The power to use the traits of shades. Technique of Shade Manipulation. Variation of Spirit Physiology and Dark Entity Physiology. Not to be confused with Shadow Being.
Also Called[]
- Shade Mimicry
Capabilities[]
The user either is or can become a shade, the spirit or ghost of a dead person, residing in the underworld and commonly reduced to shadowy beings. An underworld where the dead live in shadow was common to beliefs in ancient West Asia. In Biblical Hebrew, it was called tsalmaveth (צַלמָוֶת: lit. "death-shadow", "shadow of death") as an alternate term for Sheol. The Witch of Endor in the First Book of Samuel notably conjures the ghost (owb) of Samuel.
Only select individuals were believed to be exempt from the fate of dwelling in shadow after death. They would instead ascend to the divine sphere, as is reflected in the veneration of heroes.
Universal Differences[]
Shades tend to vary depending on the media, such as being depicted as the elemental spirits of victimized women in Castlevania or humanoids from the Shadowfell merged with shadow-matter in Forgotten Realms.
Applications[]
- Dark Divinity - certain publishing's
- Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Condition - varies
- Flat Body
- Inaudibility
- Inodorosity
- Intangibility
- Invisibility
- Judge of the Dead - often are beings who try and ferry souls to hell
- Possessive Enhancement
- Redundant Physiology
- Spirit Divinity - ascended variety
- Teleportation
Techniques[]
Associations[]
- Ascended Spirit Physiology
- Dark Entity Physiology
- Hellspawn Physiology
- Individual Shadow Manipulation
- Psychopomp
- Shadow Being
- Wraith Physiology
Known Users[]
- Shades (Blood of Zeus)
- Shades (Castlevania)
- Shades (Forgotten Realms)
- Shades (God of War)
- Shades (Greek Mythology)
- Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
Gallery[]
