The moment Aldain's disembodied hand touched the giant tiger, the creature began to stir. Aldain and the two sides of his conscience watched silently until finally the creature stood up, on two legs! Looking at this angle now, Aldain was certain the tiger was female.

A deep rolling purr echoed through large chamber. The creature gazed around the cavern until it's eyes fixed firmly on Aldain. "So you woke me up huh?" It asked, then scratched its own head.

"I have woken you, yes." Aldain answered simply.

The eyes of the giant cat suddenly fixed on the spiritual representation of the Dungeon Heart. "Your imp, what is wrong with it? It's is darker and much more powerful than I've ever seen one." The tiger paused for a moment, then growled "That thing is a Heart! You have claimed a Temple and a Heart?"

"Wow, he's good!" the imp said with a cackle.

The tiger shook his head, "I normally play young and stupid when a new God awakens me, but if you've claimed both, then you have already stepped beyond anything I expected."

At that moment, Horny walked into the cavern and instantly the Tiger knew he was there. Dropping to all four the tiger walked over to the Reaper, then sat down like a human would. "Come here little demon, I would like to get a sense of you." The tiger said and held out its hand/paw.

Horny shrugged like the idea of climbing into the grip of a creature whose hand was bigger than his body didn't bother him at all.

The Tiger brought the Reaper up to eye level and the two simply stared at each other for a while. Aldain had the feeling they were communicating, but couldn't hear any of it. Suddenly, the Tiger moved his hand up to his shoulder where Horny climbed off and sat like a demonic red parrot.

The Tiger turned to Aldain, "You have quite a rare Demon there you know. He and I are probably equals. By the way, my name is Riana. Now, let me tell you a bit about what I am, and what I can do for you."

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Quite a lot as Aldain soon discovered. Normally, when a new soul takes possession of a Temple for the first time, 'the creature' as Riana was called, woke young body with no memory. As the creature grew in age and learned from the new God, the creature would take on the personality of its master. The Creature could learn any number of things, including how to create "miracles" as Aldain himself did.

Riana however, was not woken by a new 'god' nor even a returning one. She had been woken by a Keeper/God. Rules were bending everywhere that Aldain's influence touched. Riana could feel bits of her own personality already beginning to bend towards that of Aldain. She was accepting of this, knowing that it was simply her nature. She did however, not have mind of a child. Instead, she was already well versed in many things that Aldain knew he would find use in.

Riana though she didn't need to really learn much, there was plenty she could teach. First though, it was time that she left the cavern and met the people. Riana rose up and strode out of the cave in the side of the cavern and into the sunlight.

At first, things in the city that surrounded the Temple were tense as the twenty-three foot tall tiger strode down the main street. The denizens that had risen from the dungeon and onto the surface were from a world of 'strength rules' while Riana was from a world where orcs and demons were killed on sight.

The Temple Keeper's voice echoed throughout the city and through the lands surrounding as he called out, "Behold the Tigress Riana, my chosen avatar of the kindness and generosity of our people just as the Horned Reaper is the avatar of our strength and determination!"

As Aldain spoke these words, Riana traced a runic symbol in the sky with her claw that Aldain had never seen before. He watched in awe as a reddish pink glow suddenly shot out from Riana. He recognized it as a healing miracle, but of much larger proportions. Encompassing the majority of the city in the glow, anyone who had so much as the slightest scratch felt the wounds disappear and their bodies revitalized.

Aldain felt the sudden surge through the temple as his people belief in him grew massively. In his mind he heard Riana say, "I will remain up here for a time, but soon, I should visit the Heart."

Aldain mentally chuckled, "A bit big for the Dungeon aren't you?"

Riana purred suddenly, "You have much to learn of me yet Lord Keeper."

Aldain didn't question that at all as he watched Riana as she lowered the Reaper to the ground, then began to move around the city, performing any act of kindness that she could. It was a moment later that he heard another voice, something so faint and in the distance that he couldn't make out the words. He knew that the Healing Miracle had drawn something or someone's attention.

As Aldain thought about the possible implications of this, he heard the voice of Graaf, one of the imps that has been around since the beginning of his time as the Keeper. "We have tunneled into new area."

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Aldain mentally willed himself to Graaf and found himself at the edge of a wide and deep expanse of water. Looking as far as his domain presence would allow, Aldain saw no end to the water. Aldain allowed the imps to go about their normal business, and with the tip of his index finger, tapped the perfectly serene surface of the water. After waiting for a while, Aldain tapped again, twice in rapid succession, then waited for a couple minutes and tapped again. Aldain sensed the movement before it happened pulled his hand back inside the solid tunnels of the dungeon and watched.

Then it came, a body of nearly four feet and tentacles over twelve feet in length. Aldain could see it just below the surface and then watched it come up out of the water. Aldain knew of these creatures from the library, but did not think he would ever find one. They were called Tentacles by the denizens of the dungeon and nothing could seem more fitting for a name.

The Tentacle used its name sake, its tentacles, and crawled up the wall of the dungeon and then onto the ceiling. There it stayed silently, waiting for its next victim. Too late to stop it, Aldain saw one of the younger imps darted to the edge of the water, oblivious to the danger. The tentacle simply dropped on top of the imp, enveloping the imp in its tentacles. Aldain could see now that the suction cups of the tentacles barbed and the imp was quickly torn to shreds and the Tentacle dragged the body into the water to feast.

Aldain understood that this meant that somewhere else around this water, there was another access point from dry land. The Tentacle knew the draw of fresh water and how to ambush non-aquatic prey. Aldain commanded a door be built twenty paces from the water and locked until he had time to explore further.