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You are currently in: The Sacred Temple of the Tentacle Cult of Metonychoseuthis, with Swiveling Hooks The mermen cultists are fervent believers of actualization, or, essentially, wish fulfillment. Merely by imagining success, they believe they can achieve it, and a touch of elemental magic can’t hurt. It doesn’t seem likely that the primal elemental Powers would smile upon such endeavors, but then again, they work in mysterious ways, unfathomable to mortal minds, and, after all, they entertain both good and poor judgments and justifications, by anyone’s measure. It is a merman approximately 5’6" tall. A thoughtful-looking merman is in good health. As the saying goes, when you fall, you fall hard. This merman’s body looks, at least when squinted at, like he was a former elite guard or master warrior- although his muscle tone is diminishing, he obviously had it, and a lot of it, in his younger days. Sometime between then and now, a plague or two got in the way, and his body has paid the toll. Old lesions, pockmarks and scars wrap around his body, rough and untreated when they had to be. Now twisted and broken, his body fails him, but his sharp mind is able to make up the difference. He is a merman approximately 5’7" tall. A merman leper is in good health. You ask a merman leper for a description of one of his wares. A merman leper tells you: Item ‘an ephemeral squid tentacle’ is type reagent-ethereal, alignment -1000, made of energy, has keywords ‘squid tentacle ephemeral flopping energy’. This item weighs 0 stones and 0 pebbles, and is valued at 80 gp. This level 5 item has no special attributes. An ephemeral squid tentacle is in excellent condition. This item has a default lifespan of 1 days and will expire on Sun May 25 01:00:03 2008. Engineered for maximum carnage, squid tentacles are amazingly dangerous. Born with swivelling hooks mounted inside prehensile, serrated suckers, squid learn the practiced art of xenocide from a young age. By the time they have fully matured, the average squid has shredded and consumed more anonymous undersea life than most landwalkers know exist, en totale. This tentacle certainly belabors the point- it writhes and clutches for something to destroy, an autonomous body part for an ephemeral killer. A merman leper tells you ‘I can sell you this item for 80 gold.’ Science has never been a particuarly strong suit for the merfolk, but this learned fellow is doing his damnedest to start a trend. Through his studies in astrophysics, chemistry, marine biology, and all manner of other disciplines, he has gained the knowledge that may be, hopefully be sufficient to advance the cause of inducing the existence of Metonychoseuthis, with Swiveling Hooks. Maybe it will work. Maybe it won’t. It’s a big risk, but he’s taking it. Such are the motivations of the devoted. He is a merman approximately 5’5" tall. A wizened merman scion is in good health. Devout, proper and attentive, this mermaid prepares the sanctuary for Metonychoseuthis, with Swiveling Hooks’ return. She glances at everyone to ascertain that they belong here, and lowers her eyes in deference. Merfolk society is highly patrilinear, and females are rarely sufficiently educated to be of much use, especially in highly-regimented places, particularly one as important as this. She mainly maintains the habitat and the environment, and cares for the mages and scientists so that they may concentrate on her work. The gender workload doesn’t look particularly equitable, but nobody ever said that life would be. She is a mermaid approximately 5’6" tall. A pious mermaid is in good health. |