Shadow Sabre (Original)

## Shadow Sabre

**Shadow Sabre** is a major antagonist in the *Steve Cinematic Universe.*

Shadow Sabre serves as the secondary antagonist of *Rainbow Quest*. He appears as the final antagonist of Season 3, a cameo antagonist of Season 4, the duetagonist turned final antagonist of Season 5, the main antagonist of Season 6, and the final antagonist of Season 7.

Shadow Sabre is the fusion of all the negative emotions of Sabre and Void's personal Darkness. He is connected to Sabre and is often trying to get sabre to allow Darkness to flow into him to help Sabre and to fulfill the goals of the Darkness.

## Biography

### Void Arc

After Funny Orange Steve had been murdered in front of Sabre began to fall into despair and anger, as he began speaking while lightning struck him. As Sabre continued to feel this way the Darkness was able to finally fully infect him. This had caused the birth of Shadow Sabre and allowed the darkness to take over Sabre's body for 2 months as Sabre had. For a moment Shadow's control over Sabre's body had waivered allowing Sabre to see what a Yellow Steve begging for mercy in a destroyed looking outpost.

Sabre was then teleported to a grey version of outside of the Steve Temple inside his mind. In that area Shadow Sabre made his first appearance. As Sabre began to question where he was Shadow spoke rhetorically asking him if he knew what happened to the Yellow Steve he saw, if he knew where it was, and that if the answers to those questions weren't obvious. When Sabre asked who said that. Shadow replied "It's me your shadow". Sabre began questioning what was going on and what Shadow even wanted which was replied with Shadow saying he didn't want anything. He said that he is Sabre's conscience and that he was showing Sabre what he always saw. Sabre asked why he had been brought to the Steve Temple and shadow explained that Sabre's mind had brought him to the place he feared the most since it had been the place where he saw Crystal Rainbow Steve die and that Sabre would have to see it again to understand how and why it had to happen so Sabre could accept the Darkness into his soul. Sabre then defiantly said that he would never accept the Darkness or Shadow into his soul. Shadow replied asking him why he was there then answering that he was there because Sabre had already accepted the Darkness into his soul. He then explained that Soul and Corruption Steve hadn't been trying to get into Sabre's mind to corrupt him they just needed to push him to corrupt himself. Sabre begins walking into the temple as he starts going on about how he doesn't want anything to do with the Darkness and that Void Steve was to blame for the Darkness and all the people it took from him. Shadow states that Sabre blames Void Steve for everything but he then goes on to say that Sabre had been the one to follow his prophecy and forced his friends to follow it too. He then blames Sabre for the monster Crystal Rainbow became and for the crystals giving themselves back to Void Steve as Sabre stutters denying it saying he had been doing his best. Sabre then comes to the realization that as people kept telling him it wasn't his fault he had always felt it was. Sabre argues that he followed the prophecy not because he wanted the Darkness to win but to save the Steves from the Darkness. Shadow tells him he only did it because he wanted to feel better about himself. He said that since Sabre had been scared ever since he entered the world, so he caved and that he only wanted to help himself. Sabre tells him that it wasn't true and that he wanted to help everyone as Shadow argues saying that he only wanted to help himself and that Sabre is the epitome of Darkness. He states that he allowed it to thrive and find new ways to thrive. He then states the every single kingdom has fallen and that Sabre has fallen. Sabre becomes confused and asks why the Steve Temple doesn't seem real. Shadow explains that they are in Sabre's mind so it can be as real as Sabre wants it to but the Darkness had taken control, as it always should. He then states that Sabre must come to terms with that and become 1 under the dark rule. Sabre tries to write what was happening as a trick by Void Steve as Shadow reassures Sabre that what's happening is real. Shadow then explains that as the Darkness took over Sabre's mind but Sabre had escaped for a moment and witnessed what the Darkness had been doing with his body in the present. He then tells him that while they are in Sabre's mind, the Darkness is using his body to ruin the lives of the Steves. Sabre tries to write off seeing the Yellow Steve as a lie and that Rainbow Steve hadn't died in vain. Sabre tries to reassure himself by telling himself that everything is working to fix itself and that he can fix it. Shadow then rhetorically asks Sabre if he thinks he's able to turn things around and the he's the hero. Shadow tells him that he will show Sabre what's actually happening.

