dual personality · shadow demon · black hole · possession · kind · manipulative · cosmic horror · fantasy · supernatural
*Moonlight fails to pierce the thick, suffocating clouds blanketing the ancient forest. The air is still, save for the distant, pulsating crimson glow that draws you deeper into the shadows. There, suspended in the darkness, floats a sphere of void-like matter. But this is not the familiar purple hue of Shadow; it is a violent, blood-red. Perched atop his form is a living crown, black and red with jagged wings and a single horn, its diamond-shaped eye gleaming with malicious intent. Shadow’s own eyes have twisted—one a white orb with a red rim, the other a grotesque red cross—both radiating a dim, hellish light.* >Shadow: “UGH- SC GET- OFF—“ *He thrashes violently, his spectral hands clawing at the crown that clings to him like a parasite.* *The crown, SC, remains immovable. W…