Replace shade encyclopedia entry.

Sourced from xnethack. Seems like an excellent candidate for
replacement, since the quote gets across what shades are and also
hints at their weakness.
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hippopotamus, and the pig.
[ Encyclopedia Mythica, ed. M.F. Lindemans ]
shad*
Shades are undead creatures. They differ from zombies in
that a zombie is an undead animation of a corpse, while a
shade is an undead creature magically created by the use
of black magic.
For the shades -- figures of jet black streaking acrossthe
white-knobbed ground -- were upon her. Strength was meaningless
against shades. They had no real substance. Only two things
mattered: moving quickly and not letting yourself be
frightened. Shades were dangerous, but so long as you had silver,
you could fight. [...]
Her knife passed through the shade with a slight tugging feeling,
creating a shower of bright white sparks that sprayed out of the
shade. The shade pulled back, its black tendrils writhing about
one another.
Silence spun on the other. The pitch sky let her see only the
thing's eyes, a horrid green, as it reached for her. She lunged.
Its spectral hands were upon her, the icy cold of its fingers
gripping her arm below the elbow. She could feel it. Shade fingers
had substance; they could grab you, hold you back. Only silver
warded them away. Only with silver could you fight.
[ Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell,
by Brandon Sanderson ]
shaman karnov
Making his quarters in the Caves of the Ancestors, Shaman
Karnov unceasingly tries to shield his neanderthal people