Character
Age: ???
Special Skill: Throw
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Shadow
A dark and enigmatic character, the party first meets Shadow in the South Figaro cafe. When your group approaches him, you are warned to stay back, that Shadow is the type that would slit his mother's throat for a nickel. His dog, a Doberman Pincher named Interceptor, is just as unsociable. Later, Sabin meets him by the shores of the Lete River, and the two pair up for the trip back to Narshe.
Shadow's backstory is shrouded in mystery. He joins and leaves the party on a whim, never giving you a chance to learn much about him. During the game's midpoint, you are given the option to either leave him behind or wait for him. What you do determines if he is in the second half of the game at all. It is during the second half of the game that his history becomes available to you, through various dreams and memories.
As a master ninja, Shadow has mastered the skill of throwing weapons. He can throw almost any weapon in the party's inventory, as well as shrunken and magical scrolls. His physical attacks are also fairly strong, and his ability to evade and block physical attacks is very high. If he blocks an attack, there is a chance that Interceptor may charge in and attack the offending opponent, often killing it with a single blow.