Shadow Hand

Shadow Hands are creatures of Grimm that resemble Geist Arms.

Salem is capable of summoning and controlling entities called Shadow Hands, which appear as Geist arms and one such hand was used to replace Cinder Fall's missing left arm after her defeat at the Fall of Beacon.

Cinder


After losing her left arm in her attack on Beacon because of Ruby Rose's Silver eyes, Cinder was given a Grimm arm by Salem by unknown means. The arm has the ability to stretch and siphon Maiden powers and its claws were able to impale Vernal, leading to her death. Her Grimm arm cannot channel Aura, making it vulnerable to attacks, but it is capable of channeling magic, allowing her to create her weapons. It also gives her a crippling weakness to Silver eyes as seen in the Battle of Haven when Ruby's Silver Eyes attack put her in immense pain.

Salem


In "So That's How It Is", Salem summoned multiple Shadow Hands from the floor to immobilize Hazel Rainart for giving her displeasing information. The arms were summoned through a Geist glyph and a cloud of black smoke, appearing similarly to a Geist but behaving differently.

It is unknown if they share the Geist's power to possess inanimate objects and if they are sentient or just an extension of Salem's Grimm powers.

Trivia



 * A red glyph was used when the Petra Gigas summoned an arm. The same glyph was also used when Salem summoned Shadow Hands.