=Shades=

Shades, often thought to be simply the gestation of a double (see "Fetch"), are actually a separate species altogether. They are unrelated to ghosts, sprites, or spirits, and inhabit the middle plane between life and death. Not fully dead or fully alive, the shade is said to be the astral form of a sorcerer. This may be true.

The shade power lies in its ability to manipulate natural light. Waiting in dark corners, it can cast light that will produce a gigantic shape for itself to assume, thus creating a fearsome opponent of stature and strength. Wrestling the creature is ill-advised, you simply won't survive. Nevertheless, of all the creatures contained herein, the shade is the simplest to destroy.

Illuminating a candle or a torch while the beast stands before you will force it into the shadows you create. One can "slay" a shade simply by staying within a well-lit room without any dominant shadows. Of course, the problem becomes a recurring nightly phenomena, the eventual end to the cycle being your death or its growing disinterest.

-HTK