Nex Shadowmend

""Nex Shadowmend, is the static though comedic character of the series Vo!dS0ul. He is an inventor typically known for his extensive knowledge and wacky schematics in making absurd machinery sometimes breaking the laws of physics.

Nex is an artificially made Shadow Demon created in a lab out of a wandering Void-Soul trapped within the Void Realm. He grew up in Hell for most of his life for around 19 years (hence why he is thought to be 19 years old) before finally getting to Earth and meeting the group. Nex is the anti-hero of the story, living life how he wants and lazily taking on enemies with the group, being the comic relief at times, and just being a jerk whenever he gets the chance. He creates his machines as a means of filling the void to his unknowing past of his life and for easier combat since Nex would rather take the easy way out of everything.

Appearance
Nex is quite the unique character of the bunch, having an average height of 5’7 and medium-slim weight. He has short orangish-brown hair slightly orange tinted- with 3 side tips pointed up to the right. He has multi colored eyes having his left eye red while his right eye is purple. These different colored eyes are as a cause of his corrupted mix as an artificial demon and a shadow being of the void realm. His eyes are rarely seen though because he has black glasses he wears over them to showcase and help with his “negative vision.” Nex wears a medium grey t-shirt with a custom spray painted “N” for his name on the front in red, magenta, and yellow. Over this he wears a medium weight dark grey jacket and black fingerless gloves. He has black pants and light blue/cyan shoes. On many occasions Nex also wears a brown/grey utility belt around his waist carrying different vials, smoke bombs and other weaponry.

Personality
While most of the group takes their role as heroes seriously and are usually nice, Nex is quite the opposite. He’s very rude and arrogant at times as if life is a competition that he refuses to lose at. He’s also very multi personality-like in how he acts as sometimes he’s intelligent and witty putting power of himself over others while other times he acts really stupid without taking the consequences to heart. What makes Nex quite unique is he’s not very simple in the way he acts despite the things he says.

He is quite knowledgeable and opinionated at times as a way of boasting his superiority especially to people like Nathan who he wants to seem weak in comparison. Despite his douchebag ways, Nex is a softy on the inside always regretting things he’s done and letting the stress of life and events get to him causing him to lash out or act emotionless and dead inside. This is one of the main reasons Nex drinks, as a way of escaping the mistakes he’s made as a temporary reliever to a world he believes is worthless. Nex does have his times of being sincere towards others and at times its apparent Nex cares but has trouble expressing it without seeming soft to others, Because Nex doesn’t want to seem weak mentally yet at times he can very well be. Whether you love him or hate him, Nex is a bit more complicated than meets the eye.

Natural Abilities
Void-Form Manipulation: As one of the void soul species, Nex has the ability to transform his body into a numerous amount of forms due to the shadow black gel his inner body is made up of. Most void souls have the ability to transform into any shadow-like form but since they usually just wander the depths with no emotion or feeling, they never have need to transform. Nex uses some of these forms yet he seems to have a limited amount he is able to change into. These few forms include his Shadow Bat, Shadow Serpent, and Shadow Slime form.

Abyssal Snatch: One main thing Nex hides is black snakes like tentacles that are usually hidden within his body. Made out of the goop like substance his body is formed of, he is able to mold these tentacles out from his back. However, especially from the beginning, Nex didn’t have control over these tentacles. Whenever he was in a dangerous situation or when he was threatened they reacted and his instincts were to destroy at all costs. However these only come out in dangerous situations where his physical body begins breaking and the outcomes can lead to the destruction of his physical "controlled" form.

Skillset
Expansive Inventing: Although Nex has most of his powers to his disposal in combat, he is quite expansive in his machine making skills. He always invents his own machines that he claims to be necessary to certain situations. When it comes to inventing, Nex doesn’t joke around as he constantly keeps a quantity of his own inventions on him in the event of certain situations. Although he has an uncountable number of machines made, he does have a select few that he always holds on to since they are the most usable in his opinion or more preferred tool. These include his Proton-Blaster, Freeze Ray, Smoke Bombs, High-Ray Glasses, Miniature Sticky Explosives, Shield-Pelts,etc. Most of his handheld machines are either stored in his jacket or his pants which he invented himself. They look like average pants except the pockets are mini gateways to a small pocket dimension of his stored items. Unfortunately Nex is not very neat with these stored items and constantly takes out the wrong tool needed. Nonetheless even outside of his handheld machines Nex has shown great intelligence in some of his stronger inventions including his personal airship, a variety of idolized battle bots, and his fully interchangeable bike.

Marksman Diligence: As Nex’s main weapon he holds on him being a pistol like proton-blaster, he’s practiced his shot. As years go on he’s gained a strong skill of shooting, being able to get bullseye on targets multiple times in a row including when he’s drunk. His glasses key into his shooting ability allowing him to pinpoint his shot before he fires.

Unique Abilities
Gyrokinesis: This is a small ability Nex is able to accomplish due to his insides being very lightweight. His body is average weight due to the inside goop being denser normally but with light ease he’s able to lower and allow a pocket of air to keep him up. This ability in the end gives Nex the power to levitate in the air and change his own gravity despite how it is around him. However his main use with this just to give him a wider variety of dodging methods increasing his speed and higher jumps.

Spatial Warping: As one of Nex’s main powers he’s been given the ability to teleport mildly. This is a very important technique Nex uses when dodging or escaping. As lazy as Nex can be at times he will be known to use such ability to replace having to walk. The range of teleportation is usually low with a chance of increasing depending on how much Nex focus’s his power. However as Nex is a person of very low amounts of focus and more reactionary material, this power doesn't extent much farther then a few feet in battle.

Trivia

 * Nex was originally created to be a villain in training acting like a "son" to a multi dimensional demon character "Hex" (Character Owned by KarnageWulfrick)