The Chrono-Beast was not born in the same way as other creatures. It was created by the very fabric of time itself—an anomaly that should not exist, but does, across multiple timelines simultaneously. It first appeared in the ancient days of a forgotten civilization, where scholars were said to have unlocked the secrets of time travel. They built machines capable of bending time's flow, but in doing so, they unknowingly fractured reality, creating rifts that merged past, present, and future.
From one of these rifts, the Chrono-Beast emerged—a being composed of overlapping realities. Its body constantly shifts between eras: one moment, it is covered in primitive scales and bone; the next, it gleams with sleek metallic armor from a future long beyond our understanding. Its presence distorts the world around it, bending time and causing strange anomalies wherever it treads. In some places, time slows down; in others, it races forward. A single step from the Chrono-Beast can age a forest to dust or rewind a battlefield to before a single blow was struck.
Its motivations are unclear. Some believe the creature is drawn to time-travelers, sensing the disturbances they create and hunting them down to correct the flow of time. Others think it feeds on the temporal energy from these rifts, growing stronger with every paradox it encounters. As it shifts between timelines, its knowledge and abilities change—sometimes wielding ancient, forgotten powers, and other times harnessing the advanced technologies of distant futures.
The most dangerous aspect of the Chrono-Beast is its unpredictable nature. Fighting it is a challenge beyond comprehension, for it doesn't simply exist in one moment. Heroes who have tried to battle the beast report seeing it strike them in the past while evading their present attacks, or unleashing future versions of itself that know every move they'll make. Its mastery of time gives it an almost godlike power over those who oppose it.
Legends of the Chrono-Beast have spread across time itself. In one timeline, it is said to have brought down an entire empire, unraveling its history so completely that no trace of its existence remains. In another, it saved a dying world by rewinding time, giving the planet another chance to thrive. But in each tale, one fact remains consistent: the Chrono-Beast is a force of nature, neither truly good nor evil, but an embodiment of time's power to create and destroy.
To encounter the Chrono-Beast is to face not just a creature, but the weight of all time. It cannot be reasoned with, and to stop it seems impossible. Yet the most daring of heroes seek it out, hoping to uncover the secrets of its origin and perhaps, just perhaps, find a way to contain the beast before it tears the timeline apart.
