Leviathan

> The Guardian of the Blue Sea, Bountiful Harvests, Shepherds and Hunters.
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Leviathan is a giant sea serpent, covered in iridescent scales of pale blue, purple and green. It has elegant fins that somehow resemble wings. Her appearance quite resembles a dragon. She resides in the Serpent Nest and does not seem to emerge from the waters. She is rather shy and does not often interact with other Guardians that resides on land, making Ifrit very concerned for her well-being.

The Domain of Leviathan would be the entirerity of the Caereulum Sea. The people of Leviathan adapted and lived underwater with her, having a closed-off society due to their environment. They mainly reside in their town, Pristis Sanctum. They are often associated with bountiful harvests, as it is one of Leviathan's ways to interact with the people above the water's surface. Leviathan's Domain is symbolized by a long spear: it is used for hunting underwater, for guiding the fish to fishermen, and acts as a staff.

Leviathan's people tend to be sources of inspiration for folktales. Not many people have witnessed first-hand their culture underwater, so they remain generally mysterious. They were either illustrated as romanticized mermaid or a cautionary tale of deadly sirens, depending on the region. Both descriptions with mystical beauty. Due to staying underwater, they have pearl-like skin. They have fin-like ears and serpentine lower half. Their attires made with silk gifted by fishermen and are often adorned with their own jewels of the sea. Although it is indeed a form they take underwater, they are also able to come to land and have feet under a specific criteria. In this bipedal form, they have incredible leg strength that can launch them up to the skies. Those witnessing this form, tend to call it an angel.

At the start of planting season, they conduct a ritual called Leviathan's rain, where her Champion will gather the Guardian's waters, taking it to the skies and bursting it to shower of rain to all regions. The said droplets of water heal the earth and ensure a bountiful harvest for that season. They are more of a quiet community under the sea and blending in above land in rare occassions. They are very fond of silk and jewels.

The Trial of the Sea is conquered by Deuce, becoming the Champion of Leviathan.

## Notes:

* Caeruleum Sea has a region where a different Guardian resides, Ramuh in Magus Cape. Leviathan's people does not go near it because of the stormy sea. Nevertheless, he would be someone Leviathan directly interacts with, secretly visiting him for her troubles with Ifrit.
	+ Ifrit treats Leviathan as a friendly rival, being elemental foils to one another. He once challenged her to a duel while being in the middle of the sea. When asked for a rematch, Leviathan would purposely avoid him with the reason that she "doesn't want to be a boiled sea snake."
		- In Final Fantasy series, Shiva is traditionally Ifrit's rival. Being an ice elemental summon, the author doesn't really think ice and fire would be foils to one another because heat will always melt ice. The author chose Leviathan instead to be Ifrit's equal rival. Water can put out fire while fire can heat up water and evaporate it.
* The Pristis Sanctum and Serpent Nest has special seawater surrounding it, along other races to actually breathe normally underwater. It wasn't much known for because travelling to the underwater city itself is the problem. People can't really swim to far and deep before reaching the destination.
	+ Coast Apricus has a special delivery method for requested goods to the underwater city, working like an elevator dragged down by the weight of an anchor. Upon reaching the bottom, the next crucial step would be overcoming the fear of drowning.
		- Rufus isn't very fond of it himself and has never tried riding the delivery elevator himself.
		- Sometimes, Leviathan would request someone to send up a letter to Ifrit up the surface. This is mainly how she communicates with him, much to his frustration. Ifrit cannot swim.
* The tale of mermaids first began. When some people from the surface fell in love with them and drowned, the cautionary tales of Sirens that will drive people mad with their beauty or drag men to the deep seas began.
	+ The cautionary tale, among many others, originated from the Golden Creek.
* Leviathan's people are heavily inspired by Final Fantasy's Dragoons. Deuce bears similar abilities, such as the trademark Jump.