| Other Names | Terror o' the Deep |
| Climate/Terrain | Deep Sea |
| Frequency | Very Rare |
| Organization | Solitary |
| Activity Cycle | Any |
| Diet | Omnivore |
The megalodon appears as a huge grey shark. It is typically 20 meters long and weighs more than 50 tons.
While the kraken is the most notorious and feared predator of the ocean deep, the true monster of the sea is the megalodon. This horror was engineered with magic during the Great War as a living weapon. It was designed to attack and sink ships. Its huge maw is lined with knife like teeth that are both razor sharp and serrated allowing the animal to bite through ship hulls, wooden planks and bone with ease. Its jaws are wide enough to swallow a large man whole. These beasts are exceptionally dangerous and attack ships in preference to all other prey (this behavior may well have been bred in to the animal by its creators).
It is believed that megalodons inhabit the deep ocean between continents and do not venture near shore. However, whole ships have vanished only a few miles from shore and some scholars believe that the megalodon is to blame.
According to some historical records, the first generation of megalodons was magically engineered by a Traxxian wizard and the concept for the creature was based on the fossilized remains of a giant dinosaur shark which had been discovered decades earlier. These creatures were used extensively as weapons in naval warfare during the Great War, especially in the southern seas. Since that time, they have all but died out. Scholars believe that there are less than ten of these monstrosities left. Those that remain are found only far out at sea. Very few people have ever seen a megalodon and lived. Those tales that do make it back to port are often confused with tales of the kraken.
This page last updated Wednesday, December 24, 2008. Copyright 1990-2009 David M. Roomes.