A basilisk is a legendary monster that can kill with a glance. In the Chamber of Secrets, till the end, no one knows that the monster of Slytherin and the creature behind the attacks is a Basilisk.. Dumbledore, of all people, should have figured it out using the following clues. Basilisk succeeded … In Harry Potter, it was a big ol' snake, but in The Witcher, these Draconoids are commonly confused with Cockatrices.. Basilisk is an enemy of Mighty Max, from the Battle Warrior Mighty Max Shatters Gargoyle. The tlincalli (the name appears to be completely invented, not based in myth, but it looks Nahuatl to me, so I’m going to pronounce it tlhin-ky-yee— nope! At Castle Moyne, Basilisk performed the ritual to awaken the beast. Basilisk, (genus Basiliscus), any of four species of forest lizards of tropical North and South America belonging to the family Iguanidae.The name is applied because of a resemblance to the legendary monster called basilisk (see cockatrice).The body is slender and compressed from side to side, the tail is long and whiplike, and the rear of the head is extended into a flat lobe like a cock’s comb. A basilisk–a lethally poisonous monster hatched from a cock’s egg–illustrated in a mediaeval bestiary. As reader Victor R. points out, in Nahuatl, each l is pronounced as a separate l, so it’s tlhin-KAHL-lee) is a centaur-like monstrosity with a humanoid torso topping a scorpioid body. In Harry Potter, it was a big ol' snake, but in The Witcher, these Draconoids are commonly confused with Cockatrices.. There are a lot of urban Legends about the Basilisk in Witcher lore, such as their venomous breath and stone-turning eyes, but most of it is untrue. The Monster Vault is a lot more poetic about it. On a failed save, the creature magically begins to turn to stone and is restrained. There are the following observations from which at least Dumbledore could figure out that the creature was a Basilisk: The basilisk (which for most of the novel is referred to simply as “the monster” because people do not know what it is) embodies two ideas: first, the harmful nature of prejudice, and second, the fear of the unknown. The Basilisk is a fantasy creature that has been subject to many different designs over the years. Traits Petrifying Gaze: If a creature starts its turn within 30 ft. of the basilisk and the two of them can see each other, the basilisk can force the creature to make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw if the basilisk isn't incapacitated. It must repeat the saving throw at the end of its next turn Illustration by arif.aly (ZBrush Central) Posted By: Dattatreya Mandal October 26, 2017. However, he did not know Max was touring the castle. Note the weasel gnawing at its breast; only they were impervious to basilisk venom.