Darkness Manipulation:** Ankou, as a lord of shadows, is able to conjure weapons, shields, and duplicates of himself and others. As a master of illusion, he often cheats death with personal duplicates.
	+ **Shadow Mimicry:** Ankou is able to manifest himself as a shadow, able to shift his density at will. He can also expand or contract in size.
	+ **Umbraportation:** Through darkness, Ankou is able to teleport short distances
	+ **Dark Electricity Manipulation:** Ankou, from observing Cody Nakamura in battle, has learned the ability to use lightning. He can summon it from the sky, as well as shoot it from his fingertips.

*"The timestream exists in many branches."*
—Ankou
* **Time Travel:** Ankou, by creating a concentrated space rupture, can send himself or others through any period in time. This was evident when he traveled into the future to bring someone from the future back into the past.
* **Fire Manipulation:** Ankou can manipulate fire to his will, and use it as an attack.
* **Mind Control:** Ankou can overshadow the minds of others to influence their actions. This effect is long-lasting, as he has manipulated several females and has added an unknown trigger word to them to force them to act against their wills.

### Abilities

*"How about this?! Boom!!"*
—Ankou
*"A rebel? Jason the Rebel?!"*
—Ankou
* **Master Word-Player:** Ankou is known from time to time to make references to various forms of media, mainly quoting the Gravity Falls villain Bill Cipher, and even going as far as to parody an infamous quote from "Phineas and Ferb."
* **Intimidation:**

## Weaknesses

* **Light Exposure:** Ankou is extremely irritated and momentarily immobilized by intense light. This will cause Ankou to glitch out.

## Techniques

* **Dark Divebomb:** Ankou, from observing Chris Felix in battle, has learned the ability to divebomb. He can spin at high speeds while divebombing into the ground.
* **Dark Seiken:** Ankou, from observing Lance White in battle, has learned the ability of Seiken. It is a much stronger version of both the Shiro's Seiken and the Nakamura's Kage Seiken.

## Trivia

* In French folklore, Ankou is the personification of death.
* Ankou takes inspiration from Bill Cipher, mainly how he has a knack for turning enemies into statues (Bill with stone, Ankou with ice). He also bothers the Arcadian Rebels on numerous occasions, much like Bill has done with the Pines family.