Kravarius

The
Mythical Helm of Shadow, numbering only one in its unaltered form in the
entirety of the Magnus Imperus reality,
which gave its user immense power over the element of shadow.

## **History**

The
Kravarius' origins are totally unknown, with Tyranis possessing only
educated guesses as to its creation. He theorized that M’Gilrma, a
Magnificentus-turned-Diabolith, was originally involved in its creation, being
a Magnificentus of Shadow. However, it was mostly created to cancel out the
Luxaus, should a non-benevolent being ever access the helm. This idea is
garnered from Tyranis’ encounter with M’Gilrma when the latter attempted to
reclaim the helm.

Tyranis
first located the helm in the center of a dwarf star he had been transported to
by an encounter with a Master of the Multiverse. Protected by the Master's
influence, he took the helm, and placed it upon his head. Instantly, his powers
were magnified by several thousand times, and the purity of the mask's shadowy
energies granted him utter dominance over the element of shadow.

Since
then, the helm has been synonymous with Tyranis himself; the mask having been a
symbol of his power and abilities for as long as Tyranis has been known to
the Imperian
Confederacy. The helm was the only one in existence, until Tyranis
experimented with creating three replicas to outfit more Diabolith with, in
order to create an unstoppable army. These masks were but a fraction of the
pure Kravarius' power, and each one carried a defect; Cazzadath's helm crippled him physically due to the
onslaught of shadowy energy, Narthion's accidentally inherited half of its energy
from light and thus made the wearer undergo a dramatic personality shift to
become more merciful and moral, and Visstass's mutated him to become incredibly slimy and
like a leech in appearance, outside of his armor.

A
fourth replica was created by Tyranis, following data he gathered from the
creation of the other three masks, and the mask was given to Kortarex. It was dubbed the "Great Kravarius",
as it possessed powers equivocal to a Legendary Mask, but was severely weaker
compared to the unaltered mask.

Tyranis
wears the helm to this day, and the replicas remain with their chosen wearers.
It is thought that, given the Kravarius' Mythical status on the Helm
Power Spectrum, its destruction could remove from existence all
beings possessing any power over the element of shadow, and would totally
remove all shadow energy from the universe.

## **Powers**

The Kravarius was Mythical for a reason; the bolts
of pure shadow fired from the helm alone could devastate even the most stalwart
of defenders, and any wearer would quickly find their very being totally
dominated by the shadowy energies emanated from the helm. Any being capable of
exerting influence over the helm would find their powers magnified many thousands-folds,
and would make them a nigh-unmatched being of elemental dominance, besides
wearers of other Mythical helms.

## **Forms**

The Kravarius came in four forms:

* Unaltered: This was the helm Tyranis wore and had sharp edges and inclines in its design, as well as being jet black with an unearthly shine to the texture of the helm. This form possessed the most raw shadow energy

* Altered: This form was worn by Cazzadath and Visstass, and was smoother, with a more grainy black, owing to the imperfections in its replication; they possessed strong enough energies, but caused negative effects on their wearers

* Narthion's: This Kravarius was gold in coloration as a result of being mixed with light energies as well, and resulted in the user suffering a dramatic personality shift to become more merciful and kind

* Great: This version of the Kravarius was virtually identical in power set to the unaltered Kravarius, but possessed less magnitude in power