Twilight (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Infobox Buffyverse Character
Title=Twilight


First=The Long Way Home
Creator=Joss Whedon
Name=Twilight
Status=Alive
Kind=Unknown
Affiliation=General Voll, Roden, Lady Genevieve Savidge, Lieutenant Molter, Amy Madison, Warren Mears
Powers=
* Flight
* Superhuman strength
* Can be summoned by those who bear his mark Twilight is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight", the canonical comic book continuation of the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Twilight first appeared in the first issue of the run, "The Long Way Home", [ [http://www.episodeguides.com/scripts/getshow.php?s=0xd679&p=804&m=html&remote= EpisodeGuides: Buffy: Season 8 Comic detailed episode guide ] ] but his or her identity was first confirmed in the final issue of the "No Future For You". [ [http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Tv-Guide-News/Exclusive-New-Buffy/800021141 Exclusive! New Buffy Comic Keeps the Faith - TV Guide News Report | TVGuide.com ] ] Within the series narrative, Twilight is a villain, although many details about the character remain unrevealed.

Biography

Character history

Twilight makes his first appearance in the first issue of "Season Eight" from a birds eye view, where he is overlooking Buffy's headquarters in Scotland. Little is known about Twilight, as little information about it has been revealed. It was revealed at the end of "No Future For You", however, that Twilight is the leader of an Initiative-like group that shares his name. He views the expanded ranks of Slayers as a threat to humanity no better than an army of demons, and plans to bring about an end of the age of magic, both good and evil. [ [http://www.ifmagazine.com/review.asp?article=1857 iFMagazine.com: Review: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - SEASON EIGHT - ISSUE #4 ] ] In "Anywhere But Here", the demon Sephrilian points out the irony of Twilight being Buffy's enemy: his ultimate goal is the destruction of all demons and closing the Hellmouths, essentially what Buffy has been fighting for all these years.

In "A Beautiful Sunset", Twilight confronts Buffy and Satsu while they are slaying a group of vampires. He instantly knocks out Satsu and flies Buffy into the air. The battle continues with Buffy and Twilight, with Twilight being the stronger of the two. He says that he came "just to talk". Although there has been some evidence linking the character to Buffy's past, such as his line to Buffy when he first confronts her: "The Chosen One. Always in pain... and always complaining", and his later statement, "I know that move, Slayer", Twilight's true identity has not yet been revealed, despite a mislead in the issue. [ [http://comics.ign.com/articles/850/850290p1.html IGN: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #11 Review ] ]

Powers and abilities

Twilight can fly with great ease and seems to have maintained a great level of maneuverability, able to fight in mid-flight. He also possesses superhuman strength and has mastered several fighting skills. Buffy has met him only once so far, an encounter in which he easily bested both Buffy and Satsu. [ [http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/02/08/buffy-season-8-11/ Buffy Season 8, #11 « Comics Daily ] ]

Appearances

Twilight has appeared four times in the canonical Buffyverse:

;"Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight":
* "The Long Way Home, Part 1" [Comic book reference | writer=Whedon, Joss | penciller=Jeanty, Georges | story=The Long Way Home, Part I | title=Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight | volume=1 | issue=1 | date=March 14, 2007 | publisher=Dark Horse Comics ]
* "No Future For You, Part 4" [Comic book reference | writer=Vaughan, Brian K. | penciller=Jeanty, Georges | story=No Future For You, Part IV | title=Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight | volume=1 | issue=9 | date=December 5, 2007 | publisher=Dark Horse Comics ]
* "A Beautiful Sunset" [Comic book reference | writer=Whedon, Joss | penciller=Jeanty, Georges | story=A Beautiful Sunset | title=Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight | volume=1 | issue=11 | date=February 6, 2008 | publisher=Dark Horse Comics ]
* "Time of Your Life, Part 1"

ee also

*Big Bad
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)

References