Dark Time Mirror

> Have you ever wanted to travel through time? If you ever do, be warned, as the Dark Time Mirror will make sure you do not make it to your destination alive!.. Just kidding. This thing is by far the weakest, lamest excuse for a Sterivim out there. Even conventional gunfire can deter it (provided the bullets do not hit your own time machine), but the real danger comes from if you have absolutely no plan for attacking it.
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## Dark Time Mirror

### Aliases

Joke; Pushover; Weakling; Big, Dark, and Lame; Dark Time Mistake; The Carved Pumpkin Thing

### Sterivim Status

(} T-3 (May occasionally manifest with D as well or as a 2)

## General Details

Dark Time Mirror's name is almost completely wrong, matching its own failures as a Sterivim. It is called, "Dark," but has no affiliation with the Dark faction; it is called a, "Mirror," but lacks any mirror-like qualities; the only aspect of it that is accurate is, "Time," since it can only manifest during a time warp. Its own Sterivim ranking is an insult as well, considering the opaque, cloud-looking mass can be multiple kilometers in size, yet it can be destroyed by most weaponry. It usually forms with a face, appearing as two angry eyes with a jack-o'-lantern smile beneath its eyes. Its color matches its first word, as it does appear rather dark purple in color, with the eyes and mouth being a much brighter purple. Most insultingly, however, is that its ranking of 3 (sometimes 2) means that it may occasionally destroy itself with its own attacks, rendering it even worse off than it was already deemed (though no physical proof of it self-destructing has ever been recorded).

## Powers and Abilities

Despite the absolutely deplorable reputation the Dark Time Mirror possesses, it still has a decent list of powers and abilities. The following is its completed, documented listing:

* Complete immortality (It is impossible to completely remove the Dark Time Mirror from existence, as it is a distortion, so causing enough ruckus will create a new one)
* Ailment immunity
* Charge and Release attack (It has an attack where it can absorb attacks and spit them out as a massive burst of energy. While this ability seems like Elements J or R, the ability lacks the same consistency that those elements possess. In other words, you can destroy the Dark Time Mirror before it has a chance to absorb or release anything)
* Dark beams
* Time warping
* Teleportation
* Speech (Occasionally, it can manifest with primitive speech abilities, based on the organisms that created it)

## Appearances

The Dark Time Mirror has a fair list of appearances throughout Multiverse, though relegated only to time travel. Its most famous appearances were during any series that involved Farviz and time travel, namely the WARPS arc of *Carvioz's Quest* and in the futuristic series [*PatLS*]. Regardless of its appearances, the Dark Time Mirror has never been a major antagonist nor has it ever served a role in aiding the protagonist **directly**.

## Lore

There is very little in terms of lore with regards to the Dark Time Mirror, as it is a Sterivim, a distortion, and nothing more. It is generated randomly whenever there is a ripple in space-time (or just time itself) and the entropy clusters into a distortion\*. Since the formation of Sterivim is widely researched and predicting the formation of one is quite effective with modern technology, any time travelers could be assured whether or not any warping may have a chance of generating this entity.

There are no records as to when the Dark Time Mirror first began to manifest, though assuming it could form just as swiftly as it could back then as it can now, there must have been a powerful version of it formed during the main timeline breakages when they occurred due to the unacceptable actions of a certain Makatru. As for **why** the Dark Time Mirror first manifested, during one account of it appearing, it stated that time is a sacred thing and to desecrate it by moving throughout freely is unacceptable. Of course, while Sterivim are not believed to be fully sentient creatures, only following orders or a preset "destiny" of sorts, the Dark Time Mirror apparently believes that it solely exists to punish those who tamper with the timeline. Its "mentality" is perfectly in-line with other Sterivim who also believe that he, she, or it is the only one who can perform a certain action or allow something to happen and exists just for that.

Despite this, it is unknown if the Dark Time Mirror's mentality changes between formations, as some fellow distortions also experience after being destroyed, or if it even knows that it has died repeatedly, failing countless times to prevent such a time jump from ever happening. And finally, there is no documented evidence around whether or not the Dark Time Mirror even believes itself to be a distortion or a "time guardian" of sorts. A notable Sterivim in the past believed to be real and not a distortion, and considering the Dark Time Mirror's philosophy in the one recorded instance of it stating its function, this may not be a far-fetched claim.

\*The formation of the Dark Time Mirror, as documented, states that it forms whenever, "Time is pressed both forward and backward, then soared through like a bird when warping, but when those ripples or folds of time overlap too densely, a Dark Time Mirror is formed. Because of its distorting nature, it naturally clings to whatever generated it, i.e. the spacecraft or machine that is time traveling." So while described as, "entropy," it is deeper than that, but functions similarly in terms of chaos.