KuroGuro (Kuro)

Kuro is a warrior class shadow person

he/they

Kuro is a ride or die that Cov respects and trusts with his life, some time away from eachother so they can grow as people without eachother and have their own lives and cultures to attend to (shadow warrior training and Cov with mid-highschool), then Kuro comes back after graduation, stronger than ever and finished their training, cool powers for Cov to use and is taught how to use by Kuro, Kuro gets to test out new abilities they’d learned and incorporate newer techniques, and they go adventuring together

TimeLine

Their Past

Wanders and Finds Nic and Cov’s home

Hangs out with Cov while Nic is away working

Has to leave for Warrior Training

Their Present

Comes back to Cov after graduating Warrior Training

Proposes they create a contract bound by The Dead so Cov can use magic and protect himself, and Kuro can come along on his adventures and feel/see/experience what it’s like to be human

Their Future

Route 1: Because of the contract, Kuro will die when Cov dies. Both exploring Death’s Home together

Route 2: Cov nulls the contract before death and dies, but leaves Kuro to continue living. Kuro lives a long full life and tells Cov all about it through summoning him every once and a while, and Cov catches them up on what its like in Death’s Home

Long explanation with pictures:

They would sneak out and explore their surroundings, and (against their better judgement) found Nic and Cov’s home. Wandering in and exploring the place, and since they were just a shadow goop at the time, was able to blend in just fine into the surrounding shadows if anyone was coming/they ran the risk of getting caught.

Kuro saw Cov playing alone and wanted to join them and become friends. Cov was startled but open to having a new friend (after the move he hasnt gotten the chance to make new friends yet)

They hit it off after that. Kuro wouldnt have a name till their graduation after warrior training, so Cov gave them the name Fing (a mispronunciation of friend)

Eventually Kuro had to leave Cov to continue their warrior training. By the time cov is in his late teens, Kuro comes back stronger and much more powerful. They’ve even got a proper name: “KuroGuro” !

They offer a proposal to be bound together by the Dead, but easily unbound if Cov decides they shouldnt be bf5ever
Cov agrees and this is when he gets the tattoos and power that come with the binding spell
After the deal is made Kuro can control Cov’s body, can only detach themself as far as Cov’s shadow is (if its sunset and cov is sitting under a really big tree, Kuro can only move around under the shade of the tree since the shadows overlap), and in return Cov can use Kuro’s magic
The trade off here is Kuro’s independent mobility and Cov having to share/be a passenger to his own body

Kuro formed their more teen and adult form to match Cov’s while away training because it reminded them of what they were doing it all for, and so when they comes back around Cov’s graduation time, they can be easily recognized by Cov since they’d look VERY different from when they were kids

Personality/Dynamic

In childhood, Cov was lonely, sad, and stressed because his brother was stressed. Kuro was excited, playful, and happy to play/distract Cov when his brother was too tired or busy working/networking

After graduation, Cov is curious and adventurous. Kuro is more resigned, burdened with the power they now have, and hesitant to reconnect with Cov knowing they could kill him too easily, and if Cov would even still want to be friends despite the absence (would their dynamic/personalities still blend?)

Over time Kuro begins to let loose after the binding, and puts their trust and faith in Cov to continue or break off their friendship (he never does ^^). He gets more crazed and exciteable, and even starts getting hostile toward anyone that isnt Cov or Nic (antagonizing is a skill/talent the warrior clan values). He’s a bit mean toward Cov and Nic too, but only jokingly/empty threats, compared to actual potential threats. This is how we’ve gotten the Good Cop (Cov) Bad Cop (Kuro) dynamic.

Abilities

Alongside creating multiple limbs and limb-weapons, Kuro can also create mini kuros to execute tasks (by the time Cov is around 40 Kuro can create 3 but can only give them simple commands, but by the time Cov is 60 Kuro can control all 3 individually to a T. godtier multitasking)

Kuro’s mini-Kuro’s can be used as scouts or his own ctv cameras, and can use his own set of skills for self defense if someone or somehting attacks them
good luck trying to take them down. theyre a quite literal bullet sponge.
Only advanced warrior class can create multiples or minis AND control them like its theyre their own body. When you cant control them right they kinda just stand there since all youre doing is maintaining its figure

Killing Cov is the one you want to kill first, killing him is also killing Kuro

Till death, do they part.

Trivia

When they were itty babies Kuro would teach Cov gestures and words for things common in the shadow community, and after highschool, Kuro would teach him about the culture, language, the world of magic, and how to interact with shadowpeople naturally, as a human
the tattoo markings Cov has are supposed to represent Kuro’s natural markings, their markings are supposed to represent dark liquid, smoke, and animalistic prowess
Their Dead Bind’s specifications is almost identical to how they grew up together anyways so its not that much different from their childhood (kuro protecting cov and keeping him company, always in his shadow, all that. its just now they get the bonus of Cov getting powers and Kuro getting to go on adventures with Cov)
Kuro and Cov’s binding is actually one of the healthiest bound relationships possible
Cov’s eyes aren’t naturally orange, they only turn that color after the binding. When his sclera (white part of the eyeball) turns black, that means Kuro has full control of the body
Kuro’s name was originally just Fing cause I couldnt think of a good name for them
Whenever Cov would mention Fing he’d think Cov created an imaginary friend, so he would play into playing with them without him realizing Kuro is literally in the room with them. Cov would translate whatever Kuro was feeling or trying to say without outing themselves, and Nic would be none the wiser
Kuro would see Nic as an older brother figure and protect him as best as they could for a small goop (be the barrier between Nic’s foot and the table leg, stop the cabinet from smacking Nic in the face too hard after opening it too quickly, leaving food they found/stole in the fridge/pantry and telling Cov to say he found it with them [Kuro would find them and would let Cov taste test them to see if they were good for humans, thank god everything was safe to eat except that one berry that gave Cov a tummy ache])