Shadowman (Remake)

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## Biographical Information

### Age

17-18 *("Around Every Corner")*
25 *("Divide")*

### Residence

Greencole
Port Collier, Sylvania *(formerly)*

## Appearances

"*I can't. **I'm sorry**. There's still something I have to do. [...] **Dylan**. My name is Dylan,*"
—Shadowman's final words to the group before he departs[src]

**Dylan** *(last name unknown)*, referred to by his nickname **Shadowman**, is a survivor of the outbreak in *Strain Zero* and the protagonist of the upcoming *Shadows* miniseries. He is a blind survivor in the city of Port Collier who uses echolocation to navigate the city and avoid both walkers and Francis' people. After five years alone in the city's ruins, Shadowman was rescued by Henry and Justinas and brought to their home, the settlement of Greencole in western Montana.

## Overview

### Personality & Traits

Shadowman is a quite, reserved and paranoid individual whose ability to socialize has been ruined by prolonged isolation on the streets of Port Collier. His mistreatment at the hands of Francis and his people has installed a vengeful, merciless, ruthless and uncompromising dark side in him, and as a result he has no issue with killing the living. Nonetheless, Shadowman still holds onto a set of moral principles and still believes that there is good in some people.

### Skills & Abilities

Having been blind for most of his life, Shadowman has learned to use echolocation to navigate his surroundings. He generates sound by clicking his tongue and uses the returning sounds to create a mental image of his surroundings; his echolocation is so sensitive he can 'see' through walls, around corners, behind, below and above him. In addition, the mere act of killing an enemy, living or dead, creates enough noise for him to locate and analyse the next target.

Despite his disability, Shadowman is an expert swordsman and a master of killing both walkers and the living. Shadowman has also demonstrated a strong knowledge of explosives as he was able to make an effective bomb out of bleach and fertilizer.

## Pre-Apocalypse

### Port Collier, Sylvania

Born Dylan in the city of Port Collier, Shadowman was placed in an orphanage shortly after an accident blinded him and presumably killed his parents; he was given his nickname by his fellow orphans, who said he could "only see shadows". At some point in his youth he learned to use echolocation, which became so sensitive that he developed 360-degree vision.

## Post-Apocalypse

### Season 1: Remake

#### "Around Every Corner"

Shadowman watches as a group of newcomers make their way through the streets of Port Collier and hides away when a Hopeville patrol, led by Francis, surrounds the group. When one of the newcomers spots him, Shadowman decides to save them by distracting the patrol with homemade flash bangs and smoke grenades. Unable to hear through the resulting gunfight, Shadowman retreats but continues to follow the group when they make their temporary home in a boarded-up bar.

Shadowman later appears to rescue Henry and Holly from a large group of walkers at the docks, using his sword to easily dispatch the dead. As more walkers approach, Shadowman leads the pair down into the sewers, where he uses his echolocation to navigate. He leads them to a small hideout in a maintenance room and reluctantly gives them his name. He warns them to avoid the Hopeville people at all costs and that he knew Francis before the outbreak, and he was a bad person even back then. Henry then convinces Shadowman to guide them back to the bar, and Shadowman hesitantly agrees.

Back at the bar, Henry and Holly introduce Shadowman to the rest of their group. Before he leaves, however, he listens as the group discuss their plan to take the last remaining boat across Lake Michigan to find somewhere safe in Michigan, but the boat is not yet in full working order and needs fuel and engine parts. When James brings up that they could sneak into Hopeville and take what they need, Shadowman reappears to say that doing such would be a suicide mission, but its their only choice as the people of Hopeville have picked the city clean. With no other option, the group asks Shadowman for help getting into Hopeville. Shadowman agrees to help them as he has a score to settle with Francis and other residents, revealing that Francis' people raided the orphanage where Shadowman was living in the early months of the outbreak and killed his friends, leaving Shadowman alone for almost an entire year.

Shadowman informs the group that there is a sewer exit just a few streets away from city hall, the very core of Hopeville; when Alex asks how he knows that, Shadowman reveals that he has escaped from Hopeville before but has never had the numbers to go back inside. When Jess asks Shadowman to stop clicking his tongue, he removes his hood and mask to reveal burn marks over his eyes. He goes on to say he was blinded in an accident when he was younger and has used echolocation to navigate ever since.

### Season 4: Remake

#### "Divide"

Several years after being rescued and brought to Greencole, Shadowman, still refusing to go by his true name "Dylan", has hung up his sword and committed himself to peace by helping around the community. His blindness prevents him doing a variety of manuel tasks, so he helps Drew hunt in the forest, listening for deer, rabbits and birds.

## Killed Victims

* Alex Sutton *(indirectly caused)*
* Three unnamed Hopeville soldiers
* Five unnamed Frontiersmen
* Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people

## Relationships

### Francis

Shadowman holds a strong disdain for Francis, blaming him for the deaths of his friends, and is willing to put his own life on the line to kill Francis.

## Appearances

### The Walking Dead: Strain Zero

#### Season 4: Remake

* "Divide"
* "Nightmares"

## Trivia

* Like his original incarnation, Shadowman is blind and uses echolocation to navigate. However, the circumstances of his condition have changed, with him becoming blind due to an injury to his eyes.
* Shadowman acquired his nickname as, according to his fellow orphans, he could "see nothing but shadows".
* Shadowman's sword appears to be a working replica of a Medieval greatsword.