Hmm, should I make my darkness guardian a caster or take advantage of the fact that he can dissipate and reappear anywhere for a combat character? Decisions, decisions. 

Maybe he used to be a caster and preferred not to harm people directly, and in punishment had his casting taken away, forcing him to do it all by hand? Then he could possibly later recover his casting skills hmmm

HMMMMM DECISIONS [sub][sub]i don't fuckin' know[/sub][/sub]