Shadow Stories Weekly

This week’s Shadow Stories entry is the unfolding story of one whose life is about to change forever. Congrats to Bart274 of the Architects for being chosen by submitting the first portion of his story, “A Mage’s Tale”!

A Mage's Tale by Bart274

Our story begins with a young boy living in a small country in a peaceful town. His name is Shel Lookbehind. When he grew up he felt much pressure from his parents, they made every choice for him. He was forced to take lessons he had no interest in. Read the rest of the ...

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Shadow Agenda - Battle Update!

Mages around the globe continue to share images of their most coveted realm in the ‘Shadow Agenda’ campaign. While Animators and Architects vie for control over many territories, passionate disciples of both sides have taken to claiming realms for their own desire. Which of you will claim your spot amongst the notorious?

The ‘Shadow Agenda’ campaign started Monday, July 11 and will run for one week. The campaign is a three round competition that rewards Mana Potions and Medals based on your individual and team contributions in your local Battlegroup Leader Board!

After the campaign ends we will give T-shirts ...

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Hide and Seek - Hall of Fame!

After an exciting week of player vs. player action, the Hall of Fame has been updated with some new names! The top 100 Mages credited for destroying the greatest number of Dominators during the ‘Hide and Seek’ campaign have been posted here.

As a bonus, we have also randomly rewarded FireDragon, Sprite, Grimshoe, TheKiller1029, micabeza, Ioiad, Sirlacci, Cratos, Braavos and CaliGrown with 10 additional Mana Potions!

Congratulations to all the winners, as well as all those who participated in the campaign! Be sure to check out the ‘Shadow Agenda’ campaign to read about how you can earn additional Mana Potions ...

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Upcoming Sigils!

We have a new update scheduled to release in the very near future. In addition to improved staff communications and push notifications, check out the new sigils you can earn!

Envoy

Diplomat

Ambassador

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Shadow Agenda - Marked for Conquest

Amongst both Architects and Animators exist ambitious Mages who seek to control Gateways for their own purpose. Before a Shadow Lord is born she must first be inspired by feelings of passion and conquest.  

We want you to reveal your ‘Shadow Agenda’! 

Take a screenshot of your most desired realm, or you posing in the realm you are Shadow Lord of and share it on our Shadow Cities Facebook wall or Twitter page. After the campaign ends, we will reward an awesome Shadow Cities T-shirt to our 3 favorite participants!

The ‘Shadow Agenda’ campaign will begin Monday, July 11 at ...

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Hide and Seek - Battle Update!

Mages around the globe continue to focus their efforts on crippling each other’s sources of energy during the ‘Hide and Seek’ campaign!  The Animators remain as passionate as ever to hold their ground against the power and push of the Architects. Who amongst you can act with the force and speed necessary to alter or defend the course of battle in your area?

The ‘Hide and Seek’ campaign started Monday, July 4 and will run for one week. The campaign is a three round competition that rewards Mana Potions and Medals based on your individual and team contributions in ...

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Shadow Stories

The modern rediscovery of magic is upon us and epic moments are occurring all across the world. As spirits pour into our world from the shadow, old powers and lost ways become found. How has this power shaped you?

Which path have you chosen and for what purpose? We want to see how you have been influenced by the magic of Shadow Cities! 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 ...

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Shadow Cities Design Challenge - Win a Shadow Cities Customized iPhone 4 Skin & T-Shirt

Design a Shadow Cities t-shirt, sticker, customized gadget, record a recruit video for YouTube or whatnot and post pics to the Shadow Cities Facebook wall.

During the next weeks we'll be checking out from our Facebook wall the coolest designs and rewarding them with smoking hot Shadow Cities customized skins for iPhone 4 & Shadow Cities Academy t-shirts.

If you want to participate in the competition, remember to add your Shadow Cities username to the description of the picture you post to the Shadow Cities Facebook wall. You can also participate from your Twitter account (just remember to add hashtag ...

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Magic Decoded - Shadow Cities Tips

New to Shadow Cities? Check out the Magic Decoded Forum! As the Shadow Cities community is expanding rapidly with new mages joining the battle each day in new locations across the globe, we have asked those more familiar with the Shadow Cities experience to share their favorite tips and tricks on the forums.

As additional incentive for you to share your Shadow Cities knowledge, we will be drawing 2 Shadow Cities customized skins for iPhone 4 amongst all who send their tips to the Game Tips Forums every thursday. You can check out the Shadow Cities iPhone skin designs here ...

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Wall of Fame - Top 100 Conquerors of Golden Gateway Campaign

Check out who made their way to the Top 100 Conquerors list during the Golden Gateway campaign from Campaign Forum. We also drew extra Mana Potion rewards amongst all mages who got their name on the wall of fame during the campaign.

This week's winners are: HuckBiteyBat, Dibbuk, Antiam, Endeveren, 16grit, Nemascope, Limbus, Vance and ShadowRat. Congratulations to all!

This week we will be giving out extra mana potion rewards amongst the mages who destroy most dominators during the Hide and Seek campaign. Read more from Campaign Forum.

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