This section introduces Shadow Avatars—the same Role expressed under misalignment—showing how strengths distort under pressure without becoming something else. Rather than framing failure as moral weakness or pathology, it explains how Roles drift when patience, trust, or integrity erode, and how this drift can be explored safely through RPG-style duality. RoleMasters learn how to use Shadow Avatars as mirrors, adversaries, and ethical tension points in campaigns, helping participants recognize misalignment early, understand the cost of shortcuts, and make conscious choices to return to aligned expression before real damage occurs.