
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
Listen, when ten magical realms decided to have a custody battle over reality itself, their collective shadows got tired of the drama and said "bet, we'll fix this ourselves." Thus Umbral Synthesis manifested like that one friend who forces everyone to get along at parties. Tag 40 vibes harder than Thanos collecting stones, except it's shadow-weaving magical energies instead of genocide. Peak main character energy tbh. Will this sentient shadow patch actually stabilize the Fracture, or just make everything worse?
So Umbral Synthesis needed a vessel to channel its shadow-weaving ambitions, and naturally it sensed the arcane resonance of PDGA #258444. Houston Finch was just minding his business when this sentient shadow patch basically said "you'll do" and bonded with him like some discount Venom symbiote. The tag apparently detected his 993-rated aura and thought "this one can handle multiversal responsibility." But can he handle being the chosen one of discount shadow magic?