Nidwhal

A Nidwhal (Needwhal) is something like a less powerful water dragon. They do not have enough brain capacity to communicate telepathically, or have a language, but can convey rough ideas, feelings, and telepathic screams. They have brightly coloured scales, often contrasted with black accents, and instead of the large wings the Dragons adapted to fly with, their wings became more like fins, smaller and with sharper edges. They tend to be the apex predators in a lake, or sea.

They drown anybody foreign that steps into their lake. Although water creatures, they can leave and step onto the mainland, but their movement on the ground is slow and clumsy. They move at huge speeds underwater, and SCREAAMM telepathically to incapacitate their prey. Hard to fight. A secondary power is their spit. It completely dampens almost all Arcanian and Runic magic, and lakes which have Nidwhals native to them often have the same properties. They have four muscular legs, each with long sharp talons. These can be used to grapple, and Nidwhals are excellent fighters. Contrary to the popular belief that Nidwhals are born aggressive, you can in fact tame Nidwhals if you raise them from youth or control their water source.

Nidwhals are linked to their home in a similar way to Ven. Their power comes from the lake itself. If their lake is killed or blocked up they are rendered mostly powerless. As long as one water block remains, they are healed by it.