ters , ▁Dark ▁Leg acy ▁of ▁Ev ard ▁( 2 0 1 1 , ▁ 1 3 ▁weeks ), ▁" This ▁Season ▁told ▁a ▁g host ▁story ▁that ▁foc using ▁on ▁the ▁Sh adow f ell ▁and ▁the ▁related ▁Hero es ▁of ▁Sh adow ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁release ." ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁The ▁Sh adow f ell : ▁Glo om wr ought ▁and ▁Bey ond ▁was ▁released ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁expand ▁on ▁the ▁them es ▁established ▁in ▁Hero es ▁of ▁Sh adow . ▁ ▁On ▁April ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Hero es ▁of ▁Sh adow ▁was ▁re - re leased ▁as ▁a ▁PDF . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Crit ical - H its ▁highlight ed ▁the ▁fan ▁confusion ▁on ▁if ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Ess entials ▁line ▁or ▁not : ▁" If ▁you ▁were ▁to ▁ask ▁me ▁if ▁the ▁book ▁Hero es ▁of ▁Sh adow ▁is ▁an ▁Ess entials ▁D & D ▁product , ▁I ▁would ▁say ▁no ▁on ▁the ▁principle ▁that ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁say ▁Ess entials ▁on ▁the ▁cover ▁and ▁that ▁I ▁have ▁a ▁pretty ▁clear ▁definition ▁of ▁what ▁the ▁product ▁line ▁was ▁and ▁ent a iled . ▁However , ▁I ▁don ’ t ▁feel ▁that ▁W ot C ▁has ▁done ▁a ▁sufficient ▁job ▁making ▁the ▁definitions ▁clear , ▁and ▁so ▁I ▁would ▁say ▁that ▁this ▁book ▁very ▁heavily ▁fav ors ▁Ess entials ▁content . ▁[...] ▁I ▁think ▁that ▁what ▁this ▁book ▁tells ▁us ▁about