Difference between revisions of "Shade"

 

The withering touch of a shade can only be reversed in a few specific ways. Application of silver powder may reverse a person's withering, either by application to the affected area or swallowing the powder itself.{{book ref|sfs}} The silver is consumed in this process as well, sparking with light and then blackening like silver used to wound a shade. This treatment also stops the freezing pain and numbness of a shade's touch, although some lingering cold remains for a few months afterwards. Unfortunately, if the withering is not treated quickly before it sets in, it becomes impossible to reverse. The blackened portions of their body will fade to grey with time however. Making use of [[Gold#Feruchemical_Use|gold Feruchemy]] can heal withering, as well as burning [[Aluminum#Allomantic_Use|aluminum]].{{wob ref|6374}} Shades can also be wounded with weapons made silver, creating a shower of white sparks whenever they come into contact with the metal.{{book ref|sfs}} Despite a shade's incorporeal body, silver blades experience a slight tugging when they pass through a shade. Badly wounded shades may be cut nearly in half or collapse to the ground, rendered unable to attack further. However, once the silver is used it blackens and is ruined, making silver an expensive but crucial commodity on Threnody. Silver set into the ground also serves as a barrier to shades, they are driven away from it, although that silver too must periodically be replaced.{{book ref|sfs}} As technology has developed, it appears that a type of Invested gun may have been developed that is capable of firing shades as projectiles, causing anything it hits to wither and crumble away.{{file ref|New Ascendancy broadsheet.jpg|The ''New Ascendancy'' broadsheet}}

 

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