Icamni

:"Cammy, woah! Woah, now! Slow for the gentleman, now, girl!’’ - Ryder prompting Icamni to slow down for other agents to keep up.
Icamni is a genetic anomaly and creation of Moreau Ryder. She is currently under the charge of UNWD agent. Tahcawin Ryder. Alongside Tathanka, she is one of Ryder's two primary aquatic charges, being more suited for speed.
==Biology and Appearance==
An odd combination of flying fish, swordfish and marlin, Icamni is engineered for high swimming speed. She has a long body with a sharp pointed snout, and two wide angel-like fins for breaching power. On her underside there are small shrimp-like legs. Her body is a tropical oceanic blue, accented with gold at her fins, forelegs, nose and gills.
At the end of her long, aquadynamic tail, there are two M-shaped fins that can channel her bioelectric currents.
==Behaviour and Abilities==
Exciteable and affectionate, Icamni is goal-motivated and enjoys being rewarded for following complex instructions or clearing tasks. She will get amped up easily and tends to aggressively shock anything in her enclosure if not given things to do. For this reason, an agent of the UNWD (if not Ryder herself) will ensure that Icamni is provided with time trials to complete, obstacle courses to clear, puzzles to solve and lists of things to find.
Icamni is capable of understanding pictographs, complex verbal instructions, symbol sequences and simple maps. She is extremely fast in the water, can leap up to 20 feet when breaching, and has the ability to channel bio-electrical impulses into blistering bursts of speed or attacks (though the latter is recommended only if Icamni is not currently being ridden).
==History==
One of Moreau Ryder's least favourite creations, Icamni was left to swim in circles in a restrictive tank while Tathanka, the more favoured of the aquatic critters, was studied. For this reason, she became bitter and aggressive, zapping anyone who came near, and was used largely to test out the electric-resistance of Wakize's coat.
While preparing the escape from her family's ranch as authorities closed in to neutralise all of the creatures, Tahcawin Ryder released Icamni into a nearby reservoir with instructions on where to meet up. Although split on the decision to flee to the ocean or meet up with Tahcawin, she eventually chose to follow the girl and is now her devoted sea steed.
She currently resides in an expansive underground lake enclosure with Tathanka. The lake's cavern is heated at one end and cooled at the other so that both creatures have areas where they can be comfortable while having areas of mediate temperature where they can interact. The cave adjoins to Akayake's enclosure, and as both have similar temperaments, Icamni will often play with her tunneling friend.
==Trivia==
* Her name comes from icamna and mni, the Lakota words for storm and water respectively.
Category:Monsters
Category:Ryderidae