Sek-Koloth, the Blood-Tide

Species: Sahuagin
Distinction: Born with four arms — a rare blessing or curse, depending who you ask.
Name Meaning: Sek-Koloth in the sahuagin tongue means Blood-Tide.

Captain Tidevein’s Notes

You don’t last twenty years at sea without learning the ways of the sharkfolk. Most are simple enough: hungry, cruel, eager for blood. But every so often, the tide spits out something rarer. Something worse.

A sahuagin born with four arms is not just a curiosity — it is a sign. Their priests claim it marks a soul touched by their abyssal gods, destined for bloodier tides than most. Such creatures are often raised to become champions, enforcers of the Deep.

Sek-Koloth carries that burden well. His people call him Blood-Tide, and it suits him. He fights like a storm — relentless, many-bladed, impossible to pin down. His extra arms are not for show; they make him a terror in close quarters, able to wield weapons and shields in ways few surface folk can match.

But Tidevein, ever the cynic, points out that the title is also a curse. “Blood-Tide doesn’t mean he commands it,” the captain explains. “It means he’s drowned in it. Born for slaughter, born for vengeance. The priests will throw him at the enemy again and again until either he dies, or everyone else does.”

Reputation Among Sahuagin

• Warriors revere him — a living proof that the gods of the Deep still meddle in mortal bloodlines.
• Priests see him as both weapon and omen, shaping him with rites and scars.
• Rivals whisper that four-armed sahuagin are cursed to die young, consumed by the very fury that makes them great.

Captain Tidevein’s Last Word

Sek-Koloth ain’t just another shark with a spear. He’s the kind of beast the deep makes when it wants to remind us that we’re prey. If he swore revenge, you’d best believe he’ll try to cash it in.