Shadow Wolves

First encountered by Mistress Ifanda and her companions while journeying from The Low Keep to Highwater Tower in early 1051, and later in a greater and more dangerous form involved in an assault against Highwater Tower, these are creatures of malevolent sorcery taking on a form somewhere between wolf and bear.

Conjured by the sorcerer Barakhaz these are supernatural hunters driven entirely by the malice and hatred of their creator. When first encountered they were the size of black-bears, but during their attack on Highwater Tower they were vast creatures of darkness, coalescing around blazing red eyes.

Immune to all natural harm and sending before them waves of irresistible despair, they are made vulnerable only by the presence of magical or blessed individuals or artifacts.

When slain they disperse into stinking darkness and in their death throes that darkness can afflict those nearby with horror and weakness.

Conjuring them comes at great cost.

Shadow Wolves

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Aura of Terror In the presence of a Shadow Wolf, any human character must make a Will roll at -4 or gain the Despairing condition - becoming filled with hopeless terror and taking a -4 to any action other than fleeing at any cost. Characters protected by any form of divine blessing or magical protection may ignore this effect entirely or gain a bonus to their Will roll at the GM's discretion
Intangible The Shadow Wolves cannot be harmed by material force. Physical attacks seem to pass through the darkness that makes up their form with no appreciable effect. Magical or blessed weapons affect them normally.
Fearsome A Shadow Wolf is large and fierce enough to assail a group of opponents, who must make an appropriate defensive test at -4 to avoid being harmed. By default the Shadow Wolf inflicts 2 Harm with each attack
Enduring A Shadow Wolf can take four Harm before being dispersed

"Idd hedden machih ddu idd mod! Vaim vasil dwdlildilen!"
The wolves of darkness from the east! Their eyes are blazing fire!