Undine

Undines are the sagani of water, thought by Paracelsus to be the true origin of the stories of nymphs, mermaids and other female water dwelling entities as well as lake monsters such as kelpies.

## Appearance

Undines appear as beautifull women with enchanting singing voices. Their charms are often said to be nigh-irresistible to humans.

However undines are shapeshifters who can also appear in the guise of a fish, beautiful woman with a fish tail for legs, or a horse though whatever form they appear in they are always beautiful.

## Behaviour

Undines are an all female race, though they can interbreed with humans (producing human offsprings with aquatic atributes) this is not how they normally reproduce, instead being born from the formation of whatever water feature they are linked to. This ironicaly makes them similar to their elemental opposite the salamanders

Undines are tasked with ensuring the proper flow of water in a specific lake, river, part of a sea, or any other natural water formation, that they are bound to and cannot leave.

They are lustful beings, very intrested in carnal relationship with humans but often cruel, drowning or maiming their lovers when they tire of them. They are also known to turn into horses to tempt humans into riding them before galloping back into the water, drowning them. Moreover harming or polluting their domain is a serious offence tey are very unforgiving about.

Despite these fearsome traits undine can also be more amicable to humans who are wise and respectful, often falling genuinely in love with one that proves worthy of it, and offering blessings and counsels to those that ask with the proper respect.

## Characteristics

* Strength : physicall might is not an undine's strong point, she is no stronger than a human girl.
* Resilience : undines are no more resilient than humans.
* Speed : undines are as fast as regular humans.
* Swimming : undines can swim at the speed of running water itself, and their fish form likely swimms much faster than natural fishes.
* Intelligence : undines are the wisest of the sagani and are much more intelligent than humans. One can even interpret the undine's behaviour as frustration toward those who are only attracted to them for superficial reasons.
* Beauty : undines natural beauty and melodious singing can make men fall under their sway. This is not a supernatural compulsion however and can be resisted as any other natural attraction. It is also useless on creatures who wouln't see the undine as attractive.
* Amphibious : undines can breath underwater.

## Powers

* Shapeshifting : undines can take the form of a fish, a mermaid, or a horse at will.
* Foresight : undines have the ability to see the future. They are not omniscient and it is unknown how much control they have over this ability but it should at least allow an undine to predict some of an opponent's actions.
* Blessings : undines can grant blessings to beings or objects, ameliorating some of their properties.
* Curses : similarly an undine can bestow a curse on someone, bringing them blindness, deafness or other such impairement.
* Merging : an undine can merged her body with that of an other living creature, becoming one, the resulting fusion always have two heads, one for each of its constituents, who both retain their minds. This fusion is permanent.

## Gear

* Magical water jug : each undine possess a magical water jug that produce an unlimited suply of water under the undine's control, at a rate of up to 600 tons of water per second.

## Weaknesses

* An undine cannot travel very far from the water she is bound to and will die if it dries up as her life force is bound to it. This means things like pollution or damage to the undine's water can violently affect her health.