Info for Players
**Though we decided that a plot of this scale is best run through the shop and shop mules, we would like to personally thank Lucifer Force for this event/plot! This plot was her brain child and wouldn't have been possible without her ideas and hard work!
General Information:
On Eclipse Clones:These are temporary characters players use during the course of the event.
If you want to play them do so now because their lifetime is limited. However, you only get one clone for the entirity of the event, so be aware you may not want to kill it right away if you want continual interaction.
After the conclusion of the event, all clones disappear.The eclipse clones are called Shade Fairies, and these fairies take on the powered identity of the character they touch during the first night (if that character has one). They are, for most intents and purposes, exact copies of the character they are cloning with vital exceptions, detailed below:
• For characters
without powered identities, the clones resemble the original, manner and personality included. However, they have one noticeable difference from the original - a slightly darker coloration, almost as if a gray filter had been placed over their entire form. They have a murderous intent about them and do not seem to care about much beyond hunting down and killing the person they are mimicking. Shades of civilians will not have any magical or physical powers of any kind.
'Shades will copy the form with the most energy, so though they have come in contact with the civilian side of a character, they will only be able to mimic the powered side and will not be able to sense that the civilian portion and powered portion of a character are the same. As such, a shade mimicking a powered character will never attack the civilian side of that powered character.• For characters
with powered identities, the clones resemble a 'shade' versions of the character. This tends to appear via a slightly darker coloration, almost as if a gray filter had been placed over their entire form. Shades will match the original in terms of rank/power (so they cannot outmatch their originals, the playing field is completely level.) Their physical strength, magical powers, or weapon proficiency are also mimiced.
Regardless of who they are cloning, when a Shade is defeated, it harvests some energy from the original and disappears. Since Shades are the originals' equals in most ways, players are encouraged to seek help from others to assist in the Shade's defeat.
About the Shade Fairies:
On Their Purpose:• They seem to be attracted to a singular person of whom they mimic and clone. They have a murderous intent about them and do not seem to care about much beyond hunting down and killing the person they are mimicking.
On Their Physiology:While in cloned form, Shades do require rest and therefore only appear during the nightly eclipses, allowing the populace some reprieve during the light of day. They look similar to, but slightly different from, the person they are copying. While they may look alike however Shades lack the ability of extended human speech. They may repeat things said to them and have a small vocabulary, but should not be giving any long speeches or anything. If/When they kill their target (NPCs only, unless you really want your character dead dead), and consume some of their essence they finally gain the power to be exact replicas, both visually and intellectually.
When defeated in battle a Shade Fairy will disappear completely, taking a small amount of your energy along with them. They do not appear again once defeated, and each person touched on the eclipse night only gets one.
On Civilian vs. Powered Identities:When the fairies descended during the eclipse watching party the fairies touched anyone present take a sampling of their energy before disappearing. When they appeared once more the next night each Shade Fairy took on the most powerful form of the person they touched. If your character has a powerered form the Fairy would have taken this form, only perma civilians will have civilian clones. If these Fairies are clones of powered characters they
will not know the civilian identity of their prey and will only seek out their prey when they are powered up. If the Shade Fairy's target powers down, the Shade will remain idle or will go hunting again to go find their target.
On Shades in Battle:Eclipse clones do not assist one another and have no sense of teamwork - they are singularly dedicated to tracking down and defeating their counterparts. Shades will not get in each other's way on purpose though it is feasible that one Shade could be hit by another's attacks if things work out that way in battle.
Clones are capable of using the same powers and weapons of their counterparts.
On Shades and Special Powers:Many characters in the shop possess abilities of movement: teleportation, mirror-walking, ascent/descent to and from the Moon City and/or their own personal celestial body. These safe havens will remain safe, as Shades cannot enter Mirrorspace, Negaspace/the Rift or visit the Moon, Knight Wonders, or a senshi's home planet.
However, Dark Mirrors and Negaverse agent's Shades
do possess the power to flicker and appear a short distance away. It is not that same as teleportation or mirror walking, just a weak mimic of it. They will simply move away a short distance and cannot under any circumstances get into safe havens accessed by players. Knight player's Shades also possess Aspects if the original has them.
Rules for Playing a Shade Fairy• To play a Shade Fairy you must first post your character in the
Eclipse ORP• Though these threads are in the event forum please post all your rps including shade fairies in the regular rping forum as they are regular old rps, not special event ones. (This is basically so we don't move around all your rps to the archives when the event is over)
If you would like to include a label to differentiate them you can however.
• You may only play the Shade version of your
own characters or NPCs.
• There is no limit to how many of your characters may have a Shade fairy clone. As long as they were posted in the ORP they may participate.
• Each character only gets one clone, once you've killed it it is gone forever.
• A clone has the same powers/strengths that your character does, not any extras.
• Your personal clone will not attack another person's character or their Shade fairy.
• If a Shade fairy kills it's target that target is DEAD. Forever.
So you'll probably want to keep that for NPCs that your characters know and not your actual characters.
If you have any questions about the event please ask them here! This is our special Event Q&A.
Also if you want to link your own shade fairy rps for others to read feel free too! 
