Lingwilóki

True Water-drakes are often referred to as Sea Serpents (Q. "Lingwilóki";sing."Lingwilóke"). There are both freshwater and saltwater varieties and these hideous monsters can be found wherever the water is dark and deep. Most are deep blue or sea green in color and hard to see, particularly in the darkness. These creatures fear bright sunlight or fierce, unquenchable fires, so they rarely venture intoshallows— particularlyduring the day. (A host of torches might cause a Water-drake to flee.)

All Water-drakes are agile swimmers who are capable of moving at speeds of up to twenty knots (about twenty-one miles per hour). They move almost silently and can squeeze through very small passages in reefs or cavern systems. Using its keen senses, including a sonar-like organ like that found in porpoises, it can locate its prey under the worst conditions. Then it strikes with a burst of speed, as well as an uncanny sense of precision.

After successfully stalking a potential victim, the Water-drake can seize it with its six fin-claws or stun it with a blast of expelled water (treated as a waterbolt). Should either of these methods fail to make the victim tractable, the Water-drake can then try an attack with its large mouthful of multirowed, four-inch teeth. It uses these to crush its prey into flexibility and then swallows it more or less whole. A larger victim might call for even more forceful methods: the long head and tail of the Water-drake make an effective whip or noose. (A larger Sea Serpent can even grapple and crush a small ship.)

Aside from the aforementioned fear of fire, the Water-drake's one weakness is its dislike ofthe disorienting effects ofa stunning blow. Such an injury may cause the monster to flee.