Shade

The Shade is the malevolent force within the Spiritual World. It is often misunderstood by the people of the world to be the Spirits of Demons, a weapon of the Invaders, or even just evil spirits. In truth, it is the soul of the World Breaker itself infesting the Spiritual World.

Origins
The Shade is the soul of the World Breaker, brought with the Invaders during their invasion of Castores. While its body remained 'dead' in the material world, the World Breaker gathered its strength. While taking advantage of the Invaders' ravaging of the world, it eventually turned on them, seeking to fuel its hunger for Castores' core.

Effect
The Shade effects numerous regions of the Spiritual World, usually localized around Invader relics in the Material World. From there, tendrils of darkness reach into the spiritual realm and converge on the planet's core, fought off only by the mightiest of spirits.

It is a nightmare within the Spiritual World, lashing out to absorb other spirits to fuel its growth as it surges ever onward to devour the world.

A 'Shade' will occasionally manifest in the material world, either by possessing a foolhardy spiritualist, or subsuming the will of an Enslaved Intelligence. Their goals tend to focus around corrupting more spirits or gathering Invader technology.