“The beast” appears as a looming humanoid figure with powerful, exaggerated limbs and a towering, muscular frame. Its skin is rough and shadowed, with hints of fur along the shoulders and spine, giving it an untamed, primal look. Glowing eyes pierce through the darkness of its features, and its posture blends human intelligence with an animalistic readiness to strike.
The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems