1.) Putting this in the first spot because it is the most important thing to me, the shadow mantle is alive, either if the shadow mantle is its own thing, if it's being controlled by something in or out of the game, if the voice at the beginning of the fight is different from the shadow mantle, or a mix of all the shadow mantle is alive. The proof for this, much like Spamton, the check dialog for Tenna changes to fit the character. (The new check dialog is, "Despite his size, sadly, he's quite fragile" and this is taken priority over dealmaker check dialog. 2.) People focus on the shadow mantle protecting against dark attacks, but it protects against star shaped attacks (Ex. Tenna's laughing star attack and Gerson's attack when he hits the battle box) 3.) The shadow mantle defense against dark and star attack increase by 11 x [Chapter Number]
