Darkstalker

**Darkstalkers** are entities that reside in the alternate dark realm known as Makai. While they are mainly supernatural creatures, there are humans who are also treated as Darkstalkers.

## Overview

They are either based on various iconic literary and cinematic monsters, or inspired by international mythology and fairy tales. The greatest of these supernatural creatures, and the greatest among those who hunt them, will engage in combat to determine who will own the night, while participating in a tournament held on Earth in order to decide the new ruler of the otherworldly dimension of Makai

Unlike other classification, they are all existing beings rather then brand new entities. They can range from demons, angels, Outer Space aliens, creatures of the night, the fae, monsters, the rare humans, etc. Even some deities can be called as such.

Unlike other supernatural beings where it usually the more malevolent ones that are hunted by the Supernatural Hunters, Darkstalkers are specifically hunted by rouge members of the Hunter Organization, the Dark Hunters, whom act more like bounty hunters or mercenaries than hunters.

## Powers and Abilities

The supernatural creatures known as Darkstalkers are marked after the strength of their soul, which directly translates in the amount of power they can exert for combat and a great variety of purposes, such as special powers and abilities. In terms of powers and abilities, all of them are expert fighters and can use the power of their souls to project energy, control the elements, use magic and much more.

The Darkstalkers are gauged by their strength:

* Class S Darkstalkers are strong enough beings which can be considered Physical Gods. Their powers also tend to veer into Reality Warper territory. The three High Nobles of Makai and Morrigan are all Class S, and Belial, one of the big three, was a Class S+.
* Class A Darkstalkers are the exceptionally strong beings (like Pyron and Demitri), most of them filling the ranks of the Eight Noble Families of Makai.
* Class B+ Darkstalkers are the more powerful beings with sufficient training and high-caliber superpowers.
* Class B Darkstalkers are the average beings , which make up the backbone of Makai; one can take down a small army of humans.
* Class C Darkstalkers are your run-of-the-mill humans and weaker beings on par with normal people, who are used as slaves and livestock by classes B and above.
* Class D Darkstalkers are the wild beasts of Makai who may reach the power of Class Bs or even B+, but are usually not civilized.

All Darkstalkers also share some powers due to their nature, like being able to collect and manipulate the souls of defeated opponents for various purposes, with the most common being absorbing them to enhance their own strength. They also passively give off an aura that corrupts the heart and drives the mind insane, making so that a strong mind/spirit and a dark heart are needed in order to face them.

## History

The Darkstalkers are called to battle the powerful alien Pyron, who intends to add Earth his collection of planets to devour after defeating the most powerful creatures on the planet.

After Pyron's defeat, they contend with the actions of the mad demon noble Jedah Dohma, who intends to remake the Makai by wiping out all life and create it anew by merging all worthy souls into one single being.

## Myths and Legends

The main Darkstalkers are mainly based off well known fictional characters and monsters ranging from Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster to the Gillman and even the Devil. While (and quite possibly, because) they're far fewer than the men, the ladies get far more publicity and prominence than their male counterparts.

## Quotes

* *"Dear God, I don't even know what those "darkstalkers" are? Are they actual living beings or are fictional characters given flesh and blood? Are they tulpas? Or was it them that **inspired** the fictional tales written about them? Yeah, I'm not being paid enough for this. I need coffee. Or whiskey. Or most preferably both."* - Carl Black.

## Trivia

* Due to most of them being supernatural that exist separate from human society, many of their goals and morals are quite alien when viewed from a human's perspective.
* They were sometimes all called demons even though only a couple truly are.
* While similar, they are not the same as Ghouls of the Ghoul Realm.

## Image Sources

* (NWDarkRevComicArt Darkstalkers.png) Darkstalkers characters by Alvin Lee and Christine Choi