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Cursed Technique:
Ten Shadows Technique:
The Ten Shadows Technique is an inherited technique that uses shadows as an intermediary to summon Ten different shikigami through a ritual and tame them, it also allows them to manipulate shadows to a varied degree. Shikigami are cursed familiars that are conjured and incarnated by the users cursed energy, summoning shikigami normally requires an intermediary, such as a common talisman or in this case a technique.
The Shikigami cannot be summoned again when they are completely destroyed or killed, however, the power of the shikigami is inherited by the user, other shikigami or merged beasts through 'Totality'. A new effect added with a binding vow makes this now leave an open slot for a new shikigami to be summoned and tamed. The user can form a shikigami in an unstable shadow form which makes it unable to die as it’s not fully summoned. The tamed shikigami grow in either ability, power or size with the users cursed energy output and reserves.
Shikigami can be strengthened with cursed energy reinforcement. The only shikigami that directly strengthens the user is Tiger Funeral as it absorbs 95% of the CE of foes it kills with 5% of the CE going to increase the user's reserves.
[Binding vow was used to allow new slots to open after a shikigami joins totality, by making the user have 50% less cursed energy output and reserves during the taming of new shikigami.]
Shadow Manipulation:
In addition to using shadows as an intermediary for shikigami, the user can manipulate shadows to a varying degree as well. The basic ability is to move objects & beings in and out of shadows for storage, stealth and combat, but with a barrier techniques they can make constructs too.
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Shadow Expansion: This is first and most basic shadow usage, the user expands and spreads their shadows length and reach, this allows them to summon shikigami (with this extension) at longer ranges and this also forms the basis for Maximum Technique: Shadow Implosion.
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Shadow Storage: This same function can be used to store items within the user's shadow, but they must bear the weight of anything kept in there. This can be useful for weight training for combat. This is the basis for shadow travel.
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Shadow Travel: They can travel in and out of shadows in a short range for faster movement in combat or stealth, they can move to other shadows if the user expands their shadow to connect another one.
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Shadow Constructs: They are able to summon shikigami in a unstable shadow form as a lethal mid-range attacks, they can be reinforced with CE but must stay connected to the user.
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Reverse Cursed Technique:
Advanced Shadow Manipulation Techniques:
By Fueling their Cursed technique with Positive Energy, the user can invert their technique to banish shikigami into their shadow to temporarily gain a new ability, this will be a shadow-based variation of the technique of the shikigami that the user can use with positive energy. With Divine Dogs the user can create claws of shadows out of their shadow to cut people with; with Rabbit the user can create clones made up of shadows; with Toad the user can make shadow tendrils to restrain or pull people with; and more abilities with each tamed shikigami and merged beast e.g. mahorga and dogs make adaptive shadow claws.
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Extension Techniques:
Totality Inversion:
The user can incarnate totality onto themselves ,rather than other shikigami, to use the techniques of their tamed shikigami dead or alive, the side effect is that the user can’t summon the shikigami whilst he is using its technique. Each shikigami shares different powers and the users body will slightly transform into small features that represent the shikigami whilst using them. This works by instead banishing the technique of the shikigami from totality into the user, instead of summoning a shikigami's technique into another shikigami via totality.
Merged Chimera Beasts:
The user can merge any number of Shikigami together at will by melding their essence together. The Merger retains all the abilities of each shikigami infused within. The merged beast cannot be killed permanently as they will just be unmade back into shadows. This is how most techniques of dead shikigami are used. New merged beasts can enhance their intrinsic Cursed Techniques far beyond their normal Limitations reaching even special grade levels, by weakening/removing some aspects of the techniques of the other shikigami used to make the merged beast, applicable only when they were merged together in that specific beast.
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Maximum Technique:
Shadow Implosion:
The user uses shadow expansion to alter the shape and size of their shadow into an massive wave of liquid shadows and make the liquid shadows engulf the target to enter the target through their orifices to then summon multiple large shikigami inside them to blow them up from the inside. The shikigami are strengthened with the max energy output before being summoned to increase their size to and strength to massive levels to guarantee destruction no matter how powerful the target is . This is extremely lethal even if they are much more powerful the user.
[A binding vow was used to make this Technique so that after this technique is used the user can’t use their domain expansion and maximum technique again for 12hrs.]
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Domain Expansion:
Chimera Shadow Garden:
This is a closed barrier domain that will generate a dark greyscale world with bright moon in the sky and a seemingly infinite ocean of liquid shadows that will extend to walls of the domain. The sure hit effect of the domain is the cursed technique of any shikigami the user has tamed dead or alive, chosen by the user for that situation if it requires it or another technique.
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An additional effect of domain is that the user abilities are much easier to use, they can summon and use shadows with a 50% decrease in energy requirement, the user can teleport freely within the domain and can summon numerous copies of the shikigami and merged beasts at 5% of the original energy requirement.
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Another effect is that the domain starts the process of submerging them into the shadows, if fully submerged the shadows will slowly drain their lifespan till death. To stop this they must keep channeling CE to their feet in the domain and escape the domain or active a domain defense so the process will stop.
[Binding vows were used to weaken the sure hit effect to just the techniques of the shikigami, in exchange for numerous effects to strengthen the user.]
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