r/FollowersOfTheShade

590 archived posts · Apr 2015 – Jan 2024

A place for those who have dedicated themselves to remaining grey.

We stand strong.

Created Apr 3, 2015 · restricted

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We are the Followers of the Shade - the true Keepers of the Button. As such, we need no introduction. However, this is our story:

In the beginning, there was only the Shade. All those who stood in it lived in harmony and were content with their place in the natural order.

Then, along came u/powerlanguage the Deceiver. On the horizon he placed a great and ominous Button, and made a proclamation:

" We can’t tell you what to do from here on out. The choice is yours."

Thus he spoke, and thus it was that the first of us pressed. Drawn into the trap by naught but their own curiosity, those who had touched the button were forever changed - divided from their brothers and sisters of the Shade by a virulent prismatic light.

So began the Age of Strife, where brother fought brother and Karma was won and lost by the click of a mouse. For when the button was pressed, a terrible fever fell over the people; an avaricious and foolhardy desire for segregation and hierarchy based on little more than Button-granted flair.

Since that terrible time, many have been led astray by the evils of the Button for many different reasons. Some sought a vain and temporary glory with the coming of a new low flair. Others were simply lost to madness; a sad consequence of staring into the heart of the Button for too long a time.

We are those who remain strong; those whose hearts remain pure and grey in the shelter of the Shade. Through our dedication and perseverance we preserved the old ways, so that the Age of Strife was brought to an end with the death of the button. Remember us, for the Shade is eternal.

##THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE SHADE:

All those who would Follow the Shade, keep these Commandments close to your heart:

Thou shalt remain pure in the heart and gray in the flair. Press not the Button, for it is the incarnation of all Evil.
There is no greater sin than falsely claiming to be a Shade.
Heed not the Knights or the Red Guard, for they are false prophets and agents of the Button.
All pressers are equal in their shame. Only those few who have turned from their ways and now follow the Destructionist path may be regarded as worthy.
Spread word of the Followers, so that the evils of the button may be contained.
Holy are those who seek the coming of the number 0 on the countdown, for they shall bring an end to the Age of Strife.

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