| Shadowkhan | |
|---|---|
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| General info | |
| Name | Shadowkhan |
| Type | Demonic henchmen |
| Status | Imprisoned |
| Headquarters | Shadow Realm |
| Affiliation | Tarakudo Oni Generals |
| Members | Ninja Khan Razor Khan Bat Khan Sumo Khan Samurai Khan Squid Khan Crab Khan Mini Khan Mantis Khan Jade Chan (briefly) Tohru (briefly) |
| Opponents | Chan Clan Section 13 J-Team |
| Fighting style | Ninjutsu |
| Magical ability | Shadow Magic |
| Details | |
| First appearance | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Last appearance | Season 4 Episode 13 |
"Summon the dark ones." |
The Shadowkhan are a ninja-esque group of shadow-spirit warriors from the Shadow Realm. They are comprised of nine tribes, each with their own specialized skills and abilities. Serving as minions, the Shadowkhan have owed their allegiance to various masters over the course of the series.
Physical description[]
The Shadowkhan are demonic beings dressed in black with grayish-blue skin and glowing red eyes. While the more common tribes of Shadowkhan are reminiscent of ninjas, others more closely resemble anthropomorphic creatures. The physical appearance of each Shadowkhan tribe often mirrors the appearance of their respective Oni General.
History[]
Centuries ago in Ancient Japan, the Shadowkhan owed their allegiance to Tarakudo, the King of the Shadowkhan. Tarakudo's nine Oni Generals each commanded their own respective tribe of Shadowkhan until they were eventually defeated by Good Chi Wizards and imprisoned in the Oni Masks.
Upon obtaining the first of the nine Oni Masks, Shendu gained control of its respective Shadowkhan tribe. The Demon Sorcerer employed a means of drawing power from the mask without having to wear it, effectively allowing him to summon the Shadowkhan without being corrupted by the mask itself. In the centuries following his imprisonment at the hands of Lo Pei, Shendu came to rely heavily on the Shadowkhan's services, particularly during his quest to reclaim the Talismans.
During the quest to seal the Demon Portals, Jackie Chan obtained the Archive of Demon Magic, an encyclopedic tome of spells purportedly written by the Demon Sorcerers. Its front cover was emblazoned with the Sign of Tarakudo, a powerful sigil that served as the symbol of the Shadowkhan. When Jade first discovered the symbol, she traced it onto her ankle to impress her friends at school, unknowingly granting her control over the Shadowkhan at the cost of gradually transforming her into a blue-skinned Shadowkhan-esque demon herself. After refusing to give up her newly-uncovered power, Jade proclaimed herself Queen of the Shadowkhan. The darkness continued to corrupt her until the symbol was magically removed from her ankle by Tohru with one of Uncle's potions.
Whilst seeking to claim the power of Astral Projection, Daolon Wong briefly enlisted the employ of the Shadowkhan by conjuring a spell to channel the power from their respective Oni Mask. After his ultimate disenchantment and arrest along with the Enforcers, Wong sought to escape from prison by once again conjuring a spell to summon the Shadowkhan. Rather than summoning the Shadowkhan, however, Wong's spell inadvertently awakened Tarakudo himself. Seeking to reclaim his Shadowkhan warriors, Tarakudo subsequently recruited the Enforcers to help him find the Oni Masks.
When the Chans unknowingly conjoined the nine Oni Masks together in one location, they inadvertently released the nine Oni Generals imprisoned from within, allowing them to summon enough Shadowkhan to engulf the Earth in eternal darkness. After the Hanafuda Cards revealed the existence of a tenth Oni Mask originally intended to imprison Tarakudo himself, Uncle devised a spell to imprison all ten Oni within the same mask, effectively defeating the Oni and their Shadowkhan minions once and for all.
Powers and abilities[]
Seemingly endless in number, the Shadowkhan are silent, swift and skilled assassins. Each and every Shadowkhan is deadly in its own right, possessing an inherent strength unique to its respective tribe. All Shadowkhan have the instantaneous ability to emerge, disappear and travel through shadow. This is accomplished through the use of Shadow Magic, which is required to gain entry to the Shadow Realm. According to legend, the combined power of all nine Shadowkhan tribes can engulf the Earth in eternal darkness and erode all Good Magic.
Summoning[]
Summoning is the act of conjuring the Shadowkhan to service. All Shadowkhan are summoned from the Shadow Realm and always materialize from shadow. Summoners are required to "call upon the darkness within" for the evocation to work. Typically, each tribe of Shadowkhan can only be summoned by its respective Oni General or the wearers of their corresponding Oni Masks. Through the use of Dark Magic, however, it is possible to harness the power of an Oni Mask without having to physically wear it, effectively allowing one to summon the Shadowkhan without succumbing to the mask itself, as demonstrated by Shendu and Daolon Wong. Wearing the Sign of Tarakudo also bypasses the need to wear an Oni Mask, albeit at the cost of turning its wearer into a blue-skinned Shadowkhan-esque demon, as demonstrated by Jade and Tohru.
List of Shadowkhan[]
Appearances[]
Trivia[]
- With the exception of the Mini Khan, the specific varieties of Shadowkhan are not officially named in-universe; this wiki refers to them by some common nicknames.
- Shadowkhan can use Talismans even if they're not commanded to. A Ninja Khan was seen using the Snake Talisman to fight Jackie and Viper in "Enter the Viper".
- The Shadowkhan are still shown in the opening sequence for each Season 5 episode, despite not appearing in any of the season's episodes.
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