Chandra

> "We will bring this school to it's knees!"
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-*Chandra*

**Chandra** is a character and central antagonist that appears in *Upside-Down Magic*. She is the human manifestation of Shadow Magic, disguising itself as a Flare student. Chandra is portrayed by Yasmeen Fletcher.

## Chandra

* Human
* Shadow

## Physical description

### Height

5 feet and 3 inches (as human) 23 feet (in Shadow form)

## Backstory

### Pre-film

Before the events of the film, Chandra found an insecure, Upside-Down Flare called Reginald Roberts who shot fire out of an extra hole in his rear end (often while he was farting). Despite this, he was a very powerful Flare when it comes to shaping and shooting his fire. Chandra befriended him and fed off his weaknesses. She possessed him and terrorized Sage Academy in her shadow form, and was banished into the form of a book and locked away in the library. Chandra broke free and hunted for a host, with no avail. She spotted insecure Reina and decided that Reina would be the perfect vessel.

### *Upside-Down Magic* (film)

Chandra first appears lurking around, looking for Reina, who is bummed about her talents after becoming Argon's second best student. Chandra tracks down Reina and bumps into her in the hall after class and offers to help her with her heat studies. She then appears when Reina finds the “A Primer Of Shadowe Magicks” book from the library, watching Reina. Chandra is in control of that book (it was Chandra’s banishment place) and uses it to follow Reina around. Chandra begins to stalk Reina, tells Reina to stop running from her destiny she then tells her that she is perfect. Chandra manages to possesses Reina. She uses her shadow form once more to subdue the school, but once again is banished back into the book.

#### Magic My Way

After the film, in the game Magic My Way, Chandra breaks free once more and attempts to attack the UDMs by using her shadow form to slow down their training, to ultimately weaken them so she can attack again. Reina is able to sense Chandra and warns the UDM kids. However, Chandra is not defeated in this game. If this game is a direct sequel or continuation of the story is unclear.

## Personality

Chandra is a cold and intimidating entity. She appears to be cheerful, welcoming, and thoughtful, but this just keeps Chandra’s destructive and manipulative nature hidden from onlookers. She is obsessed with her victim’s weaknesses. Chandra's actress Yasmeen Fletcher describes her character as an "evil, twisted little girl".

## Biography

The origin of Shadow Magic is unknown, although it was theorized that Shadow Magic was once female due to both its human guise and true form being female (its true form resembles the shadow of a girl with long hair, a dress and billowing sleeves). It shapeshifting powers suggest that it could be a corrupted Fluxer. It also may be the only surviving member of an ostracized magic category. According to Headmaster Knightslinger, Shadow Magic exists solely to create chaos and anarchy, described as "the dark side of our magic". Shadow Magic can only function in a magical human host. It resides inside a book entitled "A Primer Of Shadowe Magicks". While hunting for host, the book follows around the target. When Shadow Magic was defeated, it was simply returned to its book form, implying that the only true way to destroy it is by destroying the book. Shadow Magic’s form is made up of dark mist that seems to be shadows in three-dimensional. Shadow Magic talks while in human form, but in its true form it can only make growls and low-pitched screams of agony, terror, or anger. It also has a ‘face’: three dark craters resembling two eyes and a mouth. The angrier it gets, the more noticeable the ‘face’ is. In the game Magic My Way, Shadow Magic can split into purple “shadow blobs” that disintegrate everything they touch.

## Quotes

> *“You’re stuck with me.”*
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> —Explaining to Reina that they are bound together by magic
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> *“You, Reina, are perfect.”*
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> —Manipulating Reina
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> ”*Try me*.”
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> —Confronting Professor Argon
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> "*You can be a Shadow!"*
> ― Chandra to Reina
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## Abilities

* Chandra is very manipulative, much more so than an average human.
* Chandra can foresee her host’s next move and teleport there.
* Chandra can shapeshift through her true shadow form and her human form and, of course, her dark book form.
* Along with shapeshifting, she can also manipulate her subject's powers accordingly to some degree with the book.
* Chandra can also possess her victims after they read a chapter from her dark book form.
* Chandra can split into “shadow blobs” that disintegrate everything they touch.
* Chandra in shadow form can also manipulate gravity, forcing Flyers near her back down to earth. She could even force Andres down onto the ground during the final battle, despite the pull of his upside-down magic forcing him upwards.
* She can only be seen and heard by her targets, which, in most cases, causes mental distress.

## Trivia

* Subtle hints are thrown throughout the film that Chandra isn’t a real Flare. For example, the Flare logo on Chandra’s uniform is inverted.
* Chandra might be inspired by Lacey Clench, a Flare student who acts as the main antagonist in the *Upside Down Magic* book series.
* Why Chandra wants to destroy Sage Academy is unknown.
* Shadow Magic is never mentioned or seen in the books.
* Both of its previous hosts, Reginald and Reina, are Flares (with Reginald coincidentally being a UDM).

## References

1. ↑ Upside-Down Magic (film)
2. ↑ Reginald Roberts
3. ↑ Sage Academy
4. ↑ Reina Carjaval
5. ↑ A Primer of Shadowe Magicks