"We would have asked you to surrender, but we decided it would be more fun to kill you." - Shadow The Shadow and Assassin are a class of Valuan soldier. These soldiers are a specialized branch of the Valuan forces, noted by the distinctive mask, body suit, and blade-tipped gauntlet. These two foes are palette swaps of each other, with varying levels of strength and are fought in different locations in the game. All of the variants in this foe line are trained in the , unlike other Valuan soldiers, whom are almost universally Yellow-affiliated.