The Shadow Dragons

Back on Dravon, with no immediate reference to this world’s connotation of the term “shadow dragon”, there is a rare type of dragon with the ability to shift into all the dragon-kin forms. They are called shadow dragons because of the infinite shapes and forms that shadows can be cast as. In the known universe of this dimension there exist (as in: have only ever existed, and can never be removed) two shadow dragons.

The first one, unfortunately (or quite possibly very fortunate for Tom) was malignant, hateful Kroythros the Death Dealing Demon. If there has ever been an entity more evil than the Lord of Corruption himself, it is Kroythros (Kro the Demon for short). Not much is known about him aside from the fact that he almost greedily consumed dravon itself. If it were not for his immense size and the sudden fear that manifested within the draken, Kro the Demon may have been still terrorizing the universe today, devouring one world after another. His defeat then, though, was not his last, he would fall into a near 1000 year slumber before waking in a suspended state (he was basically knocked out cold and then could wake up basically whenever crap he wanted).

Fast-forward another thousand or so years and we find Shadow the Xavado, the second shadow dragon and this time a player for our team. You’ll find him from time to time either referenced or seen in combat and conversation throughout the Galactic Conquest, but little is known that he was the one that sent Kro the Demon to the grave yet again. Apparently, during his more youthful years when he had just reached the precipice of his maturity, a visit from his future self greatly changed the course of history (Shadow of the Future and Tom find a great problem with the way things turned out and figure that it’d be best to send him back in time to correct a few things to ultimately save the universe). Long story short, Shadow of the Past was very arrogant and proud of his shifting abilities before he was possessed by Shadow of the Future. Shadow of the Future controlled Shadow of the Past and absorbed a portion of Kro the Demon’s soul (this is the unique ability of Kro, his power emanated from the soul and that is why he could not easily be defeated: because his very core was corrupted [he was as powerful as he was evil]).

After that fiasco was over and the corrections made, Shadow of the Future released Shadow of the Past, leaving him up to his own nature. Before the ripples of time could wipe Shadow of the Future, the once again arrogant Shadow of the Past absorbed Shadow of the Future in an attempt to become as strong as Kro, as punishment Shadow of the Future created an energy maker within the mind of Shadow of the Past so that forever until he dies he will always live with the haunting voice of a much more omniscient Shadow. When the ripples of time finally caught up, this left Shadow of the Past, and he became known as Shadow the Xavado, literally meaning Shadow the Shadow since he was a shadow of his former self.

This is why he now carries this sense of dread with him, this is why he is calm one moment and boiling with anger in the next, he is (in a sense) one with the planet (since the planet is known as the planet of change) because there are two very different personas in constant conflict. Shadow the Xavado is the product of madness and out of the destruction of the Future and Past’s souls, out of the fragments of what remains, Xavado exists. It is not known for sure if this is what Tom and Shadow from the Future intended to happen since that Tom no longer exists, but it seems to be working out quite alright so you can’t complain. 

Looking back on everything I just stated, I guess Shadow Dragons are innately power hungry.