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Some say that Shadechaser has a godly figure that she talks to and angers when people come to the Everfree Forest. Others speculate that she may be nearly as crazy for the forest as Pinkie Pie is to Parties.
No pony knows. Even Shadechaser doesn't know what she is talking to. All she knows is that she has the ability to communicate to the forest and sooth it. At one point she says Evree, referring to the Everfree forest.

Fear?


This one is more like Shade.


Analyzing some dark mass in the forest.

First one made that showed up on this forum, not by me, was posted by Ramisha.

Yeah... a little more [glow=maroon,2,300]menacing[/glow], but not by much. She just looks mad. The first one she made was... [glow=green,2,300]creepy[/glow], let's put it that way.

Reference from an in-game appearance. I must say, "Not bad in the details that were considered."

When Shadechaser was younger, she was almost always picked on. Struggling, she tried to seek sanctuary but to no avail. One seemingly mindless day... She found that there was no pony that even bothered to try to ruin her day. On that day, she saw this young mare fall from the sky. (Completely ignoring the other events happening in the sky.)
Waiting for a clear sign that this pony was not harmful, she approached this mare. She introduced herself and adores animals yet can't find it in herself to understand a word they say. "I am Shadechaser... I saw how you... helped those... critters... what is your name?"
After a few moments of persistence and silence, this mare says, "I-I... I am Fluttershy."
Being more of a listener at this time, the first time was all that was needed. Shadechaser replies, "Nice to meet you."
Eventually, Fluttershy learns to "trust" Shadechaser, and is more confident in talking with her "alone".

Before meeting Fluttershy, Shadechaser found a book referring to "Nightmare Moon". Although very dusty, she opens this book. The first thing she read was something about Nightmare Moon's ability to turn in to a cloud of dark. Misinterpreting this, she closes the book and starts trying to be one with the dark... The first attempt was partially successful, in that she could temporary see in the dark areas like some night vision. The second attempt was sort of neutral... she could see the shadows as outlines. The Final attempt was more negative at first... yet successful... She felt small and out of place, but she started to think about if she could "harness" this ability... After meeting Fluttershy, she started to train more on the Shadow Walk "basics". With confidence, she tries to fight Timber Wolves. With a "mellow" face, she walks in to the face of danger, a.k.a. the Everfree Forest. After fighting countless number of Timber Wolves over the course of a year, she finally decides that the Everfree Forest may suit her best. Over time, she learned to trust the dark. At random times in the summer (before the "return of Nightmare Moon"), she found that not many ponies enjoy the dark like she does... Right before Nightmare Moon's return, Shadechaser learned how to see the dark more than the light, although it may have been her biggest mistake. Now she has to use a spell that grants blindness to see the light, for their light is her dark. When a normal pony is blind, they can only see darkness. This works in reverse on Shadechaser, due to the fact that her eyes have essentially been poisoned by the darkness. Shadechaser is one pony that is (seemingly) unaffected by the darkness, unlike Luna.

When she was just a filly, she was raised by an earth pony that was willing to help those in need. While she never learned why, she could always know that someone was there to look out for her. From the first year she could speak "properly", she kept asking, every other day, why would a unicorn, like herself, be with an earth pony. The answer that always came was that one must look past the physical traits and find the good in ponies. As the days went by, the earth pony kept finding more to help. Shadechaser was a little confused by this, when one of the ponies, they took in, was being mean to her. By this time she looked like she should have had her Cutie Mark. Weeks pass, as the pony gets consistently more mean. When the time came for her to find a place of her own, she went on a walk around town, looking at all of the possible places to feel at home. Deciding that in town was not really interesting, she tried to find other places. As she wondered around Equestria, she found a strange object fall from the sky. Marking the location mentally, she went to the scene. Whilst there, she saw the strange object fade from sight. Years pass and the though kept growing in her imagination. Finally she decides to try to figure out what the object was. Recalling the mental picture, she went to the spot and started to wander around this area. Eventually, she hit something that was invisible, then it reappeared. It looked like some out-of-the-ordinary sort-of object.

