Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-34949931-20180621180853/@comment-31479589-20180622033350

The Gates are only a portal. They warped Shadow to the world we know in Act 7.

Regarding point 3, it's just another poor hooman experimented by Titan. Titan in SF1 loves to experimenting, with humans as his guinea pigs. Oh, he is also normal human-sized in SF1 (and thus, his sword are smaller as well, albeit still heavy).