The Shade Swarm

The Shade Swarm was one of the major powers in the Foundling War, but this is an overstatement in terms of organisation. The Swarm was less of an army and more of a roving multitude of separate bands fighting for the sheer joy and glory of it all.

The Swarm
Due to the Shade's lack of leadership much of the force drawn to fight from it is lead by individuals leading bands of brigands and rogues for their own gain. The various incursions made by Shade natives are usually defeated by other Shade natives.

The Swarms are known for their startling ability to move around battlefields unpredictably, defeating armies of a much larger size with quick thinking and strange tactics.

The Foundling War
The Swarm did not enter a claim into the war until much later on than the other powers, instead they sold their services to the other powers during their battles. Eventually the various captains of the Swarm noticed that their total force could rival even Dust and staked a claim in the Bridge to shake things up, agreeing to cooperate until the Bridge was theirs at which point they'd fight it out for the right to rule.

Due to their rather uninterested approach to the war they were one of the sides to lose least of their troops in the final battle, where they retreated when they realised things were not as they seemed.

Their involvement in the war and their ability to work together inspired many Shade natives to build more cooperative communities and eventually found a planar council that met rarely and only on important occasions.