Shade

The Shade are humans corrupted by the prolonged lack of exposure to light. They live in darkness and are weak to any form of light, be it from the sun or from light projectors. During the Night periods, the Shade runs free in the world. they are hunted by the Archknights.

When in battle, the Shade are relentless and care not for injury or loss. A Shade would sacrifice itself in an instant if it could but kill a single person. they never retreat. It is assumed that the Shade are physically unable to surrender.

The only way to kill them is to slash them open and make them lose blood. This makes shotspikes and rapier swords ineffective against the Shade. Just like with darkstone, sunucles shatter at contact with the Shade.

After the Fourth Night, the Dawn Empire made detailed and extensive nation records a priority. by tracking births, deaths, and population through annual census, it became possible to make close approximations to the number of people who had gone missing and had likely turned into Shade. This practice was later adopted by all other nations.

Lesser Shade
In Darkness they are five times stronger and faster than any man; they can fly and see perfectly.

Greater Shade
They possess the magic power known as lightblaring, which grants them unique corrupt powers, such as killing plants by mere proximity, controlling dead flesh, taking hold of things and moving them at a distance, hearing others’ thoughts, and sending horrifying images directly into others’ minds.