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The '''Time Shades''' were [[Time Lord legend|legendary]] beings on [[Gallifrey]], with reports of their existence going back as far as the [[Dark Times]] and the days of [[Rassilon]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Damned If You Do (audio story)}}) when [[Time (mythology)|Time]] ran still wild, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Once, Upon Time (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Vanquishers (TV story)}}) meaning that they prefigured the [[anchoring of the thread]], which enforced a [[Time Lord]] order and established a [[Web of Time|rigid structure for history]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lungbarrow (novel)}}, {{cs|So Vile a Sin (novel)}}, {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}) | The '''Time Shades''' were [[Time Lord legend|legendary]] beings on [[Gallifrey]], with reports of their existence going back as far as the [[Dark Times]] and the days of [[Rassilon]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Damned If You Do (audio story)}}) when [[Time (mythology)|Time]] ran still wild, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Once, Upon Time (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Vanquishers (TV story)}}) meaning that they prefigured the [[anchoring of the thread]], which enforced a [[Time Lord]] order and established a [[Web of Time|rigid structure for history]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lungbarrow (novel)}}, {{cs|So Vile a Sin (novel)}}, {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}) | ||
Their remarkably fluid [[form]]s seemed to escape all [[light]] and [[shadow]]. Each Shade was intimately connected with one particular aspect of [[Time]], such as [[eternity]] or [[dream]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Damned If You Do (audio story)}}) | Their [[shapeshifting|remarkably fluid]] [[form]]s seemed to escape all [[light]] and [[shadow]], even swallowing them up. Each Shade was intimately connected with one particular aspect of [[Time]], such as [[eternity]] or [[dream]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Damned If You Do (audio story)}}) | ||
== Members == | == Members == | ||
There was a "[[pantheon]]" of Time Shades, including the [[Shade of Eternity]], the [[Shade of War]], the [[Shade of Dreams]], the [[Shade of Protection]], and the [[Shade of Portent]]. | There was a "[[pantheon]]" of Time Shades, including the [[Shade of Eternity]], the [[Shade of War]], the [[Shade of Dreams]], the [[Shade of Protection]], and the [[Shade of Portent]]. | ||
The Shade of Portent was able to see the [[future]], and knew that [[Narvin]], a [[Time Lord]] of relatively [[House | The Shade of Portent was able to see the [[future]], and knew that [[Narvin]], a [[Time Lord]] of relatively [[House Witforge|low rank]], would become pivotal to the [[timeline]]. They abducted 5 students from [[Time Lord Academy|the Academy]], [[pocket of frozen time|freezing them in time]], in order to draw him in. Clad all in [[gold]], this Shade appeared to have a [[glass]] [[head]], which, oddly, reminded Narvin of a [[black hole]]. They were able to give him [[kaleidoscope|kaleidoscopic]] [[vision]]s of the [[personal timeline|timeline]] which would soon form around him. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Damned If You Do (audio story)}}) | ||
== Possible identifications == | == Possible identifications == | ||
[[Faction Paradox]], noted for their [[shadow-weapon|manipulation]] of their own shadows, would call down and channel "[[spirit]]s of Time" known as ''[[Loa]]'', who helped them protect the [[Eleven-Day Empire]] ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)}}) until its fall to [[Lolita]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Shadow Play (audio story)}}) They were also involved in [[ritual]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)}}) | === The ''Loa'' === | ||
The [[Gallifrey]]an sect known as [[Faction Paradox]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}}) noted for their [[shadow-weapon|manipulation]] of their own shadows, would call down and channel "[[spirit]]s of Time" known as ''[[Loa]]'', who helped them protect the [[Eleven-Day Empire]] ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)}}) until its fall to [[Lolita]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Shadow Play (audio story)}}) | |||
They were also involved in [[ritual]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)}}) This name was chosen because they were "a presence which walks on a plane alongside [[humankind]] rather than above it", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) and not in a different world altogether. They were described as follows: ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference - Book One (novel)}}) | |||
{{quote|[They] aren't your average bunch of gods-from-above, that's what I'm saying. They're not untouchable, and they're not infallible. They get [[inebriation|drunk]] and they get [[anger|angry]] and they have good days and they have bad [[day]]s, same as the rest of us. They're real, but they're not-quite-real. They're here, but they're not-quite-here. Ready to get involved at a moment's notice, if you know how to get in touch with them. [...] You don't worship them, not like you worship [[god]]s. You talk to them. Like [[friend]]s. Like companions. And they talk back.|([[PROSE]]: [[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]])}} | |||
During Narvin's one-on-one encounter with the [[Shade of Portent]] — who had lured him in, out of concern for [[Gallifrey]]'s [[future]] [[timeline]] — he noted how the Time Shade seemed to be there, but also not-there, completely absorbing all [[light]] and [[shadow]], an "[[apparition]]" with what might be described as a "[[black hole]]" for a head. | |||
Nonetheless, they engaged one another in [[conversation]], and Narvin tried not to let on his instinctive feeling of [[reverence]] for this being. He also noted that the Shade of Portent was very [[sarcasm|sarcastic]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Damned If You Do (audio story)}}) | |||
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