Re: Vampyrist’s Corner

Shades or Umbras are the hybrid of a living person with the souls of the dead. They join together to form something new and very powerful. When two beings join together, their power is not added onto each other, but multiplied. (*) The reason shades are so powerful is that the souls of the dead are pure energy and, as such, are immensely powerful. When multiplied by the person they are joined with, they are made near godlike in their power.

The process to become a shade is difficult, so only the most powerful or skilled can even hope to attain it, ensuring their power. However, this also means that very few who attempt it actually survive and retain their sanity, which if they do not have, the power will destroy them. The newly born shade looks like whomever’s body it is in, but it is covered in runic marks, emanating vast amounts of energy.

(*)This is the reason why Legion is so powerful. He may only be made up of low powered demons, but their fusion compounded all the power a hundredfold and made him one of the most powerful beings in existence.

One such Shade is Verrada, one of the most powerful Shades, and potentially the most powerful and the smartest of all the Shades. He serves whoever he wishes, fighting only for himself. He never leads, for he finds it too constricting and is only the right hand man.