A creature of tightly-wound muscle and longlimbed speed, the thing moves like shadow, flickering to and fro as it shifts from one posture to the next. It seems to bleed into the dark around it, the only solid point of reference on its form being the eyeless, smooth mask of bronze that covers the top of its head, a many-eyed crest of metal fanning out over it. A long, pale tongue flicks hungrily between its sharp, needle-pointed teeth, and it hurls itself toward you…
