Shadow (Xiaolin Chronicles)



Shadow is a Heylin Warrior, and one of the main antagonists of Xiaolin Chronicles. She is a Heylin Apprentice, and fights alongside her master in the battle against the Xiaolin Dragons. She is voiced by Jennifer Hale.

Biography
Shadow's backstory is unknown at this point of time, though it was implied that Chase Young either created her or brought her in and made her his apprentice before the events of the sequel series.

In her debut episode, Shadow takes the form of a girl name Willow, who she and Ping Pong, another newcomer to the show, engaged in various competitions to take the rank of Xiaolin Apprentice, as well as to get Omi's attention. While posing as Willow, Shadow uses her beauty to charm all the boys in the temple, thereby making Kimiko getting suspicious of her plans to the point where she learns about Willow's identity as Shadow, and her affiliation with Chase Young.

Thanks to her manipulating Omi and the boys, Shadow stole most of the Shen Gong Wu, and her and Chase destroyed the temple while fighting the monks.

Personality
While in the form of Willow, her personality is similar to Dyris, as she stayed in the temple and charmed all the boys with her beauty.

While in her true form, Shadow is sadistic and somewhat playful, as she enjoys taking in the evil she has done to others (an example of when she made the Xiaolin Monks go against Ping Pong due to attacking them and throwing Ping Pong at them while making it look like it was all Ping Pong's doing).

Powers and Abilities
Shadow is shown to have numerous Heylin Powers. Examples are:


 * Shapeshifting: Shadow can transform into any appearance she wants.
 * Telepathy: She can telepathically talk to Chase with her mind.
 * Shadow Manipulation: She has various abilities when it comes to shadows (hence her name). She can transform into a huge shadow (known in this form as "la femme brune"). She can also blend and hide into the shadows, and often uses this to teleport.
 * Super Human Strength: While not as physically strong as Chase, she can easily grab Dojo in his giant form and swing him around without any problems.
 * Martial Artist: Like most of the characters, she can often use martial arts to fight, but she's currently not as good as the others.

Chase Young
Chase took her in as his Heylin Apprentice sometime before the events of the series, and both have been shown to have a very good relationship to the point where they can speak to each other via telepathy.

Kimiko Tohomiko
It might be apparent that Kimiko might be Shadow's arch nemesis (similar to Chase's relationship with Omi), as Kimiko got suspicious and found out that Willow is actually Shadow and works for Chase, and both have fought each other a couple of times in the beginning of the series.

Omi
Shadow, while posing as Willow, manipulate Omi to the point where he told her about the combination to the Shen Gong Wu vault.

Ping Pong
Shadow cannot stand Ping Pong at all, as she often insults him, and once throws him at the monks to make it look like he was attacking them. Ping Pong also dislikes her as well, also knowing that Willow was Shadow due to her "la femme brune" appearance in the shadows. He also describes her as "very creepy".

Trivia

 * While as Willow, she speaks with a Southern/Texan accent. However, while in her true form, Shadow speaks with an Australian accent.
 * In most of the promotional media before the show's release, Shadow was originally going to be a female counterpart of Chase Young, as she shares most of his color schemes (same colored hair, eyes, armor, etc.). However, in the actual show itself, she takes on a blue, violet, and yellow scheme, and has light green eyes instead of orange.