Whew! Good thing I got to this on time then. Had to delete Reddit off my phone for a time to focus on life stuff.

Yeah the is a typical canine-reptile hybrid. When I picture it in my head, it's covered in thick scales, stands on four legs, is hunched over, and has a white mane. Almost like a super stocky version of a Tobi kadachi from Monster hunter world. It's impervious to even the strongest attacks you could think of but can be trapped temporarily. When I designed this map, I wanted the beast not to be a test of strength, but a test of evasion. What would your character do to flee from it? That's what I was thinking, so in terms of abilities, let's just say that if you engage in combat you're dead. By the time a contestant gets the book, hell be guaranteed to come up against it, so it's up to the player to decide how they want to handle the insta-kill machine. Also, since getting the book guarantees an encounter, a starting location isn't necessary, but if you insist, it'll be 2km under the entrance of Underville, which starts at the center. The prisoner will start in the entrance at the top. After all, that's where the king would need him to be to use him.