YMMV / The Shadow (Fairy Tale)

• Complete Monster: The Learned Man's first shadow is a selfish, manipulative being. Abandoning its master, the shadow spends years spying on people and blackmailing them with their darkest secrets to purloin their goods. Returning to the Learned Man, the shadow convinces its ailing former master to journey with it to a health retreat while swapping roles. Destroying the Learned Man's sense of self, the shadow fixates on marrying a princess and when the Learned Man refuses to live as its shadow forever while it rules, manipulates the princess into imprisoning and executing the Learned Man.

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