Syzygy Darklock
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| Syzygy Darklock | |
 Syzygy Darklock |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Marvel/Epic, First, Malibu/Bravura |
| First appearance | The Price (1981) |
| Created by | Jim Starlin |
| In story information | |
| Full name | Syzygy Darklock |
| Place of origin | Altarix |
| Team affiliations | Dreadstar and Company |
| Abilities | Sorcery |
Syzygy Darklock is a fictional character in the space opera comic book Dreadstar created by Jim Starlin. He first appeared in the 1981 graphic novel The Price.
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[edit] Origin
Darklock is a high bishop and assistant treasurer of the Instrumentality’s mystical order of Vieltoor, but abandons the priesthood because the fates have chosen him to take part in a more important quest. To prepare himself for this future labor, he seeks out and gains vast powers, but these powers cost him an eye, an arm, two legs and the woman he loved. Cybernetics replace four of his losses.
Darklock is sent by the fates to a planet called Caldor, there to meet and prepare Vanth Dreadstar for the day he will force peace on the two superpowers of the Empirical Galaxy, the Monarchy and the Instrumentality, who have been fighting each other in a war that has lasted for two hundred years.
Syzygy Darklock is a powerful sorcerer and one of the founding members of a team that originally includes Vanth, the blind cybernetic telepath Willow, and the Catman Oedi. Together this team stops the war between the Instrumentality and the Monarchy, bringing peace to the Empirical Galaxy.
