Klarion

Klarion Bleak was raised in Limbo Town. This isolated settlement was governed by rigid mystical traditions and harsh religious authority. Klarion possessed considerable talent for witchcraft but had little interest in accepting the limits imposed upon him. His curiosity about the worlds beyond Limbo Town repeatedly brought him into conflict with its leaders. Teekl served as his familiar and closest companion throughout these early years. Klarion eventually escaped the settlement and entered the wider world where he began pursuing magical knowledge and experiences that had been forbidden to him.

Life outside Limbo Town exposed Klarion to forms of sorcery and technology far beyond what he had known underground. He experimented freely with magic and became involved in conflicts with other occult practitioners as well as ordinary people unlucky enough to attract his attention. Klarion rarely remained committed to one cause for long. He could help stop a supernatural disaster when his own interests were threatened and then create another problem simply because interfering amused him. His unpredictable behavior eventually brought him into repeated conflict with magical defenders and young heroes.

Klarion later aligned himself with Circe and joined the Injustice League Dark during a conflict that threatened the foundations of the magical world. His involvement reflected his continuing attraction to upheaval rather than loyalty to any lasting organization. He has remained a dangerous independent sorcerer whose actions can shift rapidly between self-preservation and outright villainy. Teekl continues to accompany him through these conflicts and remains the one presence that consistently follows Klarion regardless of where his curiosity leads him.

Appearance: Klarion the Witch Boy has pale blue skin and a slim youthful build with narrow shoulders and long limbs. His eyes are dark with heavy black outlines. His black hair is short and thick with the upper sections swept sharply upward into two pronounced pointed peaks. Smaller uneven strands rise around the crown and temples. His pointed ears extend slightly from the sides of his head.

He wears a fitted black long-sleeved shirt with a broad white pointed collar. The collar forms two large triangular sections over the upper chest. A short vertical row of small black buttons runs down the center. The sleeves remain close-fitting through the arms with slight bunching around the elbows and wrists.

His black trousers are fitted through the hips and legs. A wide black belt circles his waist with a large rectangular gold buckle at the center. White socks cover his ankles and lower calves beneath the trousers. Black shoes cover his feet and each shoe has a large square gold buckle fixed across the front.

Personality: Klarion is rebellious and impulsive. Restrictions immediately make him curious about whatever he has been forbidden to touch or learn. He enjoys disrupting established order and often treats dangerous magical situations as opportunities for experimentation. His youthfulness can make him petulant when frustrated but he is intelligent enough to manipulate people when direct confrontation would be less entertaining or effective. Klarion does not naturally divide the world into heroes and villains. He follows his own desires and can change sides whenever his interests shift.

Teekl is Klarion’s familiar and his closest relationship. He trusts the cat in ways he rarely trusts another person and depends on their magical connection during many of his spells. Klarion can be possessive of Teekl and reacts strongly when his familiar is threatened. His relationships with other magic users are far less stable. Circe has treated him as a useful ally while magical defenders generally regard him as an unpredictable threat. Klarion can cooperate with them when circumstances demand it but submission to another person’s authority rarely lasts.

Klarion is an exceptionally powerful practitioner of witchcraft with knowledge of numerous occult disciplines. He can project magical energy and teleport across great distances while creating barriers and transforming living beings or objects through spells. His magic can summon supernatural forces and manipulate matter as well as disrupt other enchantments. Klarion has also demonstrated the ability to alter age and physical form through sorcery. His unpredictable imagination makes his magic particularly difficult to counter because he rarely restricts himself to a single style of attack.

Teekl functions as Klarion’s magical familiar and strengthens his connection to supernatural power. Their bond allows Klarion to work through Teekl during certain spells and gives him a companion capable of sensing occult disturbances. Klarion has also been capable of merging himself with Teekl into a much larger supernatural form known as a Horigal. He normally carries little conventional equipment because his magic and familiar provide nearly everything he requires for travel or combat.