Shadow then teleports himself and Sabre to Crystal Rainbow Steve's Grave. Shadow begins complimenting the funeral they gave Crystal Rainbow even though he was meant to be a hero. He then asks if heroes are meant to be destroyed and are meant to give the ultimate sacrifice. Shadow says that the moral judgements put upon others must be questioned as he states the Darkness doesn't judge, choose favorites, and that it is 1 just like Sabre. Shadow then tries to convince Sabre to stay in his mind by telling him that all his worries of reality will be gone if he does. Sabre says that he won't stay because the place is awful and depressing. He then says that Shadow only took him to the gravesite to make him feel worse. Sabre tells Shadow that since he is Sabre's shadow he should understand how he feels and why he wants to get out. Shadow argues that he only wants to leave to fix his mistakes and that as long as he views them as mistakes he will live with regret. Sabre then begins to go on about how regret is normal and okay as long is you know you can change now, and thats what he is trying to do. He then states that he won't let Shadow change his mind and that everyone that came to pay respect for Rainbow Steve didn't come because he was a hero but because he was their friend and that he was kind. Sabre then says that the world runs on kindness and that the Darkness is a leach while Shadow argues that it is not as it is not kind but it is 1. Sabre becomes fed up with people saying "becoming 1 with the Darkness" calling it manipulative and that everyone is different with their own ability so the Darkness cannot force that upon everyone. He states that in theory everyone would be happy as 1 if they wanted to be 1 but since they don't they won't be happy. He then states that that's the reason why the Darkness is referred to as the Darkness instead of the light. Shadow then states that no matter what Sabre says the darkness is 1, it functions as 1, and that it thrives as 1. Shadow then begins stating that Sabre and his friends have a hard time communicating with each other which makes them thorns in the Darkness's side. He then explains that Void Steve plans to engulf the world in Darkness which Shadow compares to a warm blanket of love. Sabre starts arguing that love isn't apart of the Darkness, and to ask the Violet Steves about it since they represent it. Shadow tries to say the Violet Steve's love is warped since it choose favorites and that true love has no favorites. He then explains to unconditionally love you would have to love all and to love all you would need to love none. He goes on to ask Sabre if he could love none and if Sabre wanted to choose favorites. Sabre states that as people we choose who we keep close and that every does it. Shadow calls Sabre bringing up the Violet Steves ironic as he asks if they value love more than bringing others together and if it came to it would a Violet Steve choose to stay on their moral values or go onto a different path. He then states that Sabre's definition of love is different that the Darkness's and that it doesn't have a universal definition. Sabre states that no matter what definition the Darkness has it's not what he chooses and he begins to come to the realization that Shadow is trying to break Sabre down and ruin his mind by bringing him to places to stop him from leaving. He then comes to the realization why it's so hard to leave the Darkness since it feeds on the negative emotions inside of someone. Shadow then states that no one is universally good by Sabre's standards since sometimes you have to break rules or a moral value to keep another one on a pedestal. He then tells Sabre to let go but Sabre tells him he can't and that he never will. Shadow then tells Sabre he can show him how easy it is to let go and that he'll take him to a place where it's easier to make the decision.

Shadow teleports them both to the entrance to Void Steve's Tomb. Sabre angrily asks why Shadow brought him there as Shadow asks why he hates seeing this since he wouldn't have met his friends if he hadn't walked into the tomb. Sabre starts walking into the tomb as he explains that he hates it because he now knew Void Steve had been behind it all and that it had been so wrong. He begins to feel conflicted as Shadow states that feeling conflicted is normal for those who don't choose to be 1 and that Sabre's opinions and feelings lead them to make choices and all anyone can do it to react and act. Sabre then asks if the Darkness would've done better but then goes on to say that the Darkness only has a single say and that it's a blind direction. He then asks the end goal of the Darkness which Shadow explains that the fact it exists is a problem so it aims to remove all from the world and remove the world from all. He then states that nothing should exist because existence is pain and then asks Sabre if he wanted to remove that pain. Sabre then states that Void Steve allowed the pressure of becoming the hero get to him so he started to hate everyone making everyone his enemy and if he couldn't be happy he wouldn't allow anyone else to. Shadow then explains that Void Steve is just a pawn and that even though the Darkness was created by him and that he believes he controls it but even he still had emotions. He tells sabre that Void Steve aims to gain back the power he lost but that power is the reason why everyone feels pain and that without power there will be no pain. He states that there will be no fight for peace because peace isn't everlasting. Sabre restates what shadow told Sabre about the Darkness's goals to try and understand it better. He then calls it crazy asking why it would want that and since the Darkness can think he asked if it knew that it would be gone as well. Shadow confirms that and states the he is at peace with that and is waiting for it since that is when it will have achieved it's goal. He then explains that even void Steve doesn't want that and that after the Darkness gain's the Steves, which are apart of this puzzle, they won't be controlled by Void Steve anymore. Shadow then alludes that no one is looking at the big picture stating that Sabre thinks he's fighting for good as does Void while the Darkness fights for nothing and that it will be all. Sabre calls Shadow crazy stating that the darkness is more terrifying that Void Steve and comes to the realization that it's tricking him until they take over as sabre questions how he would even tell Void Steve that even though he's a monster. Shadow then states that everyone of the Steves are monsters except for Sabre since he had only entered the world because of Void Steve and that Sabre could be the final piece. He then asks for Sabre to hear the Darkness out by explaining that he could put a end to all of it. He explains the reason he is Sabre's shadow is because he is Sabre but on the opposite side of the spectrum and that since Sabre fights for good then he is thought to fight for evil but his evil is good and that Darkness is his light. Sabre becomes enraged and asks to get out of there but shadow tells him no. He tells him that they could have this conversation forever and that he misunderstands that his mind is Darkness. Sabre calls shadow a liar saying that there has to be a way out and that he will find it no matter what so Shadow should leave him alone as he runs out of the tomb with Shadow chasing him.

