Shadowbender

Shadowbender is a magician-turned villain from Freedom City. He has control over shadow and darkness.

Darkness Control
Shadowbender, in addition to various other magical spells, has a strong degree of control over shadow. Most of his powers are alternate variations of his basic ability to manipulate shadow. He has been known to use it both defensively and offensively and even teleport via it.

Origin
Arthur Dannon, the Shadowbender, was publicly known as a world-class stage magician. Rumors of his status as a super began to circulate, and, thanks to anti-super sentiments, attendance at his shows began to dwindle. His manager tasked him with finding a way to re-invent himself and his act to draw in a new audience. Arthur did just that, and his first night of his new-and-improved show was a complete failure. The highlight of it all was when long-time rival Dean Turner interrupted his act to declare him ‘washed up’ and demand his money back. Arthur’s show was cancelled, and his management let him know that they were considering dropping him.

Arthur spent the next week planning revenge on Mr. Turner. On the following Tuesday, shortly after midnight, he snuck into Mr. Turner’s home. The scene that the police found the next day indicated that Mr. Turner had been bludgeoned to death with a cane. What Arthur didn’t count on was that a super, investigating the crime, was able to identify a marking on Mr. Turner’s body that was unique to Mr. Dannon - a symbol on his cane that was also used heavily in promotions relating to Arthur’s show’s advertisements. The symbol was, of course, his own personal arcane brand. The super who made this observation, Iron Spectre, went straight to Arthur Dannon’s home, and after a series of short altercations, turned him over to the police, along with the murder weapon. Arthur’s management announced shortly after that they had dropped him from their representation.

Black London
Arthur Dannon was the main villain behind most of Black London despite the influence of Lahirridiel. For a full recap of the events of Black London, it would be best to visit that article directly.

After the events of Black London, Arthur was returned to his cell at Liberty Super-Security Prison, where he is still planning revenge against The Guardians of O.R.D.E.R. for saving Iron Spectre from his dark intentions.

Light Vulnerability
Arthur's dedication to his control over darkness has left him a little weaker when it comes to attacks that originate from sources of light.