Kraken

Kraken skill 10 (Kraken), 8 (Mottled), 6 (Tentacle) stamina 30 (Kraken) 10 (Mottled), 6 (Tentacle) Habitat Lakes, Seas (Kraken), Caves, Lakes, Rivers (Mottled) Number Encountered 1 Type Mollusc Reaction Hostile Intelligence Medium The Kraken was a type of gigantic Cephalopod, and was probably one of the largest races sea-dwelling creature on Titan. The creature was legendary and their actual existence was regarded with scepticism by some, who largely saw it as the figment of a mariner's over-active imagination. Yet, in the deepest places of Titan's waters Krakens were a vast, monstrous reality. It was a predatory animal, and its appetite would be large enough to service its massive body. The creature would ensnare its prey with one or more of its tentacles, pulling or dragging the morsel towards its beak. Description Krakens in Titan were neither giant octopi nor giant squids, but displayed enough of their characteristics to be some gargantuan relative of them. A Squid had ten limbs, an Octopus eight, however the number a Kraken possesses could vary. On the shores of Lake Nekros a Kraken with at least five tentacles was encountered, while in the area of ocean just off the Skull Coast near Port Blacksand, a nine-tentacled Kraken was found. A kraken could have up to ten tentacles. The predations of a Kraken were not confined to its aquatic environment - the creatures are large enough to sometimes reach its tentacles across the shores, waylaying and devouring any morsels it is attracted to. They do, however, have a vulnerability to, and a fear of, fire, an element that must be totally alien to the creature. Young krakens were known as mottled krakens for their patchy appearance, and lived in far darker areas until their adulthood. One such young kraken served as a foul minion of Xakhaz, where it resided in the filthy water of the caverns underneath Neuberg Keep. There was also a Kraken known to be living in the lakes of the Spider Fens. History A kraken assaulting a pirate ship. The scholar Plidor was known to have studied krakens. Indeed, it was he who first proposed their lifecycle hypothesis. Further Information A Kraken is often referred to as the Kraken. This is probably because it's thought that, if a creature such as this does exist, it is the only one of its kind. Such is the creature's rarity, a pair or a group of Kraken have never been encountered, which only reinforces the perception that the beast is unique. This view is, nevertheless, mistaken, as there are at least three Kraken confirmed across Titan. The book Beyond the Pit confirmed that there is more than one kraken. Further Information in Canon More information can be found at:Source Demons of the Deep (para87*, para99, para125, para147, para179, para191, para193, para194, para214, para235, para253#, para278, para309, para342, para352) Sword of the Samurai (para113) Masks of Mayhem (para12, para53, para76, para85, para109, para135, para207#, para216, para226*, para257, para280, para307, para322, para330#, para346, para379#) Beneath Nightmare Castle (para20, para162, para183#*, para297, para339, para385) Master of Chaos (para22, para130, para153*, para299#, para357) Notes # - denotes a reference with statistics * - denotes a picture Appendix Gallery A kraken's tentacle attempting to drag a victim off a ship. A kraken's tentacles breaking the surface of a lake. Appearances Adventures Assassins of Allansia (book) Beneath Nightmare Castle Demons of the Deep (book) Masks of Mayhem Master of Chaos Sourcebooks Beyond the Pit References