Expanded personality

[orions_shadow]

Intellectually he has fallen back on the lessons of his father and grandfather, pursuing interests he had abandoned in the year or so trapped in the confines of the Nest. He deeply enjoys card tricks and has learned to count cards as a way to learn mathematics. His other interests fall into a variety of fictional consumption, through comics or novels, as well as understanding how his world works. He has buried himself in the lore and myths of his world if only to have a strategic advantage over some of the more difficult foes they may come up against. Especially the ones closer to home.

He tends to be easy going at home, lazy and eager to relax, as is a tendency common in cats. In fact, many of his habits lean feline, from sleeping to his nearly strict carnivorous diet. At times, his instincts can get ahead of him, dropping his attention in favor of sudden movement, or sound, as well as stalking behaviors and hunting behaviors. He barely flinches at the thought of hunting his own food, and given his diet he usually only cooks for one, but is sometimes conscientious of others, glimmers of his old human self emerging from the depth of his psyche to share among his friends if he thinks what he made is good enough to share.

Shadow tends to have a generally negative self image, given that many people refer to him as a rat or a filthy mutt due to his unique coloring. Even in Paragon, many people regard those with animal attributes with a negative light, leaving this teen to view himself as somewhat inferior. He also finds the fact that he has not been able to track down his family as a sign that he is not adequate enough to find them. It is mildly depressing. As a result he tends to hide his feelings behind a veil of overconfidence and sass. At this point he just wants to be happy for a while he can, before the ‘Coming Storm’ arrives.

While Shadow is generally wise in the way of getting along on his own in a dangerous town, there are times when he overestimates his own abilities and charges head first into a conflict. His candid direct method of speaking has also managed to get him into a fair bit of trouble as well, and he occasionally gets in over his head. If it is verbal or physical altercations, he usually needs to be put in his place before things escalate. Being the devil may care reckless youth that he is, he does have a need to explore and seek adventure, like always wanted to do as a child. That said, he’d rather get along on and do his own thing than get into needless trouble if he can help it.

In the year he was under the control spell he spent most of his time trying to resist his captor’s orders, to little to no avail. This seeded a deep distrust of both adults and those in authority over him. He rebels against what he perceives as propaganda, as what you’d expect from growing up in a place where there’s an hourly recording of Lord Recluse speaking about anarchy and villany. He typically prefers the company of those who are closer in age with him, but he will tolerate the company of adults. It’s just matter of gaining his trust that’s the true issue.

Where the darkness lurks in his mind, there is fury, anger, and brutality. He’s built up some tolerance to this and losing his temper, but once he does it’s downhill. The rage that this boy is capable of, especially in combat, is impressive. And in combat, the more he has to fight, the better, as it only fuels him to fight longer and harder. As far as his savage darker side is concerned, the bloodier the fight, the happier he is. The general rule of thumb is try not to get on his bad side. He tends to hold a grudge, and you don’t want to be on his shit list if he loses control.