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* AdaptationalBadass: Both of the adaptations of the Shadow King mentioned above are this compared to the original.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Shadow King's possession of people is often strongly reminiscent of depression.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** Shadow King's possession of people is often strongly reminiscent ofdepression. depression.
** Addiction as well. It hijacks your free will, makes you think you want something while in actuality it's something else driving you and it leaves you a hollowed out, broken person.
** Shadow King's possession of people is often strongly reminiscent of
** Addiction as well. It hijacks your free will, makes you think you want something while in actuality it's something else driving you and it leaves you a hollowed out, broken person.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: As part of his MultipleChoicePast, he may be the disembodied astral presence of a very old mutant, or he may be some sort of malevolent extraplanar entity that was never anything resembling a flesh-and-blood being. Which one is more likely tends to [[DependingOnTheWriter be at the whims of whoever is writing him]].
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* MultipleChoicePast: Some stories have portrayed the Shadow King as a centuries-old mutant who survived the years by jumping from body to body and eventually possessed Amahl Farouk. In others, he was merely born Amahl Farouk and fabricated a grander backstory for himself.
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* MultipleChoicePast: Some stories have portrayed the Shadow King as a centuries-old mutant who survived the years by jumping from body to body and eventually possessed Amahl Farouk. In others, he was merely born Amahl Farouk and fabricated a grander backstory for himself. A few have portrayed him as some sort of extraplanar AncientEvil that was never remotely human or mutant to begin with.
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* AbortedArc: The original plan for the Shadow King under Creator/ChrisClaremont not only had him as the FinalBoss for the X-Men as a whole, but actually ''[[KilledOffForReal killing]]'' Professor X in their final battle, which would have resulted in Magneto becoming the permanent new leader of the X-Men. The power struggle over the direction of the X-Men title that led to Claremont's departure from the book, caused the story to come to an ending much sooner than Claremont wanted it to. As such, a slew of plot points from his plans for the character were cut short:
** Shadow King would be revealed to be the mastermind behind both the Hellfire Club and the Reavers; in particular Shadow King would be the true architect behind the Days of Future Past dystopian future (and create the Hounds off of memories of encountering a timelost Rachel Summers) and Dark Phoenix Saga, with it revealed that he had Mastermind corrupt Jean Grey so he could take her as a host body when she became the Black Queen.
** Shadow King would be revealed to be the mastermind behind both the Hellfire Club and the Reavers; in particular Shadow King would be the true architect behind the Days of Future Past dystopian future (and create the Hounds off of memories of encountering a timelost Rachel Summers) and Dark Phoenix Saga, with it revealed that he had Mastermind corrupt Jean Grey so he could take her as a host body when she became the Black Queen.
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* AbortedArc: The original plan for the Shadow King under Creator/ChrisClaremont not only had him as the FinalBoss for the X-Men as a whole, but actually ''[[KilledOffForReal killing]]'' Professor X in their final battle, which would have resulted in Magneto becoming the permanent new leader of the X-Men. The power struggle over the direction of the X-Men title that led to Claremont's departure from the book, book caused the story to come to an ending much sooner than Claremont wanted it to. As such, a slew of plot points from his plans for the character were cut short:
** Shadow King would be revealed to be the mastermind behind both the Hellfire Club and the Reavers; in particular Shadow King would be the true architect behind the Days of Future Past dystopian future (and create the Hounds off of memories of encountering a timelost Rachel Summers) andDark ''Dark Phoenix Saga, Saga'', with it revealed that he had Mastermind corrupt Jean Grey so he could take her as a host body when she became the Black Queen.
** Shadow King would be revealed to be the mastermind behind both the Hellfire Club and the Reavers; in particular Shadow King would be the true architect behind the Days of Future Past dystopian future (and create the Hounds off of memories of encountering a timelost Rachel Summers) and
* AuthorAppeal: One of the reasons Claremont uses him so frequently is Shadow King's ''modus operandi'' are tropes Claremont just ''loves''.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: His threat and power level tends to vary a lot. This is usually explained as that, being a parasite, he's only as strong as whatever he's feeding of on.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: DependingOnTheWriter:
** His threat and power level tends to vary a lot. This is usually explained as that, being a parasite, he's only as strong as whatever he's feeding of on.
** The nature of his mind control. When Claremont's at the helm, it's MoreThanMindControl, releasing all those dark feelings everyone has that they'd never really act upon. With pretty much everyone else, it's just straight-up mind control.
** His threat and power level tends to vary a lot. This is usually explained as that, being a parasite, he's only as strong as whatever he's feeding of on.
** The nature of his mind control. When Claremont's at the helm, it's MoreThanMindControl, releasing all those dark feelings everyone has that they'd never really act upon. With pretty much everyone else, it's just straight-up mind control.
* EmotionEater: Specifically, hate. During the ''Muir Island Saga'', he generates a HatePlague via Polaris to boost his powers.
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* EvilMentor: He's revealed to have taken No-Girl, Anole, Cosmar and Rain Boy under his wing and there is no way that is a good thing.
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* EvilMentor: He's During Vita Alaya's run on ''New Mutants'', he's revealed to have taken No-Girl, Anole, Cosmar and Rain Boy under his wing and there is no way that is a good thing.
* HijackedByGanon: As seen in AbortedArc, didn't pan out. Raised again in ''Resurrection of Magneto'', when he suggests he is the Helm of Annihilation, but when Storm calls him out on this admits that it's not true.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Was revealed to be the secret founder and master of the Hellfire Club during the Crosstime Capers, though this was never followed up on due to Claremont leaving the X-Men books. Shadow King was also supposed to be the benefactor of the original Reavers and due to later retcons, behind Legion going evil and enslaving Muir Island/imprisoning Polaris.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Was revealed to be the secret founder and master of the Hellfire Club during the Crosstime Capers, though this was never followed up on due to Claremont leaving the X-Men books.books, and every writer since has pretty firmly ignored it. Shadow King was also supposed to be the benefactor of the original Reavers and due to later retcons, behind Legion going evil and enslaving Muir Island/imprisoning Polaris.
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* SealedEvilInACan: He's often sealed away into various things. In the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse Apoc literally contained his essence inside of a small can with a sealed tube on top.
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* SealedEvilInACan: He's often sealed away into various things. In the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' Apoc literally contained his essence inside of a small can with a sealed tube on top.
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* StarterVillain: He was literally this for Charles Xavier, being the first evil mutant Chuck ever met. The encounter was what convinced him of the necessity of a team like the X-Men.
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* StarterVillain: StarterVillain:
** He was literally this for Charles Xavier, being the first evil mutant Chuck ever met. The encounter was what convinced him of the necessity of a team like theX-Men.X-Men.
** Also for ''New Excalibur'', as he and his Shadow X-Men are the first threat the team faces.
** He was literally this for Charles Xavier, being the first evil mutant Chuck ever met. The encounter was what convinced him of the necessity of a team like the
** Also for ''New Excalibur'', as he and his Shadow X-Men are the first threat the team faces.
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* LegacyCharacter: A second version of the X-Cutioner appeared in ''ComicBook/XMenGold''. This version is much more indiscriminate of who he kills, falling into the WouldHurtAChild category when he attacks the Jean Grey School.
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* LegacyCharacter: A second version of the X-Cutioner appeared in ''ComicBook/XMenGold''. This version is much more indiscriminate of about who he kills, falling into the WouldHurtAChild category when he attacks the Jean Grey School.
