Blatant Beast

The Blatant Beast was a strange monster that roamed throughout the Kingdom of Mertwig in search of stories and rhymes. Anyone that managed to tell the creature a tale that was to its liking would be gifted treasure, whilst though whose stories failed to impress would be attacked.
==Description==
The Blatant Beast was a bipedal creature with stubby arms, a tail, and green skin.The creature's skin color is only apparent on the cover of the book.
==History==
When King Mertwig was on the verge of death at age 65, various fortune hunters and individuals claiming to be his long-lost heirs scoured his kingdom in search of wealth and treasure. During their journey to claim the throne, the would-be heirs of King Mertwig encountered the Blatant Beast.
==Appendix==
===Background===
This creature's name may have been derived from the Blatant Beast in the English poem The Faerie Queene, which got its own statblock for 2nd edition AD&D in Dragon #58.
===Notes===
===Gallery===
Mertwig's Maze Cover.png|The Blatant Beast and a red wolf confront Lady Phillippa, Barefoot Holtman, and Woggnog on the cover of Mertwig's Maze.
BlatantBeast.png|The Blatant Beast from one of the cards from Mertwig's Maze.
===Appearances===
===References===
Category:Inhabitants of the Kingdom of Mertwig
Category:Inhabitants of the Vast
Category:Inhabitants of the Eastern Heartlands
Category:Inhabitants of Northwest Faerûn
Category:Inhabitants of Toril