I’d like to know more about shadow tenders, like are there any rules in making ocs? What abilities they have
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What makes Shadow Summoners different from other dragon factions is that they can control the shadows around them with their magic. They can hide in the shadows, literally sinking down into the shadows and becoming untouchable (since they don’t like fighting, this is how they can avoid conflict). They can rip a shadow right out from under someone and make them trip, or manipulate the shadows on someone and pull them closer. They can also sense with the shadows, feeling a close connection to darkness around them they can feel where shadows land on others and be able to vividly describe how they look and tell who’s who. This is a sort of sixth sense they have. They can also create limbs out of shadows, being able to grab something with a shadow hand if for some reason they couldn’t reach it otherwise. Shadows are stretchy and can extend for quite a bit, so long as there’s enough shade cast around the area.
Each Shadow Summoner is born with a Shadow that’s alive, and wants to protect them. Shadows are incredibly loyal to their Shadow Summoner, wanting to become their best friend. Typically they stay as the shadow underneath their Shadow Summoner, not coming out unless specifically summoned by their Shadow Summoner or if their Shadow Summoner is in danger. Shadows can take any form, as long as it isn’t too much bigger than their Shadow Summoner. Often, Shadows try to mimic the appearance of their Shadow Summoner, but can slowly change into their own person over time. Though they can’t be too much bigger than their Shadow Summoner, they can stretch and distort their bodies, since they’re made of shadow. But this weakens them, so they don’t do it for long. Shadows, like their Shadow Summoner, can’t stay in direct sunlight for very long and prefer shaded places. A Shadow’s eyes always has a black sclera, but a Shadow Summoner who’s very close to their shadow also gains a black sclera over time. A Shadow cannot die or disappear unless their Shadow Summoner does. Shadows can be passed down along family members, but a Shadow Summoner can only have one Shadow. It takes a lot of magic to pass down a Shadow, and this is usually reserved for powerful members of the faction.
Personality wise, Shadow Summoners can come off as shy or distant until you get to know them. Once you do, you find they’re usually pretty funny. They enjoy tricks and pranks, harmless ones that make others laugh. They usually judge how well the receiving person might act before doing so, to make sure they can take it, but there have been mistakes before. They feel really bad if they hurt or offend others, only wanting to make them smile or laugh. They love music and dancing under the light of the moon and have a holiday called “Night of the Hallowed Shade” where they celebrate the darkness with fun, games and music. The Hallowed Shade is a Shadow, the shadow of the first leader passed down with powerful magic to the next leader all the way down to Rukuth currently, who hosts this once a year festival. For the little ones (which dragons of all factions are allowed to come and participate in) The Hallowed Shade hosts a pumpkin carving contest. If the young dragon is scared to carve it or not strong enough to, they get to draw what they want and they’re assigned an older dragon to carve it for them. The winning carving gets featured as The Hallowed Shade’s necklace the next year, and the winner can’t enter for three years after winning. The Hallowed Shade is the oldest living Shadow, having been passed down for thousands of years. They love children and helping dragons from other factions not be afraid of the dark.
Shadow Summoners used to live in Midnight Mountain when they were in the Forgotten Realms before the Sorceress banished them.
Appearance wise, they typically have fur somewhere on them, usually a mane. Their belly scales can be in odd, swirly patterns, flowing like the darkness. They usually have “stars” on them, either on their face, wings, belly scales or in their manes, but it’s most commonly on their face and wings. They can have ears like bats and sometimes look kinda like fruit bats. Sometimes their ears are fluffy and soft, not resembling any creature. When they don’t have ears or fur, they’re usually spiky. They love jewelry, making custom clothes and accessories out of nearby shadows. Their bodies are normally black, but sometimes they have a tint to their color. Rukuth’s child, Nox, is a dark purple in color, but is still a Shadow Summoner. Hybrids tend to have slightly lighter colors, and retain fur from their Shadow Summoner ancestry, but Shadow Summoners don’t have saturated colors, except sometimes their eyes or their stars.
I think this covers everything, let me know if you have any questions! As for making one, all I ask is that they aren’t evil!
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