Any explanations for Shadakine eyes?

[The Wytch-King]

As it seems, all Shadakine warriors (and Shan Li as well, if I'm not mistaken) have colourless, white eyes. But some other Shadakine, like Tanith, have normal human irises.

Does anyone have the background knowledge to explain these differences? (Maybe from the first two New Order books or the Magnamund Companion ...)

And if not, how about some theories?


The Wytch-King

[Nerethel]

Well, I cannot seem to get my grubby paws on any of the New Order books, but The Magnamund Companion does not have much information on the Shadakine Empire, much less their eye color.

For those who do not have a copy, while the MC is a fine book, it's fairly light on information, really. It's got a nice timeline, illustrated with significant happenings through the history of Magnamund. There's a little information on the Darklords, but not much. A gazeteer, of sorts, that gives some very basic information on every country and region, along with some fairly good maps. There's a mini adventure that lets you play Banedon as he meets Lone Wolf, three short stories, a giak lexicon (that has been expanded many times over in various other sources), a little role-playing/board game that might be fun (I haven't tried it), a little information on the Kai monostery, and some neat ideas for making buildings for use with your Lone Wolf (and other) miniatures.

All the content is relatively light, without a whole lot of detail. At the time when I bought it, it was a pretty good deal at around $7 US. Now, of course, I wish I had bought a few more copies!

I anticipate the new RPG and suppliments will give some details that are only touched upon, though nobody can really be certain.

Nerethel

[Sarra]

Nerethel said:

Now, of course, I wish I had bought a few more copies!

Nerethel

No kidding! I would like to have bought a few copies myself considering what they are going for on the internet right now !!!

[The Tagazin Poodle]

The Shadakine conquered Southern Magnamund, but they didn't wipe out everyone else (though they tried in some cases). Tanith, Shan Li, and so on were probably descendants of the native (conquered) peoples of SM.

[Sarra]

Reginald said:

The Shadakine conquered Southern Magnamund, but they didn't wipe out everyone else (though they tried in some cases). Tanith, Shan Li, and so on were probably descendants of the native (conquered) peoples of SM.

This is what I always assumed as well.

[Thomas Wolmer]

Reginald said:

The Shadakine conquered Southern Magnamund, but they didn't wipe out everyone else (though they tried in some cases). Tanith, Shan Li, and so on were probably descendants of the native (conquered) peoples of SM.

Well, actually, the central and western parts of Southern Magnamund were never reached by the Shadakine.

And regarding Tanith's background, we have a quite clear piece of information in the The Passing of the Shianti, the epilogue to the Grey Star books, which was originally published in Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #7:

The only Shadakine who did not return to the Sadi Desert was the Lady Tanith.

Reference: www.projectaon.org/en/pdf/lwcn/Newsletter_07.pdf

[The Wytch-King]

Yeah, read that about Tanith, too.

And she definitely has green eyes! *sigh* ... uh, sorry.

As for Shan Li, I noticed a few days ago that he seems to have white eyes on at least one illustration of Grey Star the Wizard, even though it is nowhere described. (Strangely enough, I never thought him to be a Shadakine at all!) And I vaguely remember to have read somewhere that not all Shadakine have white eyes ... D[amn], don't recall where that was!


The Wytch-King

[Ghost of Landar]

I always thought maybe they wore magical/psychic armbands that made them appear so.

Not sure why, maybe it was the armband-wearing(or maybe I'm just out of my mind) Ice Barbarians that seem to be under some mind control and wearing bracelets of some type.