Beast

A Beast is a constructed lesser demon, taking the form of a flayed, quadrupedal dog-like creature with a cow's skull in place of a head and a mouthful of razor-sharp teeth. They range in size, with average being equivalent to a bear. Beasts are shock troops, used to terrorize an enemy or beat them down through brute force. They are capable of harming humans on a spiritual level, and doing physical harm to ghosts and guardians.

Source and Rarity
Generally, standard Beasts are specific to one of the Sons of the Unnamed, who creates them from ether and the remnant energies of lesser demons. The majority of them are attributable to his designs. Other variants of Beast have been encountered as well, though these were made as imitations or corruptions of the originals.

Beasts are rarely found outside of the pall of their master. When they are, they are usually imitations.

Great Beast
The larger version, equivalent in size to a truck. They tend to be smarter than average Beasts, and can hunt for longer without guidance. (Incidentally, Amy is a Great Beast, with the distinction of being sentient, non-hostile, and unbound.)

Dragon
An even larger Beast variant with a scaled appearance and four horn-like protrusions encircling its face, extending outward and back. Dragons have two sets of eyes, and are capable of breathing a dark-energy-sparked sulfuric fire that can permanently disfigure a ghost and leave a living person with a distinctly burn-like phantom pain. There have been two of these total ever seen.

Twilight Beast
Also called a "Twili" Beast, this variant is a faulty clone of a real Beast, its face replaced with a bony, shield-shaped flat that lacks eyes or teeth. The body is largely black, the limbs exaggeratedly long and bearing deadly claws. Their all-over design seems to have been based on a video game monster, partly from searching their victims' minds for an image to use.

Clone Beast
An exact replica of a standard Beast, but lacking the original's strength. How these were created is unknown.

Encounters

 * The first ever documented attack on the group was by a Beast, which chased J and X to their door, only to be stopped by Etheridus.
 * A Great Beast attacked X when she was leaving work, raking one of her arms and leaving a spectral wound. The mark took nearly a year to fade.
 * Etheridus fought and slayed both of the Dragons that have been encountered, but not before the first one tore off his left arm, requiring it to be reattached. The encounter left a permanent scar.
 * Nero once captured a Twili Beast that was stalking the road at night, simply because he felt like it. He may still have it somewhere.