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