Spirit Shrouds

Spirit Shrouds (or Shrouds) were first introduced on September 13, 2005 with the Depths of Darkhollow expansion.

“	Shroudkeepers have learned to channel spirits in the ethereal world. They are found in the Plane of Knowledge and can offer you the form of one of Norrath's creatures through a Spirit Shroud! The Shroudkeepers can transform you into creatures in various categories, like Undead or Animal. The Spirit Shroud itself changes your form and gives you a specific set of abilities, like a fighter or healer, depending on the shroud you picked. Once you've selected a shroud type, you can choose to play a creature of that type of any available level less than or equal to your own level. While you adventure with a Spirit Shroud, you will gain experience for your main character. When you remove your shroud, the items you collected will appear in your Shroud Storage which is accessed at a banker. Also, as you use the Spirit Shrouds in a particular category you will gain enough knowledge and experience to unlock new forms.	”
— Game update notes, September 13, 2005

• SOE Knowledge Base: EQ Spirit Shrouds
• Glunier's Spirit Shroud Guide (last updated 3/28/09)

Shroudkeepers

There are five shroudkeepers in the Plane of Knowledge. They can be found using the Find Window (Ctrl-F).

• Kalon Corsan - Runed Gargoyle spirit shroud.
• Shroudkeeper Hyush
• Shroudkeeper Learu
• Shroudkeeper Nisua
• Yaldu Bwor - Gnoll Spirit Shrouds. You turn in the Bloodmetal Inlaid Gnollish Totem (anniversary item) to him to unlock the five gnoll shrouds.