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Shade is Pre-Soul, Light Construct is Pre-Body. Problem is, they're Dark in a can made of Light, which complicates their Z axis somewhat, especially as the Shades that form their Souls aren't really independently sentient - you can think of them as a golem of dark energy trapped inside a golem of light matter, which just so happens to interact in the same way as a baby is born. Like any reasonably sentient being, they begin life with an XY alignment of perfectly Neutral.
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With that established, we can look at the Vessels. Side note my interpretation of Nightmare King is (Evil, Lawful, Dark), less of a direct elemental manifestation and more like the Boogieman - a manifestation of a concept, which has grown more complex with his Godhood but seems to center on 'Fear'. Rather, Voidman can be thought of as a (Neutral, Chaotic, Dark) Dark Elemental ascended to god-tier, with no concern for life and an association with such elements as emptiness, loneliness, and chaos, in opposition to the Radiance, who can be thought of as a (Neutral, Lawful, Light) Light Elemental on the same tier who is associated with basically the exact opposite. They are not directly derived from the essence of Voidman, who is the implied deity of the Void that opposes the Radiance and forms through Knight to tear into her during endings 3-5. Knight is (Good, Chaotic, Dark) as it stands - he's a good person, doesn't really get the concepts behind forcing people to do things in a certain way when there are better ways to do it. They are, in essence, Dark Elementals in a Light Magic can. Now, to understand Vessels, you gotta realize that - in my interpretation - they begin as (Neutral, Neutral, Dark). The indication shorthand is (X, Y, Z), with X and Y being respective to the sentence prior to this one. Difficult to theoretically define, but I think we all know what the connotations of those are - and why they're not nearly synonymous with the other two axes, those being (Good, Evil) and (Lawful, Chaotic). I'm pulling a D&D alignment chart and adding a Z axis for this - (Light, Dark). Okay, to start off with, I'm going to say this. Hornet was just staring back at him, jaw hanging loose. "All known persons, save Nailmasters, accounted for. Queen's Garden, White Lady sealed within." Tuk, Dung Defender, Fluke Hermit - all non-hostile. Elderbug said Bretta vanished in direction of Howling Cliffs, may be in vicinity, may be in Wastelands. Self is relatively certain both eat people, but self thinks neither will attack if not hungry. Fungal Wastes, Mantises, already spoken to. Uncertain if latter is hostile, but likely. Emilitia, Lemm, Millibelle, scattered throughout. He closed his eyes, taking on a thoughtful look. ".Self does not think so." Knight replied after a moment. And there's no one in Crystal Peak, or either of the locations we've been through?"