Arcs & Volumes
21 entries in the The Eminence in Shadow compendium.
The First Shadow MissionA man who wants to be a shadow becomes the most dangerous secret in the world.Cram School ArcHomework is the battlefield; Cid just forgot to tell the class he's a shadow mastermind.Shadow Garden FormationFive broken outcasts walk into a delusional leader's garden and become the world's most coCelia's TrialA swordswoman's proving ground, narrated by a man who thinks he wrote the script.Delta's AwakeningThe quiet blade remembers what the world tried to bury.Ragna's RecruitmentOne blade, one broken oath, and a man who thinks he's saving the world from the shadows.The Shadow Court's First MoveA deluded hero's 'masterstroke' accidentally reshapes the world's power balance.The Second Shadow MissionHe thinks he's infiltrating the underworld; the underworld thinks he's a god.The Third Shadow MissionThree missions in, and Shadow still thinks the grocery run was a covert op.Gamma's PastEvery shadow has a story; Cid just insists he wrote the script.Alpha's OriginShe thought she served the shadows. The shadows thought she served him.The Fourth Shadow MissionA mundane errand, a grand delusion, and a Shadow Garden that believes every word.The Shadow Court's Second MoveHe thought he was the shadow; the shadow was everyone else, and he just got the credit.Sigma's TrialSeven shadows, one trial—Sigma steps into the dark and refuses to blink.The Fifth Shadow MissionOne delusional order, five impossibly brilliant operatives, zero actual planning required.The Sixth Shadow MissionSeven shadows move in the dark, but only one believes he holds the strings.The Shadow Court's Third MoveHe plotted nothing. They conquered everything. He took the credit.The Seventh Shadow MissionSeven blades, one delusion, and a mission Cid narrates as if he wrote the script.The Eighth Shadow MissionOne more mission, one more delusion, one more time the world pretends to be in danger.The Shadow Court's Fourth MoveCid thinks he's the puppeteer; the Garden is the whole damn play.The Shadow Court's Fifth MoveCid calls it his masterstroke; the world calls it a miracle; the real villains call it a n
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