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Shadow Ulun'suti


Stereotype:
Shadow ulun'suti tend to be creatures of the night. They are often nocturnal and prefer to keep residence where shadows are frequently present. This often leads to them being dubbed the most mysterious of the ulun'suti, though in reality they merely tend towards odd hours and peculiar living arrangements. Those who get to know a shadow ulun'suti may find them to be honourable, disciplined, organized, and resolute in their opinions and beliefs. They are often routine creatures, whom prefer to keep things steady without rocking the figurative boat. While they don't often give their word or make promises, when one is made, you can guarantee a shadow ulun'suti will follow through no matter what.

Powers:

1. Exacerbate: This is an ability both pure and mixed- or half-breed shadow ulun'suti may possess. For up to an hour, a shadow ulun'suti is able to darken the shadows surrounding him, or nearby within a ten foot radius. They can not make them completely darkened, as some light will always get through, but they can exacerbate what is already there. A paler shadow can be darkened to look like the dead of night, while a supremely dark shadow might look almost void of all light and color. The darker the shadow, and the larger the area, the more energy it takes to use.

2. Shadow Form: This is a power granted only to pure shadow ulun'suti. With enough focus and energy, as well as practice, the ulun'suti can create a form out shadows. This isn't an actual creature, though it can be formed to look like something simple. Unlike light ulun'suti, who can produce colors and shapes but without form, the shadow ulun'suti can create actual shadow wisps and shapes. They have no real weight or form, and they have no detail outside of a general shape. They are a shadow type of puppet, and can be no larger than a small ulun'suti itself. (The larger the size, the shorter time it can stay out, and the less control the ulun'suti has upon it.) Some of the more practiced can cause the shadow forms to be animated, though it requires practice, imagination, and lots of focus to make these more complicated and animated shadow figures, while the least skilled would only ever hope to make it bob slowly or wobble like a cheap paper cutout shadow puppet. The larger, more complicated, and/or more animated the forms are, the more wispy and see through they become. The shadow creature is partially see through, and does no physical damage to anything, no matter how large or small or strange it might appear. This can be used once, for up to three hours depending on the size of the shadow form. (Large sized shadow forms can only be out for no longer than an hour, and take