The vile Tengu necromancer Vel Jasel is responsible for the tragic fate of Demon's Guard - all in a day's work for Seven-of-Eight of the Circle of Hands. Instinct: To seek necromantic power

• Command the Dead
• Unleash a dangerous spell
• Gain vile knowledge

Commander-in-Chief of both branches of the Mirian military: Her Imperative Impositon. Instinct: To Subjugate

• Command Legions
• Demand loyalty

Legends and myths about what the headless horseman Dullehan is and what it wants vary dramatically from region to region. Most agree he is some type of fairy, perhaps a Knight of the Nocturne court, though some suggest he may lead the Wild Hunt. Whatever the case may be, most who see claim to have seen Dullehan are liars; he rarely leaves survivors. Instinct: To terrify

• Open locked doors
• Appear and disappear in shadows

What if a tree got up, walked, and looked like the ugliest man you've ever seen? Huge, swollen face and limbs all out of proportion? Wouldn't that be awful? Glad there's nothing like that around. Instinct: To remain alone

• Call on nature for aid
• Stand unnoticed in the foliage
• Enthrall a beast

Witch-women who transformed themselves through their wild magic. Some call them Hagravens; affronts to nature and man alike, divining the future from viscera and plotting for their own wicked ends. Instinct: To meddle

• Offer magic for a grim price
• Read the future from spilled guts
• Interfere with mortal affairs

This massive bird has the appearance of being made of massive boulders stacked together. Long has it resided in Dragon Basin, and some believe it may be related to the long-lost dragons, somehow... Instinct: To reflect the power of stone

• Bring stone down upon them
• Carry something aloft, regardless of its weight

The Tengu learned long ago that they cannot live close to other civilizations. Their choice to remain secluded is as much for their protection as it is for the protection of humans, and what is left of the Goatkin that once ruled these mountains. Instinct: To protect the village

• Drive them from the village
• Drain life from trespassers

Instinct:

These large cats hunt across the Vale, able to take down prey more than twice their size. Hope they don't like the taste of human. Instinct: To hunt

• Take down a larger creature
• Stalk silently

Like a buffalo, if you've ever been to the plateau. Only bigger and meaner, with antlers broad as an eagle's wingspan. Safe from far away, but they'll flatten you in an instant if you get too close. Can you believe some people out here tame these things? Instinct: To roam

• Trample them