Once a proud and noble guild of shapeshifters that dwelt within the council of Duiran, the Bahkatu Sleuth fell to a sickening madness in 417 MA that left little of their guild to the waking world's cruelties. Forced to roam the world now in disparate throngs and packs, the shapeshifters of both the Bahkatu and Atabahi found themselves to be a dying breed with madness lurking in the corners of their mind.