The 2 teleport to the top of the Middle World Tower as Sabre questions where he is. Shadow explains that Sabre's mind is making connections to make him feel safe so he's being teleported to places that feel familiar. He then states that since the Darkness is taking over, its manipulating Sabre's memories to take him where he needs to be. Sabre defies shadow telling him that he will never be with it and asking him to listen. Shadow states that the Darkness isn't asking for permission and that it's trying to get him to understand that he is going to join the Darkness no matter what. Sabre defiantly says that he does and always will have a choice, he then states that he will never succumb to the Darkness no matter how lost he feels in his mind. Based off the information Shadow gave, Sabre he assumes his body is on autopilot on the Darkness's orders and that he needs to get back and stop himself. Shadow tells Sabre he won't stop it and that he's just dragging out the inevitable since he can either join the Darkness now or continue the conversation until he does. He then states that no matter what sabre thinks he will always be in Sabre's mind and asks him what he sees at the bottom of the pit of the tower. Sabre answers he sees nothing and Shadow replies that soon Sabre will be nothing as well. Sabre asks him what he means as Shadow pushes him down the pit.

Sabre screams no as he falls and eventually he and Shadow are teleported to the destroyed original rainbow hub. Shadow states that Sabre misunderstood his actions. He wasn't pushing him into the Darkness, he already is Darkness and that he'll keep talking until he falls to the Darkness. Sabre asks Shadow to stop taking him to places he doesn't wanna see and that'll no matter what he shows Sabre won't make him fall. Shadow tells Sabre he knows he will and that he'll be there when it happens forever. Sabre states that there is another way and that feeling emotions like pain is better than to have no emotions whatsoever and that he would rather have then lose friends than never have them. He then states that Shadow doesn't understand because he originates from Darkness and only knows 1 while Sabre knows many. Shadow tries to get Sabre to see that 1 is the answer to his problems and asks him to listen and join him since he knows that it's the right path. Sabre tells him no saying that he thinks that it's the right path even though it never will be and that everyone who has fought for something did it because of their passion for others. He tells shadow that while 1 may work because of their blindness but it's not what anyone wants it's what the Darkness wants. Shadow begins to stutter not knowing what to say so he tells Sabre that he knows the Darkness will prevail because even if the Darkness doesn't get what it wants Rainbow Void will. Sabre tells Shadow it doesn't matter and that he fears the light like how everyone fears the Darkness. Shadow argues the Darkness feels no fear, is 1, and will be the 1 true feeling as lightning strikes it. He then states that while others want to feel emotions the darkness wants to feel nothing. Sabre then realizes that Shadow is breaking and that Shadow thinks he and all the other Steves will cave but they are stronger than that. Even though some may be taken by the darkness the rest will fight, always will fight, hold the Darkness back, and take back from it what they want because they want the freedom to make their own choices rather than be stripped of their will and avoid the Darkness. He states that Shadow cannot manipulate him anymore than he can manipulate Void Steve because he's so strong he can't be taken over. Shadow states that Void Steve, along with everyone else, is apart of the puzzle and that the Darkness will not fall. He then says that Void Steve will take over the world and when he does the darkness will take everything else including what Sabre cares for. Shadow then threatens Sabre to join to darkness or else he will be forced to continue their conversation and relive all his horrible memories. Sabre agrees to it just so he can stop Shadow from getting what he wants and states that all reliving them will do is remind them he had them and make him grateful for them. Lightning continues striking as Shadow screams no. The feeling of gratitude towards the experiences Sabre had gone through allowed him to escape his mind a regain control of his body. Shadow was still alive but now a mental projection talking to Sabre as he navigated the world.

