―⸺⸻ .˚𐔌 𝓢𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐒 ...

Once upon a time, there was... the shadows. They've been around for as long as the universe has existed. Ancient, wise, and great enjoyers of mayhem. Once a shadow manages to leave the shadow realm their sole purpose is to contribute to the worlds chaos by any means necessary as it often leads to them gaining more power, which means that shadows tend to follow after and help great evils.

This specific shadow is quite the successful one. They left the shadows many decades ago after tricking a child into switching places with them. And after this they've continued on their path of trickery and deceit; luring innocent souls to follow witchcraft, betraying anyone who's foolish enough to trust them, convincing sworn friends to never see each other again.

There is however one thing that this shadow did not account for — emotions. As a shadow such silly things wasn't a problem, but with each tricked soul or stolen ability the shadow slowly became more and more human. And then one day, decades upon decades after leaving the shadows, the shadow felt this strange thing in their stomach, and they felt completely enamoured with this human they were trying to lure. There was no way that they could hurt this stranger, that strange feeling wouldn't let them, and so the shadow let them leave, never to see them again.

After this it took some time before the shadow would trick another human. For the first time since leaving the shadow realm the shadow felt genuinely scared, they were terrified of that strange feeling they'd gotten, of how that random human had seemingly just taken over their mind. It was only after finding a new evil cause to sneak their way into that the shadow regained their taste for trickery, and this time they weren't letting anything distract them.