Consort Nightshadow

One of the Greatmother's longest and most consort's, otherwise known as **Mirajade Nightshadow** is a former priestess of Elune and Demon Hunter. A kindred spirit to the Greatmother, Nightshadow is one of the driving forces of the Greatmother's changes and responsible for her eventual ascension to Demonhood. A sensual being too consumed with her own desires to ever make it far in the Illidari, this once loner found new appreciation for life within the Shadow Cult.

## History

The precise history of Mirajade is unknown to almost everyone, but her fall is well known. A once devotee of the goddess, she fell from the path to hunt in the outer night. In this way, her past mirrors the Greatmother. But beyond that, similarities end,

Like many, she came to the cult seeking answers and questions on faith, but soon after her arrival, was seemingly overwhelmed by the notions of freedoms available to her outside of the Illidari and the stringent life of the Demon Hunter, and like many upon encountering the Greatmother, became obsessed with the notion that there could be new life within darkness. And shortly thereafter became a devout student of Lucaerna.

She learned a great many things from the Greatmother, for in her time before her ascension, the Mother was capable of movement and direct instruction. Mira voraciously devoured everything she could learn, and in time, began to suggest new avenues of research and exploitation for the Greatmother. And she would come to lie with Lucaerna, giving her child after child. And over time, the two together would experiment with darker and more lurid acts, shaping Lucaerna into truely what Mirajade wanted; a fattened broodmare. And she got what she wanted, and at the height of her work with Lucaerna, the three summoned the Fecund Triad, and with that sealed Lucaerna’s fate.

The last act performed by Lucaerna before her transformation into her current state was to ascend Mirajade to demonhood. Some say that Lucaerna felt it coming, or that she would need somebody of high caliber to stay with her. Or perhaps she simply wanted an eternal source of seed to grow new children. Either way, in the caves beneath the Cathedral, an encumbered Lucaerna and her ritualists called forth incredible power, and infused the soul and body of the consort with incredible levels of fel energy. She grew in size and stature, and truely devoured the Sayaad bound within her. And in her newfound state among her unbound lusts and will, she took Lucaerna, and bred her, ordering the ritualists to continue. As the two joined, Lucaerna in kind surged with power, and became the swollen bloated thing she is now.

## Place in the Cult

Mirajade holds a special place in the cult, part of no true order save for the Dark Brethren, and even then, the connection is loose, holding the title of ‘leader’ more through power and influence rather than tremendous skill or devotion to the cause that many of the remaining Demon Hunters possess. She primarily busies herself with hunting in one manner or anouther. Not for a higher cause to exterminate the Legion, but simply to provide meat for the endless hungers of the broodmother she so loves.

Her own hungers are notorious throughout the Shadow Cult, and a significant percentage of new demons in the orders come from her, either by rutting them into the Greatmother, or by taking daughter after daughter for herself. And many mortal adherents of the cult have found themselves cornered by the nude demon, and found themselves in urgent need of the Greatmothers Gifts.