Darkso

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Darkso is the prince of the Darkso Nation, and eldest child of lord Darkness, and his wife, Rika. During the last year of the Hundred Year War, he became one of Dark scars's main allies, and therefore one of Team Avatar's greatest foes, as well as Mai's love interest once she returned to the Fire Nation. As one of the most privileged boys in the Dark Nation, he attended the Royal Dark Academy for boys and became a friend of Dark scar and Stun paraly at a young age.

Darkso was exceptionally proficient at throwing stilettos, a self-taught skill he developed out of boredom. Using small knives and spring-loaded stiletto holsters concealed in his robes, he is capable of besting numerous benders at once, despite not being a bender herself. He recruited by Dark scar along with Stun paraly to capture the Avatar and his friends.

Darkso outwardly resembled an impassive and apathetic teenager. A victim of his father's political aspirations since early childhood, Darkso confessed he got anything he wanted from his parents so long as he was quiet, well-mannered, and perfectly behaved. This had a profound effect on his personality, as it was deeply ingrained in him to keep all of his feelings and emotions strongly hidden. He did, however, show happiness when in the presence of Mai, whom he loved deeply but was sometimes devastated when he sees mai and zuko together.

## Personality

Dark, brooding, stoic, and gloomy, Darkso is usually bored by his circumstances and took little interest in anything around him. His lack of emotion was due to the manner in which he was brought up by his politically-motivated parents. His apathy tended to irritate others, such as when Dark scar described him as "just a big blah", and when Stun paraly described Darkso's aura as "dingy and gray". With Darkso's lack of any emotion he is known as most gloomy character in the entire series.

Darkso is also not easily intimidated; he was one of the few people not afraid of Dark scar. While aboard the Dark Nation Train, he vehemently refused to enter the slurry pipeline to pursue some of the earth nation, unconcerned with the consequences of disobeying Dark scar's order.

He never displayed any bigotry or xenophobia toward people of other nations, attitudes that were characteristic of much of the Dark Nation nobility, especially Dark scar.

Like Mai, Darkso was against the idea of needless killing; more often than not, he chose to disable foes rather than outright kill them during battle. He generally achieved this by using his weapons to pin their clothes, usually the sleeves, to a vertical surface.

Despite his stoic nature, his strong relationship with Mai tended to bring out him more passionate side. Dark scar took note of Darkso's "strangely good mood" since Mai's return to the Fire Nation. When Dark scar started toying with them and mocked his future girlfriend, Darkso soothed her by assuring her that, even though he had trouble showing it, he did love her. He expressed deep concern when Mai fretted over why she was not invited to a war meeting hosted by his father. Darkso was devastated by Mai's sudden departure from the Fire Nation and consequently harbored some resentment toward her, as evidenced by his bitter confrontation with mai in her prison cell at the Boiling Rock. Despite his hurt, however, he retained a great affection for Mai, aiding her escape from the prison and, in the process, betraying his loyalty to Dark scar; he later affirmed to the General that he loved Mai more than he feared the latter. Unwilling to hold a grudge, Darkso watched as mai reunited with Zuko after the Hundred Year War ended Darkso was not seen again until Smoke and Shadow Part Three avatar comic where he witnessed Mai and Kei Lo deciding to end their romantic relationship, leaving mai in tears after she leaves Mura's shop in tears Darkso confronted Mai and he told her to tell him what happened but he didn't get an answer all he got was a hug from Mai even thought they both don't like to hug after he stays with her for a little while he decided that he was going to take her home after reaching her he sayed good bye to her but before he got his first kiss with mai which lasted for a minute or two and both said good bye my new love for the first time on his way back home to the Dark nation Darkso smiled for the first time and might smile a lot more since it's a start of a long new Relationship and is also means that Mai does not need to feel sad anymore since he will protect her even if she dosn't need any.

## Abilities

Darkso is a the most famous and most powerful master marksman of all the nations, able to skillfully hit targets from a distance. This skill, also known as "stilettos", involved shuriken knives and hand arrows, a skill that apparently started with him throwing knives at his bedroom wall out of boredom. He had a deadly accuracy with these weapons and used them to pin his opponents down, even if he or the target was moving, which also helped against benders as they primarily needed their hands and arms to be free to bend. His master expert marksmanship gave him enough strength to defeat powerful benders and multiple opponents.

While he usually pinned his opponents down with his stilettos, he had been seen throwing them in a way that would cause severe, and possibly fatal, injuries, such as when he attacked Team Avatar. Darkso's excellent reflexes, speed, and agility, enabled him to incapacitate several prison guards without killing or injuring them. He proved to be quite nimble; on several occasions he is able to leap across long distances and over high obstacles with little effort. He is also shown to be able to slide across surfaces on his side. When attacking the guards on the Boiling Rock, he was able to attack and dodge by throwing a knife and diving onto his side, gliding across the metal surface in one fluid motion. In addition to his shurikens and the arrow-like darts in his sleeve and ankle holsters, Darkso is also proficient with a three-pronged, retractable Black daggers which he used for close combat he can even throw them backwards and pin his targets to any object without even looking that just shows how much of a master marksman he is.