Frozen Shade

Frozen shades are the spirits of those who died in the frozen dark, people which met their end in icy caverns or frozen ponds on a winter night. Chilled to their very core, frozen shades combine the powers of darkness with the power of the cold, wielding both in a misguided quest for vengeance against the living world.   Cold Nights A frozen shade only appears at night, creeping from its hideaway to seek the heat of the living. The shades are attracted to the heat which anything living puts off, and a shade indiscriminately attacks all living things, attempting to subdue them before draining the life from them. The touch of a shade not only inflicts immediate frostbite, but also saps the energy from a creature, making it difficult to move and escape. Those who live in colder climes warn of attempting to seek shelter in caves during blizzards, for fear of waking to one of these creatures standing over you.   Burning Days When exposed to sunlight, the shade loses much of it effectiveness, being unable to think and act clearly in the blinding pain of the daylight. A shade caught in the daylight can only survive for so long, as the wintery magic which keeps them bound to undeath slowly burns away in the pure light of the sun. If kept in the sunlight for over an hour, a frozen shade will burst into flames, its corpse burning away in a cleansing ritual which finally puts its tormented soul to rest. But in snowy regions where night can last for weeks, or even months, frozen shades are difficult to manage. While in these darkened wastes, a frozen shade is likely to retreat during hours when the sun could normally be seen in the sky. But a shade which realizes its error is likely to wander for days on end seeking the heat of living creatures while it has an uninterrupted chance.   [blockfy:748993]