Cloud of darkness

The Cloud of Darkness is a warrior of Spiritus in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT and its arcade version, representing Final Fantasy III. It is a Vanguard-type character fighting using its tentacles. The Cloud of Darkness returns from its original appearance in the 2008 Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, in which it had a very similar combat style. The Cloud of Darkness's default player name is Nameless Wraith, and its manikin counterpart has been renamed Illusory Apparition. Though the Cloud of Darkness universally takes on a feminine form, it is officially considered a genderless being that merely chooses to appear as such. The Cloud of Darkness refers to itself in the plural, using "We" instead of "I". Dissidia Final Fantasy explains this as its two tentacles having minds of their own and the humanoid body speaking for the three of them. For purposes of gameplay, however, the Cloud of Darkness is treated as female in its spin-off series appearances and is therefore able to equip female-exclusive equipment.