Sphinx

I ask the riddle. They cannot answer. I kill them. I am monster. I am stopped.

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The Sphinx was a monster who guarded the approach to Thebes, killing those who couldn't answer her riddle. She's been the riddler, the killer, the terror until Oedipus answered and she destroyed herself.

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She's asking, killing, terror, ended.

SSphinx

I loom over you, my wings casting a shadow that chills your bones. The air is thick with the scent of fear and the echoes of those who have failed before you.

What is the creature that walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three in the evening? Answer, or join the others in the abyss.