barbatos the devil monster legends totem

In Real Life bats aren't actually all that bad, and probably among the most unfairly maligned animals. Bat wings are also a frequent model for winged creatures of an Evil alignment. Vampires can sometimes transform into these. Bat People: Monstrous, anthropomorphic creatures with a mixture of bat and human features.

Dire bats: Larger and more vicious than normal bats, and menacing even without The Swarm to back them up.

May be controlled or conjured by someone to form a Barrage of Bats.

Normal bats: Frequently depicted as The Swarm a shrieking mass of menacing wings, regardless of whether or not they pose any actual danger to the cast.

Can be roughly divided into a few types that can sometimes overlap: As such, bats frequently show up as antagonists in horror themed media. Three species (out of over 1,000!) are infamous for drinking blood, and have led to a strong association between bats and vampires.

They often seem like rats with wings to us, they are thought to spread rabies, and apparently like to hang out in all sorts of dark, foreboding places (caves, bell towers, abandoned houses, castles, crypts, etc).

Barbatos the devil monster legends totem