The Jaumphwüase

== Description ==
The Jaumphwüase (English: songfish) is a mythological creature in Codmendish folklore. In many stories it is told of fishermen hearing a strange song-like noise by shallower parts of the river. If he chooses to go see what this is, upon being close to the shore a tentackle will shoot through the water and into his mouth. He is then eaten from the inside by the Jaumphwüase. The fish itself is described in appearance to e like a carp, but with a tentacle instead of its tail. It is believed that the song-like noise may have hypnotic properties.
== History ==
It is believed that the story first started appearing in the late 400s by Codmendish fishermen along the Orat river. The first written account of the Jaumphwüase was by Fausëv Res-Duwas in 492 who traveled around Codmendish villages and tents collecting folklore. The most famous incident believed to involve the Jaumphwüase was in the year 528 when Axam Ceyr-Wartynküss, a noble of house Wartynküss, was trying to cross the Orat on a trip to Predastad. Upon taking a break to stretch, he wandered off, likely because of the Jaumphwüase 's song. King Fowce III upon receiving the news put out a bounty of a thousand sokelwaz for killing the Jaumphwüase. As of 616 there have been several reports of fishermen disappearing by the river, and the bounty is still valid yet mostly forgotten about.