“Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.”
The kayal as they were once known were bound by a powerful oath and sense of duty. Now called fetchlings they willingly exiled themselves into the endless twilight of the shadow plan in an act of faithful service to the gods of light. During this service the continuing pull of shadow began to forever change them. It slowly eroded the very essence of their being, replacing it with a pale reflection of what they once were.