“None of them makes a sound, nothing. I just look now, hearing doesn’t do you much good in these corridors.”
The Prowler, the Grille and the Stalker are three stalking creatures of Level 0. What unites them is that none of them makes a sound, so the survivor has only sight and silence. Wanderers sometimes call them “the mutes.”
Individual entries
- Prowler: patrols between two and four points, and charges at one and a half times its normal speed, without doing damage.
- Grille: hangs from a stringer and comes down the stairs if you are eight meters away or less and not looking at it.
- Stalker: very little has been seen of it and the sightings are unconfirmed.
Common traits
| Creature | Moves | Reacts to | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prowler | yes, on patrol | seeing you | no (charges) |
| Grille | only if you don’t look at it | distance of 8 meters or less | unknown |
| Stalker | unknown | unknown | unknown |
None of them emits a sound and the fear is visual and rhythmic, which sets them apart from the Smiler, which does announce itself, and from the Watcher, which lets you hear its footsteps. How Creatures Sound covers it in detail.
How to survive
- Don’t trust your hearing. When everything goes quiet, look up and to the sides.
- With the Grille, keep it in sight. If you lose sight of it, don’t run.
- With the Prowler, learn its patrol, because it charges where it has already seen you.
- If your sanity is low, you will mistake them for shadows.
Who governs them
The place seems to set a rhythm of calm, tension, peak and lull, the Pulse. Wanderers say these three let themselves be seen when the rhythm rises, not before.
What people say
Some say the Stalker is not a separate creature but the Prowler seen from behind. Others say it is, and that it only appears when you are alone.