Race:Cecaelia

A cecaelia is creature with the upper body of a human or elf, and the lower torso of a squid or octopus. They can travel on land short distances by use of their tentacles, and some often refer to them as the "witches of the sea" regardless of gender.

Just like octopi and squid, cecaelia are often known for their revered intelligence, proving to be crafty and near genius with puzzles and riddles of nearly any sort. They also have keen eyesight just like their octopi counterparts, making them fearsome in battle and as predators. Cecaelia come with a variety of abilities, the extent to which these abilities manifest themselves also vary, just like octopi would in the wild. Some of those abilities include: the ability to camouflage themselves, compacting their bodies, autotomy, ink secretion, etc.

They live in all parts of the ocean, preferring cold, dark places usually.

Cecaelia Culture
There are warriors of either gender, and there are weaklings of either gender, though a great portion of the cecaelian warriors do turn out to be male due to their longer, thicker tentacles as well as strong torso. Cecaelian women, however, are more likely to be magic users than males.

Baby cecaelia are called "pods" (because octopi are cephalopod molluscs).

Tentacle Color
The color of a cecaelia tentacles have little to do with what part of the ocean they were born in, though it is rumored that the darker the tentacles, the "richer" the blood. Cecaelian "nobles" typically have darker tentacles than others.