One question: You say that Shades dont organize because of their nature, and I get that. But I can hardly believe that people that reincarnate don't form bonds that span for centuries. I mean I understand that not all remember every little thing that happened to them (Ireane has whatever it is called when you dont forget anything) but still... It would seem to me that Shades have more opportunities to form groups, whereas Paladins will spent most of their time confused by what is going on (seeing as it most often is their first reincarnation)
I'll be involving this guy pretty often with the story line, so I thought he should have a short bio here. I doubt he'll have his own plot really, but he is essential to Ireane/Sam's.
Name: Drake Johnson
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Alignment: Shade.
Appearance:
Personality:
Calculating and destructive, Drake enjoys killing people as much as any other shade. He is a sadist, who enjoys torturing his victims, and will often keep his victims alive for days while slowly killing them. While normal shades don't get this old, either because they are caught, or because they decide to get a new body, Drake fears death and is getting more careful with the years. He used to be extremely fond of Sam when he was Venon, but feels rather annoyed by the change in personality his friend went through when he reincarnated in the girl. He has a great dislike of Paladins, and works hard on getting the Shades to work together, believing that they should unite against a common enemy.
History:
When Drake started getting strange nightmares, he had no idea what was going on. His friend Venon showed him the ropes, and taught him what things a Shade could do. He took to this life as a fish takes to water, and adored his best friend and mentor. When Venon died, he searched the world for years, never giving up on finding his friend. No words could describe how happy he was when 16 years after his death, his friend showed up on the doorstep. He took Ireane in, pretending to be her father to the neighbours, but soon realized that Ireane wasn't the person he had known growing up.
Brief history of previous life/lives:
Drake has little to no memory of his first life, and hasn't reincarnated since.
(I was going to make him a pedophile, but I have to somehow be able to feel love for my characters, and that's not going to work with a pedophile, so instead I made him a sadist)(although his victims are often of huge age difference, but that has more to do with the declining amount of beautiful people of the same age when he grew older)