Shadow People

== Description ==
These entities come in a rather impressive range of shapes and sizes. Not only do they appear as silhouette-like manifestations of men and women, but they can also appear as small, cat-like entities. In the physical world they pose about as much threat as a ghost - they are capable of absorbing enough power to have a physical effect on organisms - human, animal, and werewolf alike, but are most dangerous in the dream world where they have more control. They can also manifest in the spirit world. Their main goal in all scenarios seems only to be to strike fear into the heart of their victims, and they do this rather successfully to the unprepared.
Shadow People can be as short as a foot in their more cat-like visages to as tall as ten feet in their more humanoid shapes. They exist on the fringes of the spirit realm, manifesting often in glimpses or in the corner of your eye. Rarely can they appear directly before you. They are often described as “blacker than black”, and to the very rare few that have managed to touch one their “skin” feels like extremely supple, but frigid, velvet. Up close they have red eyes - which some have claimed to see even from afar. They are completely silent and can appear anywhere at any time. Werewolves have a tendency to see them more than humans - but whether they are more attracted to werewolves or humans simply do not notice them as much due to more limited senses - is unknown.
All Shadow People respond to religious apotropaics regardless of type - as long as you have faith in your defense it should be strong enough to not only ward them off but can in fact destroy them if touched with the object. Due to their relative incorporeality in the physical world, records of their outright defeat are practically non-existent. When going up against them in the spirit world, the spirit form’s claws and teeth are just as effective. But there again, confirmation of their defeat is often undetermined as even in being shredded to pieces they will simply disappear.
See also The Hat Man.
Category:Enemy Lexicon
Category:Bestiary
Category:Bodiless Entity