DarkForce is an extra-dimensional being from an dimension, unknown even to him. His memory has been spotty since he blasted through one of the 30 Gables dimensional doors (for those of you who don't know of the Gables, the immense caverns under the arch held a multitude of dimensional portals to different times and places). The 30 Gables team calls this being "Adam." DarkForce is 6' 4" and very strong looking (probably more Colossus looking than Cyclops body type). DarkForce has always been seen as a large, muscular, pony-tailed, inky hero that has white plasma shooting out of his hands and white plasma radiating out of his eyes. He can change his appearance instantly using a dark force, oozing over him like thick, black ink. This dark force field seems to be a power that he acquired from his journey from his other world. He may be a conduit that allows it to function in this dimension, and, perhaps, in multiple dimensions. Adam doesn't appear to age.
Medical examination by the 30 Gables staff concluded that Adam is, for all intents and purposes, human with mutant genes. His mutations give him the ability to generate superheated white plasma blasts from his hands on this world. It may be that, on his world, everyone had this ability. It's more likely he was a mutant hero that fought crime, just like the Gables, and so immediately felt part of that team when he began to understand this new world. He accepted the life of crime fighting quickly and seemed to have a good grasp of both the concept of crime and heroic attitudes.
DarkForce can fly, and for a long time Adam believed it was his black, dragon-like wings that allowed this. Later experience showed that his wings are a mental extension and that his ability to fly is actually a capability of his mutation, not of the dark force. After working with the 30 Gables team, Adam better understands his power to channel the dark force field. Adam can use the dark force as an extension of his body and "stretch" the dark force to opponents.
During the Third World War, Adam changed his appearance to intimidate the enemy. He cut off his long hair and allowed the dark force to ripple, ooze out and create tendrils around his shoulders, back and arms. It was said that many a villain feared being enshrouded in his inky embrace as many never came out of it. During this time, he also began working towards tempering his great strength with the discipline of training. This began with the hero Shane, and continued on with other masters after Shane disappeared. Adam changed his usual fighting style, from rushing in as fast as he could to watching his opponent, analyzing his style and first defeating them with his mind, then defeating them physically.
Adam mastered his ability to protect himself with the dark force, and he began to use it to shield others. During the War, he saw many of his friends die, and the others changed their outlooks on life. Adam's own experience was that his own memories began to solidify, and he started to recall his home world.
The current probabilistic anomaly in which DarkForce finds himself reminds him of these which it seems might be the world that he is recently thrust into. As DarkForce was pulled by the power of the mask to fight against Loki, he remembered doing it already, he remembered all the heroes there and he also randomly remembers the LONG history he has with all of them. Despite this, he cannot remember the specifics nor the final event that deposited him once again on the doorstep of the 30 Gables, except for the aged and mask-less face of Quark smiling at him, a world and time away, and a realization that he is a paradox to reality and once again does not know where his place is, except for the "moment."
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