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Beast of Gévaudan

Also called BeastofGvaudan.

From French history and folklore, the Beast of Gévaudan is a wolf-like creature. Its hide is impervious to bullets, necessitating specialized weapons for its hunt.

At a glance

Tradition
French folklore
Region
Gévaudan, France (place of origin)
Trait family
The Impervious
Symbols
Wolf

Near this figure

and 6 more
  • Karkadann Impervious hide resists conventional weapons · Invulnerability
  • Nemean Lion Impervious hide resists conventional weapons · Invulnerability
  • Ōmukade Impervious hide resists conventional weapons · Invulnerability
  • Rakshasa Impervious hide resists conventional weapons · Invulnerability
  • Mothman Hypnotic gaze · Precognition
  • Balder Invulnerability · Precognition

Symbols

Judged against the description by a model. Meanings are our own paraphrase.

Traits

Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.

Form

Behaviour

  • Requires silver or blessed weapon to kill
    why

    This supernatural resilience led to the development of specialized weapons, including silver bullets and blessed ammunition, in attempts to slay the beast.

  • Strategic ruthless hunting pattern
    why

    Its hunting patterns were described as unusually strategic and ruthless, leading some to speculate that it was more than just an animal, but perhaps a werewolf or some other supernatural entity.

Sight and sound

Defensive powers

  • Invulnerability
    why

    Countless hunters and soldiers attempted to bring down the creature, only to find that their bullets seemed to have no effect on its hide.

Roles

Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.