Nue is a mysterious deity who brings prophecies of horrifying tragedies. Later texts describe Nue as a chimeric being; a flying beast with the limbs of a tiger, the body of a tanuki, the head of a macaque, and a snake for a tail.
The first account of the Nue described a strange storm cloud haunting the Imperial Palace in Kyoto. The cloud would appear after midnight, flying around the palace grounds, shooting lightning at courtiers, and frightening the Emperor and his family by peering through the palace windows. This continued for a year until the Nue tried to burn down the Imperial Palace. The heroes Minamoto no Yorimasa and I no Hayata exorcized the Nue, and the monster's corpse fell into the Kamo River.

Lampago is an enormous beast who lives in the sweltering jungles of Qin. Lampago resembles a tiger who is twenty hands at his shaggy withers. Lampago's lustrous fur is a dozen different shimmering hues of red, crimson, carmine, scarlet, ruby, vermilion. Many mistake the monster for a bloody-maned lion, gossips slander that his fur is red to hide the bloodstains of his many, many, many victims. Gossips and deadly mistakes aside, Lampago uses his red fur to hide in grass and forest undergrowth. This power is a gift from Lampago's mother, Huangjiao the Yellowhorn. When Lampago hides, none, save for his mother's courtiers, Qiu Jing The Eagle With Poisoned Feathers, Duu Kala The Dove Of Blue Jade, and Neh Kyabos The Owl Who Is A Parrot, may see him.

Because Lampago has the handsome face of a strong man, he fancies himself an erudite Junzi, a kind and wise master of etiquette and hospitality. Those among his friends, wards, and lovers agree, but care to remember that a ferocious cat's heart beats within his warm, bountiful chest. Those who offend Lampago, or worse, rouse his lust for prey, are reminded that he is the sworn blood brother and rival of Manticore for a reason.

The Larva is a restless ghost born of the forgotten dead. When the living neglect to give a corpse its last rites, especially out of spite or callousness, the deity Charon denies the corpse's spirit entry into the Underworld. Such spirits then return to the lands of the living as beguiling, shapeless devils in order to torment those among the living who offended them.

The Larva can be distinguished from the Lemures in that the Larva always wears a mask. Sometimes, the mask is a warped caricature of who it was in life. Othertimes, the mask is merely a grotesque aid that frightens the living.

The best way to exorcise the Larva is to remember who it was, and apologetically give it its long overdue funerary rituals. Barring that, there is not much that can be done beyond, ironically, ignoring the Larva and pretending it does not exist.