BESTIARY

Name: Rogue

Species: Sirenfolk

Strengths: Heightened sense of smell and sound / Supernatural strength / Sweet lullabies / Hunts in packs

Weaknesses: Exposure to sunlight / Exposure to the surface / Freshwater

The Rogues are outcasts of the SirenFolk, driven to want to destroy society and its existence, they were exiled and condemned to live in the dark trenches deep within the sea... over the years, their body evolved to suit the climate and environment while their speech and intelligence diminished to sounds and screams. Though, once above the surface at night, they would sing their sweetest lullaby - usually used for nurturing the force of the sea and its plants, now used to entrance the sailors and all who hear them, snatching them from the surface and drowning them instantly, their long talons hooking into their victims, while their bright wide pupils guided them back safely to their cage and devour the flesh.

'The First Bird - Ice' Art Print by Emor

Name: Velox Glacies

Species: Water Owl

Strengths: Can survive in and out of water / extremely fast and agile / high pitched screams that can paralyze its victims.

Weaknesses: If injured in solid form, that body part cannot be regenerated unless all four of the guardians perform a healing ritual

The Velox Glacies was created by the four guardians as a set of eyes for danger and threats from the surface world, in the ocean, it is a transparent bubble, when their body hits the air, they take on the form of a snow owl and harden like ice. When in the presence of no threat it takes the form of a gentle and wise snow owl but when threatened or in the presence of one, it will transform to a much larger beast with bigger wings and shards of ice feathers as weapons. If the owl is injured during its physical form, it will need the four guardians to perform a healing ritual - but there is only one guardian left that ritual is impossible to do. The Velox has not been seen since the great darkness. No one knows where its gone or when it will return to Atlantis.

Name: Vir Bellica

Species: JellyFish

Strengths: Deadly toxins / Changes shape / Intelligent /

Weaknesses: Direct sunlight

The Vir Bellica are superiors of the common jellyfish, they are intelligent beings - their transparent bodies full of a soft squishy substance, giving them the ability to easily squeeze themselves though tight spaces. They do not have brains, but go off the vibration from another being or their surroundings, their nerves super sensitive to touch, but communicate through the opening of the bottom of their heads, almost like a mouth.

The Guardians would often come visit the Vir for information on the condition of the sea and its life essence. They were strange acquaintances, they also were nowhere to be found after the Great Darkness arrived.

forest mermaid sketch, Alexander Ostrows

name: Cirratum

SPECIES: Nurse Shark

STRENGTHS: Their bite can rip and infect the flesh of any being when threatened / Camouflage to blend in with the kelp / Extremely fast and stealthy / Small and knowledgeable of the kelp forest.

WEAKNESSES: Cannot survive without a mate or companion / Is not really an aggressive creature so is easily overpowered / Has a tendency to follow after lures from the surface world.

Cirratum are the gardeners of Atlantis, they harvest and weed out the non kelp produce in the forest, ensuring that the only thing growing around the place was kelp. Their human like faces made the approachable by many, as well as their small timid body with a tail of a shark covered in long strands of seaweed and kelp that have grown on their skin. They are evolved from the nurse sharks but their spots resemble something of a tiger shark, merely for defensive purposes, so they would pose a threat from far away before being approached. They are still present in the kelp forest a few miles away from Eldoris - clearing up the space for when the Queen does her monthly cycle of revitalizing the life force with her song.

Creatures to add:

- Fire coral turtles - Theyre immune to the fire corals burns as they live off its heat to survive. Used to harvest the corals - looks like snapping turtles but bigger.

- Sea Wailers - Trapped souls of the victims that were drowned from the sea - rogues use these souls as a feasting ritual, they let their victims drown before waking them up again with their last breathe, placing them in a hellish loop of nightmares.

- Sea trench giants - basically the gardeners of the bottom of the trenches where they tend to the luminous plants and creatures that live there, ensuring the cloak of darkness is always over their realm.

Name: Krakonian

Species: Kraken

Strengths: Brute strength/ Works together in a large group / Intelligent beings of speech and combat / Powerful Ally

Weaknesses: Direct sunlight / Silver and steel weapons / Magic / Extremely temperamental

The Krakonian are the second most powerful and intelligent beings of the sea. Next to the Sirenfolk, they have their own civilization and order of rank within their system. They are all females, it is rare to have a male Krakonian. They thrive off the sexual energies of any beings, usually luring them with their sounds, almost like a whale humming. They will mate with anything and everything that produces semen, though, it is not really needed as they produce eggs once every three months. Living deep within the trenches, building and developing. Eldoris and the Krakonians have a pact of peace. They have always aided each other when battles occur. Krakonians are known for their strength, their muscular tentacles and their armoured body protecting them from most physical threats. But once magic is involved, their armour weakens depending on how strong the magic is.

Name: Nympha Spritus

Species: Water Sprites

Strengths: Needle like teeth that releases a slow toxin when bitten/ Small and nimble creatures, very hard to see/ more dangerous when in a larger pack, will not be much of a threat when there is one or two of them / Tend to be more docile after feeding, they like to trade for shiny objects

Weaknesses:

Does not do well on its own, it will die within a few days if left stranded and not within its pack / magic / Sunlight

The water sprites were small creatures that appeared out of the blue after the Great Darkness. No one knew where they came from, they arrived in large numbers like a swarm of locusts, feeding on anything and everything they saw. Some believe they used to be the water pixies that dwelled in lagoons and tended to the fish and rocks there, but something dark corrupted them and they became scavengers of the sea, causing destruction in their wake.

Name: Maris Wail

Species: Human souls

Strengths: NONE

Weaknesses: NONE

Sea Wailers are trapped human souls that were dragged down to the bottom of the trenches, lured by the Rogues. These souls are well known in the feasting rituals that the Rogues partake in every full moon, the rogues would wake the souls up to relive the moment they drowned over and over again in a hell loop - their pain and anguish making them taste much more potent and delicious.