Distorted Shadow

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## Pathway

### High Sequence Group

**True Members**
Mirage
Nightmare
Filth
**Applicable**
Chaos

### Sefirot?

Reverse Flow River

**Distorted Shadow** is the Above the Sequence title for the Mirage, Filth, Nightmare and Chaos Pathways. **Distorted Shadow** is a Peak Above the Sequence level Pathway, to which only very few can compare to. Although it is not the strongest Pathway in combat, its utility abilities make it superior to most combat oriented Pathways.

This Above the Sequence can be achieved even if one of the four pathways is missing, as demonstrated by Sunnless, who achieved it using only the Mirage, Filth, Nightmare Pathways. Even with Chaos Pathway missing, it is still among the very top of all Outer Deities, with very few surpassing it in power. However, Sunnless suspected that this was only possible because it was the Chaos Pathway, which essentially acts as an amplifier for all abilities, that was missing; he also speculated that if any other pathway had been missing, it would not have been able to reach **Distorted Shadow**.

## Full Title

The King of All Nightmares;

Phantom Artisan of Desolation;

Purveyor of Filth-Laden Realities;

Dread Sovereign of Eternal Night;

**Distorted Shadow!**

### Explanation

* **The King of All Nightmares**: Represents the ultimate authority over nightmares, embodying the highest echelon of fear and the subconscious, a world where reality is warped and distorted.
* **Phantom Artisan of Desolation**: This line symbolizes not only the tangible world but also the emotional and spiritual aspects, contributing to distortion.
* **Purveyor of Filth-Laden Realities**: Signifies the tainted, impure reality. "Filth" here represent corruption, moral decay, and twisted perceptions that deviate from a conventional understanding of reality.
* **Dread Sovereign of Eternal Night**: The eternal night alludes to the perpetual obscurity and lack of clarity, aligning with the chaos and Illusion components. The dread signifies the unsettling nature of the distorted reality.

## Powers

* **Distortion**: **Distorted Shadow** is the Supreme Authority of any Distortion. Can distort conceptually, deceiving from the mind, the soul.
	+ Sunless can even distort reality itself to create false True Gods of all "his" pathways, while still accommodating all the Beyonder Characteristics and Uniqueness.
		- These fake True Gods are incomparable to true True Gods, except that "they" do not drop their associated Beyonder characteristics or uniqueness upon death, as they do not possess them.
		- Sunless mentioned that "he" could create at most one such fake True God per pathway that "he" fully accommodated, but at the same time "he" speculated that if "he" had full control of the Chaos Pathway, this number should increase exponentially.
		- Sunless used this power on Beyonders with a Sequence 2 Beyonder Characteristic. This was not because "he" could not use it otherwise, but because "they" would be unstable and prone to losing control if "they" were not at least angels beforehand.
	+ **Distortion Seed**: "He" is able to implant seeds of distortion in "his" targets, that can corrode the sanity of "his" targets by distorting their minds, Sunless can resuscitate through these seeds, the seeds can also be left as a trap on any object, imperceptible to most beings.
	+ **Spatial Distortion**: Distortion is extremely compatible with space, allowing one to partially control the space, being able to even create several mini dimensions that overlap.
	+ Sunless used this ability to distort reality to help Mora in disguising "herself" as Forgotten Star. It is heavily implied that Mora's disguise only worked due to the help of Sunless.
		- **Distortion** was able to trick multiple Outer Deities including Mother Goddess of Depravity, Mother Tree of Desire, Mother Tree of Desire, Circle of Inevitability, High-Dimensional Overseer, Supernova Dominator, Monarch of Decay, Inextinguishable Ravings and Primordial Hunger at the same time for thousands of years, without any of them ever noticing.
	+ Sunless was able to partially pass through the barrier of earth using **Distortion**.