Dakera

"And now the fun begins."

- Dakera

Dakera (ダケラ) is the secondary antagonist of Rising Beginnings, the main antagonist of Ocean Blue and Victory Sword, and the sixth main antagonist of the series. This is the original depiction of Dakera, as created by Alex Guy. He appears briefly in Regional Crusaders.

He first appeared as Sakari's apprentice who is sent to battle Keiichi Haven's group. After his master's defeat, Dakera used the super-solider serum to battle Keiichi's group once again until his own defeat. Escaping soon after, Dakera assumed leadership of the Chaos Agency, and after failing to find Keiichi, he kidnapped Chloe and Blaine but was petrified after being beaten by Azure and Crystal.

In 2033, Dakera was reverted back and started his own crime ring in the North Side region. Using the Fountain of Death, Dakera was transformed into a vampire and attempted to use the Heavenly Gem to find the Sword of Destiny and "ascend," sending Chaos Agency agents and The Expendables after Nicki and Tori Powers.

Severing ties with Jackson Smith, Dakera confronted Nicki, Tori, and Jonathan Johnson, where he was ultimately sliced in half by the detective during their final stand-off using the sword.

Appearance
Dakera is a young, tall man of muscular build, about the same height as Azure and Keiichi Haven. He also seems visibly younger than his age.

He initially wears a long black hoodie, roughly mid-calf-length, with a bullet proof vest underneath and black combat boots and gloves. He sports black, spiky hair with a slight dark blue tint; red-eyed, his sclera are completely black. After Sakari is subdued, Dakera reappears with a black business suit with his trademark boots and gloves.

Personality
Dakera is a serious and quiet individual, befitting his nature as an assassin. Initially, he was methodical in his assassination method, making decisive actions and calmly analyzing Blaine's moves before acting. Behind his cold and calm approach to things, Dakera's true colors are shown during his final fight with Keiichi.

He is shown to be extremely sadistic and evil in his actions, prepared as he is to kill Azure and Megan in inventively violent ways such as by throwing knives via his Meta Ability, using matches to burn them alive, or attempting to crush Keiichi's throat. He also takes a lot of joy in killing people and not viewing his missions as just "jobs" but as a means to enjoy himself.

Powers/Abilities
Dakera is a very powerful character in the series. As a human, he was already brilliant, with an addition being his assassin skills and the Chaos Agency's super-soldier serum enhancing his strength, but over time he's managed to acquire several powers, becoming a Vampire and then awakening a Meta Ability.

Illusion World
Main article: Illusion World

Dakera's Meta Ability is Illusion World; a close-ranged Meta Ability taking the form of a seemingly infinite amount knives that Dakera can directly summon in his hand, and whose trajectory he can control to a limited degree.

True Dakera ｢Illusion World｣
Throughout his confrontations with Nicki, Tori, and JoJo, Illusion World awakens the ability to manipulate time and, to an extent, space.

This is the highest form to which Dakera is shown to develop his Meta Ability. True Dakera ｢Illusion World｣ can stop time for as long as 5 seconds. It's duration seems to fluctuate on how constantly Dakera uses the ability.