**mod note! There is a bit of a spoiler in this post so beware, if you haven't played FF6. ;D**


Hey i was just wondering if anyone had any information on Shadows background and story. All i have managed to work out is that Shadow is Relms father. Can anyone help me?

Originally posted by 1_W1nged_Angel
Hey i was just wondering if anyone had any information on Shadows background and story. All i have managed to work out is that Shadow is Relms father. Can anyone help me?
I never even realized that he was Relm's father when I was playing through the game. I only found out after I was told that, but I too would also like to know the story behind Shadow.

This was in an FAQ on Gamefaqs.


Shadow appears a cold-blooded mercenary. No job is too dirty so long as the price is right. He travels the world doing odd jobs for money to feed his dog, Interceptor.

He is eventually hired by the Empire to aid in the search for the Espers. Along the way, his "use" runs out and they try to axe Shadow. So he joins the Returners in an effort to take down the Empire.

Shadow's past is shrouded in mystery and revealed through his dreams. Before he became an emotion-dead ninja/assassin/mercenary, he Shadow was a thief named Clyde working with his friend Baram. Their greatest feat was the theft of 1,000,000 GP from a train.

Somewhere along the way, Clyde and Baram are chased by the authorities and Baram is hurt in the process. Clyde is forced to leave Baram behind (a choice that grievously upsets him). He eventually finds his way to the town of Thamasa, were a woman nurses him back to help. Like all obvious stories, the two fall in love and have a baby girl. It's plainly obvious that this girl is none other than Relm.

Possibly because he was an outlaw, or because he knew he would not make a good father, he leaves Thamasa in the interest of Relm. Interceptor decides to follow him, and that's how Clyde came to be Shadow.

This, of course, explains why Interceptor is nice to Relm, and no one else. It also explains Shadow's hesitation towards Thamasa.


Haha Strago is Shadows father in law technically

Wow, I wasn't even aware of that. Where, and when in the game does it say that?

Its just from sleeping in so Inns with Shadow in your team.

And that thing about Strago is just me making something up. Altough it could be true. Cause from what i remember Strago is Relms grandfather.

yeah strago is relm's grandfather and shadow is relm's father :)

So although Relms mother and Shadow(Clyde) were never married, technically you could say that Strago is Shadows father in law? Its just a theory i have theorized

Don't forget the Momento Ring (or whatever it is) that only Shadow and Relm can use.

Wow, I wasn't even aware of that. Where, and when in the game does it say that?It doesn't "say" it, ever. It's just a conclusion you have to come to, yourself.


Also, in FFA, if you watch when they show Shadow's face in the coolified FMV, you will see a flash of Relm for a split second.