Dalaketnon

In Visayan belief, the dalaketnon are evil engkanto, spirits of a kind that can look like people. People say they have pointed ears that look like leaves. Their look is handsome. The men are said to have pale skin and very dark hair, and the women bronze skin and brown hair. They resemble the nobles of old times. The name links them to the dalakit, or balete, tree where they are said to live.

Stories call them enemies of the kind engkanto, and say they came from a royal line among the evil ones. They are said to take people away, hold feasts, and make the captives eat black rice. This food is believed to enchant the person so they cannot leave. Some tales say that the same rice can turn a person into a dalaketnon. Folklore also ties them to masters of other creatures, such as the tiyanak, aswang and manananggal.

Wikipedia marks most of these claims as needing sources, and it does not name Panay. Modern media show them as stylish, gothic figures in grand houses. Treat the details as local tradition and not as settled record.