The Gargantuan attacks a ship in the Sea of Claws.[2a]
The Gargantuan is an immense, sinuous, reptilian marine beast that lives in the depths of the Great Ocean. It resembles a vast serpent, its body reaching a diameter of up to 30 feet and growing to a length of hundreds of feet. Its cruelly fanged mouth is always open; as it swims it swings its head from side to side, searching for prey to satisfy its voracious appetite.[1a]
Anatomy and Biology[]
The Gargantuan is a sinuous beast many hundreds of feet in length. Its body is immensely powerful and muscular, reaching a diameter of up to ten yards. According to the High Elves of Ulthuan there is only one Gargantuan, which has dwelled in the depths since the dawn of the Known World. On occasion, voyagers have sworn that they have seen the enormous serpent swimming after shoals of fish, swinging its maw side to side as it seeks to satisfy its appetite.[2a]
The Gargantuan
Such reports are rare. Perhaps this is because, as the Elves suggest, the Gargantuan really is the sole survivor of a species that once thrived before the coming of Chaos -- but a grimmer truth is that the Gargantuan is a belligerent and cruel creature that is just as pleased to shatter a ship and devour its crew as to swallow a swarm of krill.[2a]
The Gargantuan's preferred method of attack is to approach its prey from below, wrap its sinuous coils around the victim, and crush the life from it. Should the prey prove too obstreperous, the Gargantuan resorts to another form of attack: its vast muscular body can deliver a powerful jolt of electricity to anything caught within its coils.[2a]
Miniatures[]
