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1	->'''Mufasa:''' Look Simba. Everything the light touches is our kingdom.\
2	'''Simba:''' Wow. ''[...]'' But what about that shadowy place?\
3	'''Mufasa:''' That's beyond our borders. You must never go there.
4	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''
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6	The '''Shadowland''' is an archetypal setting. That is, it is a setting that meets the needs of the ShadowArchetype out of [[UsefulNotes/CarlJung Jungian]] philosophy. Fancy way of saying that this setting has the specific purpose in the story of providing a darker view of ''another'' setting in the story. {{Mordor}} serves as a shadowland of the Shire in ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'', for example. Another example would be the grimy underground dwellings of the Morlocks, provided as a shadow of the [[{{Arcadia}} agrarian paradise]] enjoyed by the Eloi in ''Literature/TheTimeMachine''.
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8	Its exact composition depends on what it is the shadow ''of''. It might be densely wooded, to contrast a prairie, if [[GardenOfEvil life in the woods is dark and dangerous]] and life on the prairie is free and breezy. It could be [[ViceCity a bleak dystopian cityscape]] versus [[{{Arcadia}} a vibrant agrarian hamlet]], or [[EnchantedForest a dark and haunted wilderness]] versus a [[ShiningCity shining crystal city]] or [[DecadentCourt the vicious royal court]] versus the [[GhibliHills peaceful countryside]]... you get the picture.
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10	May be the "before" setting of the realm during the RightfulKingReturns, if the FisherKing trope is deployed.
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12	Compare {{Foil}}, which works with characters.
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14	Not to be confused with ''Film/{{Shadowlands}}'' (the biographical movie about Creator/CSLewis) or ''ComicBook/{{Shadowland}}'' (the Marvel crossover comic). Also not to be confused with the Shadowlands of ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' or ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', though they often play this role.
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16	!!Examples:
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18	[[index]]
19	* BadFuture
20	* CrapsaccharineWorld
21	* CrapsackWorld
22	* DarkWorld
23	* {{Dystopia}}
24	* LandOfFaerie
25	* {{Mordor}}
26	* PurgatoryAndLimbo
27	* ViceCity
28	* VillainWorld
29	[[/index]]

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