Nuckelavee Yokai

**Nuckelavee Yokai** are a variation of Horse Yokai, Demon Yokai and Fairy Yokai who are known for spreading plague and illness.

## Physical Appearance

Nuckelavee Yokai resembles a centaur whose legs are part fin; he has an enormous gaping mouth and a single giant eye, which burns with a red flame. Some have both a horse's head and a human head and torso, the latter growing out of his back. Arguably the most gruesome detail of the Nuckelavee's appearance is the fact that he has no skin. Black blood courses through yellow veins, and the pale sinews and powerful muscles are visible as a pulsating mass.

## Description

Nuckelavee Yokai are malevolent spirits from Celtic myth. They're responsible for ruined crops, epidemics, and drought. His breath could wilt the crops and sicken the livestock. They mainly live in the seas of the Scottish islands. In summer months, it was restained in the depths of the ocean by the deity known as The Mither O'the Sea. A unique and solitary creature possessing extensive evil powers, it can influence events throughout the islands. The nuckelavee's breath was toxic, and could wither crops, cause a drought, and cause disease and plague in livestock and humans.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that Nuckelavee Yokai have in their arsenal:

* Aquatic Adaptation
* Horse Physiology
	+ Enhanced Balance
	+ Equid Physiology
		- Enhanced Hearing
		- Enhanced Leap
		- Enhanced Smell
		- Enhanced Speed
		- Enhanced Strength
		- Prey Instinct
		- Night Vision
* Miasma Emission
* Poison Breath
* Skinlessness

### Associations

* Fairy Physiology
* Famine Inducement

## Pop Culture

There are some characters that were inspired by the Nuckelavee. Ludwig is a boss in Bloodborne's The Old Hunters DLC who has an appearance similar to the Nuckelavee. The Nuckelavee was a large, horse-like Creature of Grimm that first appeared in "Kuroyuri". It served as the main antagonist of Volume 4. It was known to be wandering around the continent of Anima and it made its home in a cave near Kuroyuri. In "No Safe Haven", it was slain with the combined force of Team RNJR.

## Variations

### Horse Yokai

The Nuckelavee has the whole body of the horse with a corpse attacked to the back of it.

### Demon Yokai

As malevolent spirits, they're responsible for spreading plague and illness wherever they go.

### Fairy Yokai

Nuckelavee are a type of undead fairy due to their immense evil powers.

## Life in the Hidden World

The Nukelavee Yokai hates the smell of burning seaweed to create kelp. This will enrage the Nukelavee Yokai, sending it into a fit of rage. Once enraged, they would kill fields of cattle, and only the only person that can stop them is The Mither O'the Sea. They live in saltwater and they have an aversion of fresh water. They also doesn't come to land during rainy days due to the rain being freshwater. However, when it's clear and during the months that The Mither O'the Sea becomes weakened, the Nuckelavee Yokai are free to roam the land above the sea as much as they pleased before they are forced to come back to the saltwater seas by The Mither O'the Sea.

## Symbolism

When pollution despoils a natural waterway, it draws the dreaded nuckelavee to it from the First World. This spirit of wrath is a grisly sight to behold: a horselike monstrosity with the gnarled upper body of a humanoid growing directly from its back.