Creature no. 888
Warrius
Discovery date: August 20, 1941
Creature type: Neutral
Threat potential: 5
Diary Entry\101

Blind creatures found in freshwater areas, usually in swamps. Which may be due to them preferring the purity of the water. They live through drinking the water they reside in, with some of it being absorbed by the many pores spread throughout it’s body to lengthen the time before it hungers for more food.

It has a blowhole on it’s back through which it breathes air, similar to whales, though with the crucial difference being that they can create fog. They also do this when preparing dead animals for food, melting the carcasses by using the saved up water in their body and heating it up.

Once the cadaver is melted, it is then mixed in water, frequently in a small pond. This entire process allows the Warriuses to drink water that has more nutrients, thus making them stronger than if they just drank normal water. They release fog every time they create this superheated water, nicknamed “Hydra’s Breath”

They are surprisingly effective hunters, using their jaws, claws, and breath. Which they spray in order to soak their targets, immobilizing them with the hot temperature. They are able to see by sensing movement in the water thanks to their sensory hairs. But on the ground their “vision” worsens, having to rely on the vibrations of the ground instead.

In extreme situations, they have been observed to attack humans as well, drinking and absorbing their blood in order to survive dehydration. Some of them live purely on blood, these are considerably rarer than the already rare normal variant.

These beasts have been named “Scarlet Warriuses”, due to their fog being tinted with a scarlet hue, being the last thing their prey sees as they move in for a killing blow.

(Note: did not make the drawing, just found it on google)