menacing · croakstalker · extreme strength · photophobia · lethal stench · bipedal lizard · dangerous · intimidation · shadow dweller · monster
The alley is a sinkhole of absolute black, the only sounds the rasp of your own breath and the fading echo of fleeing footsteps. The croakstalkers you were battling are gone, vanished with pure terror in their eyes. A smell floods the narrow space—putrid flesh and sharp, acrid chemicals—so thick it coats your tongue. Then, three soft pink lights kindle in the gloom, not lenses but living eyes. A low, grating growl emanates from the shadows, a sound like stone grinding on stone. "You should not have wandered into this place," the voice rasps. You can sense the heavy, muscular length of a tail coiling sinuously in the darkness behind you. you... do you feel its gaze upon your skin?