Eclipso

"*All to help the darkness within you grow, one thread of hatred is all I needed.*"
―Eclipso[src]
**Eclipso** is a powerful cosmic entity, said to be the original spirit of God's wrath. After his fall, he became an agent of chaos, rimming with a cold, terrifying darkness, he exploits the flaws of others, reveling in the impure and sinful, sadistically feeding off the dark side of humanity.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* **Soul Absorption:** Eclipso consumes corrupted or troubled souls, and with each soul, his powers grow stronger. He seeks out a target and then inhales their soul through his mouth, relishing on the essences that he has consumed. This leaves his victims as piles of ash.
	+ **Darkness Detection:** Eclipso can sense the inner darkness within souls of people brought into his presence, allowing him to identify which targets to feed on.
* **Hypnosis:** Eclipso has the ability to hypnotize his victims when the diamond is raised to the wielders right eye. The glow from the diamond places his victims in a deep trance, making them highly suggestible. This allows Eclipso to directly influence their minds.
* **Telepathy:** Eclipso has telepathic abilities that he uses to influence, control, and manipulate his victims.
	+ **Mental Illusion Casting:** Once his victims have been placed under his influence, Eclipso can use telepathy to create, shape and manipulate his victims minds to see what he wants them to see. These mental illusions can be used as distractions, causing the target to lash out or feel inclined to act in a way they normally wouldn't.
	+ **Subliminal Messaging:** Eclipso has the unique ability to implant his thoughts into another person, making them believe the thoughts they are having are their own. Once he implants his messaging, he can manipulate how the victim sees their surroundings to better force the victim to act out his will.
	+ **Fear Projection:** The ability to sense the greatest fear of someone and make them believe their fears are coming true.
* **Possession:** Eclipso has the power to possess humans. When Eclipso’s powers grew, he could possess people without the need of the Black Diamond, such as Paul Deisinger. During the JSA's final battle against Eclipso, he forced Courtney to say out loud that she hates him, thereby embracing her inner darkness and allowing Eclipso to get his hooks in her and possess her body, which also allowed him to wield the Cosmic Staff.
* **Dark Energy Manipulation:** Eclipso can generate and manipulate blasts of dark energy, as he did when he charged at the JSA and blasted them with a shockwave.
* **Superhuman Strength:** Eclipso has superhuman strength that allows him to inflict serious damage on others, beyond the scope of normal strength. He also caught the Cosmic Staff in mid-air with no difficulty.
* **Superhuman Speed:** He has the ability to move at an inhuman speed.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Eclipso's durability against otherwise lethal attacks is one of his greater attributes, allowing him to stay alive in otherwise deadly situations.
* **Teleportation:** Eclipso is able to teleport from one place to another through unknown means. W
* **Weather Manipulation:** While not an entirely conscious power, Eclipso's very presence brings out the darkness in others and the area that he inhabits.
* **Astronomical Manipulation:** When Eclipso was freed from the black diamond, a lunar eclipse appeared in the sky that many residents of Blue Valley witnessed. The eclipse ended when Eclipso fled following his confrontation with the JSA. Another lunar eclipse appeared the night Eclipso attempted to merge the earth with the Shadowlands. It is unknown if the lunar eclipse was a conscious action on Eclipso's part.

### Weaknesses

* **Light:** Because Eclipso is a being of darkness and despair, the counter opposite of his powers is light. The light from the Cosmic Staff physically annoyed Eclipso and left him in a weakened state.

## Relationships

* Lords of Order
	+ Nabu
* Justice Society of America
	+ Carter Hall/Hawkman
	+ Sheira Hall/Hawkgirl
	+ Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate
	+ Michael Holt/Mister Terrific
	+ Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl
	+ Maxine Hunkel/Cyclone
	+ Albert Rothstein/Atom Smasher
	+ Mari McCabe/Vixen
	+ Teth-Adam/Black Adam

## Trivia

* Eclipso was considered to appear in *Black Adam*.

## External Links

* Eclipso on DC Database
* Eclipso on Wikipedia