An image of my character 'Ike Miles Vanguard', Also known as 'Marisa' in female form, in Dragon/Dark Form. This transformation is very different from the character's other Valkyrie Transformations, as there is no Valkyrie of Darkness. The Valkyrie Knights themselves were created by the Goddess Aura, whom used the blood of the elder dragons to gift them with their power and abilities...thus dragon blood is part of their DNA.

Ike had fallen for a trap, which lead him to become cursed and flooded with the element of darkness...causing Ike/Marisa to revert into a Dragon/Dark Form, in which the character takes on the element of Dark. The character becomes locked in this form, unable to access turning back into Ike or one of the Valkyrie forms. It is not until Ike is able to left the curse does it become another form the character is able to access. During the time cursed the character faces many challenges of being a dragon, along with taking up the Dark element. This is the only form that really has an effect on the character's personality as well, however the character still remains good at heart.

During the time as a dragon Ike/Maria learns not all those that are dark users are bad/evil, and that is is important to find a balance of Light and Darkness in daily life. The form helps allow the character to think more about his/herself more, while normally the character always focused on others in daily life activities...thus allowing the character to grow and improve relationships.

As a Dragon the character comes across more playful, and more easily tempered and raged by smaller things...guided much more by the raw emotions. Her body is smooth, but is very tough and strong. She has the ability to breath dragon fire, use dark magic and uses heavy weapons such as swords/claymore and battleaxes.

**Fun fact, when I first came up for the concept of Ike's character I was going for a dragon...as all of my main characters related to dragons back in the day. Yet I could not pull it off in a anthro style until now, this Ike became a fox...not until years later gaining other forms when becoming a Valkyrie.**