Leviathan

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Dark green scales the size of heater shields, has bioluminescent sections on its fins and along its body.

### Main Use

Security against the Cosmic Horrors existing in the Plane

### Other Uses

* Guardians and pets of the Water Primordial
* Alpha aquatic predator

## Ecology

### Intelligence

Predatory but animalistic, not good at problem-solving, and doesn't understand technology, they have shown higher intelligence being direct by the Water Primordial however.

### Range

* Elemental Plane of Water
* The World
	+ Deep Ocean though for unknown reasons or powerful magic it can be summoned to the surface with no ill effect to the beast.

### Habitat

Deep Ocean of the Plane of Water, a few specimens on the World

### Prey

* Black Demon
* Merpeople
* Sahuagin
* Sea serpents
* Whales

### Predators

None

An alpha predator of the deep, the **Leviathan** is an extreme example of a foreign species displaced by the Conjunction of the Spheres, luckily for The World very few (single to lower double digits) actually crossed over from the Plane of Water. Without the guidance of their creator Hydros however they have reverted to a more primitive nature in essence meaning they have been breeding though in that timeframe only perhaps fifteen at most have been born.

## Physiology

**Leviathans** resemble large sea serpent/reptilian creatures, they are approximately 112 meters from their head to the tip of their tail, they have dark green scales that are the side of a heater shield, they have various sections on their body which have bioluminescence. They are capable of fast movement though the quicker they move, the more they heat up the water around them.

## Origins

**Leviathans** are the product of a collaboration between two of the Protas: The Source and Wijun with the Water Primordial Hydros using combined echoes of power from defeated Cosmic Horrors.

## Abilities

* **Leviathan Physiology**: As a **Leviathan**, one has the abilities of one.
	+ **Aquatic Adaptation: Leviathans** as natural aquatic creatures are able to survive and adapt to underwater environments, being able to breathe water in lieu of, or along with, a gaseous breathing medium, swim well and endure high water pressure and extreme water temperatures. They are able to use their senses to perceive normally regardless of the distortion/pressure of the water, possibly including ignoring various impurities that would otherwise reduce visibility.
		- **Speed Swimming**: Despite its large size or rather because of it, **Leviathans** can swim at incredible speeds, unrestricted by water resistance.
		- **Underwater Combat**: **Leviathans** can use expert combat skills while underwater where it is very hard to move around under normal circumstances. From birth, a **Leviathan** is instantly adapted to the water and can move fast and strong without watery restrictions or water pressure.
	+ **Constriction**: **Leviathans** can squeeze/constrict targets, either simply holding/immobilizing them, restricting their air or blood flow, or forcing the heart to stop, causing either unconsciousness or death.
	+ **Feral Mind**: **Leviathans** can tap into a primal instinctive state of mind, which can release an unstoppable rage that allows them to perform in vastly increased capacity, taking and inflicting damage that they couldn't or wouldn't in their normal state. In some cases, the user's mind descends so far into the feral state that, mentally, they are little more than wild animals.
	+ **Guardianship**: As creations of the Primordial of Water, **Leviathans** are created to protect a certain item, place, person, or concept, and possessors are given the power to do so.
	+ **Horn Protrusion**: A **Leviathan** has a single horn protruding from their forehead through which they focus their magical abilities.
	+ **Light Generation (Via Bioluminescence)**:
	+ **Matter Ingestion**: **Leviathans** can eat any substance without harmful effects, regardless of what they consume. Though they prefer the taste of meat.
	+ **Natural Weaponry**:
		- **Enhanced Bite**: Leviathans because of their size and powerful jaws have an incredibly powerful bite force.
		- **Prehensile Tail**: **Leviathans** have a tail that can be used as an extra limb.
	+ **Sea Serpent/Reptile Physiology**:
	+ **Thermal Resistance**: **Leviathans** are able to survive a great range of hot/warm and cold/low temperatures without discomfort.
	+ **Unnatural Size**: **Leviathans** have gigantism when compared to other organisms, this size is caused by the magic of their creator, Hydros.

### Magical Abilities:

* **Absolute Invincibility**: To the scope of humanoids, a **Leviathan** is absolutely undefeatable and indomitable in the face of anything they could throw at it whether technology, alchemy or magic.
	+ **Absolute Immortality**: To the scope of humanoids, a **Leviathan** is absolutely eternal and imperishable.
* **Aquatic Life Manipulation**: As a denizen of the Plane of Water and an apex creature, a **Leviathan** can control marine life, from creatures that dwell in shallow water, to the ones who dwell in the deepest abyss.
	+ **Marine Animal Scrying**: **Leviathans** are able to perceive through a linked marine animal's senses.
	+ **Marine Life Enhancement**: **Leviathans** are able to not only control marine/aquatic animals but also enhance their natural abilities, thus making them stronger, faster, and more powerful than normal.
	+ **Mind Link**: **Leviathans** can develop mental links with marine life tied to them, sharing thoughts, memories, emotions, and feelings.
* **Elemental Breath**:
	+ **Plasma Breath**: **Leviathans** possess the ability to generate from within oneself plasma and release them from the mouth.
* **Fear Inducement**: **Leviathans** can evoke and increase fear and horror in others causing the target’s brain to release fear-inducing chemicals.

## Behaviors

### Deep Water Hunters

**Leviathans** tend to dive deep hunting larger prey like whales and such, but due to their scrying and mind link abilities have been known from time to time to come to the surface to investigate and possibly attack ships passing through their territory. If a **Leviathan** claims an area as its territory it is possible to get through it without even knowing they are there but it is generally better if you know of them to avoid the area.

### Empowered by the Elemental Plane of Water

**Leviathans** get their power from a connection to the Elemental Plane of Water as such they mostly subsist off of its power though in The World the amount is not enough to fully sustain them so from time to time they do hunt prey to consume.

### Hatred for Cosmic Horrors

As part of their original design intention, **Leviathans** have an inborn hatred of Cosmic Horrors as such they will go out of their way to hunt them down if they enter into a certain distance of them.

## Known Leviathans

* Lotan
* Sedha (Thought to be a goddess, in reality, a female **Leviathan**, she lives and hunts in the depths of the trench which bares her name, the mage Vilgefortz was aware of her presence and used his magic to keep her occupied during his operations in the area, otherwise leaving her to roam as a sort of guard dog.)
* Tannin
* Tehom
* Chaosk (Empire of Magne legend)

## Trivia

* The **Leviathan** is part of a trio of creatures in mythology known as the three primordial beasts with the **Leviathan** representing the beast of the same name.

## Notes

* School of the Crane Witchers had reported a relatively large concentration of leviathans, in the Mad Sea.
* **Leviathans** are free to use in stories and articles, all I ask is that you honor the lore present and if you make one add their name and a link to this page.