The Frigid Horror

## Origin In Marfolk Folklore

"A terrible being, a demon that lives for nothing more than to kill. It's rough black skin, the horrifying noise it makes. Those who are found by it never live to tell the tail"

*-scripture found on ancient Merfolk artifact*

## Description

"The Frigid Horror" is a creature in Marfolk Folklore. It is said that this creature came into existence from the souls of those who lost their way in the snow, slowly freezing to death, It is unknown the chances of this transformation taking place once someone freezes to death. The creature is 7 meters tall, and its skin is charcoal black. It has 2 heads, 4 large legs, and 4 Arms protruding from its necks (2 on each neck). It has what appears to be smaller, more disfigured limbs protruding from its back. it is unknown exactly how many limbs it has on its back, as no one has been able to fully witness it and survive. It is incredibly malnourished, or it appears to be, it does not have much for mussel, with its skin wrapping around the gaps between its bones. The creature doesn't scream or growl as many would expect it to, its disfigured vocal cords are only capable of making a low-pitched gurgling sound, though it can be very loud when it feels it needs to be. According to Marfolk scriptures, the creature is un-killable and has no known cases of death.

Sketch Of The Creature Made By Russian Kuramoto After His Encounter
## Behavior

The creature is very dangerous, killing anything that walks up upon it. Its preferred tactic is ambushing its victims, hiding under the ice for weeks until some poor soul walks above it, or burying itself in the snow waiting for something to stray near. It cannot run very fast or it will trip over its own 4 legs, though unfortunately for most humans, it can run just fast enough to catch them. It only dwells in cold weather, where it can hide in the snow and ice.

## Encounters

### **Russian Kuramoto**

Russian is the only known modern case of encountering the creature. He claims to have seen it while traveling along the icy shores of western Pagonia, breaking through the ice and grabbing a polar bear. Russian Wrote down the experience on a note which was abandoned at the site of the incident.

> *"holy shit holy shit holy shit, what the hell was that thing*
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>  *it just punched through the ice like it was nothing and grabbed that bear*
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> *im hiding behind a rock right now, i know that thing herd me, i just hope it didnt fucking see me"*
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Russian was one of the few who managed to escape unharmed. He later went home and wrote about the incident in his journal.

> *"I don't know what that thing was, nor do I want to know. I was walking along the shore when I looked out at a polar bear, it was sniffing the ground, almost like it knew something was under it. Then BAM, an arm broke through the ice, grabbing the damn bear and pulling it under the water. I stood there, in shock, wondering what the hell I just witnessed. I saw it break through the ice about 40 meters in front of me, and walk on the shore, I took off, but I'm guessing I wasn't all too quiet about it. Next thing I know I'm hiding behind a damn rock writing a damn note thinking there's no way I'm making it out of this alive. It had to have gotten 4 meters from the rock I was hiding behind before a snow fox grabbed its attention, and leads it away. I looked around only to see it stumbling on its legs chasing that fox.*
> *I looked into it, the fish people have this folk monster, the "Frigid Horror", I thought they were making stuff up but they might be right. Tall, 8 meters at most, 4 arms, 2 heads, and a bunch of random limbs on its back, and that horrifying sound it made. God I hope I just got drunk and was seeing things."*
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