Media: Pen and ink, slightly adulterated in Photoshop
Shade finds out his sister Sha'ala is alive. Bad news is she's fused with a demon and now sits on the council of the Lords of Darkness as Lady Scion. Worse news is Sha'ala holds him responsible for their little brother Ged's death and she's out to get him. Following Saragoth's orders she's been planting seeds of dissent amongst the three Daemonslayers (see 'Unforgiven' for what I've written on that so far but it happens in a few stories following that). However, the hatred she's fostered for her brother finally gets the better of her and, against the arch demon's command she goes straight in for her personal revenge.
A large part of her powers are that she can delve into an opponent's mind and bring to life their darkest nightmares, worst fears etc and make them reality.
When Shade goes off hunting by himself she finally reveals herself and confronts him. Reeling from the shock of finding her alive (having been hounded by guilt at her and Ged's deaths for the majority of his existance), the blow of then learning she hates him and wants him dead (preferably with lots of suffering first), starts to give Shade's already fragile mindset a bit of a 'shake up'.
However, whilst Sha'ala's aware that F'lair's undead and a lycanthrope, she doesn't know anything about he came to be this way and when she uses her powers on him she suddenly finds all hell breaking loose - literally. The horrors of his time in the Spirit World Shade had so long repressed in the darkest corners of his mind are unleashed and he cracks, going completely mental.
Finding herself in harm's way Sha'ala makes a hasty exit and it's up to Soul and Blackjack (tipped off to something being wrong by the appearance of a giant tenacled eyeball monster in the sky) to pick up the pieces. Having totally lost it, Shade attacks his own friends and seriously injures Soul before Blackjack smacks him unconsciuos. Without Shade's mind to fuel the chaos, reality is restored. Except now Raven's in control of Shade's body, which would be bad, but the dracoliche is surprisingly well behaved (I won't go into the details why right now) and rather than trying to raise any armies of the undead or anything, he actually helps save Soul's life...
... and there's more but the above should explain Shade's Crazy Guy smile. Oh, and when he finally regains consciousness he's never quite the same again ...
Also, the real pity is Ged's not completely dead either, just neither of them know it :D
Shade finds out his sister Sha'ala is alive. Bad news is she's fused with a demon and now sits on the council of the Lords of Darkness as Lady Scion. Worse news is Sha'ala holds him responsible for their little brother Ged's death and she's out to get him.
Following Saragoth's orders she's been planting seeds of dissent amongst the three Daemonslayers (see 'Unforgiven' for what I've written on that so far but it happens in a few stories following that). However, the hatred she's fostered for her brother finally gets the better of her and, against the arch demon's command she goes straight in for her personal revenge.
A large part of her powers are that she can delve into an opponent's mind and bring to life their darkest nightmares, worst fears etc and make them reality.
When Shade goes off hunting by himself she finally reveals herself and confronts him. Reeling from the shock of finding her alive (having been hounded by guilt at her and Ged's deaths for the majority of his existance), the blow of then learning she hates him and wants him dead (preferably with lots of suffering first), starts to give Shade's already fragile mindset a bit of a 'shake up'.
However, whilst Sha'ala's aware that F'lair's undead and a lycanthrope, she doesn't know anything about he came to be this way and when she uses her powers on him she suddenly finds all hell breaking loose - literally. The horrors of his time in the Spirit World Shade had so long repressed in the darkest corners of his mind are unleashed and he cracks, going completely mental.
Finding herself in harm's way Sha'ala makes a hasty exit and it's up to Soul and Blackjack (tipped off to something being wrong by the appearance of a giant tenacled eyeball monster in the sky) to pick up the pieces. Having totally lost it, Shade attacks his own friends and seriously injures Soul before Blackjack smacks him unconsciuos. Without Shade's mind to fuel the chaos, reality is restored. Except now Raven's in control of Shade's body, which would be bad, but the dracoliche is surprisingly well behaved (I won't go into the details why right now) and rather than trying to raise any armies of the undead or anything, he actually helps save Soul's life...
... and there's more but the above should explain Shade's Crazy Guy smile. Oh, and when he finally regains consciousness he's never quite the same again ...
Also, the real pity is Ged's not completely dead either, just neither of them know it :D