East of the Sun

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CHARACTER NAME: Dark Boy Sabata
SERIES: Boktai
CANON POINT: Boktai 2, just as he falls unconscious after purifying Black Django.

LOSS: The ability to be alone for more than 24 hours. If he attempts to stay away from people for longer than that, the castle will kick him out of his room until he talks to at least one person face to face.

ABOUT THE CHARACTER: While Django is associated with the sun and generally has a sunny disposition, Sabata is not as nice. He is usually pessimistic and tends to not look on the bright side of things. Sabata is not one to give out compliments freely, being a bit freer with insults, and will threaten his enemies with his words or force if necessary. However, the Dark Boy doesn't seem to have much regard for his own life. He's stated that he's willing to give up his life in exchange for Carmilla's and tells Zazie he's well away of the consequences of using the Piledriver with his body infused with Dark Matter but it's simply the way he fights and that he won't last long anyways. Sabata is aware than all life must end but he doesn't care. Resisting and fighting to the end is his way of life.

Despite generally not being a nice person, Sabata is capable of kindness. He returns Violet's pet cat Nero and assures her that he'll be fine after some rest, even though it's quite obvious that the conversation is awkward for him and he helped Kid when he was in trouble at the Remains (although he denied it when it was brought up). The biggest example of this is when Django is being infected by vampire blood and he tries to purify him with the Piledriver despite the fact that it could kill him. He does, on occasion, tease his friends and cheers up Zazie when she is feeling down. However Sabata also shows a more aggressive side when he's angered and even though he's usually stoic he can fly off the handle when pushed hard enough, as seen with the final fight against Django in the first game.

There are two relationships that shape Sabata over the course of the games. The first is his brother, Solar Boy Django. Sabata has the need to prove himself better than his brother, either through summoning monsters or fighting him himself. However, Sabata doesn't hate Django and states at one point that he is too weak to hate him. He is willing to lend Django a hand and teams up with him on a number of occasions to take down their enemies. Sabata also tried his hardest to save Django when he was bitten by their father and turning into a vampire even though using the Piledriver could kill him. Although it would take quite a bit for him to admit it Sabata does care about Django and despite insulting him frequently, he would fight by his brother's side and save his life if it came down to it.

The second is Carmilla. She was his first love and Sabata takes responsibility for killing her since his plan relied on all the Dark Guardians dying. He sealed her soul within his and takes a journey to try and revive her as a human. He has stated that she is the only reason that he has any kindness and that her presence in his soul is why he can use the power of a Moon Beauty (despite calling it his worst nightmare). At one point when he returns Violet's cat to her, he says that he can't believe he's helping someone and that Carmilla's preaching had effected him. Sabata is also noticeably upset when it's revealed that Carmilla has to stay behind to keep Vanargand sealed away in stone and hopes that they will meet again in the afterlife. If it wasn't for Carmilla's influence when he was living in Istrakan, Sabata would probably have turned out to be a very different person.

In the first game Sabata was looking for complete power to sever his ties to Hel but by the time the second game rolls around, he's given up on that. When Dainn calls him inadequate Sabata says there's nothing wrong with that. It's because he and other people are incomplete that they can have hopes and dreams, which gives them the potential for a better future. While Sabata isn't the most optimistic person around he's willing to look towards the future and all that it brings, especially since those were Carmilla's last words to him before she went to sleep with Vanargand.

All in all, Sabata is someone caught between the Moon's two conflicting powers: Lunacy and Mercy. He's not the most cheerful person in the world but he can still be kind. If you're a close friend you can count on him to help when the chips are down (although he probably will deny it). All it takes is the understanding that not everything in darkness is evil.

ABILITIES: Sabata can use the Gun del Hel, a gun that allows him to fire bolts of darkness at the target. However, unlike his brother's Solar Gun, Sabata can only charge his inside a building or at night (basically away from the sun) and it doesn't have the range of customization that the Solar Gun does. The Dark Gun recharges naturally on its own but Sabata can speed up the process by raising his hand to the sky and calling "Ankoku". He can also use it to create a spread of darkness, which he uses as an attack by spinning around.

He can dash around very quickly if there's no sun out (although he takes double the damage if hit while doing so) and can warp to different places if he wants. Sabata also has access to an ability called a Black Hole which sucks up sunlight and can draw and trap people within it for a limited amount of time.

He is a Moon Beauty but beyond being able to open up the way to Jormungandr and making him a prime candidate for unsealing Vanargand, the game doesn't go into much detail regarding what powers he has as one. Aside from letting the fandom make Sailor Moon jokes.



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