To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the first Shadow Cities campaign, this edition of Shadow Stories presents the real life accounts of three mages on their journey to become awakened! Congratulations to Architects Shadowfrost, Sir-Gruth and Gabriel, for sharing their awesome memories, and winning a customized Shadow Cities skin for iPhone 4 in the process!

Submitted by Shadowfrost of the Architects

"A new candidate I see...

Hold your thumb to the light" 
And so began my journey into the world of shadow cities  
A young Mage with no value to the name  
Shadowfrost

Check out all three winning submissions here!

Have a story you want to tell? Share with us ANY creative writing piece, comic, video or non-fictional recount of Shadow Cities and we’ll blog our favorites on www.shadowcities.com as well as our Facebook page.

Anyone can participate in the ‘Shadow Stories’ blog. Simply think of a story or concept you want to share and send it to [email protected] in the style of your creative choosing! 

Don’t forget to put ‘Shadow Stories’ in the subject line of your email! If your story is picked, not only will we publish your telling, we will also send you a cool customized Shadow Cities skin for iPhone 4! Winners will be contacted shortly after publication, through the email address registered to their Shadow Cities account.