<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ab/a9/03/aba9034a88d4f9a08701160252487f65.jpg)</div><br/>At the entrance of the narrow canyon, Galyxx stood and looked upon the fortress nestled within, swirling yellowed eyes studying its outline. It wore the body of an ultraloth, which it had taken for convenient camouflage upon arriving in Niflheim, and the small band of yugoloths who had yet to realize their leader was no longer its own master waited in uncomfortable silence behind it.<br/><br/>That fortress was the answer to its unsettled state. Something inside those dark, forboding walls called to the loumara lord. It was no sending or arcane summons, no magical compulsion or message. It felt more like an echo, the sense of something long lost and now almost found. Galyxx had no idea what could have compelled it to pursue this, but its pursuit was soon to be at an end. Without turning, it addressed the warband, mimicking the unconscious ultraloth's telepathic 'voice'.<em>You will stay. I will enter the valley alone. Do not pursue me within.</em><br/><br/>The other 'loths relaxed perceptibly. They knew the valley's dread reputation, and while they were too well-disciplined to argue with their commander, they were equally happy to let him brave its unknown dangers alone. Without another word, Galyxx set off deeper into the valley, and once out of sight, it paused to shed its corporeal shell. The comatose daemon collapsed as Galyxx continued, drifting along as an invisible and near-imperceptible amalgamation of pure malevolent will. Eventually it reached the gates of the fortress, suspiciously open and unbarred. Whatever or whoever lay within, it was expecting and welcoming visitors. Unperturbed, Galyxx continued.<br/><br/>One being occupied the entry hall, a woman with the appearance and manner of a succubus. Galyxx was immediately put on guard, suspecting a trap by Malcanthet - but on closer inspection the creature was no demon. Merely a daemonblooded fey, and thus no servant of the notoriously picky and breedist Succubus Queen. It briefly considered possessing and interrogating her, but decided against it; answers could be found directly deeper within. Passing through walls, doors, and floors, it eventually found its way to a large chamber already occupied by a number of beings, and paused long enough to examine them in detail. Shrouded and warded against nearly every manner of perceptive sense in the multiverse, Galyxx was certain it could take as long as it needed to assess threats.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/>Galyxx, obviously, doesn't know that Vholdran can see through its Cloak of Mystery. Alactra would only feel the sense of Galyxx's Haunting Presence as it passed her though - technically a DC35 Will save vs. being Shaken until Galyxx moved out of range after a few seconds, but this is narrative so w/e.<br/></div></div>