"The Shade Devourer is a special creature, with very little known of its habits. Its habitat, however is widely studied, as it is both its source of nourishment, and its very essence. Not much is know about these creatures capable of both living in, and eating, shadows. The most celebrated researcher of Shadowed Beasts went missing several weeks after his last missive, which detailed his search for the 'brood mother' of the Shade Devourers. It is not known if he died of natural causes (exposure to Shadows increases the risk of many forms of death) or if the Shade Devourers might hunger for more than just shadows..."