Battlethebeast Stories

The space between all the versions of the Battle with the Beast.

Quentin and Penny go solo to try to prevent the existence of The Beast.

Searching hopelessly for something to defeat the Beast this time around, Quentin is ready to take some serious risks.

A horrific incident at Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy compels Dean Fogg to investigate further. For the #BattleTheBeast short story contest, from the world of The Magicians, on SyFy.

The magicians find a unique way to use moonstone to take down the Beast. All goes well, until Quentin is faced with an impossible decision. What are you willing to live without to end the Beast?

What made Eliza suspect that rejecting Julia from Brakebills might be the key to defeating the Beast? Contest Entry for Syfy's The Magicians #BattleTheBeast contest.

#BattleTheBeast submission - One of Quentin Coldwater's earlier battles with the Beast! In which the venevictor could be the way to defeat the Beast.

Jane Chatwin was given a magical watch by the dwarves of Fillory that could manipulate time and this is how I think she felt the first time she used it. [ This is my entry for the 'Battle the Beast' writing contest, hopefully you guys will enjoy it! ]

Sometimes your very best just isn't enough. Step inside the lair of the beast alongside Quentin and Julia, and see how close they get to killing the elegant monster.

Quentin, Alice, Penny, and Eliot are mentally and physically drained from the 24th attempt to conquer 'The Beast.' Even so, they are unable to sleep. The visions in their minds, the voices in their heads, and the direction and secrets given to each in a different way draw Alice, Quinten, Penny, Eliot, and now Caelan to a truth that none of them expected the truth behind the darkness.

The Magicians TV series explores a world of magic, a world full of possibilities, and this story is one of them. In the show, a group of unlikely students at a magical university must learn to fight an other-world evil known only as the Beast. They fail numerous times, but after each failure, time is reset by the witch Jane Chatwin, who tries to improve the outcome by changing something. This story explores one such timeline.

What happens when Quentin Coldwater tries to defeat The Beast by killing him when he is just a lost, scared, hurt boy? Read more to find out!

Eliza hoped giving Quentin the final Fillory novel early would give him an advantage. Unfortunately, knowledge untempered by wisdom proves to be a very dangerous thing. Word Count: 1480

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Quentin and his colleagues attempt to end The Beast for once and for all...

On nearly every timeline so far, it ended like this, with a game of Welters. Dean Fogg against the Beast. This time, however, the Dean finds out why the Beast took his eyes and hands rather than killing him outright.

Time is a curse within itself. A Magician's curse.

The 39th time that Quentin and his friends battled the beast. This encounter is what changed everything.

His enemy arrives unexpectedly as Quentin Coldwater searches for some clue that can help to defeat the Beast. Unprepared, the Beast whisks Quentin away, all the while hinting that Quentin might be ready for a real fight... one day.