A headless, heavily muscled brute who's broad belly breaks to bare beastly fangs, a flat wet nose nestled between what are as much cheeks as pectorals. Be it on rope, or rod, or ring, or palm these misbegotten beasts keep a baleful beryl stone their constant companion, staring down strangers through a surrogate eye that glows ominously. Instinct: to hoard gems

• Trap a weapon or limb in its slavering maw
• Blind the unwary with a sudden burst of light