I have always thought of myself as quiet, still, unseen, and perhaps also avoided (which was usually either my fault or not something I cared about). A fandom of fantasy, and a love for the night and its predators probably did not help, but if I am to be a trickster, then a shadow I shall also be, a shadow in the night, unseen unheard, darkness hiding in the dark. So I named myself Shadow . . . literally.