Dark Master

"These wizards are easily recognized for their pointy blue hats."

- Description of the Dark Master in Sonic Unleashed (Wii)

The Dark Master is one of Dark Gaia's minions and appears exclusively on the Wii/PS2 version of Sonic Unleashed. While the most basic of the Master variant, the Dark Masters are one of the more skilled members of Dark Gaia's minions. They only appear during the game's nighttime stages.

Overview
The Dark Masters were first created alongside all of the other members of Dark Gaia's minion when their namesake Dark Gaia fell apart at the beginning of Sonic Unleashed. The resulting fragments from the great beast then formed Dark Gaia's minions, with the Dark Masters some amongst them. They first appear in Rooftop Run Night Act II: Jet Black Back Streets.

Like all the other members of the Master variant, the Dark Masters are born with exceptionally high intelligence amongst their species, which allows them to take on a near-perfect humanoid appearance and utilize Dark Gaia's power in a more refined way.

The Dark Masters lack any kind of moves that involves spell casting, something unusual among their kind, and instead resorts to advanced close combat. In battle, the Dark Masters usually fight their opponents by quickly and swiftly attacking them with their staffs. They are constantly floating in mid-air, but can move rather fast and teleport short distances, which makes them hard to attack. They usually appear alone, but can appear in pairs.

Upon the recreation of Dark Gaia, all of the Dark Masters were returned to the beast, which was lated defeated and sealed within the planet's core.

Appearance
The Dark Masters appears as humanoid phantom-like wizards. They are dressed in dark purple clothes which has a pointy hat and cape decorated with yellow symbols. The only thing on their body that is revealed is their yellow eyes and parts of their back faces. They are always seen carrying a cyan colored, hook-shaped staff with several thin spikes.