Shade Eptaskia

Shade Eptaskia is an abnormal shadow from the seventh dimension of Viotal, the most darkest world between all the others. His citizenship rests with several nations scattered across the world of Rathnir, all of whom are fairly good friends with one another, so there's no risk of a decision being made when a war rages on. His body, in which a demon lies, is possessed by three different personalities, yet they share the same feelings for other people.

> Can you see the pain in his eyes? The pain he suffered all along, the emptiness he had to endure?! His body is dying! Before you hurt him, think about how much he already got hurt. <

[IGN: shzde]

[Discord: shade#7730]

Body
As already mentioned, there are three characters in Shade's body that are very different from each other. Another body trait is the color changes that happen almost daily and there is a reason behind it too. Most often, the color changes due to thoughts, past events of great impact, or feelings. Some physical changes are also to blame for the demonization that Shade has survived, though not entirely.

Glare
Glare is the feminine form of Shade and perhaps the most annoying and bitchiest personality in existence. She likes to cause chaos, trouble and problems, but that's what makes her so popular and adored. Her beauty and charisma (litteraly) attracts many people, which is why she is currently married to a lot of people.

Cloud
The male character of Shade is called Cloud. He's rather the chill guy, someone who's fun to meet and chat with. Cloud takes everything lightly and gets his job done neatly and accurately, whether it's an assassination, which he likes to carry out a lot, or construction projects. So he's a guy for almost everything, tho isn't married anymore.

Shade
There is Shade, who doesn't really have a gender and is sort of a mixture of male and female. They are the most mysterious of them all, very shy and and mostly stays away from social contacts or places with a lot of people. They aren't married to anyone yet, but feels great attachment to some people.

While Glare and Cloud are unaware that they share a body, Shade is very different. He knows about both of them, and also shares the same feelings, thoughts and emotions, which is why his gender status is a mixture of female and male, which is why he isn't very social.

Childhood
His life was the same as that of the other shadows. Shade's future seems very insignificant and his existence was unnecessary. He lived a normal live, as normal as it could be. Like the other shadows, he had no parents and social contacts such as friends were very rare.

The Portal
Everything changes with the discovery of the portal. Shade stumbled upon a mysterious place with seven different sized pillars. His first impressions on this dimensional gate are curiosity and amazement. Fearless and ignorant at the same time, he steps into the circle while the small, luminous spheres on the pillars begin to tremble. His last seconds of stay in Viotal ended with a scream full of surprise and his last stay, the portal, exploded...

New Surroundings
Slowly and carefully, Shade opens his eyes. A blinding light, which he has never seen before, shines towards him. 'What is this?' says the young shadow to himself. While he keeps his eyes shut, he tries to get up, which he immediately regrets afterwards. Shade seems to have gotten some of the explosion that happened when one of seven of the glowing spheres fell and pain flows through his veins. Disgusted, he sees the lacquers of purple blood, his blood, that has formed. After his eyes got used to this unknown sunlight, he noticed his surroundings for the first time.

A lot of green
Shade has never seen such a great interplay of colors. In the distance there were great mountains, gray and white, with scattered spruce trees in the high areas. Large areas with light green meadows, forests of different colors, weird things in the distance that later turned out to be houses. All in one, Shade was very intrigued by the new, unknown world he had never heard of.

After Shade dared to take a few steps, he made his way to a forest. He was a little worried about encountering some unkown dangers, which is why he first carefully walks along the man-made path. Although it was quite quiet, Shade realized he wasn't alone. Someone stepped out of a bush nearby. It was a dark elf, his skin as gray as storm clouds. But the young shadow had never seen anything like it before, which is why he approaches this for him unkown creature with curiosity.

The New Dream
'His name was Lass ... he was 16 years old when I first met him, about my age and it seemed like he was having the same dreams as me too.'

They both got on well with each other and quickly became best friends. After a while, Lass began to show him the great world of Rathnir, the first dimension. It turns out that the two have the same interests and dreams and have already started planning how to make them come true and get a great success out of them. Lass and Shade wanted to become head hunters!

Journey of two
Time goes by and the duo already have some plans that they can easily accomplish, but they still needed something much more. After a long preparation, they finally set out to find a perfect place for a base, but things don't seem to be that simple. The two of them had great difficulty navigating, so they decided to seek help. Fortunately, they came across an icy village high up in the mountains called Frostarch. The greetings from the residents of this cold settlement were exactly the opposite of the temperature here, and the two wanna-be bounty hunters were suggested to go to the north-west. After a few tiring days of travelling, they've finally reached their destination.

