Gilmyne, the Dancers at the Saigoth Gates
The gilmyne are dancers and performers of the Demon Realm. Their own mythology states that the gilmyne were always talented dancers, but they did not transcend the limitations of that art form until one of their number danced before the Saigoth Gates and was blessed with knowledge of the Dance of Existence and the Dance of Extinguishment. Exactly what the Saigoth Gates were (or if they even existed) is unknown in the Age of Sorrows. Savants among the Sidereals tell of a continent called Saigoth lost to the Wyld during the Great Contagion, but the gilmyne claim to have danced at the Saigoth Gates long before the first Solars were born. They also claim that the Saigoth Gates separate the universe from that which is not the universe. It is not a portal to the Wyld or even to Oblivion, but to someplace beyond those places. What this "someplace beyond" could possibly be is unknown even to the gilmyne themselves. For the most part, those who summon the gilmyne have little interest in the esoteric and philosophical aspects of their belief structure. The gilmyne are summoned to dance, and they do so with abandon.
Strictly speaking, a gilmyne resembles nothing so much as a column of silver fire, but such is the demon's chimerical nature that an observer typically sees her as one of his own kind—a human will see her as another human, an elemental as another elemental, et cetera. Only an attentive observer will notice that not only does the gilmyne lack human features, she has no facial features or even limbs. She is simply a column of fire, but only the strongest-willed mortals can make themselves see her as such.
Even those who perceive the gilmyne's true appearance cannot deny her grace, however. The gilmyne were born to dance, with each sinuous and seductive movement of their choreography reflected in the lapping flames that form their bodies. The gilmyne consider one of their number to be unlearned and feeble if she knows fewer than 5,000 dances, and most of any experience know far more. Save for the prodigies of this breed, however, only two of the gilmyne's innumerable dances have magical properties: the Dance of Existence and the Dance of Extinguishment. The former brings the pain of living to the dead, and the latter brings death to the living.
Summoning: (Obscurity 2/2) Gilmyne are often summoned to entertain or to sway emotions through their dances. A gilmyne is occasionally drawn from Malfeas without sorcery when someone tries to force open the legendary Saigoth Gates. However, no one has attempted such a feat since the fall of Clepsys during the Usurpation. If a gilmyne is forced to abstain from dancing for more than a day, its player rolls one die with a success inflicting one point of Limit.
