Ten Shadows: Fragments (MODULO SPOILERS) (Is also a small OC story)

SpoilerCursed technique

Some time in ancient history, a Zenin clan official, named only "Red" for the giant birth mark over his face, made a binding vow through horrifying methods to restrict ten other clan members CT's to his own CT: "Shadow-Man", as shikigamis. His CT was basically the same as modern day "Ten Shadows", but he could only do stuff like hide in shadows and make clones of himself. This binding vow created the modern "Ten Shadows", instantly absorbing the souls and bodies of the ten clan members into Red. Following this binding vow, due to its nature, he was so disgusted with himself that he unfortunately took his own life. This action, unknowingly, created a second binding vow subconsciously that made his newly created "Ten Shadows" a hereditary technique, and also damned his clan in the far future.

Following the death of Megumi Fushiguro, the last (I assume) Zenin clan head, the second binding vow was lifted, where a few younger sorcerers around the world developed the "Ten Shadows" CT, only with slight variations, mostly relating to their environment and personality.

Then, a LONG while after Yuji and Maru reshaped the universe, and as new CT's began to develop (this is assuming that CE would even come back after a while), the "Ten Shadows" shikigami's techniques began developing in new sorcerers:

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CURSED TECHNIQUES

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Cursed Mutt - kind of like diego brandos "scary monsters" stand, or like a zoan devil fruit user, users of this CT can partially or fully transform into a dog-beast, where they gain enhanced smell, sense of direction, and an overall stat boost. No domain.

Voltage - Users of this CT can output/use positive and negative charges, without needing to make RCE, and applying either to any given object allows you to still manipulate the charge. also they have Kashimo's CE nature. DE: "High Voltage: Electrical Shock Hazard" - The caster and whomever they are touching as they cast the domain are set as "ground" and all others are set as the target for the sure hit, relating to the "ground", if one of the "ground" and a target come into contact, their bodies complete a circuit, electricity flows through the entire targets body, being converted from the "ground"'s CE at great efficiency. Plausibly lethal, theoretically survivable.

Thought-Grapple - upon looking at any given target, and making a hand sign, the user can grapple to that position on an invisible, intangible tether. By using CTR, they can apply the characteristics of the tether to themselves, giving them camouflage when standing still and spiderman-eqsue wall crawling abilities

Cursed Fastening - like Ranta's "Paralyzing Gaze", except the user needs to point both pointer fingers at the target, and say "fasten", keeping this pose until they release the target. unlike ranta, though, users of this CT have a much stronger fastening force, and dont suffer injury if the target breaks out, only their CT going on burnout. CTR allows them to move around their fastened target by moving where they aim their fingers. IF the target is weaker/scales below the user, the user can move their arms/fingers in opposite directions and chant "tear", pulling the target apart with varying force.

Pressure Manipulation - Allows the CT user to manipulate the pressure on any fluid, gas, plasma, or other (in some cases also solids) they can visibly see, within about 50 meters. There is an upper and lower limit dependent on the users CE output, and users of this CT also naturally have very "wet" CE, that will condensate on their body whenever and wherever they channel it, and has the properties of plasma and liquid simultaneously, allowing them to use their own CE as a target for their technique. People who have this technique are also generally heavier on average. DE: "Space Power Facility", This domain creates a simulated vacuum as the sure hit for its targets, yet allows the caster and anyone they touch to breathe. The caster also gains a 4x pressure limit buff and doesn't need to use as much CE to compress it to that limit.

Surprise! - The user of this CT can create up to 15 clones of themself that are intangible and dissipate into a mist when attacked, taking 20 seconds to regenerate up to two clones at a time. However they are fully capable of combat themselves too and share the same fighting power as the user. If the user is attacked while this CT is activated, they poof into a thick fog as they swap positions with one of their clones. By using CTR, all clones can surround up to 5 targets and create a barrier that mimics a domain expansion, filling with that same fog, attempting to suffocate the targets.

Positivity - Users of this CT only generate, output, and have RCE. Users of this CT usually have a TON of CE storage, and passively regenerate their RCE faster than any sorcerer could with CE.

Acceleration - This CT allows the user to continually run and gain exponential speed, when they collide with something the kinetic energy more efficiently transfers into the target. CTR allows the user to perform something called a "virtual stop" where they take the value of all the energy they had just decelerated from in their last streak, and create that amount of force in front of them as if they had just stopped.

Cursed Feline - similar to "Cursed Mutt", transforms the user into a large muscular anthropomorphic tiger beast, just permanently. They also have senses on the level of a HR user like Maki, Toji, or Tsurugi. Users of this CT can output their CE through their muscles and their claws, allowing for enhanced physical capabilities and more damaging slashes.

Adaptation - When the user recognizes any given phenomena, they adapt to it instantaneously. (unlike Mahoraga who slowly adapts automatically) These adaptations last until the CT is deactivated. Using CTR the user can reverse specific adaptations or paste them on to others. DE: "A sunset over a far away land,", The user makes a binding vow to make one final* adaptation, and becomes a permanent barrier that traps whoever was caught in the domain casting. The caster has a 50% chance to adapt to becoming a barrier and clone themselves beside the barrier, and will not despawn either the barrier or clone after deactivating. This probability can be adapted to, but it would require the user adapts to having limited CE.

Posted Apr 3, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC

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