Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27330121-20170307004027/@comment-28121010-20170313110238

Shadow is misunderstood. He saw Maria get shot right in front of him, with the last words begging to him to make a promise, and he sworn to keep it. Gerald re-programmed his mind to remember it as if his promise to her was revenge, and Shadow went along with it because he believed the humans deserved to die for killing Maria who was the only close thing he had, and for shutting him down out of fear. Once he remembers her TRUE promise, he ends up giving his LIFE to save it. So yeah. He was a misguided "villain" with a tortured soul, who's despair and pain turned into acts of destruction and rage. But at the same time, things turned around for him and he ended up being the world's protector