To his horror, however, the use of such abilities of his past, the meditation technique for one, have led to a terrifying discovery. It wasn't any accident that the armor inside Lynix, infecting and plaguing her mind has also been found inside himself....HE CREATED THE ONE IN HER!!...Yes, he was the one responsible!! This startling vision has led his mind to near break down, his own thoughts fighting at him with guilt and questions abounding. Why did he make her join in his curse? Why couldn't he have let her be, in her own happiness? He didn't just bring out the worst in a person, he brought a monster from the depths of someone who was...If he could do this to her, who else might he infect next? An acquaintance? His adopted daughter!?
Now, caught up in his own attempt to learn from his ignorance, to find some way to undo the damage that has been done, he has begun a schizm within his thoughts that could very well lead him on the darkest path yet for the jackal. As such, his outlook has changed, fires seeping within his skull dimming, to the point where one could even see the burnt sockets within at times. His clothing, now altered and no longer white in the slightest, were darkened by bits of a strange entwined metal appearance that meshed with his top, even the kilt, though longer, held a similar makeup. He was thinner, from lack of eating and sleeping. The golden bracers were missing, now replaced with gauntlets of near obsidian in color, stretching from over his palm to down close to the elbow. about his waist, over the clasp of the kilt, was the same aging thick leather belt that he'd always worn, but now attached to this and to places on the kilt itself were large interlocking plates, meant to guard his hips and upper portions of his legs, down to the knee, either from attack or to do additional damage. The same metal on his gauntlets was not just woven or a part of these, but their entirity seemed to be made of this darkened material.
Beware, in this state he has somehow managed to also find the twin dual blades that have not been seen since his previous fights with Mantarok and the original Dark Metallic Soul. One would have to guess memories are starting to surface, and who knows what madness that could bring back...