#ecrive

Based on a dream I had, I designed a creature that is “the natural predator of merfolk” (I call her a Xocduct, which roughly translates to ‘seductive ancient shark’)

A massive sea witch with a humanoid ‘lure’ on the top of her prehistoric shark body. She is a rare sea monster that can enchant merfolk and pick them off one by one. Mer-people are naive and naturally trusting of other aquatic humanoids, and this paired with the Xoducts inviting nature, causes whole villages of mer-people to vanish without a single sign of struggle.

This one is a juvenile Xocduct named Ecrive. She wanders a little too close to the shore and gets trapped between some reefs and the shore.

Luckily she is able to get in contact with a Marine Biologist named Teja who wants to help this mysterious primordial creature despite the danger.

Don’t fall for a Xocducts charms, it will feed you honey lies and sing deeply haunting songs too low for Merfolk to sign in their soft upper registers. Almost everything about them is to snar prey, even the humanoid torso is just a lure they can live without.

go on the wiki /quotes page for tone, slang and common words. Do they use one word over another? do they have any particular phrases? do they use the full word or a contraction of the word?

the voice actors usually reflect on the characters they voice; overwatch is a perfect example. Matt Mercer has an entire series where he’s the DM of a DND campaign, so look for material like that - including old TV shows, youtube videos, even stuff they’ve written on twitter can help.