Krasus felt right at home in the acid lakes. The oozing lakes of flesh-melting liquids and the smoke clouds that covered the sky reminded him of a place he could not name but should belong to. The dark atmosphere that was almost completely devoid of sunlight also gave Krasus excellent playing grounds to practice his shadow magic. Usually, the demon trickster would could only perform his devious cons at night. Here in the acid lakes, with no sunlight to interrupt him although, he could shapeshift even at day for it was almost as dark at night. The demon frolicked freely in the almost desolate, almost abandoned, almost forsaken land only home to the most hardened of creatures.
As Krasus merrily skipped through the land, he heard a commotion coming from a shallow cliff below. Krasus leered his head ever so slightly over the edge to see what was happening. He found two small demon imps fighting over a recently killed dear. Krasus smiled to himself, under the shadow guise of a child he had, and saw the opportunity for a quick meal. The demon looked around for anything he could use to get the advantage from the arguing demons. He saw the skeleton of a dead demon felhound which half of it's body had been melted away in a near by lake. The demon took half of it's skull and fitted it on his head. The he shaped his body to look like the creature's own. After looking at his reflecting in the vile, bubbling pool of death, he giggled to himself.
As the two demon imps fought with each other over who would get the deer, a large shadow was cast over them. Both of their attention was caught by a large strange creature looming above them. The creature then howled, a horrible screeching howl that echoed throughout the land. Then the creature neared it's head at them only for them to find a skull with hollow eye sockets. The two imps ran away as fast as their feet could carry them. Krasus took off his skull his skull helmet and laughed as he watched the two demons run off into the distance. Krasus then eyed his price.
"Krasus haven't had fresh meat for some time now." Krasus said to himself. "Krasus will feast!"
The demon trickster then began to devour the deer raw, relishing it's taste. Nothing was wasted as the demon teared flesh off from bone and eat everything from it's brains to it's entrails. After about a good hour and a half of feasting. The demon feel on his back and began to dooze off. Having been satisfied by his meal, he now felt an urge to sleep. And so he slumbered there inches away from the bones of the deer he just ate.
As Krasus began to awaken from his long and delightful slumber, he noticed something wrong. As he opened his eyes, he was greeted by another demon looking down at him. This demon was far larger than Krasus, at least in his human child form and had long curved horns coming out of his head, strange markings on his body and terrifying green eyes. Krasus quickly stood up and edged himself near the rock cliff that towered behind him. He could climbed back up the cliff because he was full and he's body weighed more than he could carry. The demon just kept watching him. Krasus summoned his dagger by reciting his runes.
"Olphta Kopeeshri Banhar Banhar Ideok."
The blade appeared on his hand and a in the form of a child, folded his arms near his chest and kept the blade in his right arm, ready to strike out with a swing from his right arm if the demon attacked him.
"Stay away from Krasus." The demon trickster warned. "Krasus does not wish to fight."