The portal was a natural phenomenon, pulsing and fading in a cycle with the alignment of the planes, which explains its limited open time, as it only opens when the alignment between the planes is strongest.<br/><br/>The light reveals the creature more, as it moves across the room at super-human speeds. It has a sleek, animal-like body, though it's also humanoid in shape, and a distinctly feminine figure, lean and athletically built. She charges at him, and Draiss will notice her hands and feet are both oversized, and look fairly dense, and her limbs are powerfully built; clearly, this creature is going to be quite a powerful martial arts combatant. The first salvo of attacks emphasize this, as she launches first a punch powerful enough to shatter rocks, following up, whether the blow hits or misses, with a kick that, if it misses, will carry her past him, to the top of a rock, landing delicately, despite the shattering power behind the blow.