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Báijīngshén – Bái (White) Jīngshén (Spirit) 

'''Belyydukh – belyy (White) dukh (Spirit) '''

White Tiger type wesen. They tend to be competitive with other predator type wesen, especially wolf, bear, and crocodile type wesen. They are solitary wesen and extremely territorial. Belyydukh never take more turf than they need to survive.

While traveling from Novosibirsk to Tomsk I witnessed a wesen in the Siberian countryside from a distance. He was cutting wood outside his cabin and with every axe stroke he showed his woged form. From far away I was able to discern that he was some sort of large cat type wesen of very light coloring with some sort of dark splotches. I have decided to take a break from my journey in order to study him.

Upon closer inspection I can now tell for certain that his woged form has white fur with black stripes. I believe that he must be some sort of white tiger type wesen. My first impression of the creature is that of a quiet loner. I have noticed that he has marked off an area as his turf. The area is not very large and I suspect that he has only taken as much area as he needs. On the evening of the second day a bear type wesen tried to steal a deer the tiger wesen had hunted down earlier that morning and I was able to see a new side of the beast. He is a fierce warrior and killed the intruder by biting down on the back of his neck hard enough to crush the spinal column. After paralyzing his enemy he ripped him apart and ate him instead of the deer.

I have been watching the wesen for three days now. Earlier today I thought he had caught my scent, but instead of searching the area he began to meditate. I have grown wary of this hunt and have decided that tomorrow morning I will awaken early in order to attack the wesen while he is still asleep.

Late last night the wesen attacked my camp. I was lucky to have been preparing my Doppelarmbrust when it attacked, if I had not been I would have most likely been killed. Instead he took a bolt filled with hellebore extract to the left shoulder and quickly lost consciousness. It took me a couple hours, but after he had awoken I was able to use my tools to “persuade” him into talking about his heritage.

The following is what he told me,

The species originated in china where they were known as Báijīngshén. Due to their species tendency to grow bigger than other large cat type wesen and their competiveness with other predators they were chased out of china. The majority of the species made a mass exodus along the Silk Road to Siberia, where they became known as the Belyydukh and began to form relationships with local Siberian tiger type wesen. This mixing added Slavic ethnicity to what was then a mostly Chinese wesen race.

He also explained how he had discovered my location and its’ connection to his meditating. It seems Belyydukh have a strange ability that they refer to as “astral projection” in which their consciousness leaves their body, allowing them to “walk” around without any physical form. While astral projecting the Belyydukh move at the same speed as they would in their corporeal form and have no limit to how far they can travel. But while projecting their body is left vulnerable, so few will ever travel far from their body. He said most Belyydukh believe that they are walking through the spirit world when they project, but I am reminded of stories about psychics who reported being able to project their mental being. He explained that after smelling me this morning he had been able to find my position using his astral form and had watched me for several hours while he planned his attack.

I am proud to have dispatched such a fine wesen warrior.

Nikolai Grimm