About shadows, some may choose to bond with a none shadow, When a younger shadow bonds with a none shadow it will serve its bonded, but if an elder shadow bonds with a none shadow it will control it’s bonded. The bond is one sided and the shadows bonded would only feel anything from the bond. Some elder shadows like Whade can talk while others cannot, most cannot. When touched they are insubstantial and are w cold, while touched a shadow you feel absolutely terror