Also known as Vampires.

"It has been said that humanities’ mortality is the root cause for its creation of art.  I am the embodiment of contradiction for that theory."

The nurse put a hand on his shoulder, speaking softly, “Calm down, sir, you’re inside a hospital.  You’re safe.”
The man’s eyes darted back and forth, his whole body shaking in terror, “Nooo,” He whispered, “I’ll never be safe, I saw him, I saw him jerking and writhing around, then he looked straight at me and fell over.”

Quest

"Let their bodies be consumed, so that their souls may be healed" (Consumption 1-1)

Codex

They are two sides of the same coin-either one will kill you, they’ll just think about it differently.

A perfect anarchist who was mutilated for his beliefs, but survived his torture and has created his ultimate dream.  Now he presses on, crippled, but propelled by faith in a better world for all.

For as long as there have been possessions, thieves have tried to steal them, and others have tried to protect them.  With the discovery of magic, however, the protection of wealth took a sharp turn for the deadly.  Not to be outdone, thieves learned the magic arts, and so the cycle began anewâ?¦ (History and its Patterns, Magnus Blackjack)

An offshoot of humanity arises from its underground home due to a massive civil war and other ancient fueds…