While living her 'first' life, she was living in this place called [glow=black,2,300]Oblivion[/glow]. Only the residents knew where it was, and only the residents could see the path back to it. Shadechaser was a young filly when she discovered a book that was entitled 'One Page Wonder'. The cover was similar to a blank cover yet it had the words in an outline. Most of the residents just past it thinking nothing of it. Before Shade picked it up she could not understand the concept of magic, even though she was a unicorn. After she picked this book up, (with her hoofs mind you...) many things ran through her mind, she felt more power surging through her body, and the whole of her ego was fractured by this one book. When she dropped the book, it vanished before it hit the ground. (not even three hoofs from the ground) Soon she was in her room, in a never-ending tower, practicing magic. (like she needs to practice) The only one that visited was her teacher, who was worried when Shade was constantly absent. The only thing that Shade did was 'shun' her. Eventually, Shade was more powerful than the 'Lord', yet more naive. (At this time Shade was almost as tall as Luna appeared to be during the Canterlot Wedding) The 'Lord' asked her if she wants more power, which she would love, then she needs to join him and she will gain more power than she could imagine. Eventually, the Lord requested Shade to go out and discover more of what the [glow=black,2,300]Oblivion[/glow] has to offer. When she came back from a 'long' journey all she had to report was that there was nothing else that this place has. The Lord replied saying that there must be more. Shade just agrees with this and goes out to find 'more'. Upon her second return, she reports that there is a portal leading to another world. The Lord replied telling Shade to take his best stallions (All earth ponies) and raid this new world. (Entrance to this world looked very similar to the Everfree Forest) When Shade enters this new world, she sees innocent creatures roaming about, causing the more sensitive part of her ego to take charge. Shade commands the party to stay near the portal and wait for her to return. As she is scouting she finds other ponies. Some look similar to her, (only judging coat color...) others not so much. When she returns to the party, she reports to them that she found residents of this world, and shares some details about them. One detail was that they seem to be interacting with one another.
Mike (an expert guard) states, "They must know we are here."
Kyle (a decorated guard) says, "That is impossible."
Shadechaser says, "We must not underestimate the enemy."
Luke (the 'weak' link) says, "We may need more stallions."
Kyle remarks, "You have room to talk."
Shadechaser says, "We just need the element of surprise. If they don't know where we will attack then they will not be as effective."
"That is right," Mike agreed.
Shade explains her strategy and tells them that they must find the leader and over take them. (Seems easy enough.) Soon, they started to look for a towering structure, but the closest thing they could find was this mountain that fit the detail. After a few days of being in this world, the stallions we losing hope. Moments after they lost most of their hope of conquering this land, Shade spots a mountain-side city that seems to hold royalty. By this point, the stallions where ready to head back, but upon hearing this news, they we perked up. (maybe) Then, Shade told them to that she would scout ahead using her shadow abilities. A moment later, Shade faded into the land, and went to scout a path to take. While looking for the path, she couldn't seem to find the royal chambers, yet after nearing the overhanging edge, she saw the tower that looked like a scouting tower. <Maybe that is it,> Shade thought as she got closer to it. Upon reaching what looks to be the entrance, she saw guards that seems well trained, and a large engraved door. She thought that this may be the royalty's hall, so she decided to slip under the large door. Upon entering, she could see large stained glass windows that seem to tell some sort of past in this world, along with a very high ceiling. When she looked to the back of this room, she saw the royalty
(Princess Celestia) sitting on the throne reading a note. Thinking it is about her party's presence, she decided to use her shadow sight, yet upon using it she could only see from the guard closest to the throne that was in the her sight. <What is this? I can't see through her shadow?> Shade thought, trying to get a better angle on the note. Soon, she had the perfect angle, but upon starting to read the note, it was discarded. (In some magical way.) Kind of frustrated by this, she recalls her shadow sight and heads back to the party. When reaching the raid group, she explains the situation and tells them to follow her lead. As soon as they enter this city, the residents start talking about the well armored stallions, and Shade caught one of them saying that 'she' was lucky to have them as bodyguards. Shade just rolls her eyes at this comment. Upon reaching the courtyard of the royal throne room, the guards seemed to have been on a break. <Wow. These guards are not what they appeared to be.> Shade remarked. They just entered the throne room like visitors, calm and collective, walking up seeming to respect her presence. As soon as they got close enough, (like five pony lengths) Shade, who looked innocent, said, "Attack!"
Luke, being the last one to charge, said, "Well, that was covert. :l "
When the first two Stallions charged at Celestia, she seemed to just get out of the way, allowing the two to just crash in to the throne. Shade instantly shadow jumped to behind Celestia, where there were shadows other than her own, jumping off of the wall she shadow jumped to and grabbed Celestia and took her down to the floor. Resisting to fall, Celestia just flaps her wings, looking like she is using no more effort than shortly before. <Oh, come on! Fall!> Shade takes Celestia into the shadows, and shortly after doing so, Celestia and Shadechaser seem to jump out of the shadows behind the throne. Both looking weakened, Celestia by the shadows, and Shade by the light Celestia shined while in the shadows. After what seemed to be five hours of a staring duel, Shade falls over. The stallions, aghast by this, run back to the [glow=black,2,300]Oblivion[/glow]. As they left, Celestia just stood there watching the stallions flee, shakes her head. After the leave her sight, she goes back to Shade, and uses the Elements of Harmony to "cure" Shade of the evil power that took over her mind. When the evil power subsided, Shade's size went back to the original state one second before she picked up that book. When the 'cleansing' was finished, Celestia took Shade to the nearest "Orphanage" so she could gain more knowledge on kindness.

