Canis Lycaon

### Abilities

Producing blades on Jin's bodyGrowing black blades from any shadow in the user's field of vision

### Wielder(s)

Tobio Ikuse

**Canis Lycaon**, also known as **Ravaged Inugami of the Black Blade**, is a Longinus wielded by Tobio Ikuse.

## Summary

In the past, God of the Bible used two individual sources for the Canis Lycaon. One of them being the King of Arcadia, Lycaon who incurred the wrath of Zeus by feeding him his son Nyctimas, causing the King to be turned into a wolf after being cursed; and Ame-no-Ohabari, the divine sword in Shintoism used to kill Kagutsuchi. As both of them proved to be incompatible with one another, both still tried merging, resulting in the blade lost its divinity and turning into an ominous blade.

After Tobio Ikuse was born with the Longinus, Canis Lycaon, it is one of the rare instances where it already had its overdrive already activated. Because of this his grandmother, Ageha Ikuse used a Buddist sealing ritual to seal away the Canis Lykaon. After discovering his Ancient Gear, Tobio decided to name the dog **Jin** (刃じん).

## Appearance

Canis Lycaon takes the form of a large red-eyed black dog, but it initially took the form of a puppy four-years prior, but later turned into a large dog.

## Abilities

Canis Lycaon is able to summon a black dog, which its current possessor named Jin able to move independently from its wielder with its own instincts. The dog can produce blades and shadows from its body, can transform into a sword, and can move through and create blades from shadows, which can extend as far as its own possessor's sight.

## Forms

### Night Celestial Slash Dogs

**Night Celestial Slash Dogs** (夜天光の乱刃狗神悪鬼ナイト・セレスティアル・スラッシュ・ドッグズ, *Naito Seresutiaru Surasshu Dogguzu*), also known as **Mad Black Dog Fiend of the Glowing Night Sky**, is the original Overdrive of Canis Lycaon, which Tobio awakened from the moment he was born. He becomes covered in darkness and transforms into a black humanoid with six tails, while Jin transforms into a large full-grown hound. In this form, Tobio attains enhanced strength and is able to also extend his shadows beyond the range of a huge building complex and create an innumerable amount of blades in them, tinging even the sky and earth in darkness. Unlike most Overdrive, this form requires a chant to activate

The chant Tobio recites to activate this form is as follows:

*<< — Behowlest the slaying of thousands of mortals >>*
*<< — Besingest the slaying of tens of thousand of goblins >>*
*<< — Mine name, which tis immersed in deepest darkness, tis the Ravaged Imitation God traversing the Polar Night >>*
*<< — O ye, perishest by mine own black blade >>*
*<< — Fools ye art, deformed Creator Gods >>*
### Perfectus Tenebrae Lykaon et Fortis Densus Laelaps

**Perfectus Tenebrae Lykaon et Fortis Densus Laelaps** (深淵なりし冥漠の獣魔、英傑であれ常夜刃の狗神ペルフェクトゥス・テネブラエ・リュカオン・エト・フォルティス・デンス・ライラプス, *Perufekutusu Tenebrae Ryukaon Eto Fortis Dens Rairapusu*), also known as the **Dark Demon Beast of the Abyss, Dog God of the Hero's Eternal Night Blade**, is the Abyss Side of his **Night Celestial Slash Dogs**, which evolved after Tobio had polished his overdrive passed to its limit. After he recites a curse-like chant, his entire body becomes covered in darkness taking form as a humanoid black beast that resembles a dog wielding a ling and immensely sharp scythe that is capable of effortlessly slicing apart extremely powerful opponents such as clones of Grendel and Ladon, Evil Dragons who are known for their defensive abilities, as well as keeping his original ability to sprout immense blades from his extended shadows. In addition, the darkness in the surrounding area also forms enormous dogs with jet-black fur that attack opponents with blades carried in their mouths. These dogs can also move through shadows like both Tobio and Jin to attack the blind spots of their foes. In True Volume 5, he was able to summon a new scythe covered in black flames, which is the result of Ame-no Ohabari.

The chant Tobio Ikuse recites to activate this form is as follows:

*<< — Behowlest the slaying of thousands of mortals and principles >>*
*<< — Besingest the slaying of tens of thousand of goblins and evil omens >>*
*<< — Mine name, which reacheth unto the farthest abyss, tis the Ravaged Imitation God beguiling the Polar Night and the Midnight Sun >>*
*<< —Thou shalt be exterminated by our own jet black demonic blade >>*
*<< —Thou art merely ephemeral, oh paranormal Creator God >>*
## Trivia

* The nickname Jin is derived from the kanji for blade (刃).
* Perfectus Tenebrae Lykaon et Fortis Densus Laelaps means "Perfect Darkness Wolf and Strong Dense Hunter".
	+ Why Laelaps means "Hunter" in this case is because Laelaps is the name of a dog in Greek mythology that always caught what he hunted and so would refer to how Tobio's dogs always catch their 'prey'.