G is for Grue; likely to eat you!
“It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.”
-Ancient prophecy found scrawled on the wall of an ancient city.
Abominable spawn of the Dark One himself; many of these creatures came to Ni-Aeter during the Dark Age.
The Grue is a strange demon that exists only in darkness. Not much is currently known about its bodily structure and its anatomy; all that is known about the Grue’s physicality is the following:
- Grues have at least two clawed limbs capable of grasping things.
- Grues have at least one mouth to bite things with.
- Grues have at least two glowing red eyes capable of seeing in the dark.
Grues are extremely territorial ambush predators, their preferred way of hunting consists of hiding in a dark area and waiting for unsuspecting prey to wander near them. The Grue will then attempt to grab its prey and finish them with a bite to the head; afterwards the Grue will drag its victim to a safe spot before consuming them, leaving nothing but picked clean bones.
The Grue’s most defining and perplexing feature is their reaction to light. Due to its demonic nature a Grue can only exist in darkness, should a Grue ever be exposed to light it’d simply cease to be. Torchlight is enough to turn a Grue into an incorporeal shadowy shape; sunlight can destroy one in mere seconds.
Somethin' different.
As a treat :D
Orcs will be there.
One day...
May the Powers guide thy way to enlightenment,
~Sigil