The Penitent Damned

Some nice extra flavour for the shadow campaigns series. The title of The Penitent Damned refers to the group of people who have been ‘infected' with demons to allow them to use magic for the furtherance of the church. The whole magic system in the Shadow Campaigns is very cleverly done - the idea that some other entity is infecting you to provide some superhuman ability.

This short story focuses on a thief in possession of some of these special abilities, and their interaction with church. A nice introduction to the Machiavellian machinations of the state here! Definitely not essential reading for the series, but some fun extra colour for the overall series.