One of the mysteries of Irkalla in the Kuiper Belt is the effigy of the Great Beast in Kavaas Village. The huge figure has been in place longer than memory; Kavaas grew up around it. One legend claims the Great Beast will save the village if it is ever in peril; another, that the Great Beast will rouse "when the stars are right" and destroy the village. So far, the Great Beast has yet to move even one millimeter. A few villagers aver the Great Beast is nothing more than an oddly shaped outcrop of fungi, but even they watch it carefully...very carefully.