You become the vessel of the Shadow Monarch. Monarch of Shadows, the King of the Dead You are capable of extracting the shadows of the dead. The greater the difference in power and time since the death of the individual, the greater the chances of the extraction being unsuccessful. Three attempts may be made on the same being before you can no longer attempt to extract a shadow from the being.
While shadows start slightly weaker than when they were alive, they gradually get stronger the more they kill and can eventually evolve into greater beings. You can only hold onto so many shadows at a time; however, as you grow more experienced in wielding this power, this limit increases further. Stored shadows are kept inside your shadow. You can also exchange locations with shadows for a limited form of teleportation. You can also buff the strength of all of your active shadows by 50% in battle in the vicinity of your domain over an area of a few dozen meters squared.
Through your authority as a ruler, you can telekinetically move objects and form armor from shadows that greatly increases all abilities while the armor is active and freely shaping shadows, similar in nature to a Green Lantern (it can't be used for esoteric effects, only constructs).