Agent 935 - Status: Locked Domain

Agent 935 - Status: Locked Domain, also known as "Locke", is a shadowy individual and prominent member of the ever-illusive "Bureau". As with all known agents of the organisation, he is typically clad in black clothing which changes to fit the era. At the moment, this takes the shape of a black leather trenchcoat and fedora, often accompanied by a black bandana around his face.

Locke's exact age is unknown even to himself, though as Shadowmen can live for potentially eternity there is no way to pinpoint exactly how old he is. He claims to have been on Earth for a long time, as he has repeatedly claimed to have witnessed pivotal events in Human history such as the Crusades, World War 2, and the Cold War.

While Locke's mere existence is a closely-guarded secret on Earth, the Galactic Stage also holds little knowledge of his kind. Shadowmen are rather infamously associated with death and disaster, as they tend to be drawn to suffering for reasons unknown even to themselves. On top of that, only the six black holes in the Galactic Centre ever produce a Shadowman, making it incredibly unlikely that two Shadowmen ever cross paths. Locke claims to never have met a member of his own species.

Origins
Locke, as a Shadowman, was spawned from a black hole. The designate of this singularity is "V-935", one of the six in the Galactic Centre.

It took Locke approximately two millennia to gain a shred of consciousness, or as he puts it, "realise (he) was alive". After that, he began to drift through the galaxy as a cloud of black shadows with yellow energy swirling within. He began to observe life as it changed over billions of years, witnessing the rise of several species into the Galactic Stage. As he puts it, he was there when "the oldest of species were still germs".

After so long, Locke found the Sol System and discovered Earth. He does not state when in Earth's history he arrived but it is obvious that it was at least during the time of the Crusades, as a collection of knights mistook him for a Godly entity and began to worship him as if he were Death himself. These knights would later evolve into the "Black Templars", and Locke would become one of them rather than be their leader.

As Earth evolved and adapted, Locke did the same. He discovered how to make a solid form for himself, basing it on his "Other" whom had revealed himself to Locke overtime.

Locke has not spoken of most of his time between his arrival and present day, though some time around the 1970s he came into possession of Bluebell Beauregarde, having delivered her as a baby from a Phase 3 blueberry. He took the baby in to raise her as his own, using the mysterious "Bureau" to keep her safe as her rather unique talents began to unfold. Overtime she became alike to him in terms of attitude, though where he had once dissuaded rumours that he was a Godly entity, she is convinced that she is a type of prophet.

Not long after that in 1998, Locke became the adoptive father of a "GenRec" known as "Genny Recrowe", whom was a "Genetic Recreation" of a rather famous clown. This clone grew far quicker than Bluebell but due to the latter's unaging properties, the two are essentially the same age in present day at 25 years old.

In 2018, Locke began two operations known as "E1971" and "E1998", to discover and unite several individuals under the guise of a travelling circus, placing up to forty females under "witness protection" due to the actions of their ancestors.

Personality
Locke is known to have a fairly aggressive mindset, often being far quicker to anger than please. Despite this, he shows genuine concern for those who serve alongside him, for whatever purpose. For instance, he sees both Bluebell Beauregarde and Genny Recrowe as his own daughters, and protects the entire Ballroom Babes group as if they were also his kin. However, he is known to be capable of great evil as he used Nazi scientists in WW2 to sabotage one of their own projects, before completely destroying the mind of the defector who had once helped him by filling it with nightmares.

He is fiercely protective of his assets, to the point of lashing out at potential threats without warning. When faced with a genuine danger, he is often first to respond and will seem to give his all to protect his allies. He has been shown to be capable of humour and friendliness, as he voluntarily revealed his true nature to the Babes after somewhat passive questioning, crushing a lump of burning coal in his bare hands into diamond to prove it. He has also stated many times that he hates when someone refers to the word "suck" due to black holes often being associated with their ability to pull (or "suck in") anything around them to it's destruction.

Abilities
Locke, as a Shadowman, has access to a wide array of unusual abilities, oftentimes unique to his species:

Crushing Grip - Locke's hands are capable of crushing things to an insane degree, including turning burning coal into diamond in seconds.

Shadowstep - Locke can break down into pure darkness, allowing him to walk through shadows unseen and sneak through the smallest of gaps.

Lightvice - Locke's mere presence seems to draw light from his person, creating a small veil of darkness around him at all times.

Nightmare - By staring into one's eyes, Locke can willingly drive them insane through sudden nightmares if he so chooses.

Singularity - Locke can project a vortex from his hands to behave like a black hole, the size and strength of which he has complete control over.

Vitriolic Withering - Locke can reanimate the dead who have been exposed to Void Energy to a near-perfect resurrection of what they once were, though they have pale skin.