See also: Shadow Touched In a word, anything considered to be Shadow-Touched is considered to be related to the forbidden art of 'magic'. The term stems from the great Cataclysm that plunged the world into a dark age, perpetrated by powerful magic-users and referred to as the Shadow's Touch. However, Fastheldian understanding of magic is far from perfect, resulting in many abnormalities being associated with the Shadow. It is the belief in the current time period that a lack of devotion to the Light and its tenets (truth, honor and toil) can make one more succeptable to falling prey to the Shadow, and thus becoming Shadow-Touched. If one was discovered to be Shadow-Touched within Fastheld, they would have been either be subjected to Lessening or put to death, depending on the severity of c