Torment
((Later if I decide to take part and if I can assume it won't be taxing with few posts/day, I'll have Tor pop by. (deleting this post and making a new one if no others have been) I'd also ask how your character didn't die the moment it saw the great beast due to its death gaze attack that is passive.))
((Actually the bassalisk has many different gazes, including a hypnotizing gaze given to it by the Christian religion. Such is seen in Adam and Eve. The Death gaze was given to it by either the Romans, or the Greeks... Whichever one thought up Medusa.. Such is seen in Hercules or even in the Harry Potter series where it turns the person to a stone-like state. Death.))