Shadow Monsters

Shadow Monsters are a unique sort of cryptid known only to inhabit the Cedargrove Forest and Wildlife Reserve. What exactly they are has been up for debate for decades, though most accounts of these creatures says they are larger than life, are an amalgamation of several different animals (perhaps chimeras, some think), smell distinctly of rot, and drip with a strange, viscous black substance — almost tar-like.
=== Origin ===
The first sighting of a Shadow Monster was in 1923, when a couple ventured out into the Cedargrove Forest to have a romantic evening near the Divide Falls. As they cuddled up on a blanket, a shadow cast over them in the sky. A terrible creature beyond human comprehension lashed out at them, its eyes glowing with sinister intent. One of the couple said despite its aggression, each scream it let out sounded eerily human. Like someone was crying out for help. He could have sworn, too, that he saw tears dripping from its wild eyes. 
Several similar sightings stacked up following that one, each sighting different, strange animal features: tentacles, wings, horns, fangs. Many had too many limbs or eyes. Some had none at all. Yet every encounter seemed to note that the creatures were able to reduce their bodies to little more than shadowy puddles of black goo and disappear into the night like shadows.
=== Shadow Monsters in Play ===
* Umbralius (Gen 1 - Original Beast)
* Margaret "Maggie" Ekster (Gen 3 - Supernatural/Original Beast Offspring)
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