Shadechaser seems to be calm in the face of danger most, if not all, of the time. Her first encounter with Discord was when he roamed free merely a few years after learning the idea of staying with logic. One day, Shade was on a scheduled walk when she saw a pink cloud hovering near the entrance of Canterlot. She decided to investigate. When she got to the area of the cloud, she could see an ocean of them hovering over the land below. Shade thought this was not actually logic at work, so she started to head down the mountain. A guard stopped her asking why is she leaving the area of peace. She simply stated that she wanted to collect data then dashed down the slope. The guard tried to stop her but failed. When she hit the edge of the ocean of these pink clouds she noticed it was raining some brown liquid. Questioning the liquid, she took a sample in a shadow vial and sent it to the scientist of the shadows. The results of the tests came slow, so Shade decided to walk around the edge of the pink clouds, trying to find something that made logic apparent. After passing the Everfree Forest, she could feel something coming from it, yet she ignored it. As she passed a farm near the Everfree, she could help but to see the corn was popping. She just continues walking. After passing the tracks, the pink clouds seem to fade from sight. Shade looks around and sees some kind of rainbow formation in the direction of Canterlot. She decides to shadow jump in that direction. As she went there, she stayed in the shadows, looking at the scenery that she passes by, and ignores to ponies that inhabit the area. When she was near the source, she saw a stone statue of a creature that defies the logic of the other creatures that she has seen in her past. She could not explain the details of the creature, yet the outstanding feature was the overall shape being that similar to a snake.

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Based on her adventures in The WhoPonies (http://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?topic=8339.0)

The first thing Shadechaser did, when visiting Canterlot, was find the highest point.
Shadechaser decided one glorious evening to head to Canterlot. Whilst there she challenged herself to find the tallest tower from the main gate. As she "scanned" the area, she noticed very few ponies around, which she liked. Eventually, she spotted the tower. As she thought about the great view, she concentrated on that one spot in the darkness. The effort was seeming minute for what she was training in...
Achievement: Complete

When on a tour (http://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?topic=8339.0), Shade, along with the entire group, was teleported to a different location from the Everfree Forest. The group encountered a shadowy mare, and a gloomy orchard. While in this orchard, the most Shade could see was dark masses that resembled trees. Beyond those trees, Shade could see something beckoning for her to come beyond the orchard. Somehow, Shade could see nothing other than this entity urging her to come. Eventually, she found her resistance weakening, and the entity took hold on her mind. When she thought on the new findings, or current situation, this entity would speak in her mind commenting on her thoughts. After being taken to the life-giving light, this connection was purified. Now the connection is more crisp and clear, yet annoying. (To Shade)

Shadechaser finds a spot to rest from her battles with a Timberwolf gang that was hostile, wearing her out, maybe too much. She sees visions of Harmony and detects a spark from inside on who seems to know truly a library of magic. This spark seems to fade from the darkness created around this pony. Shade constantly feels the spark over what seems minutes to her, yet years beyond the veil of sleep. When she wakes from the sleep, she finds the life around her in the Everfree seems to have grown, setting a mood that is unsettling to Shade. The aura from the direction of Ponyville seems threatening, yet Shade wants to see what has come to be of the world. When she sees Ponyville, she is exposed to the true effect of a world of disharmony... a world of discord (http://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?topic=9037.0). The sight was mind-boggling to her, then she turned around and saw a path leading somewhere that was unknown to her. She examined the path, with her aura sight, and saw nothing threatening, so she followed it. At the end of the path, she saw a land hidden from the corruption of the cursed land outside.

...would have been:
Night forever? o.O What? Wait... O: Nightmare Moon!!! *jumps up and down with joy while the other ponies would think she is some sort of darker being... maybe* Yay!!!

At certain times of her life, she could be seen wearing some kind of cover, similar to the Mare-do-Well costume, yet more red and without the hat. Some would question on who she was when she walked through town.