OK, let’s start with this guy:

Dell identifies him as a ‘demon from The Temptation of Christ,’ as portrayed in a late fifteenth century human manuscript illumination. Looks harmless enough, doesn’t he? Even – you might think – friendly. But that, dear reader, is precisely the problem. Nesbit (as we know him) is one of the most feared monsters in these caves. Why? Because Nesbit loves party games.

As you can see, the unknown fifteenth century manuscript artist has depicted Nesbit in his limbo dancing phase. Even other monsters shudder to recall how for more than three centuries Nesbit carried his limbo pole wherever he went, challenging everyone and everything he met (and who couldn’t flee fast enough) to compete with him to see who could dance under the lowest position of the pole without falling over.

But this story gets worse. While the rest of the world went through the Industrial Revolution, Nesbit went through a party game revolution of his own – one that was to spread misery among groups of disaffected relatives, human and monster, all over the planet…

Reader, you see before you the unspeakable creature that first invented Charades.

Nesbit has been playing charades at every possible opportunity ever since. Once Nesbit has coaxed, cajoled or clouted you into playing a game with him, he will not stop. Crying won’t help you. Pleading does no good. A game of charades with Nesbit doesn’t end until every one of his unlucky opponents has collapsed with exhaustion.

Whenever this monster’s distinctive idiotic furry-top-knotted shadow comes lolloping across the snot-candle-lit walls of these caves, we poor TBM authors cannot restrain a collective groan of terror. Even in the unlikely event I’m freed some day before I die, I know that Nesbit‘s shrill, mindless, jolly cry of “I know, let’s play a game!” will haunt me to my welcoming grave.

More monster revelations to come.

Sam

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