Basilisk bookend in polyresin.18x10x10 cmGuarding the Chamber of Secrets is a terrifying being that author J.K. Rowling describes with these words: Of the many fearsome animals and monsters that roam our land, none is more unusual and deadly than the Basilisk, also known as the King of Serpents. This serpent can grow to gigantic size and can live for many hundreds of years. Spiders flee from the Basilisk, for it is their natural enemy.