This section of the cavern ceiling is littered with stalactites, and is said to have small vertical tunnels that lead into the surrounding caverns. The tunnels are used by creatures that can levitate, fly, and climb on ceilings. As a result, those who pass below are almost always on the lookout for creatures that may lurk up there.
Cloakers, cave fishers, swarms of bats, and darkmantles are known to wander in, but the most frequent threat are the piercers for which the area is named. As such, Skulkers will often use scrap material to build awnings over the catwalks in this area and duck between them as a form of meagre protection from threats above.