Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31479589-20190711222734/@comment-31479589-20190713011731

Shadowslayer of the east wrote: Shadow looks at his past and realizes his mistake, shadow lives and stops what he's doing So, you want Shadow to get a redemption arc, then? That's not gonna work here. No way Shadow can stay alive after everything he had done. Maybe he'll realize the error in his ways, but he won't make it out alive.

Redemption with death is easier than without. Take example, Prince Zuko. He got to live a happy life because he never really did anything that bad, his redemption arc was well-developed on top of that. Now compare to say, Darth Vader. He had to die cause you can't just have a traitor who murdered youngling decide in the last second that he feels bad, and suddenly everybody's rooting for him.

Shadow had razed down Dynasty and Heralds to the ground, and he had betrayed a number of Legionaries as well (i.e. Marcus and Sarge). He may get to realize his mistakes, but Itu, Jet, Bolo and June (if she's still around that's it) will not be okay with that. As they had experienced the effect of what Shadow had done to them.