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The '''Dark Signers''' are were a group of Duelists resurrected and in the service of the [[Earthbound Immortals]], who serve served as the evil counterparts to the [[Signers]] and were the primary antagonists for the [[Dark Signers (arc)|second arc]] of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]''.

==Background==When a person diesdied, he or she is was given a chance to live by becoming a Dark Signer at the time of their death. If they display displayed a great will to live or a reason for revenge, an [[Earthbound Immortal]] may spare them (provided they agree willingly, whether or not they remember doing so after being brought back), turning them into the Dark Signers in the process. As the Dark Signers, those individuals are were given a great power and a great lust for revenge. All of the Dark Signers, with the exception of Roman and Rex, hold held some form of grudge against (or connection to, in the case of [[Devack]] and [[Carly Carmine|Carly]]) a Signer, which would provide another answer to why the Earthbound Immortals chose them. Due to this phenomenon which derives derived from the Netherworld itself, there's was no way to revert the transformation or revert to their former selves, and are were said to be no longer of the living world. If they turn turned over a new leaf in a Duel, the Earthbound Immortal will would take over them and continue the match (however Akiza has noted, their control can potentially be broke broken if the Earthbound Immortal is destroyed without getting rid of the person's Life Points).

Thus because of this distinctive group of individuals already had died once, it is seen that once they have been defeated in their own Shadow Duel or Shadow Turbo Duel for that matter, their departure from this world would be completely different. As instead of simply dying like a normal human being, they instead would wither until they become became dust when they were sent into the Netherworld.

They are were capable of using a distinctive type of monsters known as [[Dark Synchro Monster]]s which are were black lined. Their [[signature card]] are the "[[Earthbound Immortal]]s", along with the use of Field Spell cards in order to maintain the effects of these powerful beasts in a Duel. There are were only five Dark Signers at any given time, each one possessed by a different geoglyph. In the anime present altered time-line, a total of seven awakened, due to the fall of others. Devack was 'succeeded' by Greiger and Rex Goodwin was revived after his Duel with Roman.

Dark Signers are shown to have a red [[Criminal mark]]-esque patterns on their face and black sclerae. =='''Former Members'''==

! Death! Motives[[Earthbound Immortal]]

| [[File:Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's 046 RudgerRudgerDS.jpgpng|100px]]| [[Zero Reverse]]

| [[File:DevackDemakDS.jpgpng|100px]]| Unknown

! [[Misty Tredwell]] | [[File:Dark Signer MistyMistyDS.jpgpng|100px]]| Car accident

| [[File:Kyosuke KiryuDSKiryu.jpgpng|100px]]| Starvation

| Blasted out of the Arcadia Movement building| Revenge against [[SayerEarthbound Immortal Aslla piscu|Aslla piscu]] for killing her (success); Turn Jack into a Dark Signer (failed)

The [[Earthbound Immortal]]s are were evil entities that were sealed in the [[Nazca Lines]] by the [[Crimson Dragon]] and the [[Five Dragons]]. Each one bore a [[Mark of the Shadows|dark mark]] on to five individuals who are known as the Dark Signers.

The Dark Signers possess possessed an inborn drive to defeat the [[Signers]], whom each has had a marking of the [[Crimson Dragon]], over the course of 5,000 years.

Rex's older brother, [[RomanGoodwin]], was placed in charge of the first [[Ener-D]] Reactor, developed by Doctor Fudo prior to the [[Zero Reverse]] Incident. The same incident which released the sealed Immortals from their 5,000 year imprisonment. Presumably killed by the accident, Roman was reawakened as a Dark Signer.

The Signers learned from Rex Goodwin about the nature of the Dark Signers Dueling powers. Yusei, determined to save Kalin, questioned Goodwin Rex about returning them to normal. Goodwin Rex reluctantly tells them that the change cannot be reverted as they were no longer of this world.

Later, right after Akiza’s Duel against Misty concludes, before the Signers were able to seal the last Tower, the King of the Netherworld appeared from the Original Ener-D Reactor, and was moving toward New Domino City. At that time Goodwin Rex who had acquired the powers of a Signer with Roman's arm, revealed to be the last of the Dark Signers. As the dark mark of the Condor appeared on his back, it revealed his Dark Signer nature and gave him supernatural powers, he declared that a [[Shadow Turbo Duel]] would be held within the Condor geoglyph as a ritual to welcome the [[King of the Netherworld]].

Therefore, Goodwin Rex faced off against Yusei, Jack, and Crow in one final Shadow Turbo Duel. The Duel raged fiercely upon them and GoodwinRex. Though both Jack and Crow were unable to continue due to [[Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca|Wiraqocha Rasca's]] deadly effect, Yusei managed to win with their help.

As for the former Dark Signers, it's unknown if the others do or don´t don't have recollection of ever being one, judging by Carly's statement and Kalin's current state. (Although it appears that Kalin and Greiger are the only ones with any recollection of their crimes as Dark Signers).

In an information file that [[Z-one]] reads in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Episode 149|Episode 149]], in the "original" timeline before he and [[YliasterIliaster]] caused the [[Zero Reverse]] to split the cities, there were only five Earthbound Immortals that fought the Signers - Uru, Ccapac Apu, Cusillu, Aslla Piscu, and Ccarayhua. This would seem to suggest that Rex Goodwin and Greiger did not originally become Dark Signers, and that it was Z-one's interference with the timeline that caused them to become such.

==PowersAbilities==

[[File:YGO5D027DarkTuning.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Dark Synchro Summoning]] The [[Dark Synchro Monster|Dark Synchro]] and [[Dark Tuner monster]]s were exclusive to the Dark Signers and Shadow Drones. Dark Synchro Monsters were [[Synchro Summon]]ed by sending to the [[Graveyard]] 1 [[Dark Tuner monster]] and 1 non-Dark Tuner monster. The non-Dark Tuner monster's [[Level]] minus the Dark Tuner monster's [[Level]] must be equal to the Dark Synchro Monster's [[Level]], which is [[Negative Level|negative]]. Most of the Dark Signers used the following chant:"''When dark overlaps with dark, the doors of the underworld will open. To a world without light!" and in '' In the dub they use , the chant is: ''"When the shadows are devoured by even Darker darker shadows, the curtain pulls back and reveals, a world without light!"''