I spent the majority of my childhood fettered with magic-obstructing shackles. When my native talent was first discovered I was 2 years old. I had used it to bring down snacks from a table too high for me to reach. I wasn’t yet aware of what magic was but I was well adapted to its use. My parents believed no one so young should have the power I did. But I quickly outgrew my shackles and when I was fitted with new ones they would always either be too big or too small. This circumstance gave me scope to use my magic unobserved. When I did I would always use it in the most secretive spaces that disclosed nothing. I used my magic to create human figures and shapes that enacted a story in the darkness. I spent much of my time in such a manner cloistered from the world…
I’m out of ideas
so he’s kinda just a shitty Josuke Higashikata
alright
i’m on board with this
Oi, Josuke!
shadow go brrr
Family slaughtered, and friends slaughtered.
I might not have a non-edgy backstory, but let me assure you that my character’s backstory is probably the maximum edginess that a backstory can have.
This’ll probably be perceived as bordeline edgy but I wouldn’t consider it edgy.
I am Jason Salore. Not Shadow freak. Not death fanatic. Not menace to society. Jason Salore. That’s not what everyone thought of me, or my family for that matter. “As a Shadow user, you have to learn that people will always hate you for your magic and not for who you are on the inside,” my father used to tell me. And he was right, for several generations people feared Shadow users, saying that we were crazy and full of malice, but they were wrong and I proved them so. The problem with us is that we never tried to clear our names, always letting people trample us with their slanderous accusations as we hid in the Shadows waiting for people to one day realize that we were no harm. But to think you can achieve a goal without working for it is wishful thinking. As I grew up I began to realize this. We were sitting ducks and didn’t try to do anything to prove our worth. But the Ash users did. People like Arsen gave Ash users a bad name, however, after studying in history, there were many Ash users who were heralded by society for their noble acts of courage. But then I realized, was going into vigilantism something that I desired to do? Would I risk putting myself in danger for our freedom? But then I realized I wasn’t staying true to my beliefs. Shadow users had always been pushed to the side and harmed for their magics. Our lack of freedom was a danger. By doing nothing, I would be putting us in more danger. So day in, day out, I attempted to train my magic, starting with trees. Eventually I could provide enough force to chop trees without resistance. And through vigorous physical activities I could do so with my hands as well. But my parents were not unsuspicious. As I came home from a training session, they confronted me. They interrogated me as best they could about my intentions, and as a loyal son I couldn’t lie to them. They told me it was all just wishful thinking, and that I was jumping into something blindly without guaranteed success. There was no saying that I would change anyone’s attitudes, people see through their own lenses. And they may have been right, but I had hope in my endeavors.
literally normal person with shadow magic
I mena closest thing is one of my AA oc’s just being a selfish bastard but accepting if his own flaws and personality 
Wakes up
Kills 1000 players
Switches to wind magic and kills 4000 more players
ONE DAY AND HE WAKE UP KISSED HIS BOYFRIEND ON THE CHEEK AND CHECK THE F
when the shadow user is a “typical politician”
He lived as a fisher when he unlocked his firs mind. shadow magic.
He was excited about having a magic but also sad it was shadow. He decided that he would live with it. He then went to his mom and dad who were still happily married after 20 years and said he was going on an adventure to explore the world with his magic.
That or the Knight’s backstory in Hollow Knight. He comes to the town and goes around collecting powerful shadow abilities so he can go kill a giant light moth.
brooo necor psot
ok ill make one
One day, Felix was outside with his parents(both of them), walking his dog, when he saw a dark wizard mugging some guy.
The dark wizard walked up to him and said:
“GIVE ME ALL YOUR CROWNS SCRUB”
So Felix punched him in the face, got shadow magic, and became the king of all magius.
Then, he started sailing… he became the king of the world!
But…
it wasn’t enough.
He sailed farther, farther out, even into space.
HE EVEN STARTED CONQERORING DIFFERENT PLANETS-
“Felix?”, said Felix’s mom.
“Felix? Are you there?”, spoke his mother, once again.
As Felix opened his eyes, his mother informed him of what happened.
“Oh, here’s how it actually went down.”
“You shouldn’t rob people of their hard earned money.” , said Felix.
Then, Felix attempted to punch the dark wizard in the face, but he thoroughly missed, broke his hand, and got shot in the face with a wind blast knocking him out. However, the contact with magic awakened him, and he accidentally shot a shadow blast at the dark wizards face as he lost conciousness, which deterred the dark wizard.
“Kid, promise me you’ll never do that again.”, said Felix’ dad.
“Sorry. I don’t even know what got into me.”, said Felix.
END
short story
hey its done
not edgy. cool.