Daughters of Khaine – Khainite Shadowstalkers

Whenever Morathi-Khaine desires a target discreetly slain, she sends forth her hand-picked agents – the Khainite Shadowstalkers. Each is branded with the mircath, or shademark, woven from Ulguan sorcery that grants supernatural abilities yet leashes the bearer’s soul to Morathi’s service. Able to leap from shadow to shadow and weave tools of murder from darkness, no quarry is safe. Shadowstalkers can transport themselves across vast distances by slipping through the Umbral Web, an intricate pattern of shadowy realmgates that connect the Eight Realms. Some forge pacts with shadow daemons, so thoroughly mingling their blood with these monsters that, if cut, they bleed pure darkness. Using foul sorceries, they can even command a victim’s shadow into murderous animation. Though their talents are unrivalled, all Shadowstalkers are condemned to a terrible fate: the Umbral Web gradually erodes their soul until they transform into a living shadow. Morathi conceals this horrifying truth from those upon whom she bestows the mircath. Often, these unfortunates are those whom the goddess has marked out as potential dissidents. As Shadowstalkers, they can at least serve her well before they meet their end.