Shadow Mind

Shadow Mind is an entity that appeared in Shadow Fight 3. It is the core of all shadow energy, with sentience and an incomprehensible force.

Appearance
Shadow Mind does not have a true physical appearance. When imprisoned inside the Sphere, it takes a black gaseous, smokey form, similar to the usual depiction of shadow energy. It can, however, takes the form of its host that it is residing in. Shadow Mind is also capable of manifesting itself in a humanoid form, with one large circle as its eye and a big mouth on its head. Its body is glowing with bluish light, and there is a cyan orb at the palm of each hand, which it can use for offensive purposes

Story
The origin of Shadow Mind is unclear, but it is said that May brought it to the human world without her knowledge. Shadow realized this when May had fallen ill from its influence, and he took an immediate action by attacking. Shadow Mind summoned its shadow beasts, which according to it, was to defend May. Shadow killed them all, but Shadow Mind. All, including May. Putting the blame for May's death on Shadow Mind, Shadow vowed to destroy Shadow Mind. But he could only imprison it on a glass sphere.

Shadow attempted many things to vanquish Shadow Mind for several years, but every single attempt was fruitless. Due to his actions in getting rid of its beasts, Shadow gained praise from the locals, at the same they inherited his hatred towards Shadow Mind, and thus the Legion and their percepts was born.

Shadow asked the help of Dynasty ruler in studying how to destroy Shadow Mind. The Sphere Temple was built to contain its power, and the young prince, who will later become the next Emperor, became the First Arrow, the Sphere keeper. Suffering from its imprisonment, Shadow Mind tempted many people for its freedom. But all of them were too weak. It put its eye on Galen, the Second Arrow and a bodyguard of Emperor. It showed Galen its power and promised him with more if he would break the Sphere, but Galen refused. He instead told the Emperor how Shadow Mind's power has the potential to serve the people. From then on, The Arrows tried keep the Sphere safe at any cost, even if it goes against Shadow's wish.

Upon finding out that May's grave is a time travel portal to the future, Shadow abandoned the Sphere and entered the portal to the future to find a way to resurrect May.

Years passed. Emperor tried to study the Sphere, but there are certain side effects. Bolo helped him overcome this by creating the Void Room, which Emperor often spent his times there to release himself.

Later, June, the daughter of Emperor that acts as his agent, was sent to find the one chosen by the Sphere, the one that can hold its power.

Chapter II: Dynasty
The Sphere is inside the palace with the Emperor, while Itu, the agent of Bolo, is guarding them. However, an unknown group of people attacks the palace. Itu is outnumbered and knocked out, and when he regains consciousness, the Emperor and the Sphere is missing.

Under unknown circumstances, Emperor, who still holds the Sphere, is attacked by a shadow beast. Kibo, the agent of Galen, tries to protect the Emperor. The beast however is too strong and it blows up a shadow rig, injuring both Kibo and Emperor. That is the last time Emperor holds the Sphere.

Chapter III: Heralds
After hearing the story from Kibo and finds out about Bolo's betrayal, Galen comes to the Dome to help the player, June, and Itu. He informs them the details about The Three Arrows and takes them to meet the Emperor, who is still alive thanks to Kibo. Emperor then tells everyone that the Sphere is now at the Sphere Temple. They about to use the Void Room to instantly teleports there, when the Emperor suddenly possessed by the same beast that attacked him earlier. After some debating, June and Itu are sent to the Temple, while the player deals with the possessed Emperor.

Arriving at the Sphere Temple, along with Marcus who walked all the way there, the three of them then clashes with each other over the Sphere. Meanwhile, the Sphere starts to crack and amidst the clash, the Sphere is broken into pieces. Shadow Mind is freed and instantly takes possession of one of them (depending on whom the player chose).

Chapter IV: Consequences
Shadow Mind then proceeds to turn the person's wish into realisation, giving them the immense, god-like power. Thanks to the player, the possessed person is defeated and regains their consciousness. But, Shadow Mind is still lurking inside of them, waiting for the right time to resurface. The person confirms this, as they can hears some whispering inside their head.

