Shadow, The

Unknown Unknown (a.k.a. The Man Without a Shadow, Red Hand)

Swiss psychologist Carl Jung said that everyone possesses an inner aspect that they hide from themselves, a dark inner being that they refuse to acknowledge. He was wrong. For there exists one man who not only is fully aware of every part of his most negative personality, he enthusiastically embraces them. This enigmatic John Doe was described by a psychoanalyst at the Skinner Psychiatric hospital as "The Man Without a Shadow."

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

The Shadow appears to be in good physical health.

Body Features

The Shadow is tall and thin with a slightly pale complexion.

Identifying Characteristics

The Shadow's palms and fingers have been somehow completely burned and scarred over making fingerprint identification impossible.

Special abilities

The Shadow has no special abilities but is a criminal mastermind, and master planner. He is a remorseless mass murderer and possesses an unnaturally high tolerance to physical pain.
He is also a master of his own mental faculties having thwarted mind-readers by weaponizing the horrors of his own thoughts.

Apparel & Accessories

The Shadow most often wears a three piece white suit and black dress shirt with a red tie and a featureless white face mask. He almost always wears a pair of bright red leather gloves. He often carries a chromed and silver handled .45 automatic pistol and a wave edged, padauk switchblade knife.

Specialized Equipment

The Shadow sometimes wears a shoe with a hidden switchblade in the toe.

Mental characteristics

Sexuality

Apparently Asexual

Education

The Shadow's formal education is unknown but he appears to be familiar with classic literature as well as popular culture, psychology, law, police procedure, and mechanical and chemical engineering.

Employment

The Shadow is a professional criminal.

Intellectual Characteristics

The Shadow is inquisitive, psychopathic, and endlessly, playfully jovial.

Morality & Philosophy

The Shadow abhors the notion of personal morality or philosophy.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

The Shadow's motivations are unknown and seemingly unknowable. By all appearance he seems to be motivated to do evil for evil's sake.

Savvies & Ineptitudes

The Shadow is a criminal mastermind and unorthodox schemer. He has a talent for all things illicit and demonstrates an impressive degree of intellect and wit.

Virtues & Personality perks

The Shadow is a man of unflappable good (if gallows and sadistic) humor and positive attitude, remaining upbeat even as his schemes are being foiled.

Vices & Personality flaws

The Shadow is psychopathic, and quick to resort to deadly violence, even if never showing actual anger or frustration.

Personality Quirks

The Shadow is loquacious and energetic often talking with his hands.

Social

Contacts & Relations

The Shadow is the Arch Nemesis of The Scarlet Mantle.

Speech

The Shadow speaks plainly and somewhat condescendingly. He is very talkative often going off on tangents and arbitrary rants.

"So farewell to hope, and with hope, farewell to fear. Farewell to remorse. All Good to me is lost. Evil, be thou my Good."

Alignment

Chaotic Evil

Birthplace

Unknown

Gender

Male

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Greying Black, usually slicked

Height

6'4"

Weight

177lbs

Known Languages

The Shadow speaks at least English, Spanish, and Russian.