A dark Fiend.
As Eclipsed were categorized in two depending on whether or not they could use Umbra energy, there was another category to this,
Fiends.
Unlike normal Eclipsed, the ones categorized as Fiends seemed to possess some form of intelligence.
They weren't guided by instinct or simple hunger like Nightlings, nor were they brute-force monsters like the larger variants.
They studied prey, set traps, manipulated terrain, and sometimes even coordinated with lower Eclipsed.
And, according to academy records, any Fiend appearing inside a tier 1 or even tier 2 rift was a red-alert anomaly.
But there was no way of alerting the academy of its presence.
In short, they were fucked.
How so?....well,
Lorenne swallowed as she flipped through her book, her hands trembling slightly, she quickly scanned through until she stopped at a page with an illustration of the creature before them.
"A-according to this," she started, "I-It has the ability to freely control shadows."
