The Kraken

The Kraken of Earth Myth began as the Kraken of Aerth Reality. Seakin tamed and trained these as heavy war-beasts when occasion required it, but usually the Kraken were peacefully feeding and digesting in the far northern sea.
Earth Swedish author Jacob Wallenberg (1781) described the Kraken's size as less than 16km, and it stays on the sea floor "constantly surrounded by innumerable small fishes, who serve as his food and are fed by him in return".
A single meal of the Kraken is said to take up most of the year since it will feed on the small fish for three months and then take three more months to digest them all. The Kraken's excrement nurture the following army of lesser fish. Fishermen plumb after this resting place because of this abundance.
When the Kraken finally ascends to the surface, all boats are counselled to move out of vicinity. It will surface spurting water from dreadful nostrils and making mile-wide ring waves.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Large, squidlike and octopoedic.
8 arms covered in suckers filled with tiny barbs
Tall pointed head, mostly jaw.
2 bulbous eyes filled with light - for navigation of the deep seas and attraction of prey

Genetics and Reproduction

The Kraken often reproduces after its 3months feeding is over, laying its egg in an ocean trench and hovering nearby for its own 3month digestion period. Then the egg hatches. The Kraken and its offspring rise ravenous.

Additional Information

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

The Kraken's bright eyes, though they allow many fish in the area to see a great distance, are not able to see further than a fathom. Most of the Kraken's "vision" is sensory - feeling the sounds and vibrations of other creatures through the water.

Conservation Status

Aquae Magna Pranda saw the disaster the human war ships were wreaking on her darling Kraken and snuck the final two into the Earth waters where they became the stuff of legend. Magna Pranda's attempts at conservation did not last long since the gender of the two saved creatures did not allow for reproduction. The gender of a Kraken has always remained a mystery, even to the Magnas, until said beast gives birth. These did not.