Cypher is an enigmatic creature called a "Gloom Spectre" Or more commonly, a shade. Being around 6'7 he towers over other quite a few other humanoids. The color of his "skin" is a mixture between grey and black. He also has sharp claws instead of hands. He always wears a magenta admirals coat and a magenta admirals cap with a crest that looks like the prongs of a trident, with the outer prongs curving slightly outwards before going straight up.
He owns a large ironclad called the crown of fire. He is almost always in the company of a kraken, Laima-medusa, mermaid, mershark, or some other mamono along those lines, who act as his crew.
His relations with the crew are at times strained, mainly when some of them don't have sex sla- Significant others, and use him as a way to satisfy their needs. The one crew member who he personally knows is first mate Levi, a kraken he met when he was just starting his naval career.
Other then these facts not much is known about him.