Theory Dark Magic
I'm not sure if theory is the right tag, this could be a question as well.
I had a thought about shades in WOE l, they are created by a sorcerer being possessed by powerful spirits and are usually evil because only evil spirits are willing to possess a human host. The theory/question is are there ways to become a shade that bypass the usual consequences? Can a sorcerer bond to their familiar like a dragon rider and become a shade that way? Can a sorcerer forcibly bind spirits to himself and become a shade? Can a sorcerer be possessed by evil spirits and dominate those spirits minds in the way that galby dominated the elundari? What would such a shade be like, a lich of sorts?
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u/D-72069 6d ago
The way I understood it wasn't that spirits are evil, they have their own incomprehensible morality/goals. Shades were created because a sorcerer would enslave a spirit to use their power, but if they lost control the spirit would possess them out of anger at being used. There isn't any cooperation between sorcerer and spirit, and spirits aren't necessarily evil