After they finds Ling, who was a Shaman that the party believe can help them, he gives them his answer: he witnessed the shadow rig, and it has the same trace as the one that was left by the Gates of Shadows. He concludes that Shadow is returning to their world.

Chapter V: Shadow Island
Ling says that only Shadow that can destroy Shadow Mind, and he will do it at any cost. He tells them to see Galen, since he was Shadow's disciple and should know a clue about Shadow. After getting Galen's answer, he asks them about whether destroying Shadow Mind is the right thing to do. After hearing their resolve, Galen gives them a piece of his advice, based on his own experience with Shadow Mind's power.

Arriving at the island where Shadow used to return from time to time, Shadow Mind suddenly resurfaces, in a physical form. It hears a voice calling for it and trying to respond to it. Once the voice is silent, Shadow Mind hides again.

Chapter VI: Heart of the Legion
After arriving at the north where the Legion Fortress stands, the player has fallen ill and experiences a nightmare, where they meets Shadow Mind, face to face. It says that this means their fusion has begun. They'll feel dizzy and confused, so did May, it is normal. Realizing the player's nightmare, Itu theorizes that it is some residual effect after fighting Angel.

Once the party dealt with the messes that are Deng Rao's invasion and Queen Ioalanda treating them as foes, Itu requests her to tells them where Shadow is, as Moira believes her twin sister knows. According to Iolanda, Shadow once visited May's grave and never came back. May was slain when the Scourge invaded their land.

Iolanda leads the party to the crypt, where May's grave is located, however the shadow anomaly causes everyone that entered to lost their mind and turned aggressive. Shadow Mind suddenly resurfaces, confirming this. It speaks to the player that only they, Shadow's descendant, could withstand such radiance and they must come alone. Once the player arrived at May's grave, Shadow Mind begins telling its past with Shadow, May, and The Three Arrows. Shadow Mind ends its story by telling them that Shadow wants to alter reality, creating one where May can be alive and well, possibly destroying the world by doing so.

Shadow Mind says that Shadow's selfishness will cause everybody and their loved ones to die, and they must chase him to the future and stop him. It then decides to test the player to determine whether they are worthy to fuse with it. After a long and exhausting fight, the player emerges victorius. Shadow Mind then disintegrates into shadow energy and merges with the player, giving the necessary power to withstand the portal. Together, the player and Shadow Mind starts their chase for Shadow to the future to stop him.

Powers and Abilities
Shadow Mind is capable of commanding shadow energy to act according to its will, seeing and hearing everything where there is shadow energy, teleporting people to anywhere, shape shifting, summoning shadow beasts, amongst other things. Shadow Mind can fuse with any person to grant them immense power, but at the cost of that person being taken over completely by Shadow Mind; according to June, their darkest wishes will come true. Only Shadow, as well as his descendant, possesses an extraordinary soul that allows them to merge perfectly with Shadow Mind, without being taken over.

Fights
Shadow Mind is fought in at least three occasions. The first time is at Chapter IV. Depending on the player's choice at the end of Chapter III, the first boss fight of Chapter IV will be against either Marcus, June, or Itu. The power given by Shadow Mind allows them to utilizes unlimited shadow form, as well as giving them unique special abilities.

The second time is at Chapter V in Shadow Twin quest, where Shadow Mind is fought as enemy, in which it takes a physical form after hearing Moira's voice.

The third time is at Chapter VI, where it is fought in the conclusion of the chapter as the last boss. Shadow Mind can only be damaged if the player is in shadow form. It utilizes various special abilities, and capable of using at least 5 shadow abilities.

Trivia

 * Despite being genderless and refered to as "it", Shadow Mind has a male-like voice, as seen during the Chapter VI boss fight.
 * After the Gates destruction in Shadow Fight 2, a mysterious slithering shadow can be seen following Shadow and May, who were leaving the Gates. Whether it is Shadow Mind or not is still unknown.