Gill-man

## Appearance and Physical Traits

Gill-men are an all male species of monster that are covered in bony ridge like scales, slick smooth and green as well as gills, big black eyes with multiple eyelids, webbed and clawed hands, and they possess a "fishy ichor" instead of blood and a "gummy" voice.

They smell like the ocean.

## Socio-Cultural Characteristics

Gill-men live together in big clans with Sirens, the Sargasso family being one of the larger ones in the Southland.
They tend to be true romantics prone to "pure and incorruptible swanning" over humans and monsters wanting to actually be with the person not just turn them, although often ending that way when humans were involved.

They have there own religion honoring Dagon and the various creatures from the deep who will eventually emerge and devour the surface world, with the orthodox ones refusing to celebrate other holidays like Christmas.They have hymns about invoking an "ancient power beneath the waves" that will rise and consume the world, but they don't sound right out of the water due to the different acoustics and most humans who hear them call them ‘sanity-blasting".

When they want to change someone they (or a Siren if they want to turn a woman) will bring them out in to open water in a religious ceremony called the “Dedication to Dagon".

Gill-men like to live on the coast or next to artificial bodies of water and as such use rivers as there main way of getting around on land.Those who do spend time on land either to live or work have special accommodations such as full tile flooring due to them coming home dripping seawater and their offices being moonpools with paper sheathed in plastic and notes written with grease pencil.

Gill-men tend to take up careers involving water in some way such as becoming fishermen, working at the local port, or working at the aquamarine.

Their diets involve a lot of fish and fish products like garum or specially made pastry's topped in raw fish.

## Skills, Abilities and Weaknesses

**Amphibian Physiology:** Gill-men are equally adapted to survive both on land and water with gills and webbed extremities.

**Enhanced Strength:** twice as strong as most men.

**Enhanced Durability:** their scales make them nearly bulletproof.

**Summoning:** Gill-men are know to keep raising antediluvian horrors in San Pedro Bay.

**Conversion:** can turn human men into Gill-men.

**Bright lights:** phobia, bright lights will cause Gill-men to panic and flee.they can somewhat get around this by wearing dark glasses.

**Jicama weakness:** weakness, jicama can kill Gill-men.

## Notable Gill-men

* Brock Ness
* Paolo del Mar

## Trivia

* fishies is the derogatory term for Gill-men.

## References

1. ↑ Here We Come Iässailing
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 618-620)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 City Of Devils (Kindle Locations 3495-3497)
4. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 589-590)
5. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 598-599)
6. ↑ Wolfman Confidential (Kindle Locations 790-791)
7. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 369-371)
8. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Location 373)
9. ↑ Wolfman Confidential (Kindle Location 2055)
10. ↑ A Creature Was Stirring
11. ↑ Wolfman Confidential (Kindle Locations 2563-2567)
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 1189-1190)
13. ↑ Wolfman Confidential (Kindle Location 2055)
14. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 366-367)
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Wolfman Confidential (Kindle Locations 2443-2444)
16. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 601-602)
17. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 773-779)
18. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 2980-2982)
19. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 771-772)
20. ↑ Wolfman Confidential (Kindle Locations 2675-2676)
21. ↑ A Touch of Verdigris
22. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Location 300)
23. ↑ Wolfman Confidential (Kindle Locations 4229-4230)
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Location 625)
25. ↑ City of Devils (Kindle Locations 3640-3642)
26. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 737-738)
27. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 1480-1481)
28. ↑ Fifty Feet of Trouble (Kindle Locations 847-849)
29. ↑ Wolfman Confidential (Kindle Locations 520-522)