Mr. Shade
Mr. Shade is the founder and current owner of the Urbanshade company. While he only has a minor role in the Pressure game itself, he plays an important role in the overall Lore of Pressure.
Background
Mr. Shade founded Urbanshade as a private security company sometime in the early 20th century. After encountering an unknown anomaly during one of their jobs, he oversaw the company's expansion into multiple different economic markets, chiefly anomalous containment.[2] Despite his advanced age and fragile condition, he is still the head of Urbanshade when the events of the game take place in 2025.
Personality
Mr. Shade is never seen physically in-game, and as such the player does not get an opportunity to interact with him. Despite this, several things can be interpreted about his personality from the game's available information.
It can be assumed that Mr. Shade is a very cutthroat businessman. Given his position as head of the company, it is likely that he led Urbanshade into its Profit First methodology. His soul is so utterly foul that not even Angel's Blood, a substance that purifies a person's soul of sin and guarantees them a spot in Heaven upon their passing, can cleanse him.[3][4]
He has been shown to display some bloodthirsty tendencies, as he has been quoted as saying that guardsmen should "shred their mags until their trigger-finger bleeds" if they happen to encounter Sebastian Solace. He is also shown to have little regard towards Urbanshade's prisoners as seen in the game's ending text, as he doesn't acknowledge The Player's presence when the Crystal is retrieved, and instead opts to "personally" thank them through a text message read by a guardsman, and even failing to get The Player's name correct.[5]
He does, however, have a soft side. One of the Trenchbleeders, Lucy, is named after his stillborn daughter in her memory, and Mr. Shade refuses to allow the Board of Finance to shut her down after the depletion of the Let-Vand Zone resources because he's still emotionally attached to her.[6]
Gallery
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Concept art of Mr. Shade's face. -
A 3D render of a model for Mr. Shade's face. -
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Trivia
- Mr. Shade at one point owned a cat named Leon that one of the Trenchbleeders is named after.
- Mr. Shade drives a wheelchair with tank treads and an in-built chamber for whiskey and scotch.[1]
- Mr. Shade prefers fancy and ornate logo design.[7]
- Mr. Shade is a billionaire.[5]
- Mr. Shade's face is based off of the character Mason Verger from the film Hannibal (2001).[8]
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "mr shade is 119 years old, and his wheelchair has an inbuilt chamber for whiskey and scotch" YourFriendZeal on Discord, May 2024.
- ↑ "it started off as like" "private security" "but during a job they encounterd an anomoly basically" "and after that they decided to focus on that instead of just protection" YourFriendZeal on Discord, November 2023.
- ↑ "hes so utterly foul that not even angel blood is enough to cleanse his soul" ozerum on Discord, July 2024.
- ↑ "Angel blood is so pure and holy that when consumed, it obliterates sin from ur body" "You become a walking messiah" YourFriendZeal on Discord, April 2024.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "hes a billionare he does not give a fuck about you" YourFriendZeal on Discord, October 2024.
- ↑ "Has nobody been able to connect that lucy is like an emotional thing and he fired the board cuz they were sayin “hey the thing named after ur dead kid has to be shut down or we’ll lose profits”" "There is nothing thats deeper" YourFreidnZeal on Discord, April 2024.
- ↑ "i think shade would prefer something classy" Zeal brainstorming what the Urbanshade logo should look like YourFriendZeal on Discord, June 2024.
- ↑ "if anyone asks what mr. shade looks like, he looks like this" Zeal posting an image of Adam Skutt's 3D model of Mason Verger YourFriendZeal on Discord, May 2024.
