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[b]Name[/b]
Zane Wulfe

[b]Hero Name[/b]
Shadow Spectre

[b]Nicknames[/b]
Dr Wulfe, Shads

[b]Gender[/b]
Male

[b]Age[/b]
31

[b]Date of Birth[/b]
25th October

[b]Physique[/b]
Zane's actual body shifts regularly due to his powers, but his 'base' form is that of an eighteen year old, similar to how he looked before the incident where he recieved his powers. About 6'1" with decent musculature, with his hair forming a wild mane around his face. His entire body is pitch black, save for his eyes which glow with a purple hue. His casual wear consists of a pair of jeans and a purple t-shirt, more out of habit than anything else.

[b]Blood Type[/b]
N/A

[b]Occupation[/b]
Hero, Scientist

[b]Side[/b]
Hero

[b]Affiliation[/b]
H.E.R.O., Nova Labs/Force

[b]Tier[/b]
A

[b]Personality[/b]
Zane is called many things. Brilliant, ruthless, caring, a demon, and an angel.
This dictomy is caused by issues early on in his career, as he dealt with the stress of his new profession by shutting off his emotions and operating purely on logic. While his friends in the hero community broke him out of that, he still views much of life through a logical lens. Such as how he deals with criminals, preferring to break them either mentally or physically so that they feel afraid to return to a life of crime. He is fiercely protective of both his friends and the city, even going so far as to create a fighting style to limit the amount of damage he can cause. Due to his body being harder to kill than his fellows, he will put himself in potentially life threatening situations to defend them. He despises those like Flamebird, who use their power without thinking about the cost to the people they are meant to protect.

[b]Backstory[/b]
Zane was your ordinary high school student, admittedly an incredibly intelligent one, until he took an internship with Aurora Labs. His mentor, John Merci, was working on a generator that ran on Dark Matter. Unfortunately, due to a villain fight, the machine went wrong and bombarded the duo with dark matter. It should have killed them, but Merci had an energy absorption ability and Zane unknowingly had the power Adaption. His body converted itself into the Dark Matter to survive, though the process turned his power from adaption to Erebus. The energy Merci drained had overwhelmed him, shutting down the higher functions of his brain and turning him into a rampaging monster. Zane knew he had to stop him, even with this body he was unused to.

His debut as Shadow Spectre was bittersweet, as he was forced to fight his mentor to protect everyone else. Despite being a hero, he continued his studies and eventually graduated university with a PHD in Physics. He later formed Nova Labs with his comrades Percy 'Patch' Worke, Raphael Phobos, and Sam Moore; better known as the heroes Dreadnaut, Ragdoll, and Ion Knight. As they regularly work together, they have been dubbed as the team Nova Force, by the press.

[b]Power[/b]
[u]Erebus:[/u] Zane's body consists of Dark Matter, which he can shape at will. His body seems to be controlled by a purple core about the size of an apple, which is not as malleable as the rest of his body.
He can manipulate shadows into constructs to attack with. Similar to the green lantern, he can form anything he can imagine. The contructs can vary in density depending on what his mental picture of it is, for example a car would be heaver than a pillow despite being the same volume. He uses the shadows mostly as a binding tool, or a shield, as there is less risk of collateral damage if he fights with his shifting abilities, though when he wants to terrify criminals or just needs backup, he unleashes his more nightmarish creatures, designed to draw fear out of those who see them.

[b]Misc[/b] 
Strong light can weaken him, though UV light seems to cancel that out.
As I don't want to create three new sheets for his comrades, I'll just list their powers here.[list]
[*] [u]Dreadnaut[/u] While technically powerless, he has converted 75% of his body into cybernetic parts. He pilots the Vulcan Mech, a 15ft tall behemoth that can lift up to 50 tons and comes equipped with non-lethal weaponry. Rank C.
[*] [u]Ragdoll[/u] Healing Strings, he can turn blood into super stem cells which can regenerate damage done. When used on himself it leaves stitch marks. Overusing his ability can lead to anemia. Rank C.
[*] [u]Ion Knight[/u] Generator, he is a moving fission reactor. Wears a suit to both stop radiation leaking out, as well as a powered exoskeleton for combat. Rank B.
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Nova Labs is located just outside the city limits, due to it's potentially explosive nature. The Nova Force patrols in Brookside, as it's simultaneously the closest and most needing of their aid.
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