Shadow Apprentice

> *"Fate is inevitable"* --Shadow Apprentice
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## Other information

### Origin

Artificially created by Program X in 2009, he was created to become a savage monster. Commonly known as Tom Thompson's Evil Clone, he was sent on solo secret assassination missions during the Second Ghost War. He became insanely diabolic and lost his sanity.

### Era(s)

* Second Ghost War
* Peace Era

### Loyalty

* Asolas (formerly)
* Apex Brotherhood (formerly)
* Ghost Empire (formerly)

### First appearance

*Alpha VI: Revenge*

**Subject X**, nicknamed the **Shadow Apprentice**, was a Cosmius-sensitive clone of Tom Thompson, a Human male taken on by Asolas as his secret apprentice. Asolas embarked on a quest to create a perfect, obedient duplicate of Tom to take down Tom Thompson, Alpha VI and the entire Lux organisation. Within the Program X facilities of Eznius in Suezeus, hundreds of failures were produced before the King of Ghosts succeeded in creating a clone of the Alpha warrior that was able to overcome his template's emotions and submit himself entirely to the Shadow God.

## Biography

Artificially created on Suezeus around 2009, the Shadow Apprentice was a clone of Tom Thompson, the son of Michael Thompson and a powerful leader of Alpha VI, grown as part of Asolas's endeavor to create a perfect and obedient substitute to take down Alpha VI and the Lux Republic. Several clones had come before him, all of which had been trained using memory flashes from the original Tom's life. These predecessors had failed to meet expectations in one way or another, either due to genetic defects or succumbing to their template's emotions, and were subsequently discarded.

Upon his awakening, presided over by Asolas, the Shadow Apprentice was confronted with Tom's memories, specifically the boy's feelings for his parents and friends. Immediately, he asked about their whereabouts, but Asolas announced that his parents were murdered by his genetic template, Tom Thompson. As a side effect of the cloning process, he possessed both the skills and weaknesses of his genetic template.

X was exposed to the Shadow God and the dark powers of the ghosts after he was created. He then resided to the Shadow God and became a Ghost. He frequently practised Shadow Rituals in order to infuse as much darkness as possible.

In 2011, X was abandoned by Asolas and left in England. He then travelled North and to the mountains of Cumbria. He found an abandoned hut and lived in it. Zatthew tracked him down, thinking he was the Tom Thompson and confronted him in his hut. They fought until Zatthew was thrown into a furnace and burnt to death. He lived off stealing food from farmers and shops.

In 2013, he had gone insane and murders a shop keeper and is caught by police. He was then sentenced to life imprisonment in an asylum located South of England where he was sometimes visited by Tom Thompson.

## Personality and traits

"*I feel hatred…that is all. Hatred for his weaknesses. Disgust… for his failings. Pride for rising above them. And revenge for what he's done*"
―The Shadow Apprentice to Asolas
Unlike the clones that preceded him, the Shadow Apprentice was able to overcome Tom Thompson's emotions of love, making him the lone success in a project filled with failures. To the delight of the lead clone technician who observed his progress, the apprentice managed to isolate the original Tom's memories; as a result, the clone could differentiate between his own thoughts and those of his genetic template. The Shadow Apprentice grew to despise his template for his emotions and failures, ultimately feeling pride for rising above those weaknesses that had inhibited the clones who came before him.

## Powers and abilities

"*Because of the shadows, you are already more powerful than he ever was.*"
―Asolas compares the Shadow Apprentice to Tom Thompson
The Shadow Apprentice, created from the genetic template of Asolas' mortal enemy, Tom Thompson, possessed the same abilities and traits as his progenitor. After becoming exposed to the darkness of the Shadow God, the Shadow Apprentice's deep immersion in the darkness of the Shadows caused him to manifest its powers and physical effects, turning his irises red, while they were previously light blue.