<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Perception check (1d20 + 11): 17 + 11 = 28 -&gt; Success<br/>Initiative (1d20 + 6): 5 + 6 = 11</div></div></div><br/>The abrupt silence draws Kaelen's attention back to the dais where the Lord Governor begins his speech.  Although he pays attention to the events occurring at the portal, he continues to pack up quietly, mostly moving boxes toward the back of the stall.  Despite the occasion lending this one a certain air of authority, public speeches like this were commonplace in the city and his duties had taken him to his fair share.  What did draw his interest, however, was the huge portal ring behind the Lord Governor.  Visibly gathering power as the speech wore on, the gradually forming gate gained more and more clarity, until Kaelen could make out the faint outlines of<span style="font-style: italic">something</span>waiting on the other side of the rippling curtain of magic.<br/><br/>However, as the brief glimpses through begin to grow in length, he catches a glimpse of something that looks...off.  Stopping and looking closer at the portal, his interest quickly turns to concern, then to outright horror as the beings silhouetted in the portal become clearer.  No angel he's ever heard of has bat wings and what look like cruelly-pointed horns, nor would they be carrying weaponry openly on such an occasion.  The cessation of the high priests' chanting and the glyphs' warping into shapes that almost hurt to look at confirmed his suspicions.  Something has gone horribly wrong tonight.<br/><br/>Standing still for a moment, he takes a deep breath, doing nothing but listening to the throbbing hum coming from the portal.  That done, he seems to burst into motion, his movements fluid and practiced.  Reaching under the table in front of him, he pulls a pair of matching short swords out from their concealed sheaths.  At the same time, he works his jaw in a specific set of motions.  Keyed to one of his nutrions, he can feel it's magic activate as his teeth elongate and grow, most notably into a pair of long fangs that only accentuate his ophidian nature.  That done, he brings his swords up in front of him crossed, then quickly snaps them back to his side.  The air seems to bend and distort in their passing, and Kaelen steps into the resulting disturbance, vanishing from view as he does so.<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Kaelen activates his <span style="font-style: italic">Beast Fangs</span> nutrion, as well as his 1/day free use of <span style="font-style: italic">Invisible Blade</span> (<span style="font-style: italic">Greater Invisibility</span> as the spell, lasts for 10 rounds).</div></div></div>