Tyki Mikk

Tyki Mikk is a character from the D.Gray-man anime and manga.

Tyki is the third disciple of the Noah Family, and his Noah name is Joyd. He represents the "Pleasure" (Kairaku) of Noah. He is the brother of Sheril Kamelot and the uncle of Road and Wisely Kamelot. Tyki is a major antagonist in the series. A vagabond in his spare time, he seems to have some title of nobility.

Appearance
Tyki is a handsome tall man with wavy, dark hair and a mole under his left eye in his mid- to late-twenties; according to Road Kamelot, Wisely, and Allen Walker, Tyki looks exactly like the late Fourteenth Noah. As a human, Tyki is a light-skinned man with brown eyes. As a migrant worker, he dresses casually, sports stubble on his chin, and wears thick glasses that generally obscure his eyes and hide his distinctive mole. When he partakes in the high society associated with his brother, Sheril Kamelot, he dresses formally. In both his 'light' and 'dark' sides, Tyki is initially a heavy smoker, but after Allen's failed attempt to exorcise him, he smokes rarely.

As a Noah, Tyki's skin turns umber and his eyes yellow. He initially dresses in a formal manner as a Noah, wearing a tuxedo and later dress clothes, but now wears a standard Noah uniform of pants and a white coat.

When in his "awakened" Noah form he takes on the appearance of a dark knight. A horned helmet obscures his face and his chest is protected by armor. Tentacles protrude from his back, which he can control as an extension of himself.

Since Tyki's battle with Allen in Noah's Ark and his subsequent transformation, Tyki's complexion has become darker, even in his human form. His hair has grown past shoulder length and is now worn in a ponytail. His chest is marred with deep scar wounds that still ache from the battle in which he received them. As a Noah, an additional, large stigmata has appeared on his neck. This change seems to have regressed in the most recent chapters as Tyki's skin seems to have changed back when he was seen with Wisely.

During his encounter with Nea, Tyki tied his hair into a bun, giving the impression that it was short again. He also wore a coat over a dark suit.

Personality
Unlike most of the Noah, Tyki prefers to keep his human mindset alive alongside his Noah mindset, resulting in him having dual personalities, one calm and kind and the other sadistic, that he refers to, respectively, as "Black" and "White".

Tyki's "white" side is reserved for his human friends and the child they travel with, Eeez; while this personality is forefront, he goes about under the guise of a scruffy hobo who travels with his companions from place to place, looking for work. He is carefree, but mischievous, and has no problems tricking people out of their money (and even clothes) using card games, if it will end in profit. Though he would like to feign some pride, he is not above accepting what he can as long as it doesn't involve too much humiliation.

His "black" side, though, is heavily influenced by his inner Noah, especially when he feels bloodlust. While his "dark" side is prevalent, Tyki's speech and mannerisms become much more refined; he dresses well and carries himself in a more dignified manner. He is still a bit laid back for a "noble", however, and has his moments when he is not as dignified, and at times he uses his refined behavior as a means to tease his enemies. While in his "dark" side, Tyki also becomes much more sadistic, and enjoys using his "Choose" ability to kill people in creative and grotesque ways, particularly by removing organs. He is not indifferent to psychological torment neither as he shown during his encounter with Lavi. He displayed murder impulses when he is "black".

Keeping these dual personalities from bleeding into one another, or having his "light" side destroyed completely by his inner Noah, seems to be difficult for Tyki. While it seems that he cares for his human friends, Tyki himself has confirmed having his "light" side and his "dark" side present in his conscious mind at the same time "is what makes life so interesting." Tyki doesn't have a split personality as these two sides of him are very well aware of each others and what they do.

Generally, Tyki is a friendly person, easily sympathizing with strangers and joking around. He is far from susceptible, letting the other Noahs tease him and acting as a cool brotherly figure while he tries to maintain a dignified persona.

Since Allen's failed attempt to exorcise Tyki's Inner Noah, he seems unable to completely revert to his human form. How this has affected his "light" side is unknown.

Abilities
Natural abilities as a Noah: As a Noah, Tyki has absolute command over all the Akuma, as well as destroying Innocence by simply touching it. All of his abilities, like other Noah, are based on Dark Matter. As a Noah, he is immune to the Akuma blood virus, which is normally fatal to the human's touch. He can create ribbons of Dark Matter to bind and impale his opponents and to fire blasts of Dark Matter energy. It seems the Dark Matter also grants him the extreme increases in speed, strength, endurance and power. Enhanced Speed: Tyki has demonstrated great speed boost. He was able to appear in front of and attack a trained member of Crown without neither his comrades nor him realize his presence. He also managed to disappear instantly in front of Allen Walker. It is unknown it it is thanks to his natural Noah abilities or an application of choose.
 * Body hardening: By covering his flesh with dark matter, Tyki can dark parts of his body making them more resistant.

Enhanced Strength: Tyki has an immense strength, capable of kicking away and punching away an opponent with a tremendous resistance like Apocryphos.

Enhanced Resistance: Tyki can survive an explosion caused by one of Tiedoll's creations at point blank.

Enhanced Reactivity: Tyki has shown a superhuman reactivity, capable of catching the blade of a creation of general Froi Tiedoll pulling a surprise attack on him in a fraction of second.

Teez (Tīzu (often translated as Tease)): Tyki was given many flesh-eating butterfly golems called Teez by the Earl. They appear as butterflies. Choose (Sentaku): As the Noah of "Pleasure", Tyki is able to "choose" whatever he wishes to touch, or interact with. Essentially his power allows him to manipulate the laws of physics around him. It doesn't apply to Innocence. This power has many practical applications:
 * Shields: He can grow star-shaped shields from Tease in his hands which he uses to fight by defending from attacks or even hitting with it. It is unclear whether this ability is specific to him or not.
 * Solid phasing: His favorite use of Choose. Tyki can pass through solid matter as if it didn't exist.He uses this ability to kill many of his victims by removing their vital organs without damaging the skin, as well as avoiding damage.If he decides so he can also get through while dealing damage as shown on Madarao. He has also been seen to force Teez into his opponent's body, which subsequently eat the victim from the inside out. Tyki was also shown able to cut off human limbs as if it was butter.
 * Fluid Walker: Tyki can choose to treat gas and liquids as solid objects which enables him to walk on the air (and thus flying) or on water.

Awakened Noah (Kakusei): When gravely injured by Allen's Sword of Exorcism, the Noah within Tyki, Joyd, awoke and swallowed him from the inside. With his blood turned black, Tyki initially sprouts many tentacles from his body that he can use to strike down his opponents, then the tentacles wrap around him to transform him into a demonic knight-like monster made of pure Dark Matter. He somewhat resembles a Level 3 Akuma, but is far more powerful. This form gives Tyki enhanced power, speed, and all around abilities as shown when he casually dealt with Allen Walker. and can also launch blasts of Dark Matter at his opponents, as well as imbue his punches with Dark Matter and create devastating shock waves upon impact. However, as he has allowed Joyd to take control of him, all Tyki could think about was killing Exorcists, an inner trait shared by all Noah. Cross has referred to Tyki as a disgrace to the Noah Family by allowing this form to occur, although the Earl was very happy of this awakening. Recently Tyki seems to have somewhat accommodated with Joyd as he allowed him to talk to Apocryphos through his body without problem.
 * Refusal (Kyozetsu): Being able to choose for all creation as the Noah of pleasure, Tyki is also capable of rejecting existing principles. Road notes while fighting Allen, Tyki created a perfect vacuum by rejecting the oxygen and ambient air pressure around them, completely removing their air supply effectively the same as outer space. Aside from suffocating his opponents, the pressure would also crush the opponents' bodies. He used this ability on Allen when they fought in the Ark. Road noted that Tyki only uses this technique when he is serious. Like all Dark Matter abilities he cant reject Innocence.

Trivia

 * Tyki's hobbies are living his double life, gambling, fishing, and napping.
 * He likes eating with Eeez, Momo and Clark, Koi, unplanned journeys, blood, and the smell of death.
 * He dislikes studying, Road's homework, Sheril’s sexual harassment, high society, and Innocence.
 * Tyki's necessities are tobacco and Teez.
 * Tyki placed 7th in the first popularity poll and jumped two places to 5th in the second, but was pushed down a place by Krory in the third.
 * Hoshino admitted that she created Tyki because she "wanted to draw a handsome guy like David Beckham".
 * He has mentioned in the manga that he has not been to school before, although he can write.
 * Joyd—Tyki's Noah name—comes from "Joy", which is linked to the pleasure, the memory he represents.
 * According to Katsura Hoshino, Tyki's image-colour is a light blue, close to sky blue.
 * The Earl receives a lot of marriage proposals for Tyki which he has to refuse because Tyki prefers to laze around.
 * Tyki is a heavy smoker.
 * Tyki has the same birthday as Allen Walker (whose birthday date is actually his adoption date).
 * When he is bothered, Tyki has a habit of putting his hand in front of his face.