Shades

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The Shades
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Organization type	Law enforcement
Headquarters	Eldwitch Woods
Leader	Darklaw
Status	Disbanded

The Shades were a group of hooded figures that lived in the Eldwitch Woods under the command of the "Great Witch" Darklaw. By using robes that rendered them invisible to the inhabitants of Labyrinthia, they used various mechanical devices to create the illusion that magic was real in Labyrinthia.

They are normal inhabitants of Labyrinthia who have been "killed" by their stage magic and were "executed" for witchcraft. When this occurs, the Shades quietly abduct the supposed victim or witch to be taken to their own village. There, they hypnotize the person into a largely personality-less minion of the Great Witch and serve for a term as the engineers of the special effects that generate magic. After their term is up, their old personalties are allowed to return and they return to Labyrinthia as new characters, everyone having been hypnotized to not recognized the former Shade.

After Herschel Layton was "turned to gold" (actually replaced with a gold statue of himself) and Maya Fey was accidentally thrown into the fire pit while rescuing Espella Cantabella after the former confessed to being Great Witch Bezella in order to save Jean Greyerl, the Shades attempted to induct both into their ranks. However, since neither was as brainwashed as most Labyrinthians and was not poisoned enough by the groundwater to be vulnerable to their silver bells (which would render the majority of inhabitants comatose, allowing the Shades last minute preperation for a spell), Layton was able to rescue a fleeing Maya and she was able to lead Phoenix Wright to their village and save her, at which point Darklaw arrived and ordered the Shades to let them go.

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