This wicked vessel contains the essence of the Shadow Demon, Niolih, who is the Zhanith Mistress of the Dead. She does not reside in the Zhanith Court, though she easily could rule most of it through her raw power. A detailed scroll of instruction comes with this vessel. The focus item, which is a stone, is used to bond the Caller with Niolih. She teaches the dreaded arts of shadow necromancy, which blends conventional necromancy with the twisted magicks of shade. She teaches the arts of summoning shades of the deceased, the undead, and the methods of the umbra transfiguration. Her methods are purely wicked and are alien to most, but to the Necromancer, it rings in the soul as gospel. Niolih takes necromantic practice to an entirely new level by blending the shadowy figments of death, the madness of dying, the insanity of the realization of death, the hunger of the deceased, and the hatred of the damned. She eagerly awaits a new Disciple to unleash her back into the world of the living so that she may once again spread darkness and death.