Nightgaunts

Nightgaunts are a species of flying creatures inhabiting Dreamlands. They have a vaguely human shape, but are thin, black, and faceless. Their skin is slick and rubbery. They sport a pair of inward-facing horns on their heads, a long barbed tail, and prehensile paws. They can fly using a set of membranous wings. They make no sound.
Nightgaunts guard Ngranek, an infamous mountain on the isle of Oriab. They sometimes capture unwary climbers, tickling them into submission with their claws and barbed tails, and carry them to the lower reaches of the Dreamlands.
Nightgaunts worship Nodens as their lord and master, and deliver unto him the dreaming souls of mortals with whom he wishes to speak. Armed with supernatural swiftness and razor-sharp talons, these monstrous shades also serve as the god's foot soldiers in his eternal war with The Faceless God.
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