Power Master

"Their magical empowerment raises their allies' attack strenght. Try to take them out before they can get a spell off!"

- Description of the Power Master in Sonic Unleashed (PS3/Xbox360)

The Power Master (パワーマスター) is one of the types of Dark Gaia's minions that appear in Sonic Unleashed, exclusively on the PS3/Xbox360. These demonic wizard-like phantoms specialize in spells that can empower their allies. They only appear during the game's nighttime stages.

Overview
The creation of the Power masters and the rest of Dark Gaia's minions occured when Dark Gaia broke apart in the beginning of Sonic Unleashed due to it being awaken prematurely by Dr. Eggman. These pieces of Dark Gaia then scattered all over the world and gave birth to Cure Masters and the other of their kind. They first appear in Dragon Road Night Act 1.

Like all the other members of the Master variant, the Power 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, similar to that of magical spells.

The spells the Power Masters can cast is focused on sending out magical energies to their allies, be it other of Dark Gaia's minions or Eggman's robots, which then will increase their attack power and allow them to deal much more damage to Sonic the Werehog. When doing so, the Power Masters forms a circular spell seal under them and send out purple orbs that will target their surrounding allies and increase their power, which is signified by a pink aura. Like the rest of the Master variant, the Power Masters can fly in mid-air.

Because the Power Masters lack spells that can damage their enemies, they use their staffs in close combat to damage their foes. They can either swing them around to whack the opponents or enlarge it for greater range and attack power. While they always alongside other enemies, there are never more than one of them in one area.

As Dr. Eggman continued to rebuild Dark Gaia, all of the Power Masters were returned to their source, and Dark Gaia itself was later resealed inside the core of the planet.

Appearance
The Power Masters share a similar appearance with the rest of the Master variant, meaning they look like humanoid phantom-like wizards, dressed in clothes that have a pointy hat and cape, decorated with symbols. Their cloths itself are colored in dark cyan and the symbols glow with a dark purplish tint. The only show their yellow eyes and some of their back faces. They also carry a purplish colored, staff with a round head.