Nightshatter

Nightshatter is a Kyroad arc that doesn't really interfere with the main story as much, though it is recommended you read Nightroad first. It is assumed to have taken place between Nightroad and Stardom, therefore making it Arc 1.5.

It was a 2020 February special that was made for Valentine's day and someone's Birthday, with each chapter posting every day like an Advent Calendar.

Its main focus was around repairing the damaged relationships between the group and the Shadowlings after Nightroad, as well as a bit of Prince and Emperor's involvement

Creation
It was started in August 2019, and finished around December. It was really an arc created out of impulse, as KySketch wanted to celebrate February 2020 with it.

The prologue was released in January, and the first chapter was released in February. A trailer to the story was also released around December, with the arc instead being labeled "DarkShatter" to throw off people guessing about it.

Brief
The Squidbeak receive a strange letter asking them to help out with an issue. They go to the location on the letter as soon as possible, only to find themselves in a familiar area. Someone's acting strangely, and people are starting to wonder what is going on.

Hopefully trusts can be restored as the Squidbeak attempt to solve this mystery.

Plot
The story starts when two shadowlings talk about their souls. Once one reveals that theirs is smaller than the other's, the other shows great concern. The issue is nonetheless dismissed until the next day.

The squidbeak are at Crusty Sean's the next day, and recieve a letter from a mail pelican. It asks them for help, and then lists coordinates leading to a location. The squidbeak take the note to Marie in octo canyon, where she calls upon Marina so that the squidbeak can get a helicopter ride to the location. They nap, but soon wake up to find that the location is Black Forest, which has been modified a lot since they were last there (Nightroad). Prince speeds off with everyone trailing behind. He meets Ebony in the throne room along with Noir, which is when the squidbeak burst in. After a bit of a little trouble with Noir (turns out he was released from his imprisonment early due to helping out with catching criminals and such), Ebony explains the issue to the squidbeak: someone's soul isn't the size it should be. He explains that souls are used to form a bond with other Shadowlings, and when 2 of them are in a relationship, they may want parts of their soul to form a tertiary soul to represent their relationship. However, if they split, they can take the other Shadowling's soul piece and keep it, which is what makes a soul smaller (and is what happened to the specific Shadowling). The squidbeak decide to come up with a plan about this.

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