"A fanged mouth rears from the water, big enough to bite a boat in half or swallow a pig! The 'woman' contorts and slides into the water: she's the tip of the monster's tail. This will be untidy."[1]
Siren-Serpents, known scientifically as Serpentus sirenesis,[2] are serpentine creatures who menace the Unterzee. They possess sharp teeth, bullet-resistant skin, and maws large enough to swallow pigs whole.[3][4] They are most infamous for their preferred means of hunting: they disguise their tails as humanoid apparitions and produce human-like calls to lure those nearby.[5][6] For this reason, the Siren-Serpent is known vulgarly as Neptune's Harlot.[7]
Siren-Serpents lay their eggs on rock formations,[8] and newly-hatched serpents are called Harlot-Fry. Notably, even hatchling serpents possess extremely sharp teeth.[9]
References
- ↑ Story description, Sunless Sea
- ↑ Forewarned, Sunless Sea "Oh, serpentus sirenesis, you rogue."
- ↑ Story description, Sunless Sea "A fanged mouth rears from the water, big enough to bite a boat in half or swallow a pig!"
- ↑ Obliterate it, Sunless Sea "The beast's scales are proof against pistol-shot [...]"
- ↑ Forewarned, Sunless Sea "[...] serpentus sirenesis, [...] With your humaniform tale-tip and your alluring sigh-bladders."
- ↑ Send a troublemaker to the rescue, Sunless Sea "The 'woman' [...] she's the tip of a zee-serpent's tail! The serpent's head rears from the waves. [...] thrashing and teeth and so forth, and your troublemaker is gone."
- ↑ Provide a rare creature of the Labyrinth, Sunless Sea "At zee, Captain, it may be ‘Neptune's H____t’, but here, we have a care for our manners."
- ↑ Forewarned, Sunless Sea "[...] serpentus sirenesis, [...] You've probably laid your eggs along the rocks here, haven't you?"
- ↑ Item description, Sunless Sea ""A bucket of tiny but razor-toothed serpentlings.""
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