A story to scare children, an old wives tale, a face briefly glimpsed in a nightmare: most think the witch of the wood to be nothing more than these. The few who know her to be more know little about her. Her age, origin and true nature are all lost to the endless decades she has haunted the Ashwood. What is known is the deep, dark pleasure she takes in twisting others to her will, and her talent at causing terrible pain. Instinct: Twist and Torture, Coerce into Service

• Place a curse on a hated foe
• Strike a dreadful bargain
• Twist nature to her will

Souls who do not earn their way into any particular deity's heaven are offered a choice: become one with the void, or wander the Fulldark for eternity. Souls that enter the Fulldark are met with a blasted, twisted mirror of the world they tread as mortals. It doesn't take long for they themselves to be corrupted. When a soul from the Fulldark returns to the land of the living, be it through magic or some terrible bargain, it appears as a being of pure shadow, but for the terrible, empty white eyes with which it sees the world it lost. Instinct: To Spread its Baleful Influence, to Drive Out the Living

• Strike with dark weaponry
• Convert into Shadow
• Open a gate to the Fulldark