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Shadow Slave

Shadow Avatar

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Article contents
  1. Forms
  2. Incarnated Shadows (Human Form)
  3. Shadow Form
  4. Avatars
  5. Tethers
  6. Trivia
  7. References
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Shadow Avatar is the term used by Sunny to name his incarnated shadow helpers.[1]

Shadow Incarnation - official term for Sunny's Transformation Ability according to his summoned runes.[2]

Note: Sunny called his transformation ability, Shadow Incarnation. His transformation ability as Transcendent involves his shadows to manifest as Shadow Avatars, and he named this ability as Shadow Incarnation, same as his earlier application of his Aspect Ability to make himself in Tangible Shadow Form. However, as a Transcendent, he can make his shadow helpers have a human body.

Forms

Incarnated Shadows (Human Form)

The shadow avatars were also clad in fearsome armor, granting them the same Attribute. They possessed the rest of his Attributes, making them just as strong and durable as his own body, including the Master of Shadows, Flame of Divinity, Onyx Shell, and the three Weaves (Blood Weave, Bone Weave, Soul Weave).[1]

The Weaves granted them strength and made their bodies exceedingly tenacious, while the Onyx Shell granted them protection against all kinds of attacks, as well as a handful of extremely useful traits.[1]

The most important thing about this Transformation Ability was the manifested shadows were identical to Sunny, possessing the same body, attributes, and power. Each of the avatars was fast, strong, and resilient as his class and rank and could use the same abilities as Sunny, including Shadow Control, Shadow Step, and Shadow Manifestation. They could summon Sunny's Shadows, wield his Memories, weave strings of shadow essence, and form their own Shadow Shells. Theoretically, he could turn each of his avatars into a different kind of terrifying creature.[3]

Shadow Form

As the natural form of the manifested avatar was that of a shadow, Sunny could abandon his physical form without losing control of the incarnation, becoming a shadow.[4] In Chapter 1889, Sunny was able to fuse with his Shadow akin to his shadows in the past. It felt natural and euphoric as if he was doing something he had always meant to do.

Avatars

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Chapter Details
1592 (Mentioned) Sunny was simultaneously in three separate locations:[2]
  • Bastion, where he lived peacefully with the gloomy shadow. He kept a shadow so that people wouldn't ask why he was walking around without a shadow at all. He also disguised himself as a Master using Nebulous Mantle.[2]
He opened a shop a year ago in Bastion. He did not make a secret of the fact that he had gone through the Southern Campaign without going into details. The situation there had been extremely chaotic, and many people were forced to challenge Nightmares without warning. It was easy to explain where an unknown Master emerged by mentioning a Nightmare in Antarctica, which was a conversation killer and dissuaded people from asking further questions.[5]

Since was acting as a Master, he had to enter the Bastion's Castle and pretend to use the Gateway to enter the waking world.[6]

  • His second self was incarnated by the happy shadow, keeping an eye on Rain.[2] (Refer to Rain's Shadow)
  • His last avatar was in one of the most dangerous regions of the Dream Realm, incarnated by the haughty shadow with naughty, creepy and crazy. Saint, Fiend, Serpent, and Nightmare were also present. The third Sunny, wielding the most power, lived in eternal darkness and often clashed with dreadful abominations.[2] (Refer to Lord of Shadows)

Other Details

The Lord of Shadows is manifested permanently and spends most of his time inside the Fragment of the Shadow Realm, where the spirit essence is rich and nourishing, making him a perpetual essence generator unless battling powerful abominations.[7]

Sunny maintained a balance between expending and replenishing essence, keeping his avatars active and having enough reserves for unexpected situations. To avoid straining his balance, he decided to leave the Great Citadel of the House of Night alone.[7]

2280 (Mentioned) One incarnation remains in Bastion, staying with Nephis and watching over Rain. It also serves as a liaison between Sunny and the Ivory Tower, facilitating coordination between the public and secret forces of the Human Domain.[8]

