The Shadowman

The Shadowman, also known as Charlie Murphy, is the main antagonist of the second season of the revival series of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, titled Curse of the Shadows. Kyle Strauts portrayed the Shadowman and Aaron Douglas portrayed Charlie Murphy.
== Appearance ==
The Shadowman is hard to see clearly, since he usually appears in the dark when the sun goes down. However, during the times when the Shadowman can be clearly seen, he appears as a monstrous humanoid figure whose body is covered in what appears to be rotted oak from a tree. The rotten oak doesn’t cover his face, however, as his face resembles that of a human skull. He also has small tree branches coming out of both sides of his head, making it look like he has horns on the both sides of his head. Also, in some instances, like in one scene where he holds up Luke McCoy with his hand, he can be seen with large glowing yellow eyes.
The Shadowman can also become a shadowy version of himself. In this form, he is a silhouetted version of his original appearance (The one listed above). He can also appear as a mass of shadowy vines or spikes.
When he is in disguise as Connor Stevens, his appearance is exactly like him. He can make his eyes become black with white glowing pupils, or have his eyes completely blacked out whenever he becomes hostile to others, and he also gains the ability to speak, something that he can’t do in his real form. Also, when a bright light is shown into his eyes, his pupils become bigger, this being a sign that the Shadowman is taking the form of Connor (A normal human’s pupils would become smaller when a bright light is shown in their eyes).
== Abilities/Powers ==
Curse - Sardo explains that once someone has been cursed, The Shadowman starts hunting them down until he catches them.
Device Manipulation - The Shadowman has the ability to turn off devices that control light, like light-switches or lamps.
Shadow Transformation - The Shadowman is able to manifest into a shadow form, usually used for sneaking up on his victims.
Teleportation - Once The Shadowman finally catches his victim, he uses a hand gesture to teleport his victims to the Darkhouse. He is also shown with having the ability to teleport himself as well, as shown when he is hunting down Hanna Romero, when he is hunting down The Midnight Society in a nightmare, and most commonly when he is exposed to a bright light
Light Immunity - After The Midnight Society places a spell on The Shadowman, thinking that it is the key to destroy him for good, the spell backfires and instead gives The Shadowman immunity to light by taking on the form of the leader of The Midnight Society, Connor Stevens. Because of this, he has been able to adapt to several situations, even as going as far as getting each member of the society in trouble with their respective parental figure. However, he only has this ability when he is disguised as Connor, and not when he is in his true form. 
Flashback/Nightmare Interaction - The Shadowman notices The Midnight Society during the end of a flashback (a flashback in which The Midnight Society can’t interact with anything or anyone, and that nobody in the flashback can see them) and tries to capture them, but they all escape before he can get them. He also interacted with them in a nightmare, capturing each member until Luke McCoy is left. 
Darkness Infestation - When The Shadowman wanted to harm someone that wasn’t cursed, he could infect them with darkness, causing the victim to lose their life force. The Shadowman kills Sardo by doing this. 
Invisibility - One time when The Shadowman was hunting down Hanna Romero, Hanna stumbled upon one of her friends, and when she told her that The Shadowman was trying to get her, her friend wasn’t able to see him, mainly because she wasn’t cursed. However, when The Shadowman encounters Sardo, Sardo is able to see him clearly, even though Sardo isn’t cursed. This might be a plot hole, but it could be possible that the Light Immunity spell also caused him to lose his Invisibility. 
Time Travel - The Shadowman follows The Midnight Society back in time to the night that June Murphy died after Luke McCoy uses The “Return” Spell to travel back in time and change history so that The Shadowman never comes to be. 
== Weaknesses ==
Lights - His most common weakness. Whenever the Shadowman is exposed to a very bright light, he teleports away, but he can re-appear later. The time that he can re-appear can vary from very quickly, to taking a long time. However, his Light Immunity spell has granted him the ability to be immune to sunshine, and other lights.
The “Return” Spell - When Luke McCoy is the only member left, he realizes that the true way to destroy the Shadowman and end the Curse of the Shadows is to return the light to the abandoned lighthouse, and to do this, he must use The “Return” Spell in the Book of Shadows. Using the spell, He and the rest of The Midnight Society travel back in time to the night that June Murphy died. They successfully alter history by saving June Murphy from her death and restoring the lighthouse to its former glory. 
The Light of the Lighthouse - After saving June Murphy’s life and turning on the lighthouse, The Shadowman appears in the lighthouse and tries to attack Luke McCoy and Connor Stevens. However, Luke McCoy uses the Light of the Lighthouse to kill The Shadowman for good, breaking the Curse of the Shadows in the process.
== Weapons ==
Book of Shadows - In a flashback, it was revealed that while he was still a human, he originally intended to use the Book of Shadows in order to cast a spell that would bring his daughter, June Murphy, back to life. However, the spell backfired, and it instead infested him with dark energy, causing him to become The Shadowman and creating the Curse of the Shadows.
Sword - In one instance when The Shadowman was disguised as Connor Stevens, he used a sword to threaten Sardo and forced him to reveal where The Midnight Society was hiding.
The Darkhouse - The Darkhouse is the place that The Shadowman sends his victims to whenever he catches them.
== Personality ==
The Shadowman is an evil, malevolent, monster that won’t stop at anything in order to capture the victims that are affected by the Curse of the Shadows. However, he can only do this when the sun goes down, so he is dormant during the day. 
However, at the end of episode 3, he is affected by a spell that gives him the ability to be immune to light by taking the form of the leader of The Midnight Society, Connor Stevens, and because of this, he is able to interact with other people and The Midnight Society without being harmed by sunlight. When he is disguised as Connor, he isn’t able to act a monster who is out for blood, mainly because people would become suspicious, but he is able to act like the real Connor Stevens. But even when he tries to act like Connor, he still has his flaws. During the times when he does act like a bloodthirsty monster, he can be quite unsettling, as he slowly walking towards his victims 
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