The ghostrunes were an extremely odd species. It was rumored they were a species the Imperial Nether Clan created, a species whose purpose of existence was to serve the Imperial Nether Clan.

Only the Imperial Nether Clan knew that the rumor wasn't the truth. They hadn't created them; they had merely trained the ghostrunes to be their mounts.

The ghostrunes' soul attacks were threatening for many races but not for the Imperial Nether Clan. They could even store the ghostrunes in their Imperial Nether Domain. The domain was also beneficial for the ghostrunes' growth.

Because of that, the ghostrunes had always been subservient to the Imperial Nether Clan, becoming their exclusive mounts. But...