A dark cavern with luminescent blue mushrooms scattered along the walls. In the dark, a gleam of light shines from an unusual artifact. A glowing ring upon the long, twisting tail of a large, vaguely simian like beast. Its emaciated ribs shown by the bright glow within its chest. A glow that runs up through its body, fanned out through its six listening ears, and hissed through its breath with an almost radioactive hue. The Shadowbeast concept turns LiuEr Mihou, Macaque, into something far more sinister. These dark beasts reside within the deep dark of the underground world, coming up to the surface to hunt. Amalgamous and shape changing, the beasts will take the form of creatures/demons/animals/etc that they encounter upon the surface world to better blend in and get close to their prey. Their chosen form becomes permanent upon maturity and allows them to wander about in daylight. However, they can transform into their true, monstrous forms at ease. Most shadowbeasts, while vaguely resembling certain species all share a few specific traits; including but not limited to a large, emaciated, or disfigured body (extra limbs or appendages are not uncommon), black fur/skin color, and bioluminescent blood/insides. (Feel free to make your own beasty!) Their hunting methods disrupted the reincarnation cycle, as they would also devour the souls of their victims, leaving nothing to return to the wheel. Thus much of their kind was actively hunted down by the heavens and forced to retreat deep into the earth. The ring upon Macaque's tail is a celestial artifact (appearing as a gold band in his simian form). It conceals his true nature from prying eyes and prevents his mind from being read.
