Nightmare Darklight, Requiem of Twilight

Leader Upgrade: Dragonhide

A 4 foot long... longsword. Silversnake seems to always be on Nightmare, and he's very protective of it. The blade shines and glistens like silver. It rests in a sheath, mostly wrapped in leather, however, both ends of the sheath seem to be made of silver, so it's high class for sure. Ironically, trying to steal Silversnake is actually one of the few berserk buttons that Nightmare has, as it's very precious to him.

A gorgeous dagger that had been gifted to him by Zelda. With an ornate 10 inch long blade, Nightmare has no trouble hiding it somewhere for quick access. As a little extra from Zelda, the weapon is a rather unique piece of work, with the blade, the handle, and the sheath having some gold dust thrown in, though the gold dust is really only apparent on the sheath and handle. Its curved blade enhances slicing capabilities, and its unique point gives it little trouble when trying to puncture flesh.

A bow that Nightmare uses. The Pashupatastra is a simple black bow that shoots arrows. That's about it. Nightmare does however, keep a quiver of 15 arrows strapped to his right thigh.

Accessable only in dragon form. Extremely sharp claws and talons on his wings, elbows and... well, claws.

Personality
With a name like Nightmare Darklight and a effectively having to fend for himself, you'd probably be expecting him to be broody, cold, dark, evil, that whole thing. Well, you couldn't be more wrong. Despite all shock and horror, Nightmare is in fact a human being with human feelings. He doesn't constantly reflect on some mistake or some tragedy. Yeah, if a tragedy comes by he might be depressed for a little bit. But he'll eventually accept it and move on.

He's also arrogant, very arrogant, but even that tends to be overshadowed at times in that he is essentially a troll. He'll constantly twist one's words, even an outright insult, and either turn them against the person giving him a hard time or make him look like the good guy. Needless to say, he's good with words. Failing that, he just shrugs, stops caring about what the person has to say, and moves on. If it comes to it, he has no problem just walking away. He's a rather cheerful troll.

He is somewhat fidgety. While he's talking, don't be surprised if he makes a few motions during the whole thing, whether it be something as small as leaning back or waving a hand in a dismissive manner, to full blown theatrics. Granted, he usually saves the full blown theatrics for something he finds ridiculous, or if he's just mocking someone. Yep, even his quirks help portray him as a jerk.

Boredom comes quickly. Frankly, if something stalls, it won't be long before he starts voicing displeasure about the situation. At first, it'll start with a few non verbal cues, then he'll start getting vocal about it. It can get rather annoying for those that have to put up with him throughout the entire ordeal.

Nightmare is extremely intelligent however. Able to effectively second guess someone else and get in their head, and figure out the answer to a problem rather quickly. He actually applies this to his line of work, showing that despite his jackassery and impatience, Nightmare can be an extremely tactical, calculating, and methodical man, often effectively predicting what his opponent will do, simply by the situation. An example would be creating a deliberate opening, making it look accidental, then when the opponent pounces on it, pounce on them.

One thing you may notice about him though, is that he seems to have a medium awareness of sorts. No, he's not the kind to go around shouting "NONE OF YOU ARE REAL!" but he will react, even if it's small to things that most people normally wouldn't pick up on. If you tell him your parents are dead, he won't react like a normal person. He'll instead mock you relentlessly, and declare that he has dealt with dead parents so many times it's gotten old.

He's also a bit of a motor mouth. If he has the chance, he will talk and talk and talk with the utter inability to shut up. He also tends to be somewhat polite most of the time. Even it's during a contract, he'll be polite, and maybe have a bit of friendliness. The phrase "Hello! This is the part where I kill you!" probably isn't too far off the mark.

Frankly put. You either love him or hate him.


History
God I hate these. Nightmare was born to two loving parents in the village of Kakariko, as a dragon. However, despite what the reptilian expert Ondore would have you know, dragons are able to give birth in the mammilian fashion. Of course, they didn't name him Nightmare. Any parents that name their kids Nightmare should have their kids taken away. Rather, it was Alexander.

I mean, it's not like he has any kind of secret that would make him dark and mysterious. Or tall, dark and handsome. I mean, he's already exceptionally handsome, and somewhat tall, so I guess you could say he's ok. MOVING ON DAMMIT.

With his sister, named Cassie, he was what you might call... overprotective. Cassie was always extremely popular among the boys, and seemed to be the only real exception to the "girls are gross" mindset of young boys. Nightmare however, being overprotective, would always chase them off in increasingly traumatizing manners. Eventually though, he would grow out of it. Kinda. Just don't talk to him about dating his siter.

Anyway, there wasn't much of an eventful childhood, not one you'd want to hear. The only thing of interest being he figured out how to turn into his human form fairly quickly. Other than that, he just got some training with a sword and some unarmed combat lessons from a tutor, but that's pretty much it. Nightmare grew up, was a kid, and at age 15, was sent off to the military academy. It was there that he discovered his knack for warfare. Tactics, military training in several different areas of combat, Nightmare excelled at the academy, as he came to realize, he was one for the battlefield. One to excel.

At age 18, he graduated with extremely high marks, and was immediately placed in the military at the rank of a Sergeant. For four years he helped keep the peace, whether it was helping bring crooks to justice or actually being dispatched to take care of any insurrections.

After those four years, at 22, he was allowed to leave, and he did. Considering the world his oyster. However, shortly after, he was seriously wounded after being caught off guard. One would think Rangers would try to help, but nooooo, they shot him and almost sent him into tragedy mode. However, he managed to escape, and had been eventually picked up by one Aerith Gainsborough.

For six months, he stayed with with Aerith to recuperate and try and pay her back. He'd never admit it, but he actually enjoyed staying with her. One day, after teasing her on her flowers, he got her a nice basket, though he denied any involvement with it.

After those six months though, he couldn't take it anymore. He was a motherfucking dragon, he had to spread his wings! He told Aerith he was leaving, and the next day, he did, but not before getting a kiss from Aerith. He'd never really admit it, but that was his first kiss. Surprising, I know. Even then though, throughout those six months, he had kept his dragon side hidden.

Shortly after that, Nightmare killed the Emperor and his Lieutenants in an epic battle that will be shown in a quest, and then eventually linked back here when it's done.

And then they made him their king!

The first thing to happen, was that he was shown the treasury, large enough to match the absolutely massive treasury sitting in Hyrule Castle. Immediately, his dragon side took over, and he transformed. With a room large enough to hold him, and piles of gold large enough for him to sleep on, Nightmare immediately took a nap. On the treasure.

They say he has yet to actually use his bed.

Since then, he's been ruling the monsters. Nightmare's rule has been rather unique in that no one's challenged him yet. Wiping out the previous emperor and all his lieutenants, singlehandedly and at the same time seemed to dissuade a few possible assassins.

There, over 150 words, am I done now? ಠ_ಠ