The Man in the Moon looks down on the Earth every night. He sees all that goes on and is content. Well, mostly content. He would love if this world were full of only light and no darkness or fear. But every light casts a shadow as soon as it hits something. Even he cast a shadow. One that is equally as strong as the Moon's pull on the tides. Death. The Moon's own shadow. He could not protect the humans from Death's grasp, so he created a group of beings that he could gift immortality to. But darkness existed in these people as well. The immortal who has caused nightmares and fear time and time again. Pitch Black. Though not as powerful as death, he was still far more powerful than his light. He is just Sandman's Shadow, yet is so very powerful.
The Man in the Moon created the Guardians to stop him. Everyone who believes knows that. But what very few know is that for every bringer of light and hope that he creates, a caster of dark and despair enters the world as well. You see, the world is held in delicate balance. This balance cannot, and I repeat, cannot be tipped in one direction or the other, or the entirety of the Earth will be plunged into chaos. This was seen when Pitch tried to take over once again. In order to keep this balance, Man in Moon created the Shadows.
So, how come the Guardians don't know about the other Shadows, if they are so important and equal in numbers to themselves? Why is Sandman's Shadow the only one causing problems? That would be because the Moon, the oh-so clever Moon, came up with a universal job for most of the Shadows. We've all heard of the Grimm Reaper. But have you heard of the others? "The others?!" Oh yes, my friends, there are more. The Man in the Moon created the job of collecting souls of the dead, or 'reaping' for the Shadows. Each Shadow has a certain type of soul that they collect. It all depends on how the person died. Shadows are normally named after the disease, ailment, or accident that kills the owners of the souls they collect. Grimm, who happens to be the Shadow of Father Christmas, collects the souls of the people who die of grim, old age. The Easter Bunny's Shadow, Stillborne, collects those who never got a chance to begin their life. Tooth Fairy's Shadow (named Scurvy) collects the souls of, well pirates mostly.
You get the drift. However, Man in Moon didn't like the fact that he had to create two individuals every time he wanted to create a new immortal. He then turned to the humans for inspiration. He noted how every human had mix of light and dark. Well that most mean that his Guardians AND his Shadows have that mix as well, since they were once human themselves. So why did they turn out the way they did? Why did their alignment change? And then, it hit him! It was because, he himself had chosen those qualities in them and told them that they were one side of the spectrum or the other.
A new idea formed in his mind. He would choose two individuals, one light and one dark. He would take all their memories away so that they would start only with what he gave them. He would give them their names, and one weapon apiece. Their powers would be nearly identical, but one would have their appearance altered only slightly, and the other would have a slightly evil look about them. One's weapon would be simple and not alarming, and the other would be given an instrument of death. And then he would leave them alone for as long as he possibly could as simply observe. This could solve all his problems, answer all his questions. Would they go down their correct paths without his guidance? Was it in their nature to do so?
You all know how this story goes on the side of light. Jack Frost was the one created for good and then abandoned for three hundred years. Now it is time you were told how this story goes on the side of the Shadows. Jack has a shadow as well. Her name is Frost Bite.