Creatures of Darkness

The creatures of darkness (also known as the creatures of the dark, night creatures, creatures of the night, creatures of primordial night, creatures of the primordial night) are an ancient race of dark beings in the lore of Dota 2.

Habitat
Judging by the scope of the Golden Ones' mission, the night creatures lived wherever darkness is in the cosmos or they may have lived on planets, like Dota's 2 Earth-like planet.

With most of the primordial night creatures exterminated on the First Day, their untethered souls now dwell in the void where Balanar calls them from to haunt the living world.

Morphology, physiology, and whatnot
The following information about what the night creatures looked like is solely based on the only known surviving specimen of this race, Balanar the Night Stalker. The night creatures had predominantly blue skin with a few areas on their form that have white patches of skin. These white patches of hide start from the palms and runs through the inner surface of their arms to their armpits and their flanks. They had a pair of green eyes which were blank and expanded during night time in which they were stronger. There were a few red glowing protuberances on their face and a few openings on their own skin also revealed the same red glowing flesh underneath. That being said, it's unknown if the rest of the night creatures also shared Balanar's features like a pair of wings, his talon-tipped hands, his iconic but terrifying triple jawed mouth, a long tail, his ungulate legs and cloven feet akin to a demon's, etc. Despite these similarities, they have absolutely nothing to do with demons. Possessing a humanoid form, the creatures of the primordial night were said to have a magnificent stature, which may include a toned physique just like Balanar's.

Weaknesses
Daylight is lethal to all night creatures (except for one who is weakened by it instead) if they are exposed to it, as shown in the holocaust of the night creatures on the First Day.

Personality

 * The night creatures were lordly beings. They lived their lives being worshipped by their prey, who gave them gifts, supplication and even their own lives as death via the talons of one like Balanar's was a privilege to them.

Heroes
The last of his kind, is the sole survivor of the holocaust on the First Day. Besides that, there are many aspects of Balanar that make him special from his kin.
 * Like the other night creatures, he was worshipped by their prey as their master. The greatest among his kind, he wore the Crown of Black Nihility, a symbol of terrible darkness.
 * Unlike the other night creatures, Balanar can survive during the daytime whose sunlight extinguished his kin, allowing him to walk under the sunlight that he despises.
 * His secret weapon against the harmful light is the special darkness in his heart. So long as he feeds it the flesh that he eats, it will preserve him through daylight.
 * But surviving under the daylight is different from thriving under it, so he's lethargic and weakened during day but is energetic and at full strength otherwise.
 * Another way for Balanar to inflict Shadow of the Dark Age Crippling Fear icon.png Crippling Fear on his foes is to summon from the void some of the souls of his dark brethren, who are drawn to him as their focus.

Characters
Breklin has some features that are also seen on Balanar: green eyes, red strips of flesh on some areas of his body, and blue skin with lighter patches. He could be a night creature.

Heroes
A warrior of the light, the is the scourge of the night and its creatures. As the last herald of the light, the night creatures prevail when she dies.

is an appreciator of the primordial night creature Balanar, feeling nothing but displeasure in the killing of a creature of great beauty.

has a similar opinion with Grimstroke on the aesthetic of Balanar. He expresses this by planning to mount his head above his mantle.

If the demands respect from Balanar since Inai is his elder, then perhaps the other night creatures, by extension, have reverence for the void.

Factions
Along with assuming their progenitor's mantle in illumining the world, the Children of Light also undertook a mission to scour all primordial night creatures from the cosmos.

Others
Before the night creatures' extinction, the first among their primordial prey grew to worship their predators as their masters, fashioning the arms and regalia of Black Nihility to honor and express their magnificence. Those who found themselves under the night creatures' shadow, such as their prey, despaired and supplicated before them. But the ultimate form of subservience among these prey is forfeiting their lives to the fine talons of their masters, a fate which was considered a privilege.