Land Crab
The Land Crabs are massive, slow-moving crustaceans that roam the coasts and wetlands, their heavy shells streaked with mud and rust-colored grime. Despite their lumbering pace, they are immensely strong, able to crush bone or metal alike with their jagged pincers. Most dwell near the water’s edge, scavenging carrion and algae, but some wander far inland in search of food, dragging their armored bulk across the sand.
Their shells are prized by traders and craftsmen for their durability, often reforged into crude armor or used to fortify structures in coastal settlements. When threatened, a Land Crab can be relentless, using its weight to pin foes before tearing them apart piece by piece. Yet they are not mindless beasts, some seem to patrol the same stretches of shore year after year, as if bound to the tides that once ruled them. To the Brethren of the Coast, they are seen as both a curse and a gift, destroyers of ships, yet keepers of the drowned.
Domestic Life
Though feared in the wild, Land Crabs have found a place in human hands, guided rather than truly tamed. Among the Brethren of the Coast and southern traders, young crabs are fitted with harnesses or wooden frames to haul goods across swamp and shore, their slow, steady gait valued where wheels would sink. The largest and most aggressive are bred for war, their shells plated with scrap iron and their riders perched between spines like captains atop living siege engines. Others serve as living defenses in coastal strongholds, patrolling pens and shorelines with single-minded ferocity. Whether hauling supplies or crushing enemies, Land Crabs stand as symbols of brute endurance, stubborn, armored, and impossible to truly master.
Geographic Distribution
Natural Ingredients
Shell Plating - 4
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