Bezravnis

Bezravnis

(Creature)

Type

Magical beast
(earth, kaiju)

CR

26

Environment

Warm deserts

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Bestiary 4, pg(s). 168-169

Ⅰ

Bezravnis, known as the Inferno Below, is a scorpion-like kaiju with a clockwork-like cycle of rampages.

Appearance

Bezravnis is an immense, three-tailed scorpion with a fiery red exoskeleton. Its stingers glow with molten heat, and it measures 130 feet long.

Background

Scholars have correlated Bezravnis' appearance with the passage of a singular red comet known as the Inferno Star; as the comet approaches, Bezravnis emerges until the comet disappears and the kaiju goes back to sleep. Some believe that Bezravnis first fell to Golarion from the Inferno Star and the comet's presence instills the beast with a frenzied homesickness; while, to others, Bezravnis is a guardian against an even more deadly occupant of the Inferno Star, and that by displaying its power through a rampage, Bezravnis is driving the Inferno Star back into space.

Ecology

Bezravnis slumbers in Shanguang, in the shadow of the Wall of Heaven. Its rampages take place once every 273 years with little deviation: it travels in a straight line toward a settlement near Shanguang, destroys no less than two-thirds of the city, then retreats and goes back to sleep. The Mutabi-qi of Shanguang refer to the years when Bezravnis awakens as Inferno Years.

Bezvravnis' rampages tend to be limited to a single city, and only with a single pattern: a given city is never targeted twice in a row. The cities do their best to prepare for Bezravnis' attack, sometimes attempting to lure it to enemy cities, though this has never worked and often backfired. Other cities send armies of scouts into the desert to track down Bezravnis, in hopes of warning likely target cities (or silencing warnings if the target is a hostile city).

Bezravnis' connection to the Inferno Star is not understood, with folklore connecting it to a lost red homeworld, or as punishment for use of magic from the Netherworld based on the aversion of shadow creatures to the ruins where Bezravnis has struck. Tian-Yae of Shanguang believe if Bezravnis fails to rampage on schedule, a rift would open within the Wall of Heaven.

It is possible to wake up Bezravnis off the cycle with natural disasters or powerful magic from apocalypse cults. When awoken off-cycle like this, Bezravnis is particularly angry and will not rampage in a straight line as it pursues the perceived cause of its awakening. In this way, cults have successfully managed to lead Bezravnis to attack an enemy. Such tactics often backfire, for Bezravnis has been known to follow tormentors.

Bezravnis never particularly cares about the presence of other kaiju unless attacked first, at which point it becomes singularly focused on fighting the attacker as long as it remains visible or alive, although it is possible for smaller creatures to distract it with enough damage.

Cults

Fringe Lamashtan groups of Mutabi-qi in Shanguang believe Bezravnis and Yorak the Horned Thunder are the ultimate spawn of Lamashtu. These zealots pray for Bezravnis to awaken, destroy Golarion, and usher an age of monsters. However, no connection between Lamashtu and either kaiju has been confirmed.