Role

Chapter 7

Iskrith has begun studying the Shadow Plane, seeking to gain an understanding
of its ecology to comprehend the motivations and behaviors of the alien
realm's predators. In the Prime Material Plane, predators are predictable to
him. Their place in the natural cycle is clear, and their hunger holds no
mystery.

But what drives the predators of the Shadow Plane? Is there a natural cycle in
this otherworld? Is Weh present there, too?

Iskrith wonders whether an understanding of the Shadow's predators would give
him insights or advantages in this world. Could the behavior of the Shadow's
hunters be the key to predatory innovation?

He has drawn together some clues through books and observations of their
behavior in this realm, but knows he would have to enter the Shadow Plane to
experience it himself and observe them in their natural habitat.