His children, thankfully, were safe; they'd been slipped into an extra-dimensional space, so, short of a direct attack, they were safe from the battle. Unfortunately, as Draiss gets close, a lance of balefire lashes out, from a hidden pocket; something under heavy-non-detection fields, and a lot stronger than these minions, from the feel of it.<br/><br/>The creature appears an instant later, looking like a cross between a giant spider, and one of his chaos scorpions... and, apparently, with about the same temperament.