Avolakia

Avolakia are aberrations who live deep underground in small tribal units. They have the ability to polymorph themselves and often use this ability to infiltrate the settlements of other creatures. In the Underdark, Avolakia often ally with Mind flayers for mutual benefit.

Avolakia can animate corpses several times a day and use zombies as both minions and as a food source. Although they can eat flesh from living or freshly killed creatures they much prefer to eat undead meat.

Combat
Avolakia prefer to rely on magic or their own spell-like abilities in combat. They will also send their undead servants into combat and, if forced to will melee, often using their poisonous bite.

Appearance
An Avolakia in its natural form looks like a disgusting cross between an octopus, worm and insect. It has a slimy pale gray body and moves around on six tentacles, each of which has an eye.