"I'll never forget the first time I saw the stars."

The strangest and least popular member of the Stellar Accord Council. He is one of them: the monsters under the bed, the creatures lurking in the corners of nightmares — or Umbrakind, as they like to call themselves.

A being of shadow with dozens of eyes shifting just often enough you can never get an exact count.

By crude decree he walks the hallowed halls of Vanorra, yet refuses the basic courtesy of biting his tongue and bowing his head. He is an exception among exceptions, a demon wearing vestments.

Was it madness or something worse that permitted a monster to enter the council?