"In the episode, Max (Sadie Sink) and Holly (Nell Fisher) are attempting to make their way out of Vecna's mental landscape, where the former has been trapped for two years while her physical body lies comatose back in Hawkins. Max has stayed safe by hiding in a rocky cave that Vecna, aka Henry Creel (Jamie Campbell Bower), seems terrified to enter, although she's never been able to figure out why."
"In The First Shadow, we learn that before his family moved to Hawkins, Henry Creel lived in Nevada, where, when he was 8, he went missing for 12 hours and was found wandering in a daze, with a new, hitherto unknown, blood type and no memories of what happened. Nevada is also where a young Martin Brenner, the evil scientist played on the show by Matthew Modine, began his research into the existence of what he calls Dimension X,"
The First Shadow functions as a canonical prequel that ties directly into Stranger Things' final season by revealing Henry Creel's early life and connections to Vecna. Max and Holly navigate Vecna's mental landscape while Max remains trapped for two years and her body lies comatose in Hawkins. Max hides in a rocky cave that Vecna avoids, implying a particularly traumatic memory. The prequel shows Creel living in Nevada, disappearing for 12 hours at age eight and returning with an unknown blood type and no memory. Nevada also hosts Martin Brenner's early research into Dimension X, linking science to Creel's history.
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