[@Shadow Dragon] Shades could also be created by a sorcerer summoning spirits into the body of another, turning the recipient into a Shade also I've read every book of the series and as such during the war galbatorix was having sorcerers turn random citizens of uru'ben into shades , though most did not survive the ones that did he taught magic as galbatorix knew the true name of the ancient language , but when he died Eragon made sure that the name was erased from everyone's memories including his