Umbral Fetch

Hardly more than a swatch of Void-stuff animated by a bit of precious Essence, the Umbral Fetch is arguably nothing more than a struggling shade aspiring to life on the Material Plane. When an Umbral Fetch is seen, it usually attempts to take the shape of a common animal like a cat, a rabbit, or an oversized spider, but the fetch can only hold a cohesive shape for a short period of time before falling back into a formless cloud.</blockquote><blockquote>Since the Material Plane and the Void have no common borders, an Umbral Fetch can only travel to the mortal realm by “hitching a ride” on an entity being pulled there by a summoning ritual or dark magic spell. They can also be pulled across the veil in the magical eddies trailing in the wake of a Harbinger, or in the crossing of an archdemon, demon, or Greater Shedim. They linger on the Material Plane for as long as possible by consuming scraps of fervor and strong emotion.</blockquote><blockquote>Some Shedim keep these little aberrations as pets, as do aspirant Void and Shadow Mages. A few have been trained to do simple tasks, but the ephemeral spirits are more often taken on for their aesthetic.