Sepailis Horribilis

Sepailis Horriblis (also known as the squid from hell ) is without a doubt one of the most terrifying enemies one can face in Olympia . Strong , intelligent and equally capable on both land and water , when combined with immense psychic abilities, these monstrosities are a foe that are more than a match for a space marine and need nothing less than an armoured regiment to reliably put down.

### Physiology

A Sepailis stands at a whopping 9 meters tall and has a length of 7 meters making it among the largest of Atlantis’s terrestrial animals.

Its entire body is covered in bony scales saturated with an unknown alloy that make it immune to small arms and non-power melee weaponry.

The “wings “ of this creature are actually vestigial remnants from a more aquatic ancestor , today they function in helping balancing the creature and might play a role in its mating rituals (none have been able to observe the Sepailis mating and thus its reproduction cycle remains a mystery).

The four eyes give the Sepailis excellent vision in any conduction and help it detect the slightest movement in its environment. However while its face tentacles serve as its auditory system its much less effective at detecting sound and the lack of any smell receptors means they cannot smell which hinders their effectiveness somewhat.

However the creature’s most dangerous abilities are its immense intelligence and psychic abilities. A sepailis can memorise the patrol routes of PDF forces to ambush them , predict the exact moment when a soldier will run out of ammo and knows to target squad leaders to demoralise their comrades.

Wielding a variety of electrokinesis based superpowers makes it dangerous from afar but at close quarters it will instead use its biomamcy to enhance its strength and speed . This strategy however seems to expend a lot of energy and exhausts the Sepailis who will have to defeat its opponent quickly or risk dying.

This combined with its low stamina means that a Sepailis will back down from any drawn out fights in order to conserve energies.

### Social behaviour

Though it is unknown if they gather during mating seasons , Sepaili live solitary lives for the most part and will attack each other on sight.

The Sepaili thankfully seems to live exclusively in Olympia’s forests .

## Investigate Sepias Horribilis

One of the Apex predators of Atlantis, Zerxes believes it would be prudent to learn more about the enigmatic yet dangerous species.

### Completed

Zerxes’s has spent five years studying one of the more powerful freaks of nature on Atlantis. The Sepias Horriblis is a massive semi-bipedal cephalopod like creature that spends most of its time in the Minosean forests.

The Horriblis seems to possess a keen ability to control electric fields very similar to Thorner Dragons but also seems to be able to possess advanced telekinesis and water manipulation abilities . This stems from psyker abilities (every individual studied by Zerxes had some measure of psychic abilities).

Even without these abilities they are still formidable opponents being smart , fast and inhumanly strong. In combination with their fast reproduction they would have overrun any other planet . “Luckily “ it seems that competition with Atlantean beasts keep its numbers under control.

## Deeper Examination (Sepailis Horribilis)

With the unprecedented opportunity of a live unaggressive specimen, Zerxes wants to use this opportunity to study the development of the Sepaili and their anatomy. Mayhaps he might figure out a way to control them.

### Completed

Zerxes’ research into the Sepailis horrbilis has been more successful this time around (thanks to some help from Fluffy ) and he has uncovered much about Sepailis physiology and anatomy. More importantly he now has enough information to begin attempts to bend these creatures to human servitude.

## Taming (Sepailis Horribilis)

Now that sufficient information has been gathered concerning Horribilis physiology and anatomy, Zerxes is convinced he can develop a system whereby Horribilis could theoretically be tamed. He says “theoretically” because of the Horribilis’ uncanny cleverness when against Atlantean forces. If they are self-aware, he warns, it may be impossible to truly tame them, but it does open up the possibility of future communications. Either way, the effort needs to be made.

### Completed

Zerxes has managed to successfully tame not just one but two Sepaili Horribilis based on data obtained from Fluffy. The creatures remain docile by a combination of an implanted custom cybernetics suite and specialized trainers who earned the creatures’ trust. With this breakthrough one of Atlantis’ most terrible creatures may soon be one of its greatest assets.