Corakinus

Corakinus, also known as the Shadow King, was King of the Shadow Kin and leader of the War of the Underneath. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die, Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart) He ruled from the Shadow Palace. (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart)

After wiping out the population of Rhodia, Corakinus pursued the Rhodian prince Charlie and his Quill bodyguard Miss Quill to ensure that Charlie could not use the Cabinet of Souls to exact revenge on the Shadow Kin. He tracked them to the Coal Hill Academy on Earth, where he led the Shadow Kin in an attack on the fugitives. Ruthless in his hunt for the prince, Corakinus killed Rachel Chapman without provocation and severed Ram Singh's leg when he attacked him.

Miss Quill instructed April MacLean to fire a displacement gun, but Charlie knocked her out of the way so it wouldn't kill her. The gun hit Corakinus' heart, scattering it across the universe, but he kept on living, sharing April's heart.

Corakinus was ultimately confronted by the Twelfth Doctor, who had been summoned for help by Quill, having been the one who relocated her and Charlie. When the Doctor used the Shadow Kin's aversion to light against them, Corakinus and his force were forced back through the tear in space-time from where they came which the Doctor subsequently sealed. Corakinus warned, however, that he would later return. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)

Upon returning to the Shadow Realm, Corakinus was wracked with paranoia. He was supposed to be seen as a leader and a warrior, someone who would guide his people into battle but he carried the shame of being trapped into sharing the heart of a human schoolgirl.

Corakinus sought out medical help and assistance from other members of the Shadow Kin. Unfortunately for him however, none of the practices helped break his connection with April and he ended up killing all those who failed to find him a solution. Back on Earth, his constant experiments in meddling with their shared heart caused April to become more outlandish — alerting her new partner Ram to the dangers of the Shadow Kin's return.

Eventually, Corakinus was able to locate April — feeling that the only way to break their connection was to kill her. Corakinus opened a crack in time which led to April's back garden and April, along with Ram, entered with the desire of killing him before he killed her. (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart)