He's Both, And His Name Is Marvin The Scarecrow...

"Lookin good boss." Came a voice from slightly behind Daniel and he realized his handyman, the jack-o-lantern headed scarecrow Marvin was standing on the bluff close by observing the new Skerry Daniel had decided to dub 'The Devil's Bayou' and expand upon for the next few nights in the dreaming.

"Yes, some of my better work Marvin, but I can only surmise that you have not interrupted simply to say you found the new Skerry ascetically pleasing." Daniel replied without turning around as he made a few tiny adjustments to the present configuration of the Bayou with the power of his Emerald.

"Yea, um, your missus has shown up at the castle, there's a delegation from the Greeks cooling their heals in one of the Anterooms of your Throne Room, and three of the children from the town have wandered into a nightmare Skerry..." Marvin said abashedly.

"I see." Was Daniel's only reply, as he thought about which of these matters most urgently required his attention...