Istasha, Mistress of Darkness

Istasha is an Old One who attempted to rebel against the Great One, and was thrown in a prison inside of the Nexus as punishment. Shortly after, All of the old ones were bound in a prison out of time by the Reckoners. Istasha has tried to bond with any traveler that has entered the Nexus, and only succeeded in doing so with a harrowed named Toph, she displaced the demon's essence with her own.

In order to grow stronger, Istasha has convinced her host to absorb the shadows of those beings recently slain. This energy grants her strength, and also allows her to give her host abilities as well.

Through the absorbsion of shadows, Toph has gained the following abilities:

- +5 to Stealth skill

- can see in magical and non magical darkness

- can create a shadow pocket of extradimensional space that can hold weight equal to the host's Spirit x4

- can create a shadow blade, that deals d6 + Str magical damage

- +1 to Knowledge (Occult) skill