The Long Shadow

Motivation: None.

Skills

• Make Things Die (4) You can't hurt the Long Shadow physically.
• Seen It All (5) History, occultism, the Long Shadow knows it all.
• Scamper (3) The Long Shadow hates it when its hosts die.

Magic

Power 8 - The Long Shadow knows many spells, but has a hard time speaking long incantations, inscribing symbols, or holding objects. If a mouse can cast it, so can the Long Shadow. Otherwise, he's just a teacher.

Notes

This ancient demon was one of mankind's first attempts to put a genie in a bottle. It is summoned into the body of an animal, something small and easy to kill. If the demon ever gets out of hand, the spellbinder has only to kill the host and the demon is sent back into oblivion. At least, that was the thinking in Sumeria around 3000 B.C.

The Long Shadow's true form is a 9-foot, translucent humanoid covered in scales and spikes. Most of the time, it remains invisible and intangible, living through its host. It can become material in flashes of up to second, just enough time to throw a wrecking ball punch or tear an insolent spellbinder in twain.

However, it's fearsome combat abilities are not its most prized virtue. The Long Shadow has been around a long time, seen and learned many things. It can teach a spellbinder many things about magic... if they speak it's particular dialect of ancient Sumerian. If not, you'd better just hack the host's head off and be done with it!