Shadow Souled

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The Shadows Souled are parasitic shadow creatures from a dark fragment of the Realms Beyond. They wait and watch for hitchhikers through their dark realms to hop a ride to the travelers destination.

Shadowfell

The Shadowfell, also known as the Demiplane of Shadows or the Shadowlands, is the home to shadows, dread, and the dark feelings of life. A place drained of hope and color with a sky of black dull onyx with shades of grey given to what passes for life.

Dark Hitchhikers

While few travel the dark and grey roads of the Shadow Lands there are still a handful. The Shadow Souled can smell those dark of heart or those that carry mental baggage enough to latch on to them. It seems the they may only leave the Shadow Lands while hiding within the bodies of other much like a fiendish virus.

Dark Shapes

The Shadow Souled exist in three states. Their true forms are nothing more than wisps of shadow and smoke about the size of a hand or larger. Their size increases in relationship to their personal power. They can however force their bodies to mimic the silhouette of domestic animals common to their area allowing them a subtle guise at distance.

The shadow Souled can seep into other creatures where they find weaknesses. They may smell the darkness of heart or the mental scars of trauma. This allows them escape from the Shadow Lands acting like a hitch hiking parasite. They lay and wait using opportunities like stress and conflict to wrest control of the body away from its rightful owner.

Their final form is known as Shadow Aspect where they are in control of a host body allowing them to manifest their dark powers while they consume the host body a bit at a time.

Shadow Gifts

Weaknesses

Fire, Sun and Radiance. They share much and more with vampires suffering much the same vulnerabilities.





Exalted Essence Stats

Shadow Souled 6 4 2 +2e
D2 S2 H3
Immaterial
Ride

1m inhabit dead

Shadow Chill Strike

Damage: 1

Soak: -1

Range: Close - Short (1m Long)

Steal Breath

Range: Close & Grapple

Damage: 1 Drain

Soak -1

Mindless vs Mental

Immortal (Shadow)

Destroy body sever Ride

Shadow Souled 1 by Graylion on MidJourney AI

Shadow Souled 2 by Graylion on MidJourney AI