Creatures large and small scuttled around the towering figure of their master, the Swarm Lord (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t297/XenoGuy/Trygon.jpg). The Swarm, consisting of everything from the smallest Nightmare Broodling (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t297/XenoGuy/Zerglin.jpg), to the massive Behemoth (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t297/XenoGuy/Tyranid.jpg) all milled about the larger figure.<br/><br/>"A party?" The words seethed from the larger creature's mouth. "How... interesting... I shall need to attend..." The creature looked over it's massive body, and tsked. "Ah, but I cannot attend as such... would be much to overpowering..." The creature turned into a mass of black shadow, as most melted away, leaving a solitary, humanoid figure in it's place. "Ah... much better." The raspy, demonic voice was replaced by a smooth, much more human one. Raising a claw, it shredding the veil of reality which lead to the mortal realm, and stepped out.<br/><br/>The figure wore a black tuxedo with a long flowing black cape. Atop his head was an obsidian crown jeweled lavishly with rubies, emeralds and sapphires. His long purple hair was nipped at playfully by the stiff wind, and the cool night air assaulted his nostrils with a pleasently crisp scent. From the Rip, a medium sized creature (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t297/XenoGuy/Hydralisk.jpg), looking like a snake with claws, and supported upon it's tail, slithered through, and hissed at the man. "Of course I am certain. You question me? Just see to it we maintain our positions. We don't want to loose the Human World completely, now do we." With a wave of his hand, the creature bowed and retreated, sealing the Rip behind it.<br/><br/>The man looked up to the large, stately mansion up the road. The driveway was long, but they didn't build the road close enough to the house. Or the otherway around, whichever happened to be the case. Putting one foot before the other, as all humans did, he walked up the path, his heavy black boots making a racket on his way up. Upon reaching the door, he grabbed hold of the massive knock, a brass ring gripped in the mouth of some creature not of his Brood, and dropped it to the door, the 'thunk' echoing inside. A man dressed in a drab duster cloak answered the door, said nothing and showed him in.<br/><br/>Showing him to the lobby, where a woman was already there, sipping champagne, the man in the drab cloak announced. "Lords and Ladies of the Dark: I present Xenolord, Swarm Lord of the Nightmare Arachnids." Xenolord bowed the other man. "Please wait in the lobby for the other guests to arrive." He nodded and took a few steps farther in. This night... was going to be fun.