Gaal

## Nations

### Cla

Claw, Demon, Forest, Honey, Key, Marsh, The Neck, Sky, Valley, Vegetable, Wolf, Wood

## **Creatures**

### Aguara

Aguara are rare and few in the supernatural world. Regardless, Aguara are known for being tricksters and out of all the Werekin, aguara have been documented to be the most troublesome to deal with not for their power but for their cunning minds. Cases involving Aguara have shown that they prefer to con and trick their way out of a situation or into something that they would that would prove beneficial for them.

### Ichneumon

Ichneumons on their own are fairly lively creatures, and, like most rodents, will bite those who they feel come to close. Reproducing often, in burrows, they produce between three and five young, which they nurse and train on snakes, before they are driven from the burrow to make their own home. Very few Ichneumon pups die facing asps, though a fair few do against dragons and crocodiles.

### Lamia

Lamia have gained a fearsome reputation amongst the commonfolk, becoming a bogeyman, and would be used by a mother or a nanny as a method to frighten children who misbehaved, before they begin to hunt and kill said children. Other legends describe them as killing the children of prospering families, depriving them of the happiness that was robbed from their ancestor when she was mortal. Lamia are half-snake, half-woman and steal local men to impregnate them before killing them.

### Lycan

When transformed, a werewolf generally resembles a monstrous wolf-like creature, with a lupine body covered in fur, as well as razor-sharp teeth and claws. Werewolves possess a muscular build, often standing around 7 feet in height, although their appearances tend to vary even in wolf form; but it is ill-advised to assume that such a beast would be any less lethal, as the werewolf is a force to be reckoned with regardless of its outward appearance. Fur color also may vary, as black, brown, and gray individuals are all documented.

### Obayifo

People, typically women, who practiced bayi, which is described as witchcraft in Valley Country by the locals, turn into the obayifo. Although obayifo is used to describe both the men and women who practiced bayi and turned into the monster, a distinction can be drawn between the men and women who practiced bayi, as obansam, meaning wizard, was a term used for the males exclusively as obayifo was sometimes only used for women exclusively.

### Rabisu

The Rabisu are demonic vampires that are always menacing the entrance to the houses and hiding in dark corners, lurking to attack people. It is said that pure sea salt can ban them as the salt represents incorruptible life (salt preserves, and life was first born from the sea). The Rabisu were created by either Lilith or Naamah. They were given to Agrat Bat Mahlat by Lilith at the behest of Asmodeus though Lilith was adamant at first in giving them to Agrat as they needed to be preserved.

### Rusalka

A rusalka is an unquiet, dangerous being who is no longer alive, associated with the unclean spirit. In legend, young women, who either committed suicide by drowning due to an unhappy marriage (they might have been jilted by their lovers or abused and harassed by their much older husbands), or who were violently drowned against their will (especially after becoming pregnant with unwanted children), must live out their designated time on earth as rusalki.

### Rokea

Rokea are regarded as the oldest known therianthropes in the world. This is most likely due to the fact that the sea existed before solid land appeared on the Earth and sharks predate all land-born predators. It is unknown where they first originated from though it there is a legend which dictates that the Rokea are the emissaries of a pagan god that was worshipped throughout Marsh and most coast ports of Gaal.

### Samodiva

Samodivas are believed to be very beautiful women with an affinity for fire. They have the power to bring about drought, burn a farmer's crops, or make cattle die of high fever. It is said that, when angered, a Samodiva can change her appearance and turn into a monstrous bird, capable of throwing fire at her enemies.