A Shadow Druid is an Undead spirit of one of the druids that served the ancient civilisation of Men that would give rise to the present-day Barrow Kings. They were later magically enslaved to serve in the necromancer Heinrich Kemmler's Undead Army of the Cairns.
Shadow Druids can use spells from either the Lore of Death or the Lore of Shadow.
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Kings have ever been surrounded by advisors, courtiers and wizards, and those entombed within the barrows are no exception. In life, these druids of the Old Faith counselled their masters on the whims of the many gods, and of the future mapped in the stars. They were also the architects of the barrow complexes, and performed the rituals that accompanied a king into the next life.[1a]
Unlike a Barrow King's other mortal servants, the druids would not pass into death alongside their royal master, but would instead serve new rulers until the spark of their life was almost spent.[1a]
As death stirred to claim him, a druid would imbibe a magical poison that, though causing a terrible and agonising death, would allow their spirits to endure in the mortal world and watch over the barrows of their lords for eternity.[1a]