Erik Dahl lives and works in Davis, California, where he and his darling wife share blissful moments of ridiculous contentment on a regular basis. While writing his chapter of this book, he occasionally indulged his overdramatic tendencies by walking around the house in a heavy cloak with the hood covering his eyes. Fortunately, he didn't break anything.

Dedication: T. and Danielle, thanks for your brilliance, creativity, enthusiasm, and friendship. These shadows are cast in your likenesses.

Timothy Ferguson is a librarian, who lives on the Gold Coast, in Australia. He became a vegetarian while writing the Criamon chapter, to see how it changes the way you think about animals, and has decided to stick with it. He collects succulents, but hasn't found a way to include magical cactuses in Ars Magica yet. He'd like to dedicate this book to Linda, for being the sort of person people dedicate books to.

Matt Ryan lives and works in the Finger Lakes region of Central New York. He drank a lot of coffee and listened to a lot of old Pogues records while writing this piece, his second major contribution to Ars Magica. He also received great support and many helpful comments from the line editor, the other authors of this book, and the authors of The Mysteries

Revised Edition. A special thanks goes to Mario Cerame, fellow friend and gamer, who helped design the Expanded Shape and Material Bonuses chart.

Dedication: To Wallace Michael Lumb and Stephen Cobb, who helped me through an extremely difficult stretch of the journey.

Mark Shirley: According to his job decription, Mark is a 'Biomathematician' which is a fancy way of saying that he gets paid for counting badgers. He lives in the north-east of England with his ferrets, and complains about how grim it is up north.

Dedication: Andrew and Camo, who've had to endure endless worries, rants, and one-sided discussions. Your forbearance is a lesson to us all.

Kelley Hensing (www. wickiearts.com) is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Creating creatures and mythological characters is one of her favorite subjects. Inspirations include myths, fairy tales, and religious texts.

Brad McDevitt (www. bradleykmcdevitt.net), a 17-year veteran of gaming art, has done work for everyone from TSR to Pinnacle. He lives in Ohio with his wife Jessica.

Working on Ars Magica since 1989, Jeff A. Menges (www. skaircrow.com) is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Illustration, and has been freelancing in the gaming industry for nearly 20 years.

Grey Thornberry (www.greystudio. com) is a self-diagnosed (and selfmedicated) illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY. "About art I'd say there's few things more important than a well-drawn line; about myself, caffeine is the only thing standing between me and the evil person I really am."

From The Lord of the Rings to the World of Darkness, Kieran Yanner (www. kieranyanner.com) has crept into awardwinning publications for the past six years. Recent clients include DC Comics and The Upper Deck Company.