





Fun fact: according to Nikita Kolesnikov, the creator of the series, the main inspiration for the Guest's design was the Schnabelperchten (though it wasn't the only inspiration for his design)
According to him when designing the Guest and his general appearence he wanted a similar vibe to old victorian Halloween costumes from more than a hundred years ago that while didn't exactly that that scary back then nowadays look absolutely terrifying and creepy, but he was really struggling for the head design, specifically the beak until he stumbled upon the Schnabelperchten, a tradition from austrian folklore where people dress up in made-up bird-like outfits after the creature and go into other people's houses to make sure they had it cleaned up, if they find any tupe of filth they'd cut up people with their giant wooden scissor and stuff them with the filth, and according to him looked at the peculiar eyeless beak face and thought "that's it! That's exactly what i was looking for!" So you can thank this specific tradition for the iconic Guest design that we know and love :)