Zero

-Axel

* Default
* Shadow Beast
* Absolute
* Eevee

## Biographical Information

### Family

Sretan  (Father), Tara (Mother), Shirufu (Adoptive mother), Ahi (Adoptive father)

## Battle Information

### Moveset

Ice Fang, Fire Fang, Discharge, Thunder Fang

## Physical Information

### Weight

16.7 lbs.

Zero is a major protagonist of Nightfall, introduced in Volume 1. He has two forms: Shadow Beast and Absolute.

## Appearance

As Zero is a Shadow Umbreon, his body is entirely black and white. His eyes and ring patterns are white; everything else is black. He would be completely monochrome, if not for the Silk Scarf he wears. His scarf is striped with red and yellow colors, and usually only one end of his scarf is seen sticking out. He’s also known to be much fluffier than most Umbreon, with the more notable features of his wild fur being on the sides of his face and the top of his head.

As he grew older, dark circles started to appear below his eyes, resulting from increasing lack of sleep.

As an Eevee, he was almost identical to a Shiny Eevee. The only noticeable differences were the darker gray color and the lack of brown in his eyes and ears. He also wore his red and yellow scarf once he arrived at Nightfall.

### Shadow Beast

Being a Shadow Pokémon, Zero was assigned an Shadow Beast. It was a Luxray, chosen to represent his father. Zero’s appearance grew and changed to match the exact looks of a Luxray, with his previous Umbreon form being nowhere in sight. His whole body became vantablack, and his eyes and mouth turned solid white. His figure appeared hazy or blurry, which is the result of being in the outside world.

This Beast is much taller than the normal height of a Luxray, so that it matches the height of Sretan, Zero's father. It stands at 5'07", while a regular Luxray is 4'11". Additionally, it weighs 97 lbs., contrasting with the average 92.6 lbs. of a normal Luxray.

## Personality

Zero was once the normal, friendly character who was always there for his friends. He was introverted and usually soft-spoken, but had the courage to fight and explore new places. Zero was mature and took important situations seriously, never wanting to fool around or slack off. He seemed to be very happy amongst his friends.

Though, after the murders of 3 of his friends by his own (accidental) doing, Zero’s affable personality came crashing down. He was cold and unhappy, gaining a short temper and lashing out at anybody who bugged him, even in the slightest of ways. On some days, the Dark-type didn’t feel up to fight or explore like he used to. The Umbreon especially obtained a great hatred towards Axel, one of his few remaining close friends. Though the Rigon had done nothing wrong, Zero hated him. He yelled at Axel and blamed most problems on him, rudely pointing out mistakes and giving him the cold shoulder. He constantly said that Axel was too young to fight against Infinity.

After an unusual dream, Zero suddenly wanted to change; to fix his mistakes and apologize to those he hurt, especially Axel. His sudden selflessness during a battle led him to take a fatal hit in place of Axel.

### Absolute

Once resurrected into his Absolute appearance, Zero became chaotic. All feelings of kindness or positivity in general were absent, and in its place was violence and ruthlessness. He still remembered everything and everyone in his life, but now wanted nothing more than to slay his former friends. When attacking them, he showed no hesitation, even when confronted with the better things that happened in his previous life. It was pointed out that it seemed much like his Beast in nature.

### Younger Zero

Back as an Eevee, Zero appeared to be more timid and naive. In a fight-or-flight situation, Zero would always choose flight, unlike his future self, who would attack anything he perceived as a threat. He didn’t want to tell others his problems and would pretend like nothing was wrong. Little Zero was also shy around newcomers, but loved to play when in a good mood.

## History

Created in the Shadow Universe as the child of Tara the Ninetales and Sretan the Luxray, Sifr’s life began. He lived most of his childhood alongside his parents and had few friends, though he was content with that. One night, Sifr was restless. He went out of his home to walk the hallways nearby, suddenly coming across a hidden door. Opening it, he was faced with a bright, wide entrance, the other side unknown. Ignoring the signs of danger strewn about the room, Sifr entered the light and disappeared from the Shadow Universe forever.

He awoke to a concerned Corrupt Sylveon named Shirufu. After claiming that he had absolutely no memory of what happened or who he even was, Shirufu took him in and cared for him as one of her own. The Eevee only lived there for a short time before he was isolated and attacked by a Corrupt Mega Lucario. He fled quickly, later happening upon Nightfall. An Espeon named Amethyst was suspicious of his sudden appearance and unsuccessfully tried to kick him out.

One snowy day in Nightfall, Eevee got his signature scarf, the one he would never take off since. Along with that, came his new name: Zero. Shortly after, Zero evolved into an Umbreon to rescue his friends from Re. The relaxed period of time following this event was short-lived.

His first Beast corruption since he left his own world led him to attack Vapor, ultimately resulting in the poor Vaporeon's violent demise. This was when he began to change mentally and physically. Sretan came forth another time, first causing the death of Steam, then against an angry and heartbroken Rose.

### Arcane War

Though Zero was no longer who he used to be, he still provided great help in the war. However, his trauma and depression declined his motivation more and more throughout. Sretan took over a few times during Arcane, and each time, Zero would become less and less inclined to fight back, leading to an increase in Sretan appearing. While it originally was under a full moon, it started to occur twice a month, then three.

## Abilities

His night vision is extremely profound, to the point where he can walk in complete darkness without a light source. Like most Umbreon, the ring on his forehead can function like a flashlight, though he only uses it for the sake of others. But unlike most Umbreon, Zero finds it much more challenging to secrete a poisonous sweat from his body.

## Gallery

### Old/Outdated

A base edited to look like Zero, made in the early days of Nightfall. This was to get the general looks downAnother base that showed what Zero's scrapped Dark Energy form would have looked like
## Trivia

* His previous name, Sifr, means zero in Tajik or Arabic.
* His last form is called Absolute, due to his absolute power and violence being drawn out.
* He has acrophobia, a fear of heights.
* In one alternate timeline Axel and Spear visited, Zero had evolved into an Espeon instead of an Umbreon. His Shadow Beast was a Ninetales, likely a representation of his mother instead. Zero could also control his SB in this timeline.
* Zero’s backstory originated from an early story of a Shiny Eevee named Steven, or Steevee. Both were chased by a Corrupt Mega Lucario, then found by Amethyst and threatened by her. Steevee was also possibly intended to take Zero’s place too, but he was later downgraded to a minor cameo character.
* Before the concept of Shadow Pokémon was created, Zero was simply meant to be a Corrupt Umbreon with odd colors. Shirufu was his biological mother. Shadow Pokémon were made because the former explanation didn’t make sense.
* He has a scrapped form called the Dark Energy form. It would turn his fur red, his rings white, and his eyes pink. He would have been in this form when he killed Vapor, but it was later changed to his Shadow Beast form. His second Ability would have been Own Tempo. All Corrupt Umbreon, have that Ability in honor of the DE form.