Greywing holds a special place in our annals. First, because no living Hunter actually ever saw its cadaver. Second, because it was responsible for the death of Speaker Margaret, now known more commonly as the Starsteel Saint.

Appearing over the Bay of Fangs in the year 5 A.S., Greywing assaulted a ship coming into port. According to the reports, it was a pallid bat some three yards from head to rump, with a wingspan of six yards. Exactly therein lay its strength, as Greywing had no reported special abilities other than its sheer size and accompanying strength.

Greywing appears to have been one of several instances of a Beast having been formed by the enlargement of a dead animal’s body. How the Dark Ones can conjure additional mass in such a manner remains a mystery.

In 22 A.S., an errant Hunter encountered the King of the Forest outside Gettildow. It reportedly ignored multiple musket shots, only going down after sustained fire from a prototype repeater. More controversially, it was suggested to have had a spark of human intellect.

The latter is largely based on a single report suggesting the King of the Forest might have been trying to speak. Many have been inclined to reject this notion, but examination of the Beast’s head did suggest it may have once been a human’s, at least partially.

This has led to the uncomfortable question if Beasts – particularly those made from human remains – retain some of their mortal minds. Unfortunately, there is currently no way to definitively research this, and so the matter remains an open controversy.

Appearing in one of Gladill’s mines in 17 A.S., the Knockers posed a particularly large threat. Immensely strong diggers, they would trap their victims by causing cave-ins before emerging to claw and bite them to death.

The Hunters managed to bring back some of the nasal appendages for study. Close inspection revealed that they were covered in what appeared to be taste-buds, meaning they probably found their prey by tasting the air, since they lacked eyes.

Notably, there is a species of mole that features a similar adaptation, but as it does not occur in Iseron the question arises whether the Dark Ones may have recreated that ability here. The implications of this are tough to parse, and the fact that other Hunters have since encountered similar Beasts adds to the mystery.

The Living Rocks were discovered in the hills of Serncar in 28 A.S., but reports suggest they had been slumbering there for generations. Despite their name and the evident toughness of their skin, the Living Rocks did not have any kind of stone embedded in their physiology. However, examination revealed these Beasts’ skin to be reminiscent of that of rhinoceroses and elephants, with the rest of their physique being similar to that of great apes.

Two popular explanations have been offered for this. One, the Dark Ones somehow mimicked these features in creating the Living Rocks. Two, the Beasts were created from the animals of the Menagerie of Crowns that stood at Serncar when the Dark Ones first arose. If the latter is true, the Beasts slept undisturbed for centuries, which presents its own disturbing implications.

The Muck Toads, which appeared near Ditmus in 12 A.S., present an interesting question. Superficially, they seemed to fall into that category of Beast characterised by dead animals becoming substantially larger during their resurrection. However, the Hunters discovered – in quite tragic fashion – that the Muck Toads possessed a potent venom, which they could apply with their sharpened tongues. This venom caused instant pain, soon followed by convulsions, and was apparently quite deadly.

Notably, Hale Bark ointment seems to have had little effect against the venom. As the ointment is a beloved general antivenom across the global network, this suggests some level of alteration of the Beasts’ venom by the Dark Ones. Unfortunately, no Muck Toads survived the Hunters' vengeance in good enough condition to allow any physical study.

Twins was a horrid Beast, created from two dead Melsciff Foragers in 8 A.S.. It was apparently some eight feet tall, the Foragers having been elongated until their limbs were disturbingly long and narrow.

Notable in the reports is the mention of markings on the trees among which Twins kept its lair. They reportedly distorted sight and caused an intense feeling of loneliness and discomfort, allowing Twins to sneak up on and surprise the Hunters even after its presence had become known.

Recreations of the shapes have been attempted – both in scientific and artistic pursuit – but the reported effect was not achieved, and the Hunters present said the attempts somehow didn’t look like the figures they had seen, even though they could find no deviation from the shapes they remembered.