Foul fetid birdlike abominations, the Skraw hail from a distant world in another universe. They seek to devour the essence of this world, commanding armies of slave-thralls in order to do so. They claim to be the true lords of the shard. Instinct: to control and consume

• Dominate Mind
• Binding charm
• Consume essence
• Visions from the Shard

The dreaded Scraleth can foresee the worst possible future and knows exactly what to say to the mortal races to bring about these futures. The kings and queens of fairy, knowing the devastation these prophecies could bring about, guard it fiercely from all outsiders. Instinct: To corrupt the future

• Offer hideous fortunes
• Force a cruel twist of fate
• Fae guardians
• Foresee all possible destinies

Monstrosities from beneath the waves, these creatures live at the bottom of the oceans, praying to dark sea gods and abducting surface dwellers. Instinct: to kidnap and enslave

• Attack the surface dwellers

A persistent menace, the cranial mite travels in large swarms that attack and consume a humanoid's brain. This process takes weeks, and the swarm usually influences their host's body is horrid ways as more and more of his or her brain is consumed. Oftentimes, the mites will use the host's body to fend off attackers and find new targets for consumption. Instinct: to consume gray matter

• Devour the brain from the inside
• Hivemind

The Uoomgya knows everything that is going to happen, is happening, or has happened. It is an evil beyond comprehension kept under the most fastidious guard and held as a dire secret. Its dark ability lies in proclaiming events to happen, what a sapient creature hears the Uoomgya say will come true, this is but a simple fact. This is why its guardians allow none to even come close to approaching the monster, its ability to wreck havoc in the world with a simple utterance is far too great. Instinct: To sow chaos and disrupt the fabric of reality

• What it speaks, and people hear, becomes reality
• Hideous Truth Telling
• Dark Prophecy
• Mauling destiny
• All-knowing

A hooded humanoid figure with fingers that extend past the corporeal world and into the intangible. Its face changes from moment to moment, resembling the visages of those souls it has gathered. It forever feels a cold, torturous loneliness brought about by its very existence. It regards those souls it has gathered as its dearest friends, and yet, it can never quench the feeling of loneliness. Instinct: To ensure the collection of heroic souls.

• Soul untethering
• Glamour
• Boundstep