The Hideout
The dream base is an open cave with multiple passageways to different rooms. The largest cave room contains a stone pillar in the center connected to a table for upcoming Bounty Hunter discussions. A few wooden beams are needed to keep the cave from collapsing and burying everything inside. Dense plants and vines have spread along the walls, giving the room a mysterious setting. A small underground river flows along some of the rooms, which is why corals formed.

The Happening
The bounty hunters quickly settled down and made themselves comfortable in their new home. But little did they know that something bad was about to happen. Shade and Lass have shared their tasks fairly, which usually means that they often travel alone. On one of Lass' trips, he comes across a burning house, which intrigues him. But after he dared to approach, he saw a crowd of people who had massive armor and weapons. Unfortunately, they also noticed him and started to approach him. Lass knew they didn't have good intentions, so he runs back to Hideout as fast as possible. Back at the base, he met Shade and they quickly scooped up whatever valuables they had. Already they heard the voices coming closer and fir out of the cave. It ended in a nail-biting chase, and the consequences for Lass and Shade were dire. They lost eachother and a panicked Shade kept running to the south.

Back to the start
Days have passed since he lost Lass and Shade is still at a loss as to what to do. His mental health is not at a good level and he started hallucinating things. This ended when he met a drunk man who threatened him with a shard of glass. Shade stared at him emotionlessly and didn't respond, which confused the man a bit. As the drunkard was about to swing out, the young shadow moved with incredible speed and cut that person in half with his controllable shadow. Dark red blood spurted out of the body, and after staring at the pools of blood for hours, Shade turned away and hatched a plan.

The second time
The young shadow made his way back to Frostarch, where he and Lass began the actual journey. There he hoped to meet his friend, but his hope is in vain. The residents of that town remembered Shade and asked how he was doing and what happened. He replies with a summary of what happened and if Lass is here. But he already knew what the answer is and asked for a small accommodation. With some valuable items he took from the Hideout, he was able to buy a house and store all of his items.

Daelyria
Shade learns that the world he is in is divided into nations and that Frostarch belongs to the nation of Daelyria. He meets many new people including Alpha Kaerfels, his brother Spoken Kaerfels, Dusk Synderys and many more. Shade started out as a regular citizen of Daelyria, but when he offered to help Spoken Kaerfels rebuild the city of Andoria, he was adopted by Spoken, and that's how he gained his rank of nobility.

Treetop Inn
The young shadow has already made himself known in his nation, and he began to fulfill some side dreams. Always fascinated by the 2 Leaf Shamrock Tavern, he constructed an inn called Treetop. There he did other jobs as well, not just farming potatos, but also armor and weaponsmithing, and thus he is very deadly in wars. The reason why no trees were sighted in Treetop probably implies that the ground is filled with a mysterious uncanny power.

Arrival of the Demon
Everything changed when Rathnir was haunted by the presence of the demon Elviria. With ill intentions, she was hungry for souls and a new body, and her first victim was Shade. To survive in Rathnir, she needed a body and had to kill a soul to do it.

But even with the first step, Elviria hesitated because she came into contact with the spirit of Shade. She felt all the pain and loss he had to endure before he even arrived in the first dimension. The sadness, the question of his existence, the loneliness mixed with anger, hatred and desperation bothered Shade's mind, which borders on a miracle why he didn't go insane.

Demonized
Although very confused, Elviria began to fall in love with Shade, and was tormented that his soul was dying because of her. However, she decided not to take control of his body and it rips her heart that the shadow will probably never know from her. Because of the demonization of Elviria, Shade got two horns, his eyes turned red, and he gained tremendous power and strength. But Shade must pay with his soul, which will have great consequences. The loss has no effect on his body, but he feels the emptiness inside him, gnawing at his thoughts and spirit like a hungry animal. Because this was too much for him, he went insane and couldn't properly interact with the environment. To save Shade's remaining remnants, Elviria, still inside him, gave a thought to take his mind off everything. He should now, to make up for his lost soul, hunt for souls that have turned from the darkness and are looking for light and hope.

War Experience
Shade has been spotted in multiple wars and battles across Rathnir, but his luck always seems to run dry in this kind of violence. The young shadow was never tactically talented, they sees themselves as a normal soldier, but with some secondary skills. They always seems to float in wars, they never touches the ground, and for some special reason their body seems to glow a lot.

Viodoxa Civil War
Because of their membership in the Crimson Blade group, they decided to help their comrades in this war and fought on Hazel's side. But there was a small problem, which is why Shade wasn't really 'fighting' the war. They were overwhelmed by the amount of blood, violence and fighting that put them in a kind of trance. Shade just roamed the area, avoiding the Great Warriors and taking on poor souls one at a time, no matter what side they were on, and devouring them. The souls were all they looked out for, and most of the remaining soldiers retreated in fear and anxiety.