Just a hunch here: My current guess is just that Omen is made of Astral energy, that’s why Gargos does not have 100% control over him. I don’t think Shadow energy can create or sustain life, it only destroys; However this is very speculatory. It could just turn out that IG wanted to update Omen’s default coulor but didn’t have time >.>[quote=“UncappedWheel82, post:7, topic:15425”]
Do you think they are doing a sly retcon or sorts? Meaning that though in S1 they were calling the Energy that Omen was amassing “Shadow Energy”, that was actually Astral Energy?
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Yes, also there are numerous points where the general cast does not know the proper names of things; which I personally like, it’s not like the narrator just told the cast what things are called. It’s like how they call all the MK3 battle units, “Fulgores”, when in fact there is only 1 Fulgore. Orchid simply discovered Fulgore first and said: “Those things are called Fulgores”.
Same goes for the Stalkers being called “Riptors”, where only the pack leader is called Riptor.
The cast seems to have sorted that one out by the time of the last novela.
I think so. That said: it seems that all astral beings (anything from the astral plane) can simply eat astral energy, non-astral beings can be poisoned by it; In SL mode Omen can feed astral energy to wolves and it kills them while making their hearts become odorous wolf hearts). I believe non-astral beings are able to benefit from astral energy in small doses, but they are simply not accustomed to using it.
As for Shadow energy the Ichoriens, bent on creating things avoid Shadow energy like the plague, so it must not be useful for creating life.
What I’m getting at is Astral energy is a neutral force that can be used for good or evil; while Shadow energy can do similar things, is solely a destructive force.
It’s in the KI Definitive Edition: Eyedols backstory - #28 by FengShuiEnergy