Darkling

Darkling are an invasive species to the planet of Genesys; though it is implied by the Cardinalship of Elysium that they have been found on multiple planets, via an unrelated conversation to Genesys's affairs. They are parasitic warriors of darkness born from The Cataclysm on Year Zero of Genesys's new calendar.

History
Darkling are said to have come from a split in Genesys's space-time continuum via The Cataclysm. The event tore open portals to a new world known as the Dark World which is said to be where these creatures come from. From Year Zero until the late sixties, these creatures ran amok on Genesys and nearly drove the living into extinction. They were finally stopped by the appearance of those with Celestial Powers via The Church. They were driven into hiding once the clouds cleared the world and returned the sunlight.

Powers and Weaknesses

 * Darkling by default are creatures of darkness, thus able to hide in darkness.
 * They are capable of shape shifting into liquid state, gas state, and solid state depending on the situation.
 * They are capable of possessing a vessel, be it living or non-living, and twist said creature into their weapon. Once attached they can not easily be separated until death. They are only able to infect the heavily weakened or very weak of mind, those of strong will and power rarely succumb to Darkling will.
 * They are strong warriors from the dark world, seemingly of no intellect though some confrontation proves that they are very smart except that they lack the ingenuity that humans have. Once in possession of a human however they achieve all of their knowledge and can act as they wish, as if they were human themselves.
 * They burn in sunlight.