Creatures From The Depths [Dungeon]

Dungeon:

Markus yawned, the night was coming to a close, the moon just cresting over the distant mountains causing a strange pale light to find the surrounding landscape. The area was beautiful, behind him an ancient forest sprawled out the trees twisted branches reaching high into the air. Some so much so that they disappeared in the fog and clouds above.

Markus always loved traveling through the diverse landscapes and terrains which make up The Landforms. From the beautiful forests, to the ancient ruins, the frozen glaciers, and the Mysterious Canyons. Markus had been traveling through The Landforms for a while now, he had left Magnolia on a job, and while away he had decided to spend some time exploring more of the terrain.

Looking around the mage decided to find somewhere to bunker down for the day, he was at the edge of the Mysterious Canyons, in front of him the rocks and cliffs sprawled outwards, reaching high into the air, many of the cliff tops disappearing into darkness, below him the canyon disappeared into fog. He knew tomorrow night he would have to traverse the area.

Markus, unlike most people, prefer to travel at night. He knew there were more predaders, more monsters, and more dangers. Though, he had never feared the night, even as a child. Now however, he welcomed it, for he had an affinity with darkness, one which came with many benefits.

Traveling for a few more minutes he found what he was looking for, off to the left slightly below him on a cliff face was a cave. The mouth was small, and he had almost missed it. Were he a normal mortal, or even normal mage he would have, however he could see perfectly at night which caused the cave to stick out to him.

Getting to the entrance was easy, it took him little time to scale the cliff edges, and it helped that it was slightly below him. Entering the cave Markus was happy to note that it was larger than it looked, it was dry, protected, and more importantly unoccupied. At least, for now…

After a few minutes Markus, having have sat down and prepared to rest felt it.At the back of his mind, there was a pull, a whisper, a calling. He knew this feeling, it was the draw of magic, the pull of power. However, this power felt… strange, alien, it was like nothing he had ever felt before.
Standing Markus looked around, it was… getting closer. Something was coming in his direction, the feeling was strange, coming from… below him!