Darkon
Overview
Darkon is a rare photonic absorber gas that converts visible light and psionic energy into thermal entropy. It is the anti-lumen of the Continuum: where it passes, radiance falters and thought grows heavy. Though feared, it is necessary — the counterpart to illumination that keeps stars honest.
Physical and Psionic Properties
Darkon exhibits perfect negative refractivity across multiple spectra, including psionic frequencies. It consumes photons without emission, creating zones of perceptual void called *umbrae fields*. Under divine excitation, Darkon can be converted back into Fluxmist, demonstrating its role in the universal light cycle.
Phases
- **Gas:** Ambient absorber haze.
- **Ionized:** Acts as entropy coolant in Eclipsite reactors.
- **Crystalline:** Forms black prisms used for stealth field generation.
Uses and Occurrences
- Common in Eclipsite and post-cataclysmic Ignispheric systems.
- Utilized in divine optics for light-nullification rituals.
- Studied for negative-energy containment.
Related Atmospheres
Trivia
- Said to be “the shadow exhaled by dying suns.”
- Psionic observers report that Darkon hums with the memory of extinguished light.