Umbral Whisper Nabris

Long ago, an eccentric scholar uncovered the nature of Desire, culminating in a tome possessing the power to control one's destiny. Following his mysterious decline and death, few—if any—returned from his ruinous tomb. But while his magnum opus may have been lost, the art of binding spirits was not. The scholar's own servant, a devilish woman of surpassing beauty and guile, entertained visitors during the scholar's life. The envy of many, she was possessed of individual will yet obedient to her master's every command—a powerful servitor spirit, far outranking the humble familiars most mages had. Methods and manuals smuggled out of the scholar's library were disseminated by disgruntled acquaintances, and soon, the secret of such a pact was revealed: servitors desired an exchange of equal value, relative to their would-be master. Nabris was drawn to the desperate invocations of a mage from a distant land. As a spirit of desire, he was especially attuned to emotions, specifically those which lurked in the darkest corners of the summoner's heart. His physical appearance cast in the image of such thoughts, it was with wicked glee that he greeted his flustered mistress. But to his dismay, her instructions were rather less than...thrilling, to say the least. Bored out of his mind and playing guardian to a host of minor spirits beneath his concern, Nabris decided it was past time for a display of arcane power. He could taste the deepest yearnings in his mistress's mind; let he be the one to give voice to them, and show her the true face of her soul...