Shadow beasts
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| Shadow beasts | |
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 Shadow beast, screenshot in-game | |
| Only appearance: | Ultima Underworld |
The shadow beast has a transparent, featureless humanoid form with glowing, yellow eyes much like those of a dire ghost.
Description[edit]
In combat this creature lashes out with its powerful claws. Despite its description below, this creature is not totally invisible; it becomes so briefly during the combat, reappearing at a slightly different position, making it a challenging target. The Avatar encountered only three of them in the first Ultima Underworld. Shadow beasts have not been seen since the eruption of the Abyss.
Lore[edit]
| “ | There is little we can say about this entity, or family of entities — we obviously cannot see that which is invisible, so we do not know how many there are. The Shadow Beast is thought to be immensely powerful, more than a match for any single warrior. When attacked by unseen adversary, first look up (for a flying attacker) and down (lest a small worm or other foe is striking) — if none of these be the case, then suspect the Shadow Beast and begin to strike in all directions! |
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Trivia[edit]
- In the PS1 version of UW1 shadow beasts aren't nearly invisible as in the PC version but they are big bright purple creatures.
- (Technical) In the UW1 data files, the shadow beast has sprite animation sets for attacking, dying, and running in four directions. It does not have any idle animations or any diagonal running animations. It is completely invisible when it is doing any of these things.
Gallery[edit]
PS1 version of a shadow beast
