The Shadow

before the condition reaches a violent state they spend time moving differently from it's host and will try to subtly touch other's shadows the longer it is contact with said shadow the more likely it will become infected.

The origin of the shadow is unknown but it is theorized that it was once part of a persons power but for some reason it went berserk and started to spread well past the origins life.

Throughout the process people who have contracted the Shadow gets feelings of being lightheaded which happens more frequently and is more pronounced when they are in places full of light. A day or two after this feeling of being lightheaded starts the victim's shadow becomes sentient and starts moving on their own. At first it is subtle and just tries to infect others but eventually usual after about a week, but it depends on the amount of light your exposed to as the more light the faster it takes to go onto the next stage. The final stage of the disease is that the shadow becomes able to physically manifest itself and will try to kill it's host when manifested in also comes with the shadow version of any weapon that is close by. While in this state it can not occupy space that is filled with light but the more light around it the stronger the actual shadow becomes, and when one person casts multiple shadows they all share the same mind and ability to manifest as when their are one.

As soon as a victim starts feeling lightheaded they can go into a room completely devoid of light for twenty four hours after which they are temporarily cured of the condition. It is also possible to cause the same affect by actually "killing" The Shadow when it is physically manifested.

Is easily treated but if you do not alert a doctor about the symptoms most people do the wrong thing and their shadow takes them by surprise and usually kills them.

Even after it is cured their is a high likelihood of the symptoms to reappear but each time it does so it's less potent until eventually the person is completely cured and seems to be unable to get infected by The Shadow again.

Only really becomes a problem in large cities without healers who are trusted by the comunity.

Only infects sentient races and the chances of a shadow of one species to infect one of a different species is much lower then those within the same species.

Some healers have purposely gave themselves and others this condition and cured it so they would be immune to it when they would be more needed.

Is not actually well known to those without a medical background to avoid people completely shunning those with this condition that is very easy to cure usually. They will however alert the community whenever their is a chance of people being infected without knowing it.