Description
Here he is! Dimitri's dad aka Aaron Spiros aka Shadow Hunter!
I'll put his bio and stuff up later but for now enjoy the design!
Also for fun I put the two together and it just makes me super happy to see
Alias: Nightlight
Group / Alliance Affiliation(s): Justice League, Nightlight, Hades
Secret ID: Aaron Spiros
Nickname(s): none
Age: 33 (S1) 38(S2)
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Nationality: Greek
Current Residence: San Francisco
Eye Color: Green, blue in spirit form
Hair Color: Dark brown almost black
Hair Type: short back but has wavy bangs that he could never get to push back properly
Height: 6'1"
Voice actor: TBA
Personality
General Personality: Aaron is a man of knowledge but that doesn't get in the way of his spirituality, he finds equal balance between the two worlds. He is incredibly intelligent and skipped 2 years in school. He is a passionate man who often goes into rambles on particular subjects. HE is also well versed in the art of the piano. He likes to collect things ranging from artifacts to vintage Elvis records.
Good Traits: Very patient and smart, thinks things through well
Bad Traits: Because he thinks things through he's not very quick to action. Also he becomes paranoid when Dimitri is involved
Likes: Pianos, history, mythology, old records, Star Trek, books, downtime, traveling
Dislikes: Alcohol, jealousy, discrimination, not being given a chance
Fears: Her fears loosing his daughter like he did his wife. He didn't want her to have powers as that means she has witnessed death and he never wanted her to go through that, He fears for her safety especially when she goes on missions with the team where he can't protect her.
Relationships: Closest to Black Canary in the JL. When he decided to become Shadow Hunter he actually asked her for pointers for fighting (she was not Black Canary yet though but she still knew how to fight). Gets along surprisingly well with Batman and Martian Manhunter. Highly respects Wonder Woman.
Family: Aaron lives with his only daughter Dimitri. The two are close and he supports her in whatever she aims to do. He can sometimes be a bit stern with her because he worries about her safety. He also considers the Lance family to be family through the relationship established by his wife Gia. Even though Gia is no longer around the families still get together for Sunday dinners.
Wife: Aaron met his wife Gia when they were both very young. Their families were neighbors so they used to walk to school together, him being a year older. He loved the free spirit Gia was and she admired his passion. She would often defend him from bullies who would call Aaron names as he was the more passive one at the time. When he was 14 and she 13 he asked her out and they were together ever since. When she went away to study abroad when she was 16 he missed her so much that when she came back he gave her a promise ring that they would marry after they were done with schooling. Though before they were to marry Gia became pregnant with Dimitri so they waited util after she was born to be married.
Battle
Power(s): His owers were a gift from Hades that he bestowed onto his family during ancient Greek times as they were the high priests and priestesses of the Cult of Hades. The powers lay dormant in his spirit until the age of 15 when they were awoken by witnessing the death of his brother during a hiking accident.
POWER/ABILITIES:
Flight
Invisibility
Intangibility
Force Fields
Possession
Spirit Energy
Spirit Projection (his spirit can leave his body)
Her powers have the side effect of making him emotionally numb which is why he has a gemstone which works to balance his powers and emotions, not having them take over his being.
Weapon(s): Bare hands/Energy Blasts, decent at hand to hand combat
Style: Evasive and long range
Strengths: Good defense and stealth
Weaknesses: Anything that can harm a ghost, examples being…
Salt
Iron
Magic
Cannot use powers on Holy grounds
Spirit projection leaves his body unprotected, if his body is killed during he can’t return to it.
Background:
Aaron, is a hard worker and lover of knowledge, particularly history. He was fairly young when he got a job at a museum in San Francisco, moving him and his family from Greece to the states. He was determined to move up the latter in the museum and often stayed long nights working alone in the quiet home of history. He was particularly interested n the history of Greek mythology since his line of ancestor traces back to the time of the Gods n their prime, his family being high priests and priestesses of the Cult of Hades. They were so in tune with the spirits and life beyond the living that Hades bestowed the gift of the Spirits to the family, taking up the last name Spiros meaning spirit in Greek. These powers enabled the user with paranormal powers making them the bridge between life and death. Though these powers cause an imbalance to the user so each member is given a clear gemstone that helps to keep the balance within. The gemstone is originally clear but takes one the color of the user’s spirit which varies in color. The powers have been passed down to every Spiros and they were able to use the powers naturally. But over generations the spiritual connection has been strained and the powers of the spirit began to lie dormant within the family, soon only to be awakened when their spirit witnesses death.
Aaron has these powers after he witnessed his brother taking a nasty fall during a hiking accident. His father, not having powers of his own but being that his father did thus learning from him, taught Aaron how to use them. He also visited the cave which the old Cult of Hades did their practices and mediated, unlocking further secrets and methods that his father could not teach him. Though knowing how to use his powers he decided to live a normal life with his wife and child.
This was until one late night at the museum after a new shipment of artifacts came in. He was going over them when the museum was broken into by people dressed in black to which Aaron would describe as looking like shadow men. They wanted to steal the artifacts since they could be used in some dark ritual but Aaron fended them off with his powers. Similar things began happening at the museum whenever they got new artifacts and he became the defender of the museum and soon after began expanding into becoming and actual hero dubbed Shadow Hunter and then later joining the Justice League.
The old director of the museum was retiring and took notice over the years of how much passion and hard work Aaron put into the place and his work and passed down his job to Aaron, who was very grateful. Not everyone at the museum was happy about this though. A coworker of Aaron who was older and had been there longer was angered because he thought the job should have gone to him and not some “young immigrant who came here to steal my job.” This man was also known to have a drinking problem and a few nights after the promotion drunkenly found his way to the Spiros’s apartment, gun in hand. The family had just came back from shopping, Aaron telling Gia and Dimitri to head up to the apartment fist while he’ll take care of getting the heavy packages. So up they went to their floor and the drunk coworker was waiting for them and shot Gia and they approached the door, killing her on the spot. Sensing the death of his wife and fearing for his daughter Aaron dropped the packages and phased through the building in time to save Dimitri who sat next to her mother crying.
By witnessing her mother’s death Dimitri’s powers were awakened, turning the once clear gem on her necklace pink. Aaron had hoped that she wouldn’t have awoken her powers as early as she did but since they were now a part of her Aaron began training her how to control and use them with Dimitri eventually asking to be his protégé like the other protégés she’s heard of, wanting to protect other families from the dangers that could rift them apart. Reluctantly he agreed and she became Nightlight.
If you have any further questions please feel free to ask!
Bio Template: meibatsu.deviantart.com/art/Yo…
Programs used:
Sai Paint Tool
Photoshop
Base was Aquaman