Trance Keeper

Trance keepers are the guardians of the Trance Plane, and they will attack any who stay within the Trance Plane for too long. They have the appearance of being made of glass, their movements slow and deliberate, and their bodily shapes tend to resemble any type of extraplanar creature otherwise. Universally, if they have a mouth, it will be hanging open at a crooked angle, as though broken. Some trance keepers will have cracks along their glass-like bodies, or they may have broken-off parts such as horns or entire limbs, which they will carry around with them.
Due to generally poor visibility in the Trance Plane, it's possible to not notice a trance keeper until it's too late. However, those who do see trance keepers approaching have reported that trance keepers "distort" the Trance Plane around them, ripping it away and revealing the reality beneath as they make their way to the intruder. As they draw closer, haggard, rasping breathing can be heard. On reaching an intruder, trance keepers grab hold of their face with their clawed hands and force the intruder's neck back with painstaking slowness. As soon as a snap is heard, the intruder will be back in the Prime Plane, none the worse for wear save for their neck feeling very stiff for even up to years afterwards.
Trance keepers' victims have reported hearing trance keepers' distinctive breathing whenever they re-enter into the Trance Plane, even if just for a moment, as though being given a warning to not come back, lest their previous encounter be repeated.
Category:Planes
Category:Extraplanar Creatures