This is just a bit of a fun opinionated post.
I have no claim whatsoever that I know my stuff, nor is this an infographic. This is just one of those Lord Ramen Comics & Rants.
Let’s just say I was a bit bored and wanted to let my imagination run wild for a bit. So just read it for fun please!
I call this post:
Speculation on Shadowmancers
*Includes mini illustrations!
Right when I saw the Future Class Hints previews (who knows what rank it will be…)
The FIRST thing that really stood out to me was…
SHADOWMANCER
Hopefully I will get the chance to play in this class…but the question is…WHEN?
Now I’m just going to speculate and thrown things out there that MIGHT have to do with the magic of shadowmancers. I researched what I can that had to do with shadowmancers and shadow magic, and COMBINED them into the pot of swirling goods.
Characteristics of a Shadowmancer
First, I looked up what exactly is a shadowmancer?
The first thing that popped up was a book called, Shadowmancer. Cool, it couldn’t be any more legit. I like books, so lets read the summary.
LONG SUMMARY SHORT:
Its about 4 characters (4 classes 0_0) in search of a powerful amulet called Keruvim (slightly sounds like Kruvina?) in which an evil sorcerer plans to use and control it. (Wow that sounds familiar in one of the main quests…evil sorcerer using kruvina…)
(dude…that outfit is kind of similar to a shadowmancer one, especially the two button thingy on his chest.)
The evil sorcerer is a shadowmancer who can control the dead. *By the way one of the character dies.
CONTROL THE DEAD…
Well, sounds like we got another necromancer class, or a possible branch for necromancers. Places like game wikia explained that shadowmancer is a basic definition that is similar to necromancer.
But NO! I’d rather stick with the concept of “shadows” like SHIKAMARU using his shadow possession JUTSU, or shadow CLONES! 
And so I researched more.
Getting ideas from other games that had a shadowmancer class, I came up with this idea.
Shadowmancers can be an illusion class? a.k.a a mage ninja
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It can be a class where you sit back in the cover of darkness to cast and KILL. (sounds like a ninja…quiet casting!)
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You can add another body/clone of yourself (a DARK sadhu form) OR raise those you’ve already downed (either a monster or player) and take charge along their ranks, backstabbing them. The SHADOW of BETRAYAL dwells in US!
These are ideas from other games but who knows? Oh, here’s my favorite one:
- Manipulate a players or monster shadow and force them to attack him/herself. Sounds like a possible PVP build too.
Similar Class Skill Ideas
Might also have skills similar to psychokino gravity pole, with a mixture of joint penalty, instead its with shadows. The player grabs the shadow, maybe 5 target count, and attacking within that shadow deals damage to all the monsters. (Immobilizing enemies SHIKAMARU PVE style)
Or maybe like the Sage class skill Ultimate Dimension, perhaps a Shadowmancer might have a similar skill, instead its:
DARKNESS VORTEX (reference from Yugioh…) which summons a spiral of vortex that…sucks everyone in? Or…just makes enemies unable to attack? (Like the rogue skill lachrymator.)
Perhaps this class will involve more elements of SURPRISE.
I mean, we all know most wizard classes is all bout showing off their MAGIC abilities (YEAH we ALL love FLASHY SPELLS!
). While Shadowmancers will be a humbled version of those flashy wizards. Forget the big magic circles/summoners/grimores! We, Shadowmancers will only cast in the DARKNESS of our SHADOW…within our dark emo heart 
! You won’t even notice the magic…
And this is my Wishful Thinking…
I want the possibilities that this class can be a branch for THAUMS!
Thaums are not so popular T.T So it would be a nice synergy class for buff slave thaums. (My highest character is W1/P1/L3/Thaum3 -I decided on that build because its freakin awesome…and different…and useless…but FUN!) I am a Linker/Thaum fan, so why not have both?
Here’s another Speculation…
the Art of Outfits
I’m a big fanatic of OUTFITS in this TOS. So I couldn’t help but notice:
The costume of the Shadowmancer has those curtain tassel things.
From my wild observation, I looked through all the wizard class outfits and found 3 outfits that have the same similar tassel thing.
One was on THAUM!! We are the tassel familia!
and NECRO! It kind of looks like a tassel right?
Heres a female Necro outfit. Instead it looks like a mini tassel.
and SAGE! But it doesn’t really look like it because it doesn’t have that end “fluff”.
Maybe its the tassel trend…who knows.
And the two “C” parodox and wings desgin on the thaum and necro. Combined them together, you get a design similar to the shadowmancer.
What does that imply?
I don’t know.
I’m just making wild guesses and imaginations that its possible there’s some magic involved similar to Thaums and Necros!!!
The outfit isn’t just for the looks folks…it may hide a deeper meaning.
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Or maybe the design team ran out of ideas and took bits and pieces from other wiz outfits, yep, I would do that too.
SOrry, this was a long post. But I’m excited for Shadowmancer. I wish there was more news and rumors about this class. I’m probably the only one HYPED about it. 
I just want my Thaum to head onto the next rank already.
Thanks for READING.
-Lord Ramen 
Now I remembered somethi…
nevermind then, I don’t want to be a bother 
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I cant wait…