Will it bother you that I tend to take a while to get to IC replies? I have a lot of hobbies, all things considered, so tend to jump between them in my free time. For example, I've been fixated on video gaming the past couple weeks... Which is a nice way to say obsessed. 

Yep! You probably know, but since you didn't realize you'd done it, present tense is when you write something like it's happening now. Like a documentary narration or screenplay. "Errol walks over to the cabinet and pulls out a cup to get some water.
     'Don't! It's poisoned!' Rita shouts from the other room, stopping him just in time."

Past tense is phrased like it already happened, like a story being told around a campfire, or a recounted history. "Errol walked over to the cabinet and pulled out a cup to get some water.
     'Don't! It's poisoned!' Rita shouted from the other room, stopping him just in time."

Hmm. I really like the concept, there! But I'd like the humans to at least have some sort of chance. I was thinking the Enforcers aren't actually incompetent, they're just currently being outwitted by a single human, and their efforts of keeping humans in their place are also spread a bit thin with also making sure that supernaturals get along with each other. So angry supernaturals are focusing on their one or two failures rather than their hundreds of successes right now. They're on edge and hate that a single human is outwitting Nobles, so lashing out wherever they can. Calrin was just agreeing to pacify Evara. The Enforcers in her home city have been focusing on Nyx the last day+, so they haven't cought a small group of nobody rebels yet. Sorry that I failed to communicate that in IC!

But... I like the idea. So. What about making it a rarer thing, like cultivating one of your Shadows is an ability that only a very select few have (and the number they can create and keep alive at one time is limited), and only the strongest among them are capable of a power transfer stable enough to create ones that can openly speak like a human? That way there aren't an overpowering amount of them. And/Or maybe their powers only work properly in certain areas? Or even focalize it more to just one or two people who have figured out how to do it? And if you'd planned on them coming into heavy play, not just be a passing mention, maybe give them some sort of subtle tell, something that could tip off a human (or supernatural) if they know your Shadows are a thing and get a close enough look?