Shadow Pokémon

Shadow Pokémon are a special type of Pokémon in Nightfall. They're unrelated to Shadow Lugia, Shadow Mewtwo, the Pokémon GO Shadow Pokémon, or the other Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum/XD. They are their own species.

## Overview

Shadow Pokémon live in an alternate universe, known as the Mono Universe, where no color exists and everything is monochrome. They're more than just a simple grayscale of their colorful counterparts. In their universe, they often speak quietly and/or in whispers. Apart from that, their lifestyle isn't that much different from the Pokémon in the "color world". However, there is no outside. No natural forests, beaches, lakes, etc. All of it is artificial, and the Shadow Pokémon live in one massive structure.

Shadow offspring are created artificially as well, with the help of machines that generate the Pokémon and give it life, personality, and the like. The child doesn't even have to be the parents' species; it only has to be in an Egg Group they both share. For example, an Absol and Delcatty can request for their child to be a Rockruff, since they're both in the Field Egg Group, and so is Rockruff.

There are several portals in the Shadow Universe that lead into the color world, though the locations are kept secret and all Pokémon are forbidden to enter it. Unbeknownst to them, if one were to walk through a gateway, they're not only transferred to the normal world, but lose all memory of their time in the Mono Universe. That is, if they can survive the journey. Not many reach the other side alive; only if they're strong enough can they make it.

In the normal universe, there have been many cases of strange, monochrome Pokémon suddenly showing up out of nowhere. Those who lived claim to have no memory of how they ended up in their location. Tests were run on some of them, but the results showed that nothing was wrong with them; the only difference was their colors. Even the colors of their moves were black and white. To this day, researchers, humans and Pokémon alike, are still trying to find out where these unexplained Pokémon come from.

## Shadow Beasts

When a Shadow Pokémon is being created, the parents are required to choose a Shadow Beast for their child. Shadow Beasts, sometimes dubbed "SBs", are an ultimate form of Shadow Pokémon that they can activate during battle. They can only be fully-evolved Pokémon or those who don't evolve, excluding Mythicals or Legendaries, and Pokémon of the same evolution family as its host. Each Pokémon has a time limit on how long they stay a Shadow Beast, ranging from 3 to 5 minutes.

Though SBs can be different species, their appearances are all the same. Their entire body is extremely vantablack, with the exception of their eyes and mouth, which is a bright, solid white. Their eyes lack irises or pupils, and their tongue normally isn't visible, but it's there.

Shadow Beasts have a personality of their own, always battle-ready and extremely aggressive. It's like two Pokémon living in one body. From the start, children are trained for hours on end to learn to control their Shadow Beast and prevent it from going out-of-control. An out-of-control SB is extremely dangerous and has the ability to harm several Pokémon before its time runs out and it returns to normal. In extreme cases, the SB can be more than willing to attack companions or family members.

A Shadow living in the color world can still transform into their Shadow Beast, but have no control over when it happens, and can't control it no matter how much they could in the Mono Universe. Luckily though, this transformation happens rarely. SBs are much more deadly in the color world and Shadows are often watched very carefully; those around it must be ready to battle at all times.

## Notable Shadow Pokémon

* Zero
* Sretan
* Tara
* Teiidae
* Xis
* Aria

## Gallery

3D models of SB Noivern and LuxrayA Shadow UmbreonZero
## Trivia

* Shadow Beasts have an Ability exclusive to them: Eidolon Boost. This Ability boosts the power of moves that match the user's type.
* In the color world, a Shadow's moves are still black and white, but if it uses or comes into contact with something containing high amounts of energy, like a Mega Stone or enduring a Z-move, their moves' colors are restored. A Swift would return to yellow, a Solar Beam would return to green, and etc.
* Shadow Pokémon can't be replicated or created in the color world, no matter what. The cause of this is unknown.
* The Shadow Pokémon who end up outside of the Mono Universe can't go back. They're stuck in the outside world for the rest of their life.
* If a Shadow Pokémon has been transported to the outer world, the appearance of their SB appears hazy or blurry. This is not the case in the Shadow Universe, so it's purely a result of being in the outside world.
* Day and night are nonexistent in the Shadow Universe. However, the transformation into an SB in the color world usually happens at night or dusk, and very rarely during the day.
* It's up to speculation as to whether or not the portals lead outside, which is why the Shadows live in a building and no natural areas exist. Perhaps their structure actually exists in the same universe as the color world, but nobody there can see or feel it. It's theorized when a Pokémon leaves through a door, they really end up on the other side of it.
* Shadows are asexual and are incapable of producing offspring no matter the partner.