The albari are a race of magical, bird-like creatures that are equally at home in wildspace or the phlogiston. They are dedicated to the call of chaos and seem to exist for no other reason but to throw other beings lives into unrest.
An albari possesses a long, almost-human face with a wide beak and slanted, beady eyes. No ears are visible, though an albaris hearing is very keen. The creatures face, like the rest of its body, is covered by short, oily feathers. These range in color from pure white to sooty gray, with the males coloration tending toward the lighter shades. An albaris wings are impressive, and many specimens have been found with wingspans of up to nine feet. Small, clawed hands can be found on the wings, about halfway along their length. The creature uses these for simple manual tasks, like eating. For more complex activities, the albari uses its feet. Graced with a strong opposable digit, an albaris feet are much like human hands, with the main difference being the number and type of fingers. Three sharply taloned digits and one thickly clawed opposable thumb rest at the end of both the albaris long, jointed legs. All albari are practiced in balancing on one leg and using the other to manipulate objects.
They speak their own high-pitched, shrieking language, as well as various trade dialects and the languages of many spacefaring races.