Baby Sea Monster

     Sea monsters hunt for survival and avoid causing harm to intelligent creatures, preferring to watch them from afar. It is believed that these rare and solitary creatures grow lonely, as they hunt vast territories alone. For some, sea monsters are seen as friendly visitors to be greeted with food and song. Most, however, see them as monsters, and try to scare them away or even harm them.   

     The village of Kolemer on Arushi is one of the better-known places to find a sea monster. The locals have created such a great relationship with their sea monster visitor that the beast hunts fish for them and leaves its catch at the shore.

Overprotective Parents. Sea monsters are extremely overprotective parents. This is due to the low natality rate of these creatures.  Sea monsters only gather to mate once every decade, and gestation requires another two years. The parents hunt together during pregnancy and until their offspring can hunt on its own. Anyone who gets too close to a sea monster’s offspring faces the wrath of one or both parents. If a sea monster loses its child, it spends the rest of its life hunting the culprits, unless the child is returned unharmed.

Accidental Kidnappers. Sea monsters that are unable to find a mate or lose their mate have been known to accidentally steal children that wander away from communities, only wanting to protect them. These children are always well fed and kept safe by the sea monster, caring for the child as if it were their own. Sea elves and vodas are the usual targets, but there are cases of the children of surface dwellers from fishing villages being taken away by sea monsters.