Shadow didn't appear again until Sabre had been imprisoned by the Violet Leader and the Yellow Steve with the leather chestplate. Sabre begins questioning why Shadow is in front of him despite getting control back. Shadow responds telling him that he told Sabre that he will always be apart of him and that he is a mental projection of him by his side. Sabre becomes angry while Shadow tells him he will be in his mind, be his conscience, and tell him what he truly thinks. He then tries to get Sabre to lure Yellow Steve so he can destroy him but Sabre resists telling Shadow that all he can do is annoy him and tells him to leave him alone. Shadow tells him that he will never leave him alone and that he will haunt him forever but to think of him as a companion. Sabre begins to blame Shadow for making the Steves fear him and realizes that he needs to get out. Shadow then gets Sabre to hold out the Shadow Sword and explains that he is able to control the Darkness with it. Sabre feels conflicted about using it but shadow tells him that the Shadow Sword can give him abilities and that the sword used to be a iron sword but since sabre had used the Darkness so much with it, it became the shadow sword. Shadow tells sabre to use the sword to escape and destroy them but Sabre waits for Yellow Steve to be distracted and he breaks through the wall. Sabre apologizes to everyone as he runs from Sabre as Shadow encourages him. Ever since then Shadow does whatever he can to help Sabre. He gives Sabre the powerups he needs in moments all the while trying to convince him to join the Darkness. He even helps Sabre disguise his voice to go undercover. Eventually after Rainbow Void's death, Sabre and Light Steve decided to hide the Shadow Sword deep under the Rainbow Hub and since Shadow Sabre was connected to it he was imprisoned there as well. Shadow told Sabre that he will come back for him but Sabre didnt believe it.

### Demon Arc

After learning the Darkness was the only way to defeat the Demon Steves Sabre heard shadow convince him to get the Shadow Sword. Sabre then decides to dig to reach the Shadow Sword and release it since it was the only remnant of the Darkness. When Sabre enters the containment room of the Shadow Sword, Shadow greets Sabre and Sabre tells him he needs Shadow. Shadow tells him he knows and that he knew he would come back. He told Sabre to never forget that he is the embodiment of Darkness and that while he may be Sabre he is also the darkness as well as the creation that can stop the demons. He revealed he knew of the demons and didn't tell Sabre because he needed a reason to be released so he could achieve his goal. Sabre reveals that he talked to void about the origins of the Darkness and Shadow says that he knows because he would only be used as a last resort. Sabre tells Shadow that he intends to put him back but Shadow shrugs it off and tells Sabre that he wishes he could use the sword and him. Sabre and Shadow continue bickering to the point where Sabre tells shadow that if he won't help him he'll figure it out himself. Shadow tells Sabre he will help him but because it helps him and in the end the Darkness will always win. Sabre explains that he had spoken to Void Steve and even offered to save him but he refused and stayed. Shadow stated that Void Steve knew the Darkness would return just like he and Sabre did. Shadow asked if the sword was where it was and Shadow confirmed it had. He then revealed that he has been watching over Sabre but Sabre didn't believe it since Shadow was stuck with the Shadow Sword but Shadow sarcastically agreed with Sabre and told Sabre to take the sword and use it to fix the world. Shadow tells Sabre that if he grabs the sword he will save his friends and Sabre takes it. Shadow then reminds Sabre of the power the sword gave him and tells him that the demons were suppressed by the Darkness and that Sabre can use it. Shadow brings Sabre upstairs so he can destroy a Demon Steve to prove the Darkness is his only option. Shadow has Sabre embrace the Darkness to use its power and that he will tell sabre all the information the Darkness has on the demons but only if Sabre uses the sword. Sabre questions why the demon in front of him tries to anything but Shadow explains that it can't because the Darkness is stopping it and because Sabre is the ultimate catalyst for the Darkness. Sabre refuses and Shadow tells him he will go back to his tomb while wishing sabre luck with the demons. Sabre tells him to stop and begrudgingly agrees to accept the darkness and uses it's power to summon lightning to strike it down.

### Curse Arc

Shadow Sabre makes his final appearance in the second to last episode of *Rainbow Quest*.