As the

Ajaba sings a song of his fallen Kin, their shadows rise from the dust of the earth to lend their strength to his cause. A night-spirit teaches this Gift.

System: The player spends one Gnosis point and rolls Obligation (difficulty 8). For each success, one unearthly shadow-hyena rises from the earth around the Ajaba, and aids him until the end of the scene. These shadows have the traits of a normal hyena, save that they possess only three health levels. The shadow hyenas have physical presence, but they are neither truly ghosts or spirits.