Name: Valerie Hawthorne
Hero Name: Shade
Appearance: Has what is essentially a shadow covering her entire body with a black coloring and purple outline. Her purple eyes gaze into the souls of her enemies, and the purple symbol of B'rnadon emblazoned on the back of her cloak clearly shows the legacy she has inherited from her father and how she will pursue it. When not using B'rnadon's powers, she's a normal 17-year-old girl with long brown hair and green eyes. Her favorite outfit is a white t-shirt, plad red buttonshirt that she wears as an overshirt, blue track pants and brown shoes.
Personality: Valerie is a cheery and caring girl, but often gets PTSD flashbacks to the death of her family. She lives to protect anyone close to her - at the moment only her boyfriend, Dennis. Contrary to her father, she often shows mercy to her enemies, but at the same time B'rnadon's influence does make her relish in dealing out pain.
Origin: When she was 15, Valerie's parents and younger brother were all killed by a mob boss and rich man known as Whitehorse. After the traumatic incident she was sent to live with her uncle and aunt, but wanted to find out the truth. At the risk of her own life, Valerie did research and went into Whitehorse's territory to try and get revenge - or at the very least, find out why the whole debacle happened. She succeeded, discovering that Whitehorse had killed her family in order to gain an item called the Relic of B'rnadon and destroy it. During this time, Valerie took on the secret identity of Night Rider, a powerless bike rider who caught the attention of Whitehorse. Her life was put into danger several times because of this, but was saved each time by a shadowy figure who called himself Shade. Valerie eventually discovered a major connection between Shade and Whitehorse, as Shade's name came up many times during her research. Eventually, Valerie made a revelation that caused her to believe that her dead father - Lucas Hawthorne - and Shade were one and the same, her father having undergone a post-death temporary revival thanks to a deal made with B'rnadon. Night Rider eventually decided to follow Shade and attempt to confront him about this, and found him just in time to save him from a trap Whitehorse had set up for him. Valerie destroyed the energy generator causing Shade to fall apart and took the Relic of B'rnadon away from Whitehorse, allowing Shade to kill Whitehorse once and for all. Valerie removed her mask, and Lucas embraced his daughter one final time before the contract ended and his antimatter form was erased.
Two years later, Valerie had been rebuilding her life and living as a normal teenage girl. She had good grades, a good boyfriend and a killer new bike. Suddenly, Whitehorse's brother, Greyhorse, brought a few of his mob and attacked Valerie, believing her responsible for his brother's death. Well in a way she was, but still. They destroyed her bike and were about to shoot her when a black barrier appeared in front of her. The old Shade was in front of her... well, his lower half was joined together and ended at the same place her shadow did. Valerie herself was covered in the same costume as Shade, just changed to fit her. Valerie became the new Shade, fighting off the gang but refusing to kill them. From that point on, she's been dealing with Greyhorse's mafia as well as other criminals while on her mission to defend the helpless.
Oh yeah, and she recently learned that her father's soul is now permanently inside her shadow and that a shadow demon can mentally communicate with her.
Abilities:
- Shadow Force: Creation of objects out of antimatter, such as spikes, claws and whips. These objects are always completely black and must be connected to Shade's suit somehow.
- Shadow of the Father: Lucas Hawthorne's spirit hides in Valerie's shadow most of the time, but he can hop out independently of Valerie's command or will. He has the same power of the regular Shade, just less control. He can also focus on the battle when Valerie can't, such as when he fought off three assassins at once while Valerie was unconscious.
- Martial Arts: Valerie has a third-degree brown belt in karate and aikido.
- Realm of B'rnadon: Shade can bring people or objects into her cloak, which sends them to B'rnadon's realm - aka the realm where Valerie has complete control and can chat with B'rnadon. B'rnadon still has more control though.
Weakness: Focused light concentrations, such as Whitehorse's energy generator.
Allies: Her father, B'rnadon, Ronin, Z, Excalibur