A Shadow Scorned

• Point of Origin
• Appearance
• Powers/Abilities
• The Absorbed

In the beginning there existed only the bleak, vast dark. Life did not exist. Light was not even thought of. Within this space, one being sought to shape a world in its own image, thus willing it so. A world filled to the brim with magic, various races, war, and mystery galore. However, with the creation of this world there came another creation.There was a world completely opposite of the one created. One forever shrouded in darkness while the other was kissed by the light. Those who dwelled in the dark were forever envious of those in the light. Life was ever sweeter for them. in the darkness, their shadow counterparts suffered twice as much. None knew why this was. Eventually, some stopped questioning it. But one particular shadow became ambitious. A shadow born as the opposite of a chosen hero.As the hero above wandered the lands conquering destiny, her shadow followed learning of a great secret within herself. For every person her counterpart killed, their shadow was left to die. however, she is able to absorb those shadows and gain their powers, knowledge, abilities, and memories as well. Knowing of this, she sought a way to go to the surface in order to kill powerful ones dwelling within the light and later absorb their shadows.This process took her many years. Many years of tracking down a means of getting to the other side and tracking those with great power. not to mention the effort put into killing them. Eventually, all the tedious plans and stubborn light dwellers were through except for one.The whole time she was shackled to her counterpart. She sought to end this once and for all. To end her.Despite the others stubbornness to avoid death, it was a fatal fist coated in plasma through the chest that ended the light dweller's life. In that moment, the shadow expected death like all the others. She was content with this fate, for she completed her goal. This one shadow made the light dwellers shudder in fear at not only her raw potential, but the potential of all that dwell in the deep, deep dark. Fate, however, deemed her fit to keep on living. it was not yet done with her. For other places demanded that their shadows be shown the way of destroying those who dwell in the light.

Shadow appears as a raven-haired female with crimson eyes. Her hair goes down to her waist. Most describe her gaze as piercing. she stands at an imposing six feet and three inches adorned in red armor with her blade sheathed in a black hilt secured around her waist.

By Haley Fall from Artstation

Powers/Abilities

Heightened Regeneration
Enhanced Physical Capabilities
Enhanced Senses
Swordsmanship
Hand to Hand Combat
Portal Creation: Creates portals that link her to the shadow world and wherever she is.
Shadow Absorption: The ability to absorb one's shadow and the abilities retained within them along with the person's memories. This can only be done by killing the original which puts their shadow into this vulnerable state.
Shadow Submersion: Able to go into a shadow of a person or launch attacks through it
Shadow Vision: Using a person's shadow to see them and the surrounding area, as well as hurt them.
Darkness Submersion: Able to take a large chunk of land into the shadow world. Also, able to use it on an opponent to blind them for a minute. This is achieved through physical touch or can be extended through her sword.
Summons: Her summons' as of now, only vary from a dire wolf, a raven, and a snake. They act according to her whim.
Plasma Manipulation/Creation: Mostly created in the form of energy beams or energy encasing her hands.
Beast Magic: able to use magic to temporarily turn a body part into that of a beast or use beast related abilities.
Elemental Magic: Fire, ice, lightning, earth, wind, and water. She has a deep understanding of these elements and can deploy them in various ways.After training with Kairos and accepting the oath to be one of his knights, she has learned the Blood Dragon Arts and taken a special weapon he gifted to her: Shi No Kyofu.
A soul bound weapon that allows her to change it to any weapon she thinks of. Others can hold it, though it appears as just an ordinary staff to them and is extremely heavy. The weapon is soul bound to her which allows her to summon and dismiss the weapon at will.

Blood Dragon ArtsFirst Art: Terra Destruction: A technique that takes the user’s physical strength and amplifies it several times over. It is commonly used with a weapon, but the user can apply the amplification to parts of their body if they’re willing to suffer the physical backlash that’ll come with it.Second Art: Descending Demon’s Protection: This technique requires a means of teleportation or movement while in the air, as it is used to rapidly descend to the ground using a thrown weapon as a target to teleport to. Upon arriving at the location of the user’s weapon, an explosion of omnidirectional energy takes place; the strength of the explosion is determined by the user.Third Art: Ascending Angel’s Wrath: A move typically used after the Second Art, as the energy expelled by the Second Art is then gathered beneath the target(s) to explode upward - - sending them upward. It can be used with a weapon to produce a similar effect, but its range and reach will reduce to contact only.Fourth Art: Formless Shadow Strike: As the name implies, it is a technique that is best utilized if the user is able to manipulate darkness, as it allows them to mold into the darkness – completely erasing their presence in every way – as they bypass the target(s) and attack at the very last moment - - giving a feeling as though the attacker has teleported.Fifth Art: Pierce The Moon: As implied, this is a thrusting technique, focusing every bit of weight, physical power, and energy at the user’s disposal into the front of their weapon - - amplifying their piercing power by leaps and bounds; a technique primarily used to bypass hard-to-breach defenses.Sixth Art: Blood Dragon’s Roar: Typically used if the practitioner’s weapon has a sheathe or casing of some kind. It’s a debilitating technique, as the rapid removal of the weapon will create a high-pitched noise to overwhelm the opponent(s)’ auditory senses.Seventh Art: Blood Dragon’s Rage: A self-buffing technique, taking the energy of the Blood Moon Dragon coursing through their body to amplify their physical talents. While similar to the First Art, this technique can only be used on the user’s own body, and it won’t cause drastic side effects; only the usual drain of energy.Eighth Art: Gaia’s Fury: This Art utilizes the air and ground around the user, allowing them to briefly manipulate the elements to attack or defend. However, it cannot generate the power to destroy anything at a large scale unless the user is already able to manipulate one or both of the elements in question. Likewise, if they can’t manipulate one or the other – or both – it will have a higher-than-normal drain on the Blood Moon Dragon’s energy within the body.Ninth Art: Countless Oblivions: An Art of truly devastating potential, allowing the user to create various portals to cover every vector of escape of their target(s). They can then use these portals to direct their weapon or other attacks through, creating a series of attacks that have no set pattern of approach to the opposition.Tenth Art: Judgement of a Star: As the Tenth Art, this one takes a heavy toll on the energy reserves of the user, and takes quite a bit to set up. As the name will imply, it has the strength to destroy stars, so it is a last resort. It can manifest as either a blade massive enough to destroy a planet or star, or it can manifest as sword small enough for the user to wield. However, they have to be careful, for improper use can cause an implosion in this small state, and thus destroy themselves if they’re incapable of controlling the massive energy condensed within the smaller form of the Judiciam Gladius - - the Judgement Blade.Eleventh Art: Blood Dragon’s Domain: This technique erects a dome around the user and their target(s), fueled by either their own life-force and/or blood, or of those already bleeding or dead around them. When manifested, every one of the practitioner’s stats and powers are amplified, the level of boosting dependent on the amount of blood and/or life-force spent to conjure the dome. However, continued fueling of the Art must be possible for the domain to stay conjured, so a prolonged fight within the Eleventh Art is ill-advised even for its user.Final Art: Blood Moon Dragon Manifestation: The only technique that can classified as a Pantheon-destroying technique, the price for its usage is the user’s lifespan; the more lifespan they sacrifice the greater the level of power accessible when the full manifestation happens, and the longer the manifestation can last. It uses the practitioner’s own body as a medium for the summoning, allowing the god of the Wyvorn royal family to descend into the body and take control to destroy the opposition.

This will remain blank until Shadow has absorbed the shadow variants of other muses. Those absorbed in her backstory have their powers and abilities already included in her arsenal.