Hello! My name is Wolfcl0ck! I've been a member of the Half-Life community since 2011. I'm a cut content/beta enthusiast and have released several mods/mappacks for the beta.
I had a dream last night that there was a new Half-Life 1 co-op mod with cursed NPCs. The ones that I can remember include Ballora, who would come after you if you talked through your mic or made too much noise, and the cremator, who behaved like the jester from Lethal Company.
I remember my friend intentionally micspamming and then Ballora just booking it for him.
So I learned some new information about "The Bay Monk," or as I guess I should now be calling it, "Bay's Monk."
See the name comes from Bay Raitt, a 3D modeler and animator who worked at Valve from 2014 up to 2013, and worked on HL2, TF2, the Episodes, the Portals, and the Left 4 Deads. This guy is actually one the artists responsible for Gollum's face in Lord of the Rings, and you can really see the resemblance when looking at his Father Grigori sculpt.
As for why the model itsel…