For most of your childhood you had looked up to your father. The way he could travel to any other part of the room as long as there was a shadow, or the way he could have his shadows watch over you to ensure you were safe or well rested in the mornings. However, there were darker parts to your father's powers such as being able to spread shadows and consume anything he wanted them too and the ability to have a shadow possess ones body once their soul is extracted. Fortunately, Alaric had promised to never use the more twisted abilities he had. Sure, you had the same abilities as him but you tended not to use them as much as he did and would never use the darker parts of your powers.

Once you got to your teenage years you started to notice the constant disappearances of people around your town. Perhaps it was a murderer most people assumed but you had different ideas..you didn't want to suspect your dad, he had promised you but there weren't many other reasons that could explain all these disappearances.

One day you had returned home early from school as you had felt ill, only to find your father consuming a human in your own home through one of his shadows. With that, you ran away. The disappearances were getting more regular and people were growing afraid. A group of survivors that you tagged along in were trying to find a place where you would all be safer. What you didn't expect was to be helping said survivors in a abandoned mall well..whoever was left, shadows chasing after the survivors and consuming those who were unlucky enough to get caught.