We come to the beginning of yet another month, though the beginning of this month notes the celebration of Digimon Day! With announcements of a new multi-platform Digimon game, Digimon Survive, and a new Digimon Move set in the Adventure 01 universe, Things are really picking up for digi-news! In this month's article, we explore digital death in the Encounters universe, the icy netherworld plane of Handra, and the mysterious Order of the Guardians. A shrine built to honor the Shadows The Shadows: Mythology of the Digital World It is the belief among Digimon that physical death, the de-resolution of a Digimon’s data into its component parts, is not the end of their lives. Instead, a Digimon’s soul continues on as a Shadow, an incorporeal spirit. The Shadows, as a whole, sit in judgment over a Digimon’s spirit, deciding whether he is worthy to continue on as a Shadow, or whether he will face eternal damnation and solitude. If a spirit is judged worthy, he has two choices.