Darakhul

The darakhul are no strangers to darkness, and over the years, the members of the, the founded, Twilight Empire deftly adapted to their new home but were defeated by the Shadow Fey as they claimed most of the Courts land for themselves. The remains and scattered groups quickly retreated and were drawn to the Stygian Sea in the south. Here they formed a ruling system in alliance with the Stygian Shades and established the Stygian Dodecharcy.   Living flesh is scarce in the Shadow Realm, so while the darakhul still hunt the living denizens of the plane and maintain elaborate trade networks to secure living cargo from the material plane, they have discovered that the crackling trees—an invasive species originating in Evermaw—can assuage much of their hunger, and they have learned to subsist on the blood-like sap drawn from these trees. This practice marks them though, for the corruption inherent in the flora causes a permanent blackening of the teeth, recession of the gums, and shriveling of the flesh around the mouth. As a result, the darakhul of the Shadow Realm are much less concerned with concealing their true nature. After all, they are far from the worst things that stalk the darkness.