Sea serpents, also known as sea drakes, were a type of aquatic dragons[3] that swam in the seas across the Realms. They were known for being especially enigmatic and dangerous creatures.[2][4]
Description[]
Sea serpents were characterized by long serpentine bodies with strong, webbed fins propelled them through the waters of the seas and oceans at impressive speed.[3] Sea serpents were amphibious.[2]
Personality[]
Sea serpents were solitary creatures,[3] and aggressively territorial just as any other dragons. They did not take kindly to ships traveling in their territory, especially if the ships were going over their domains without permission.[2]
Some sea serpents could be appeased by offerings of treasure,[3] but most demanded that a ship's crew should sacrifice one or more of their own. Living amidst the wreckage of sunken ships or within deep-sea caves, sea serpents collected the cargo of the craft they sunk, amassing great collections of trade goods, sailors' trinkets, and pirates' stolen treasure.[2]
Possessions[]
While it was unknown what exactly sea serpents did with the treasures they amassed, some speculated they stashed it within secret caches in the ocean floor.[3]
Combat[]
A sea serpent assailing ships in the waters off the Sword Coast.
At any age, a sea serpent would be capable of attacking with its bite, its tail, and a constricting grip. Young sea serpents were nimble and agile hunters; they use reefs and natural camouflage to hide before they assaulted their prey, individually striking members of the crew of a ship. Ancient sea serpents grew large enough to demolish whole ships with almost absolute ease, then fed at their own leisure on helpless sailors in the water.[2][3]
They had a breath weapon described as a breath of rime, a cone-like stream of cold so frigid that it could leave sailors' corpses floating frozen amid the wreckage of their ships.[2]
It was believed that some sea serpents were capable of releasing a cloud of ink within water, in order to escape if they felt truly threatened.[3]
Ecology[]
Sea serpents could be found in the waters off the Sword Coast, predominantly referred to as the Sea of Swords.[4] They were among the most fearsome creatures of the deep sea, alongside dragon turtles.[2]
Notable Sea Serpents[]
- Omgar, the legendary beast that dwelled within a cave on the western end of the former peninsula that bore his name.[5]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Card Games
- Magic: The Gathering (CLB)
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (July 2000). Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate II. Edited by Duane Maxwell, David Noonan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 52. ISBN 0-7869-1626-5.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 James Wyatt (October 2021). Fizban's Treasury of Dragons. Edited by Judy Bauer, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 218–219. ISBN 978-0-7869-6729-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, James Jacobs, Erik Mona, Matthew Sernett, Chris Thomasson, and James Wyatt (April 2003). Fiend Folio. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 147–148. ISBN 0-7869-2780-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Magic: The Gathering (June 2022).
CLB #099 "Sword Coast Serpent", illus. Caio Monteiro. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd, Darrin Drader (July 2004). Serpent Kingdoms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 117. ISBN 0-7869-3277-5.
Connections[]
Chromatic dragons: Black • Blue • Brown • Gray • Green • Orange • Pink • Purple • Red • Salt • White • Yellow
Gem dragons: Amethyst • Beljuril • Crystal • Emerald • Obsidian • Sapphire • Topaz • Ruby
Neutral dragons: Amber • Jacinth • Moonstone • Pearl
Lung dragons: Chiang lung • Li lung • Lung wang • Pan lung • Shen lung • T'ien lung • Tun mi lung • Yu lung
Ferrous dragons: • Cobalt • Iron
Planar dragons: Adamantine • Astral • Battle • Blight • Chaos • Ethereal • Hellfire wyrm • Howling • Mirage • Oceanus • Pyroclastic • Radiant • Rust • Shadow • Styx • Tarterian
Spelljamming dragons: Moon/lunar • Radiant • Sun/solar
Epic dragons: Force • Prismatic • Time
Catastrophic dragons: Blizzard • Earthquake • Volcanic
Miscellaneous dragons: Cobra • Dzalmus • Mist • Rattelyr • Song • Vishap
Linnorms: Corpse tearer • Dread • Stygian
Drakes: Ambush • Black firedrake • Dragonne • Elemental (Earth • Fire • Ice • Magma • Ooze • Smoke • Water) • Felldrake (Crested • Spitting) • Greater • Guard • Mind • Portal • Rage • Space • Storm • Vulture
Dragonbloods: Draconic creature • Dragonborn of Bahamut • Dragonspawn
Drow-dragon (shadow) • Drow-dragon (deep) • Half-dragon • Kobold (Dragonwrought • Urd) • Weredragon • Zar'ithra • Zekyl
Hybrid monsters: Dracimera • Dracolisk • Mantidrake • Wyvern drake