This is exactly what I was talking about – some unknown thing that, for some reason, is a hero and leads soldiers into battle. But it's beautiful, mysterious, and thought-provoking, wow!

A pretty solid piece of evidence that there were originally beholders/evil eyes in this city, otherwise it doesn't make much sense.

Beholders would fit aesthetically well into this castle, by the way, and it would be a recognizable landmark. But no, recognizable classic fan favorites are for weaklings; let's throw in seven different clumps of tentacles, that's original, unusual, not like everyone else, a new look at the franchise.