Let's talk about Shadow Snitch

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I am covering the Splinterlands Share Your Battle Weekly guest character every week and talking about several depictions in fantasy/sci-fi literature. This is a fun myth analysis post, nothing else. Here are the detailed posts I've made before:

Let's talk about the Wood Nymph Myth
Let's talk about the Spineback Turtle Myth
Let's talk about the Giant Roc Myth
I talkz Feral Spirit Myth - A Purrfect Analysis!

This week we have Shadow Snitch as our guest.

You may remember, a month ago Splinterlands posted a very moving and extraordinary story based on Xenith Monks, their struggle, the attack of the Shadow Snitches to the library and a mysterious character helping them. That post detailed the looks and abilities of Shadow Snitches. They are obviously sturdy against physical damage. That's one thing about being a shadow.

Here is the part where we are introduced to Shadow Snitches.

A flickering portal of arcane energy rippled above them. It was suspended ten feet above the floor at the center of the room, roiling and bubbling, occasionally spitting out magma that hissed and fizzled when it hit the ground. The library was a disaster. Books, spilled ink, and papers were strewn everywhere. Most of the shelves had toppled over and lay in splinters.

The other Xenith members huddled under tables and desks. They were covered in bruises, scrapes, and cuts. The two warriors who had accompanied Delya and Yarden lay on the floor nearby. The two women rushed to help them. They too were covered in bruises and scrapes, but they were alive, and they struggled to their feet and stared at the portal, mouths agape.

The portal shifted and warped, and dozens of creatures poured through it, their bodies thin, frail, and stretched at impossible angles. Their limbs were long and spindly, like a spider’s legs, their ears were pointed, and where a mouth should have been was a void of darkness with a single marble of yellow light at the center. They fell from the portal like sludge and hit the ground with a splat before coalescing and reforming. Dozens filled the library.

Delya’s bow and quiver lay nearby on the floor where the Xenith warrior had dropped them when he fell. She scooped them up and, acting on pure instinct, nocked an arrow, drew it back, and let it fly. It pierced the chest of one of the shadow creatures, but the beast was unphased. It turned and started toward her with a grotesque, jerky gait. She let four more arrows fly. It didn’t slow. She nocked a sixth arrow, but before she could fire, the thing lashed out with a claw and tore four, deep gashes through her thigh.

Delya screamed.

Yarden leaped between the shadow creature and her student, robes whirling as she attacked it with a series of precisely placed punches and kicks. It evaporated in a wisp of shadow. Five more of the beasts advanced on the two women, moving with that same jerky gait. The Xenith warriors drew their weapons and fought alongside them. Dozens more of the creatures spilled into the room and fell upon the other hapless Xenith acolytes. Claws tore into flesh. Blood splattered ancient tomes and newly inked books. The once peaceful library filled with the screams of the dying.

A single point of light flickered into existence just beneath the portal. It spun, growing larger, larger still, until it formed a second portal filled with shades of teals and yellows. It was brighter and more intense than the first, and sparks flew where the two connected. The shadow creatures abandoned their massacre of the Xenith and flooded toward this new portal in a frenzy. Bursts of arcane energy shot out of it and slammed into them. In a matter of seconds, they dissolved, first into shadows, then into nothing at all.

The lore about Shadow Snitch is also very good:

Shadow Snitches are created by the conjurers of the Chaos Legion. Weaving Death magic, they breathe life into beings made completely of darkness. The purpose of the Shadow Snitches is to be deployed into lands prior to the Chaos Legion's invasion. Moving from shadow to shadow, they are listeners and watchers, feeding information back to the Chaos Legion.

But once the invasion is complete, the Shadow Snitches still serve a purpose. They can locate and follow high-value targets, reporting back on movements to Chaos Legion leadership. If needed, Shadow Snitches can also capture prisoners and bring them back for interrogation.

There is also a short story on that page:

Devon ran down the narrow alleyway, panting and his heart thundering in his chest. Panic ran like electricity through his body, spurring him on as he splashed through mucky puddles and jumped over piles of trash.

It was just behind him. He knew. The creature. The creature of shadow. It wanted him because of what he knew. Valuable information for this person that Devon knew of only in whispers. The Voice.

He stumbled around a corner and came face-to-face with a dead end.

“No!” he gasped.

Devon spun around, eyes as round as two full moons. Had he lost his pursuer?

Suddenly two shadowy arms shot out from the dark corner behind him. One spindly hand grasped his torso, the other closed around his face to cut off his scream.

Devon was dragged back into the darkness.

It was time for an interrogation.

We have an NFT made for the snitch also. You can mint it here!

Let's go deep into fantasy worlds and make a research about characters with several long arms, shadowy presence, no face but a yellow marble in the middle.

Well that's not gonna happen cause this character is very unique. There are characters looks like him depicted on web but nobody knows about them. So the most resembling one, having the yellow eyes (but two) and teleports through air, shadowy with 5 limbs to fight is the famous Nightcrawler. I find him very close to our shadowy soldiers of chaos.

Next we have is Fumikage Tokoyami from My Hero Academy. He is a crow, yeah!

Next is Sung Jinwoo from Solo Leveling! But we should also count shadow monarchs from that story.

I know there are lot's of shadow characters out there, If you think that I should've cadded a character very important comment and I add it here.

This is the end of our post about the Shadow Snitch. See you next week.

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