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Elayne smiled warmly. Despite his nature, Shade was actually a shy creature. Shadows were known as some of the creepiest ghosts, often hateful beings dripping with curses. Shade, however, was different, and that was likely why they had thrown him into the pit back in the Demon King of Death's Undead Camp.
Shade had long been infamous for his cowardice and fear of others. He had been mistreated and tossed around for it, which only deepened his terror. His seniors, including the Curse Rune Master, frequently found him hiding behind buildings or inside storage sheds, where he was scolded and tormented.
Eventually, they had enough. They discovered he had fled midway through inscribing a curse on someone, causing that Undead to mutate into a Curse—a wild, monster-like specter that wreaked havoc.
Indeed, if a Curse Master abandoned their work partway through, the consequences could be disastrous.
