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For every "good" set of Cloth, bronze or silver, there is the potential for an evil counterpart serving
Ares. Their armor is completely black in color. It seems that only the Gold Cloth are not so
replicated. The Dark Saints, including the evil dopplegangers of Pegasus Seiya, Andromeda Shun,
Dragon Shiryu, and Cygnus Hyoga are wearers of Ares' Cloth. The four who are the equivalent to
the four Bronze Saints have also had their own abilities enhanced by Phoenix Ikki's own energy.
Their powers are perverse opposites of their counterparts. Thus, while Pegasus Seiya actually
imparts a part of his lifeforce in each Pegasus Punch, Black Pegasus' "Ankoku Pegasus
Meteor Fist" punches creates illness and leeches away the victim's life force. Black Andromeda's
chains turn into vipers which bite his opponents. The Japanese term is actually "Ankoku Saint"
which can be translated as either "Dark" or "Black" Saint. The Ankoku Cloth itself tends to affect its
wearer, further tainting them and making them succeptable to Ares' will. In the original manga, we
are shown that there are many Ankoku Saints on Death Queen Island, not just the five
dopplegangers of the five main characters that we see in the TV series.