His main avatar is on the Forgotten Shore, acting as the Dark Lord seated in the shadowy throne room of the Marvelous Mimic. This avatar:[8]

As the Dark Lord, Sunny is mentally active—his mind stretched across shades, incarnations, and the Shadow Clan, constantly absorbing knowledge and scanning for danger.[8]

2284-2289 Two incarnations of Sunny were waging war on the Burned Forest.[9]

The invasion served several purposes:[10]

2740 One of Sunny's incarnations was hidden in Ravenheart and he often did, either to help Kai or to annoy him out of boredom.
3110

During the encounter with the imprisoned Unholy Nightmare Creature beneath the Abyss, one of Sunny's incarnations became the target of its gaze, causing the seeds of Corruption to take root in the Shadow Core linked to that avatar. Realizing the incarnation was beyond saving, Sunny dismissed Saint and pushed Nephis out of harm's way before the avatar was impaled by a spike of writhing darkness. Moments later, the corrupted Shadow Core exploded, completely destroying and dispelling the incarnation. The loss sent a devastating backlash through Sunny's consciousness, causing his six remaining incarnations to collapse.[11]

Tethers

Sunny could seize multiple Citadels with his seven incarnations, so technically he can place seven tethers instead of one (As a Transcendent Titan, he can place eight tethers - 7 shadows plus his real body[12]).[13]

  • One of his tethers was placed in an empty street on the outskirts of NQSC, a desolate area with hardly any foot traffic.[14]
  • He used his seventh incarnation to leave a tether far away from the heartland of Shadow Realm.[15]
  • He has a tether in Ravenheart.[16]

Trivia

  • Although the avatars were one person, Sunny had grown adept at compartmentalizing over the years, allowing him to pretend to live three separate lives.[2]
  • Living multiple lives simultaneously, Sunny knew that it changed him, as his three personas were different despite being controlled by one mind. This adaptation was a defensive mechanism to avoid blurred lines and potential loss. He clings to his secrets, feeling a strange reluctance to let go of the act.[17]
  • In Sunny's case, each of his incarnations could place two of their tethers, which took time and was arduous.[18]
  • In Chapter 1850, Sunny and his incarnation Lord of Shadows met face-to-face.
  • Sunny could seize multiple Citadels with his seven incarnations but chose not to reveal this to the King of Swords.[13]
  • In Chapter 2018, Sunny revealed his avatars in battle. (Refer to Domain War)
  • As a Supreme, each of Sunny's shadows was deep and vast like an ocean.[19]
  • In Chapter 2845, all of Sunny's shadows, 7 incarnations of Sunny reunited at Nightmare Desert.
  • In Chapter 3110, Sunny beheld an imprisoned Unholy Nightmare Creature on the verge of breaking free, but the creature's gaze corrupted one of his Shadow Cores before it impaled and destroyed his incarnation.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 1583 Shadow Avatars
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Chapter 1592 Humble Shopkeeper
  3. ↑ Chapter 1584 Sevenfold
  4. ↑ Chapter 1888 A Neat Trick
  5. ↑ Chapter 1598 Present Problems
  6. ↑ Chapter 1600 Beast Farm
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 1638 Pretty as a Picture
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Chapter 2280 Hidden Dagger
  9. ↑ Chapter 2284 Shadow Smith
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Chapter 2289 Paid Leave
  11. ↑ Chapter 3110 Gazing into the Abyss
  12. ↑ Chapter 2120 Godslayer
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Chapter 1905 Pyrrhic Victory
  14. ↑ Chapter 1686 Acts of Humanity
  15. ↑ Chapter 2136 Ritual
  16. ↑ Chapter 2299 Name of the Shadow
  17. ↑ Chapter 1790 Value of Regret
  18. ↑ Chapter 1802 Restoration
  19. ↑ Chapter 2252 Sovereign of Death

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