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Creatures of Ithia Expanded: The Duskin the Radiant Fae.

An Advanced Creature Profile by Vincent Groth.  

The Duskin standing five to six feet tall have skeletal bodies that look to be coated in thick black tar. A faint light issues from where the tar doesn’t fully cover matching their glowing eyes in uranium glass green. They have large raven wings with markings of blood and uranium green forming eyes and skulls. 

The Duskin are naturally gifted in the arts of Geasa, Controlling Shadows, Curses, and Death magic. Stabbing weapons, except for Iron, are useless against them as their bones and tarlike ‘flesh’ often traps weapons inserted into them. They radiate magic in levels that is hazardous to mortals and can envelope and trap parts of their foes.  

The Duskin serve as court mages, advisors, minor leaders, and general arcanists of the Death Court. The Duskin when required can work very well with Sapfires when the Courts join against mortal and divine aggression. 

Like most Fae Duskin are eternal and if their mortal body is destroyed, they will reappear at their designated bed. They never age and remain appearing as fresh adults, or whatever age they choose to appear as. Duskin are highly flammable and if their skull is broken the rest of their bodies turn to tar and then brackish water. Duskin can struggle against magic users as many can feed and channel the excess magic they bleed and turn it against the Duskin.

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