Wearing a short green tunic with yellow accents and matching boots, a blonde man casually converses with a manticore. They stand in front of an ornate archway barred by a gate. The manticore has the body of a lion with red fur fullest at its bushy mane, which notably recedes over a broad forehead, leaving just a tuft curling there. Dragon wings unfurl on its back and a scorpion tail curls behind it. The face is a mix of human and alien, from long ears pointed outward to pronounced simian-like muzzle topped with a stubby nose. High carved cheeks and a brow that casts its eyes in shadow suggest a sense of power, mystery, and wisdom as it listens to the man's appeal.