Some people see darkness and shadows as frightening places, these are the placs where nightmares are created, shifting through our subconscious and weakening our resolve. I dont see it that way at all. These places are a mystery, a place waiting to be discovered, a secret place where one can be alone with ones thoughts, a place where one can hide from the world.
Sure, sometimes you are not always alone, other...things, share those places, but even so you know they are just the same as you. Hiding, seeking the darkness for protection or solitude or to watch the world go by and choose what to take for themselves.
I met an elf he other day who used the shadows to hide as I do but he didnt seem to have the same affinity for those places that I feel. He used them as a means to an end. To me, those places, the shadows are an extension of myself, or maybe its a reflection of my nature and thats why I feel such an affinity with them. I am not sure. But I am sure that I have always felt this way about those places, even back as a child when I played hide and seek, still my favourite game.