Unmasked Champion- Shade

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Name: Shade

Age: 19 years

Height: 5"5'

Species: Old-World Hybrid: Fox

Champion Title: Mondshein

Gender: Female

Position: Current team leader/ team wild card

Arena weapon(s): The Moonlight Dagger, and the Darkness Dagger wielded together...and her favorite knife.

Powers/Abilities: Darkness magic.

Bio: In the past of her Kingdom of birth, Darkness mages had suddenly began to turn vicious and deadly. No one quite knew the reason so it as assumed the magic itself somehow was corrupting them, and after a destructive war had broken out between darkness mages, any future child born with the magic was in a dangerous position. It was of course unlucky for Shade to be not only born with darkness magic, but also to be the heir of a royal family. The details from there become fuzzy, because Shade refuses to discuss any of it and seems quite content to leave her past behind her (or at least try). Whatever transpired resulted in what looked like her death, when in reality she was taken away from her Kingdom of birth by NightFall, who she was then raised and given a new name by. Shade refuses to ever return to her birth Kingdom (and adamantly rejects her title of Princess), though guilt of abandoning her little brother eventually lead her to reveal herself to Alto and the rekindling of their relationship. She would later be led to Sarun, a place she once visited, by NightFall, and would join Lotti who needed a teammate. It's now a place she holds dear, in the hope that she won't be feared or rejected because of the magic she wields

Personality : Shade is everything she acted to be as Mondshein and maybe a little more, after being let off her metaphorical chain Shade is happy to be her much more…outspoken self. She’s rude, sarcastic, and she'll happily flirt with guys that catch her attention. She'll flirt to tease, show her affection for a guy she's befriended, or on the rare occasion she'll flirt because she's truly interested (but will deny she really is). She's still standoff-ish to people she doesn't know, stubborn, and she follows her instincts. If her first impression of someone isn't good, it's going to be hard to change that, especially because she hates to admit she was wrong. But given time she can warm up to people. The events of her younger years proved to be a mental strain on Shade, and ever since her mental stability has been in question. Shade claims insanity because she knows something isn't quite right about her, and she figures that must be the case. Among those she trusts (those she REALLY trusts are few: she has a lot of issues completely trusting people), while she can still be a pain, she does it to be teasing, and Shade actually has a fairly sweet and caring disposition. She’s always looking out for those she cares for in a very big sister like manner. Bottom line: Her moral compass doesn't always point north, or anywhere near it sometimes, but she generally has good intentions at heart.

Old World Hybrid? Shade's appearance and name have obviously changed since her childhood as a Princess. Her drastic physical change is thanks to NightFall, who heeded her request to hide her...and banish the scars on her arms. Where Shade comes from there are creatures of pure magic known as elemental spirits. NightFall fused a half formed spirit (one that had not yet developed a consciousness of its own) with Shade, in essence making her into a hybrid, though aside from her eyes and teeth she looks outwardly human. This is actually what the very first few hybrids were like, it was only generations down that their animal features became more prominent.

How she fights: Shade's favorite method of fighting is with her daggers. She often starts off with just one (starting in her left hand despite her right being dominant) and will usually add the second when she feels she needs it. Actually the more pointy objects she can take into a fight the happier she is because then if she loses one she can just grab another. But for the match she only brings in three, her two daggers she wields together, and her favorite throwing knife. When it comes to her magic Shade's element allows her control over sources of darkness, namely shadows. She can control shadows of inanimate objects, and of course her own shadow, manipulating and stretching them to a point. Her own shadow is the one she has most control and range with. She can use it to create a shield, use it to stab, or wrap it around someone's leg, ect. However because of how she was turned into a hybrid...Shade's control of her magic is not always at its best. Her magic reacts strongly to her emotions, the angrier or more stressed she is the more her magic will begin to act, not so much on it's own, but from her more base/animal-like instincts. The happier she is the more fine control she has. Shade can also utilize inanimate shadows for “portaling” where she creates an opening in one shadow and uses it to come out of another. This doesn't work well if she's not familiar with an area because she needs to be able to sense where the shadows are or she might not find her exit and have to go back. She can also simply channel her darkness magic through her and fire off a magic missile (or dark bolt) but she needs an open hand for that and that's about all she's got for long range tactics.

-She's not afraid to fight dirty sometimes. She'll kick, stomp on toes...and bite...oh yes she bites and uses those fox like teeth of hers to her advantage.

-She will try to fight fair during the tourney though because it's more about good fun than a serious fight (and she likes the Freemen)

-She's not ambidextrous, but she fights with both her left and right hands because she's used to dual wielding her daggers.

Strengths: The darker out, the better because there are more shadows. Her “feminine charms” as she puts it, she's not afraid to use them. Close range combat. Her tenacity, despite the odds against her she never quits. High pain tolerance. Despite her boots she's pretty sneaky, she's also pretty quick on her feet.

Weaknesses: Long range fighting, seriously she kind of sucks at it. Bright blasts of light will stun her. She's easily distracted by a cute guy, and will enjoy taking moments to flirt. She can become easily frustrated and that will make her attacks more erratic because once she's ticked...she doesn't tend to think, just act. Basically her tenacity is a weakness just as much as a strength.

-Her favorite drink is orange soda...she's kind of addicted to it.

-Sleeps in the strangest of places. Somehow she manages to balance on walls and ledges even as she sleeps.

-once in a while when she flirts, her shadow (which is constantly in the form of a fox as mentioned above) tends to almost act cat like and rub against that person she's flirting with.

-No she's not a vampire. Her teeth are actually very fox like, her canines being more pronounced and most of the others being more sharp than a normal human's teeth.

-The only time her shadow will appear human is when so much of her magic is drained (or hidden like coughduringthetourneycough ) that she can't use much, and at the same time she'll revert to her previous appearance (basically how formal Mondie looks behind her masquerade mask )