Eric Nightfall

**Eric Nightfall** (Japanese: **夜中黒** *Yonaka Kuro*) is one of the main characters of *Magicae Amicitie et Harmoniae: Cherry Magica.* He is a somewhat aloof and reserved young boy from Federal Kanto and the second-youngest member of the Harmonic 9.

## Bio

### Appearance

**Eric** is a young boy with dull, dark purple hair (which becomes sparkly, slightly longer, and gains a fade of brighter purple after getting Stage 3) and matching eyes. His Harmony Mark is three purple butterflies with gold bodies. As a civilian, he wears a light purple cloth-like garment with a ribbon tied around the waist (though in official art, his outfit is a bit straighter and less frilly around the edges than the girls) and wooden geta sandals.

He has had multiple versions of his outfit as a **magical boy**. In each version, his hair turns brighter purple, slightly longer, and his bangs become longer and change shape, while his eyes turn lavender. His Harmony Gem, shaped like an oval, is located on his chest while his Elemaximum Gauge is located on the bottom edge of his top, and he has white angel wings on his back. His terminal/phone is in a carrying case on his waist.

* His starting outfit consists of the same outfit as his creator's original concept, but with some slight changes which are currently unknown.
* After he gets Stage 3, (???)

In his **Elemaximum** form, he gains a white robe with a fade of purple. (???)

In his **Stage 5** form, (???)

In his **Rainbow Power** form, (???)

### Personality

Eric can be aloof and is somewhat reserved and shy, though not nearly as much as Michelle. He tends to be afraid to speak up and is also a doormat who lets himself be trampled, since he believes it is wrong to say "no" to *anycreature*, no matter how absurd their demands are. However, he cares for his friends a lot and is willing to do his best to protect them at any cost despite struggling to at first, and despite being a doormat, he always ultimately makes the right choice in the end. He is shown to like food a lot, especially his favorite food seaweed, and *commonly* frequents hawkers with food-based powers who sell their magically-created/cooked food.

### Relationships

* **Cherry Lovedream**: At first, Eric is afraid to speak up and tell Cherry to back off after her cheerful nature and realizing he is a Chosen One causes her to get in his face, making him extremely uncomfortable. They start to become friends after he (albeit reluctantly) joins her, Valerie, and Michelle after trying to protect them from a Vertex and contracting with Kyubey, however.
* **Bryce Forrest**: Although Bryce is oblivious to it at first, Eric has a slight crush on him. However, he eventually confesses his feelings to him and they eventually realize they're more than just friends.
* **Michelle Brooks**: His close (platonic) friend, as they become quite close over their similar personalities. He usually refers to her as "Shelly-chan," and gets *very* annoyed if anycreature else calls her that.
* **Rei Diamond**: His (platonic) best friend. Rei initially doesn't trust Eric and believes he's evil due to his darkness-based powers, but in his debut episode, Rei realizes he is wrong and slowly becomes best friends with him.

### Etymology

* His Japanese surname **Yonaka** means "midnight" while his Japanese name **Kuro** means "black."

## Magical Abilities

As a magical boy, Eric possesses enhanced physical abilities such as speed, strength, agility, invulnerability to physical damage, and the ability to fly. His magic aura is dark purple in color.

Eric mainly has the power to manipulate shadows. (WIP)

### Spells

* "Flashdark" spell - With this spell, Eric can use his finger like a flashlight (or rather a "flashdark") and focus a shadow on a single point when he moves it.

## Magical Warrior

Eric is the Warrior of Nighttime. He is a Darkness Elemental who represents the Element of Loyalty, and his theme color is purple. His only known weapons so far are a cane whose top can be flipped open to reveal a hidden blade inside, a rope chain, and a removeable bracelet with a dial resembling the LovePreBraces from *Happiness Charge Pretty Cure*, except that the heart shape is changed to a shield shape.

### Attacks

* **Midnight Shade** - His main purification finisher. It borrows power from Deeimos.
* **Umbra Scissor** - One of his sub-attacks.
* **Shadow Strike** - One of his sub-attacks.
* **Murky Sphere** - One of his sub-attacks.

## Taking care of

### Dream Pixies

* **Deimos** - A raven-like Dream Pixie. He is Eric's first Dream Pixie, and grants him a cane with a hidden blade inside.

### Pokémon

* Brendan - A Butterfree that Eric befriends after becoming a magical boy.

## Items

* **Power Necklace**
* **Harmony Gem** (*is stored in the Magical Warrior System app when not in use*)

## Trivia

* Despite not being a villain, he was partially inspired by Hawk Moth/Shadow Moth from *Miraculous Ladybug*. Specifically, the location of his Harmony Gem (bearing a resemblance to his Butterfly Miraculous), his Elemental type, and one of his weapons (a cane with a blade inside) are reminiscent of him.
* He was born in the middle of the night.
* In his initial concept, he was going to have fairy wings, but it was changed to him having angel wings. His Harmony Mark was also going to be two swords with a purple butterfly, but it was changed to three purple butterflies with gold bodies instead.
* Eric was originally planned to be the youngest member of the Harmonic 9. However, he became the second-youngest after Ella Weber was added as a character.
* One of his weapons, a dial bracelet, is based on the LovePreBrace from *Happiness Charge Pretty Cure*. However, the heart shape is changed to a shield and it unleashes shadows when the dial is spinned instead of light.
* In the series finale, he is confirmed to work as a server at an expensive restaurant.
* Unlike in *Pokémon: Light of Hope*, Mark Nightfall does not exist, especially due to the existence of Mark Daisy.
* Whenever the Magis get glowing eyes, they glow bright purple with butterfly-shaped pupils.
* His wish is to be immune to being poisoned, which does come up a few times around wild Pokémon (who the Magis are still somewhat afraid of since humans and Pokémon, except the Magis, have yet to form partnerships).