Formed at the dawn of the Age of Darkness, the Umbral Court rules Nidal with an iron fist. During the struggle for the Chelaxian crown, the Court lent its support to House Thrune, and was rewarded with sovereinty for Nidal when Cheliax withdrew its agents. Meeting three times a year in Pangolais, the Court rules by the divine decree of Zon-Kuthon and strives to maintain that mandate by opposing the local Desnans, diabolists and any others that would dare challenge the authority of the Midnight Lord.