Shroud Fiends
More commonly referred to as demons, Shroud Fiends are anomalous beings spawned from the Shroud itself. Thought to express the psychic essence of mortality, Shroud Fiends are regarded with great prudence, if not outright prejudice by the world at large.
Often seen as wholly evil, things spawned from moral depravity, and wanton sin, the truth is not so simple.
How Shroud Fiends come to be is uncertain, and the line between Shroud Fiend, Shroud Beast, and Spirit is thin. Where this line begins and ends, if one could even fathom such a thing, is a matter of debate that cuts across Khurun.
Where a Spirit might embody the wind or the currents of a great river, a Shroud Fiend may embody something closer to mortality. Lust, rage, logic, solitude, loneliness. The expression of their existence is bound only by the laws of the shroud, and the bizarre rationale that twists around them.
Shroud Fiends have been known to take physical form. Reportedly can possess living beings of any form. And, legends across Khurun tell of great and ancient spirits, turned Fiend whence touched by the corruption of mortal kind.
Wise ones say, beware the whispers of the Fiend found wanting.
Contributors: Garuda
Art Credit: Spirit of the Night by Cliff Nielsen
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