Shadow Queen
| Name | Shadow Queen |
| Race | Undead |
| Type | Shadowlander |
| Faction | Shadowed |
| Premiere | The Anax: Call of the Cursed One |
| Relative(s) | None Applicable |
The Shadowed are a faction of the Outer Darkness, a dimension rife with unholy, dark aberrations. The Anax leads these creatures after he takes away their free will, minds, and souls. They are mostly found in the vibratory dimension of the Outer Darkness known as the Shadowlands, the lowest frequency of existence itself. In most cases, the victims (either corporeal or incorporeal) become twisted, evil versions of their old selves, retaining whatever knowledge they once held. However, in cases of phobia, the afflicted become mockeries of their intense fears. Thus, turning their fears into a strength and perverse joy.
Shadow Queens (or Lords) are shadowed primarily converted in the frequencies of the Outer Darkness. There, in these evil realms of spirit, lurk souls that have done foul things in the Physical World, tainting their spiritual vibrations and causing them to exist in the hellish planes. The Anax seeks the souls of the living, but usually has only Halloween night to collect souls from the mortal plane. However, in the Shadowlands, he spends all his time, lording over the Shadowed. His minions constantly seek out other spirits of that particular realm and those above it in the Outer Darkness, and fight them in order to add them to the faction. Shadow queens are such beings. Generally forged from the lost souls off the dimension known as the Shadowlands, they are extremely powerful. They are akin to the Anax himself, boogeymen that prey on the other souls of the Outer Darkness, converting them into minions.
When Anaximanes Ravenhurst died at the hands of the mob, assembled and led by Reverend Roger Addams, he became a very unique type of spirit. These boogeymen have substantial mental fortitude and unequaled misanthropy. Most spirits in the Outer Darkness have some ability to corrupt, enslave, or absorb other souls, but these shadow lords are far beyond. Capable of gorging on unlimited souls, they seek their dark goals, subverting anything that crosses their path. They wage war against each other in the Shadowlands, but the Anax has managed to make a substantial claim in the terrifying realm, and even taken a handful of the others as minions. Capable of almost everything that their master is, they are a formidable foe indeed. Evelyn Addams momentarily became a shadow queen for a scant moment in the novel, The Anax: Call of the Cursed One.
