Shaduck Darkbird

Shaduck Darkbird is one of the main protagonists of the Candle Man franchise. He is a shadow duck who is one of Candle Man and Limefong's best friends, but shares a hateful bond with Mystic. As of the Candle Man & Friends episode, "Chick Love", he is in a romantic relationship with Rachel.
==Origin==
Shaduck's character originated from The Krusty Wiki, in which the wiki revolves around a series. The character was created for one of the episodes made by TalkingOddlySpooky, who wanted to make a mysterious character that the main cast would not be able to see. He wanted it to lurk around and show up when it wanted to, causing a mystery whenever he appears so he made it a shadow which was also influenced by shadows being a theme of one of the villains in a undermentioned TV series.
At the time, TalkingOddlySpooky was very interested with a character from DuckTales named Dewey Duck, so he decided to base Shaduck's entire design off Dewey and have it be a Dewey re-skin to look more shadowy. His name was later thought of, as he likes to make puns with names. His name is a mix between "Shadow" and "Duck".
In his prototype design for Candle Man's War Story, Shaduck is much more shorter than what he looks like in present day. This was due to his body shape looking like Dewey Duck but with darker colours. Many workers were even confused of Shaduck not wearing any clothes, which was not true; he wore a shirt that was the same colour as his feathers which camoflauged leaving only the sleeves of the shirt to be seen. Due to this misunderstanding, a new design was made, making Shaduck look taller and the shirt looking more grey than completely black.
When it came to Candle Man & Friends, MysticStars1201 had given TalkingOddlySpooky the idea to give Shaduck purple highlights and a blue shirt, as she had used the same outfit idea for Shaduck's character in her own passion project, The Mystic Stars, who are also a group of characters in this series. This was added when designing his second prototype, and can still be seen in his current design.
Soon, TalkingOddlySpooky felt that Shaduck's design did not fit with the rest of the Main 4, given that MysticStars1201 had designed the rest of the Main 4 in her own art style. So, TalkingOddlySpooky gave Shaduck an outline and coloured his feathers with a dark grey instead of black, making the shirt he wears even lighter in color and also less baggy around his arms. This was mistaken for Shaduck losing weight by some users. He then started making different designs such as his main Candle Man & Friends one and others he would continue to wear throughout the series.
==Physical appearance==
Shaduck is a cross-species between a shadow and a duck. He heavily resembles Dewey Duck's shadow form, from the DuckTales Reboot episode "The Shadow Wars", only instead taller and with white eyes instead of red, unlike his alternative form, Sheagle, who does have red eyes.
In Candle Man's War Story, Shaduck wears a grey shirt.
In Candle Man & Friends, Shaduck now wears a blue shirt instead of his grey one. He occasionally wears a purple shirt with purple highlights.
==Appearances==
All movies and series episodes, except for Candle Man & Friends' "Baghead's Day-Off".
==Personality ==
Shaduck is sarcastic and snarky, usually when he is hanging out with the Candle Friends, but isn't afraid to be a smug wise cracker around others as well.
He is the most comedic of the group, cracking jokes, playing pranks, especially with Mystic, and making puns that other characters find terrible, with great pleasure and in hopes that others can laugh with him. Shaduck breaks the fourth wall quite often, much to Mystic's discontent, but he does it less in Candle Man & Friends than in Candle Man's War Story.
Shaduck can also be lazy, not wanting to do anything at times and can get grumpy when he is demanded to do something as he would rather laze around instead of being active. He is usually seen moaning when someone tells him to do something, though this phase passes by quickly and normally completes the task given to him without any thought or care unless it benefits him. He likes it when the Candle Friends are patient with him, though, if there is a time where they are taking things too slowly, he can get impatient.
He can even be slightly dim-witted, taking things too literally, occasionally even acting snobby when he assumes someone has gotten something wrong, and just not thinking at all, therefore making him the least intelligent out of the Main 4. 
Despite his flaws, he cares for all of his friends and helps protect Wikia with them. He feels lonely without them, unless he has gone to do something by himself. When it came to befriending Aqua, he felt the need to protect him and was very gentle around him, also believing Tora was not doing well with his position as his brother and decided to step in to take care of him in his own way he claimed was better for Aqua which ended up angering Tora into them eventually starting a rivalry, as shown in "Spooky Scary Shaduck".
Shaduck can also be easily aggravated, by things such as difficult video games, insults, people harming Aqua (especially Darwin), and fights with Mystic but he does not get as angered as much as Candle Man can. His anger very rarely goes to the extent of turning into his alternative form, Sheagle. When Shaduck is angered by someone, this can cause him to be quite moody towards them and others, such as when Aqua tried to make out with him in Candle Man's War Story, even though he would later learn that Aqua was trying to be friendly.
==Abilities==
===Flight===
Shaduck is able to fly and control his speed, though this ability is not used often due to his ability to teleport. This is benefited from both his duck and shadow side. However, this ability was given up in "Magica the Maniac" due to the fact he can fly in his Sheagle form.
===Invisibility===
Shaduck is able to make himself transparent where ever he is standing, as well as fade in and out of existence, which can confuse his targets. This is benefited from his shadow side.
===Lasers===
Shaduck is able to generate and shoot lasers beams out of his hands. This is benefited from his shadow side. This ability is enhanced in his alternative form, where he can shoot lasers from his eyes.
===Teleportation===
Shaduck can teleport to wherever he would like to go. This is benefited from his shadow side.
===Multi-language===
Shaduck is able to speak duck language as well as communicate with them and vice versa. This is benefited from his duck side.
==Trivia==
*He and Limefong are the only main protagonists lacking eyelashes.
*It is notable that Shaduck and Limefong are the polar opposites for each other in terms of intelligence; the former is mostly considered to be dimwitted, often preferring to play rather than showing his smarts, and the least intelligent of the main 4, while the latter is the smartest out of all the main 4, despite them being best friends.
*He bares some differences to the other Main 4 members:
**He does not have a middle name.
**His design was not drawn by MysticStars1201.
Category:The Main 4
Category:Animals
Category:Candle Man & Friends
Category:Protagonists