Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32223329-20180825130456

Right, so I was planning to have this idea be presented Roleplay-style, but since the people who seemed interested haven't responded for a while, I figured, "screw it - I might as well out with it."

Basically, it's a sort of "what-if" scenario that plays off of the "salvation or extinction" fanlore: what if there was a 'visitor' to the MGE world that didn't obey the rules of its reality, and came from a world that has only ever known love's opposite side of the coin?

Now, for anyone who knows what I'm talking about, lemme make it a bit more clear: no, I'm not talking about the dude from the video game, Hatred (though, that would make for an interesting horror story). The story I had in mind takes the concept hatred, and combines it with a cryptid that I'm surprised this world has never known: the Shadow People.

The appearance/stories of the Shadow People are as chilling as they are ambiguous. Because peoples' ideas/thoughts on their nature is so mixed, I think it's fair to say that their society is likely a mirror reflection of our mundane world (albeit a society of anomalous creatures). But, what if they were led by a being that cannot abide life in any shape or form? The very being that roused them with his definition of "fun."

Enter: the Eternal Shadow.

When I was investigating the Shadow People, I remembered back when I was actively playing Secret World Legends, and I noted how closely the Filth monsters resembled the Shadow People. So, when I happened upon this site - and the MGE world - I knew it was time to get out there and mix things up a little.

The Shadow People, led by the Eternal Shadow itself, cannot be influenced by spirit/demonic energy; they have only ever known the ways of war and bloodshed. As gruesome as they are, even they aren't completely invincible: they have one important weak point about them that must be found. But it's not easy...

I'll make it simple. Their weakness is NOT any of the following: sunlight, darkness, magic, weapons (enchanted/otherwise), libido, love, music (though the Eternal Shadow hates Japanese music), hugs, table throws, memes, food, fear, or milk of ANY kind.

A nightmare is coming. But, for the sake of hints on how these things are dealt with... "Match the ordinance to their defense." 