#two-shadow

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Resident: Yewpool

Aliases / Nicknames: Yewshadow, Second Shadow

Gender: mollie

Sexuality: bisexual

Family: unnamed mother, Longshine (father), Wordweaver ( sibling)

Other Relations: Turtlewish (mentor)

Clan: Sandclan

Rank: apprentice, warrior

Characteristics: loyal, became one of Wordweaver’s shadows

Number of Victims: 1+

Number of Murders: 1+

Murder Method: blood draining

Known Victims: Longshine

Victim Profile: father, numerous Clan cats

Cause of Death: fading, multiple organ failure

Cautionary Tale: don’t give too much of yourself to others

Story:

When they were kits, she was the good one.

Whisperkit was quiet, prone to moon-watching and nonsense, so Longshine pushed her to be the best.

When they were apprentices, Whisperpaw stopped talking as much, their voice dying in their throat. Yewpaw, desperate, traveled to the Watching Rock with them, hoping that she could find answers.

Instead, she found the shadow.

“What little cat dares?” It asked.

“I dare.” She responded. She had spoken with these things before. She knew the rules.

“What name may you give me?” It asked.

“I may give you no name, but you may have the name Longshine. Not freely given.”

The shadow swirled. “What would you ask for?”

Yewpaw stood firm. “Give my littermate a voice, and I shall follow you.”

The shadow blinked.

“That power isn’t cheap. What can you offer to cement your deal to them? You have nothing.”

Yewpaw glared at them. “This life. For their voice. That has power, correct?”

The shadow nearly purred. “Your own life? That has much power. Do they agree?”

Yewpaw turned to Whisperpaw. They nodded hesitantly, and the shadow grinned, attaching their hooks to Whisperpaw.

“A name, freely given, to you, for your sacrifice.” Whisperpaw’s voice was low, burring. “Yewpaw, you may become Yewpool.”

Yewpool smiled.

“You will be no more, come sunrise.” The shadow warned.

Yewpool nodded, feeling her voice constricting in her throat. The shadow slipped towards her. “You will fade, come sunrise, but you will live on forever in the shadows of your blood. Your curse is to never die, for as long as the blood continues. You will dream forever, never knowing the rest of the afterlife.” Yewpool nodded, numb spreading over her limbs like cobwebs.

“You are my second shadow, the one who has gifted. You will not move as the other shadow will, but you will live forever in the shadows of our kin.”

Yewpool nodded, summoning the last words she would speak in her lifetime. “Your name.. Wordweaver.”

And so, the curse of the Two-shadow was born.

Additional Information:

--Submission by @ambitiousauthor​

--Wordweaver calls their normal shadow ‘Yewpool’ sometimes bc they miss her

--The shadow is based on lore of the fair folk

--Oooooooo

[redpapercraness]

i wanna see that girl DEAD on the GROUND

[pumpkin-toast]

when this movie comes out i might actually die.

[spidertroupeart]

He is part cat to me

[stardella]

Siblings but in space

[aliveko]

Shadow then ran away into the forest

[nova-rpv]

hes shy. shy lil man

[nortedwayfinder]

She never uses doors.

[ohposhers]

what tehf uck actual timeline are we living in where a Knuxadow spinoff show is being considered im sick to my stomach

[justscarfy]

Guess who just watched sonic 3

[delsinsfire]

i just think they should have met

[curlytsunamiart]

a confrontation between miquella and messmer in the shadow keep throne room

[zorangezest]

chat you do not want to know what hour of the night it was when i drew this

[jedi-starbird]

'Desert hermit Ben Kenobi develops a reputation as a crazy wizard because he keeps talking to thin air.'

No. This is Tatooine, talking to yourself is hardly the weirdest thing they've seen. Ben Kenobi, however, keeps having full on fucking screaming rows with thin air and seemingly gets replies back, which is decidedly a step up.

(They've managed to piece together that a major point of contention is the acquisition and raising of a child? Clearly Ben is a wizard that had a bitter divorce with a desert spirit and is working through a custody dispute)

[weedle-testaburger]

don't worry i don't actually thirst over any of these characters (they lied)

[loadingbones]

Run little tarnished man