Astral Darkpriests are mortal practitioners of death magic, commonly referred to as necromancy. Channeling their knowledge of the arcane into manipulation of the forces of life and death, these men and women were instrumental in the forming of the Scourge.
Darkpriests are spellcasters whose magics manipulate the power of death. In calling upon this power, darkpriest risk being consumed by it — until eventually they join the ranks of the undead. Necromancers twist arcane magic to manipulate the power of death. Commanding the Scourge, they gradually take on the characteristics of the dead — hollow eyes, pallid and sunken skin, foul odors and so forth. However, their eyes also begin to glow brightly and they receive the gift of Darkvision and can see through most solid objects including their own eyelids which do little to keep in the bright blue light cast by their eyes. To keep the light of their eyes from blinding those that look upon them, the Darkpriests have developed a special helmet of ebony ore which shields much of their face and light of their eyes from view.