A series of tendrils erupt from an almost spherical body. Using these tendrils the Darkling moves with a skittering, jerky, speed. Their color is a uniform off-black, the color of a TV left on but with nothing on screen. Darklings live in a hive of 20-30 individuals built around one "queen" which is a larger stationary Darkling. It is rooted in place but can fade from place to place via it's shadow travel. It can reach through shadows to attack with it's extra long tendrils. Instinct: -To Drag Back to the Nest

• Teleport self through shadows
• Teleport-leap onto a foe out of a shadow behind them
• Communicate with the hive through shadows
• Can only hurt a living creature when it can touch bare skin.