Shadow

Description
Shadow was one of the three SkyTalons. She was a sleek, midnight-black raven with long wings and dark blue eyes, and has a scar over her left eye. Shadow is featured on the cover of Cornelius' Curse along with Cornelius.

Cornelius' Curse
Shadow is first seen, though not named, in Cornelius’ vision on the beach. She is seen fighting with her brother, Malik, who is also unnamed in the vision. She then appears fighting with him once again, for leadership of the Raven Tribe. When she has almost won, Malik attacks once more, and slashes his talons across her left eye, scarring her. After the battle for leadership of the Raven Tribe, Shadow flies over to a pond, staring at her reflection. She hears a noise in the bushes, and immediately pounces on the moving figure only to see that it was Arric. Shadow gets off Arric and apologizes, then resumes staring at her reflection in the water. She tries to hide her scarred eye from Arric. However, Arric tells her he already knew what happened in the arena and tried to reassure her. Arric said he could have help heal Shadow if only Healers weren't banned from the Raven Tribe. He explains that their father, Ezra, who was the previous leader of the Raven Tribe, banned Healers from the tribe because he wanted to show to the other Tribes that they were so strong that they didn't need Healers. Arric rambles on, not noticing that Shadow wasn't listening anymore. Shadow suddenly falls into a prophecy-dream with Jarquanzilla. However, Arric does not realize this. Jarquanzilla explains to Shadow that she is part of the new SkyTalons along with two other birds (Cornelius and Dustin).

Personality
Shadow is usually very reserved and aloof, but has been noted by Cornelius that deep down she is kind, gentle, and playful. Despite being cold and sometimes even snappy, she is reasonable and devoted to bringing peace back to the Tribes, including her own. Shadow grieved for Aquila‘s supposed death even though Aquila tried to capture her and Cornelius. This shows that she deeply cares for her Tribemates even though they were corrupted by Malik’s influence. However, when she is determined, Shadow can turn quite stubborn. This is shown when Shadow refused to rest on her and Cournelius‘s journey to find the Blue Jay Tribe.