Shadow Beast

Shadow beasts, also called Shadow demons, are dark, flexible, shape-shifting creatures that reside in the Shadow Realm. they are either very huge or small creatures. While Humanoid they move on all fours. They are very terrifying and chaotic creatures, causing tragedy and destruction. Retter is half Shadow beast which explains his powers. There are many other races of Shadow Beast

Twilight: Refers to the Discord family or any of Retter's descendants. They're called that because Retter is said to symbolize the balance of light and dark, his mother being light, and his father being dark, making him Twilight. It can also be shortened to Twilit or Twili.
Dusk: They come from one of Sephirans henchmen, who had a grayish appearance. Like Twilight, they are mostly human with an ashy gray appearance. The skin is very pale and pasty or a light gray, and the hair is either different shades of gray or white and they aren't limited to eye color. Many have gray eyes, others have yellow-orange eyes.
Umbra: Similar to Twilight. The whites of the eyes are lime green or yellow, and their skin is a darker gray. The lining of their eyes is red while the eye color is a darker green. They are speculated to be the human forms of Shadow, they're born with a humanoid appearance and then turned into monsters when needed.
Lorelei: A cross of a Shadow Beast and Succubus.
Imps: This race of Shadow Beasts consists of tiny mischievous sprites. While they are often compared to fairies, Imps have no wings, and Fairies are said to appear more as beautiful ladies, sometimes men. Imps do have a humanoid appearance, their skin is generally white with hints of pale blue or turquoise, and many have black markings on their bodies,

The Twilight and Dusk are the only known surviving race of Shadow beasts, however, the Twilight is the only race that possesses dark powers. There are many different theories to explain this. One of them is that the dusk came from henchmen who had very limited powers that could not be used unless in the shadow realm. The other most popular theory, and the most likely, is that when Retter killed his father, he also killed all remaining shadow beasts except for himself, and the powers were given to him.

Basic Information

Anatomy

in true form, Shadow Beasts are large, black, humanoid monsters, with beady eyes that glow red or yellow. They also have antennas on their head and very sharp claws that can instantly kill and leave a dark mark on the victim. They can also have markings on them that are usually, red, blue, or purple.

Biological Traits

A flexible, shadowy figure, deaf/little hearing, Nearsighted, claw-like hands

Genetics and Reproduction

It is unknown how they reproduce or if they reproduce. It may possible that they are created. If they shapeshift into an animal they can make a half-shadow beast, which has only been possible in Humans.

Ecology and Habitats

They like a cold barren environment like the Shadow realm, where plants have little to no leaves and the sky is either red, signaling daytime or twilight.

Dietary Needs and Habits

They feast on the fear and evilness in other people's hearts and will actively hunt them out when not in the Shadow Realm. As they have a harder time surviving in the Human world. When in the Shadow realm they do not need to feast on anything.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Their king/Ruler would be at the top, he controls all the Shadow beasts. The smaller ones are at the bottom while the bigger ones are higher up on the social structure.

Domestication

Domesticated Shadow Beast would be the Discord family. They are mostly human and have human traits. They do however have some Shadow beast traits like flexibility, deafness/hearing loss, and vision problems, mostly Myopia. Their skin is mostly pale and cannot get tanned the traditional way. Luna gets a little tanned depending on the season and if she's sick but she's still pale.

Uses, Products & Exploitation

When they die, Shadow beast spill out a deadly black substance that is used to create the Poison, Malice. Because they are mostly extinct, the making of Malice stopped. The Black substance can leak out in Discord if they are sick enough.

Facial characteristics

Their heads are round, they are faceless, and have beady red or yellow eyes as well as antennas.

Average Intelligence

They are mindless, act on instinct, and follow their master's orders. They don't exactly have free will. Mauritius commands them to cause destruction.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

They have advanced senses. They can see spirits and have night vision. Their vision is similar to humans but they have a special targeting ability. Their sense of smell is extraordinary. As for hearing, most of them are deaf and rely on their other senses.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Males: Sephiran, Retter, Erebus, Nidhogg, Jaeger, Zelus, Victor, Nathaniel, Gerhardt, Solaris, Baldric, Astraeus, Grimbald, Orion, Zebulon, Serapis, Acanthus, Zein, Shiyinh
Females: Eris, Ymir, Freya, Nahatima, Raven, Eve, Nyx, Artemis, Midna(Midnight), Luna. Lazarus, Adira, Asteria, Selene, Elara, Bellona, Tristessa, Seon-mi, Ephraith, Xiaolan

Last names: Discord, Sparks, Locke, Abilene, Aurelius

Beauty Ideals

The beauty Ideals are not like others. They are mostly traits that they share with Frieda and Retter. There are Discords who do not have these traits but are very beautiful. Female Long hair, sometimes dark. short, big eyes, bright eye color, round face Male: Tall, dark hair, Muscular, deep voice,

Major Language Groups and Dialects

German

Common Dress Code

Mostly dark colors

Common Taboos

Eating/touching pork
Naming children after family members or close friends
Marrying someone after their spouse died(Since many Discords can visit from Heaven, they don't believe in death do us part, so to them, marrying another is like cheating in a way

History

Shadow Beasts were responsible for the Mysterious tragedies that happened in the 1700s, many guards were killed by them as the Von Elden Royal family wanted to capture them. This was stopped when Ludwig became king. There are many ghost villages whose population was wiped out by them with few to no survivors. They kidnapped Frieda, twice, cause destruction in several villages, and had to be rebuilt. In 1718, the Twilight race was created when Sephiran planned on using a human offspring to destroy the world and got a human girl pregnant. This backfired on him, as the woman he chose was very religious, and thus this spread onto the child. That and he thought he could convince Retter to destroy the world by kidnapping Frieda, putting her into a coma, and telling him he'll wake her up if Retter destroys the human race. Instead, Retter destroyed all the Shadow Beast and killed Sephiran. Sephiran thought Retter would go through because he and Frieda were severely mistreated by humans.

Historical Figures

Retter Discord, a knight and King. Erebus a knight and Eris the inventor of dark medicine and golden apples, Nidhogg, a pirate, Ymir, Freya, the first female pirate, Zelus, an attorney who solved a 20 year old case within an hour.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

Not really opposing as the King of Shadow beast had a relationship with a Human noblewoman who had his son Which was possible because he had to ability to Shapeshift into a Human.

Genetic Ancestor(s)

Genetic Descendants

Demi-sang

Lifespan

Long

Conservation Status

Only Shadow beast left are Retter and his Descendants. All pure creatures were killed by him when Retter killed the Shadow king. People who are part Shadow beast would be the Discord family, including, Gerhardt, Nathaniel, Nyx, Raven, Their father and siblings, and Luna and her siblings.

Average Height

3ft-20ft

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

They are usually black or black-blue and have markings on them that are red, blue, and purple that usually have a symbol, say something in Latin or are just there.

Geographic Distribution

Related Organizations

Related Ethnicities

German

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