Editing Forum:Avatar (Renovated)

|othernames=Children of Darkness <br> Ghosts of the Damned <br> [[Zavala|The Big Man]]'s Killers

|goals={{dot}} Destroy the [[Traveler]] and all sources of the [[Light]] <br> {{dot}} Rewrite history through the [[Darkness]] <br> {{dot}} Bring an end to the existence of [[Guardian]]s

|war=[[Guardian]]s <br> Lightbound [[Fallen]] <br> Lightbound [[Cabal]] <br> Lightbound [[Vex]] <br> [[Lucent Brood]] <br> [[Grasp of Nokris]]

|ally=[[Forum:The Black Fleet|Black Fleet]] <br> [[Forum:House of Shadows|House of Shadows]] <br> [[Forum:Shadow Brood (Renovated)|Shadow Brood]] <br> [[Forum:Shadow Divisive (Renovated)|Shadow Divisive]] <br> [[Forum:Shadow Legion|Shadow Legion]] <br> [[Forum:The Reborn|The Reborn]] <br> [[Forum:Cult of the Scorned|Cult of the Scorned]] <br> [[Nightmare]]s <br> [[Forum:Shadow Collective|Shadow Collective]]

|notable-group=Shadow Empire

|title2=Shadow Empire

|name=Shadow Empire

|domain(s)=[[Forum:Aincrad (Renovated)|Aincrad]] <br> Enshrouded [[Solar System]] <br> [[Forum:Auradon|Auradon]]

|type=Elite [[Darkness]] Force

|functions=Upper echelon of the Darkness's power

|othernames=Shadow Army

|conflicts=[[Forum:Second Collapse (Renovated)|Second Collapse]]

|leadership=[[Forum:The Black Swordsman (Renovated)|Kirito, the Shadow Emperor]] <br> [[Forum:The White Angel (Renovated)|Asuna, the Shadow Empress]] <br> [[Forum:Totomaru (Renovated)|Totomaru]] <br> [[Forum:Eobard Thawne (Renovated)|Eobard Thawne]] <br> [[Forum:Malcolm Merlyn (Renovated)|Malcolm Merlyn]] <br> [[Forum:Damien Darhk (Renovated)|Damien Darhk]] <br> [[Forum:Tobias Whale (Renovated)|Tobias Whale]] <br> [[Forum:Sachi|Sachi]] <br> [[Forum:Yuki Shironeko|Yuki Shironeko]] <br> [[Forum:Eve|Eve]] <br> [[Forum:Anton Ivanov (Renovated)|Anton Ivanov]] <br> [[Forum:Diego Lodge|Digeo Lodge]] <br> [[Forum:Morgana le Fay (Renovated)|Morgana le Fay]] <br> [[Forum:Zevon (Renovated)|Zevon]] <br> [[Forum:Fikrul (Renovated)|Fikrul, the Fanatic]] <br> [[Forum:Uldren Sov (Alternate Timeline)|Uldren Sov]] <br> [[Forum:Sakuya|Sakuya]] <br> [[Forum:Akira|Akira]] <br> [[Forum:Sasuke Uchiha (Renovated)|Sasuke Uchiha]] <br> [[Forum:Ruby Hale (Renovated)|Ruby Hale]]

|notable=Killed most of the Solar System combatants <br> Decimated [[The Last City]] and [[Reef|The Reef]]}}

The '''Avatars''' are a multispecies and multifarious force consisting of all six species – [[Eliksni]], [[Hive]], [[Vex]], [[Cabal]], [[Human]], and [[Awoken]] – thus far encountered by the [[Guardian]]s, [[Lightbearer]]s, and Lightbound [[Fallen]], [[Vex]], and [[Cabal]] allies of [[The Last City]] and the [[Solar System]].

Spawned by [[Forum:Mallory Bertha (Renovated)|Mallory Bertha]] by way of the [[Darkness]] and originally led by the dyad leadership of [[Forum:The Black Swordsman (Renovated)|Kirito]] and [[Forum:The White Angel (Renovated)|Asuna]], they are a legion of potent enemies who serve [[The Witness]], extremely infamous not only for their reputation for committing various atrocious acts of terror and murder against numerous defenders and protectors of humanity, notably including [[Vanguard]] Commander [[Zavala]], [[Shin Malphur]], [[Devrim Kay]], [[Failsafe]], and [[Shaw Han]], but also for corrupting numerous Guardians into their services and triggering the birth of the [[Forum:Second Collapse (Renovated)|Second Collapse]].

Empowered by the Black Swordsman, they have led countless sieges against the forces of the [[Light]] and its allies, seeking to claim complete control over the Solar System and usher in a dark new future by recreating the entire universe in the Darkness's image. In the wake of Kirito and Asuna's defeat, they have more recently been utilized by other powerful Darkness-aligned entities, including their son [[Forum:Tatsuyi Kirigaya (Renovated)|Tatsuyi Kirigaya, the Shadow Prince]].

The name given to entities wholly corrupted by the Pyramids in service to the Darkness is simply the "Shadowkeeper," a powerful herald emboldened by the Black Swordsman with dark forms of power and sorcery of the highest ranks. There is no distinction between willing servitude and outright enslavement. Members of all six species present in the solar system are among their ranks—[[Humanity|Human]], [[Awoken]], [[Fallen|Eliksni]], [[Cabal]], [[Hive]], and [[Vex]]. Their physical appearance is that of a rippling shadow, more humanoid and opaque than the [[Taken]] armies commanded by [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]], with emerald green eyes of golden fire. They command powers and abilities that are the antithetical opposite of the Light — [[Stasis]], [[Strand]], Entropy, and Fracture.