Adrichem Pike
Suddenly, around Adrichem's small boat, a great maelstrom of water was kicked up. He could be seen grasping the edged of his vessel, oars lost in the chaos. A large, spiky backbone could be seen rising out of the water, and the boat suddenly capsized. Several of those watching turned away in horror as the water turned red.Named after the unfortunate individual who discovered how large this species can grow, the Adrichem Pike is the Apex Predator of the Great Lake. This fish never stops growing as it ages, and because they can live upwards of thirty years many can reach incredible sizes. The largest that has been caught by the Palti people has been measured at fifteen feet, but fishermen claim they have seen some that were much longer.
Basic Information
Anatomy
The Adrichem Pike's scales are thick and grey, and long, spiky ridges line their bony spines. As they grow larger, females grow extra fins further down their body to provide more thrust and flexibility.
Biological Traits
The Adrichen Pike varies greatly in size, from minnow-sized young to fifteen feet. One desiccated body, identified by its unique jaw structure and the unusual number of fins, was nearly twenty feet long.
Genetics and Reproduction
The Adrichem Pike starts its life in the smaller lake just west of the Great Lake along the southern mountain barrier of the Valley. Mature pikes travel up the Buffalo Jump River and into the lake. The males create large round "nests" in the rocky gravel shallows and the females swim by, releasing eggs into the nests. The males then fertilize the eggs, and as the eggs begin to hatch the mature pikes swim back to The Lake.
The immature pikes spend much of their early lives in the smaller lake, the surrounding rivers, and The Lake's shallows before growing large enough to swim out into The Lake's depths.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Adrichem Pikes are carnivorous, feeding on the many fish, and mammals, that inhabit The Lake. They are the only known predator of the full-grown Lake Catfish and the Greater Sturgeon.
Eyewitnesses have claimed that fully grown deer have been pulled into the lake and eaten, and smaller boats have been flipped by the largest of the Pikes. Sometimes their occupants escape, but not without major injuries.
Additional Information
Geographic Origin and Distribution
The fully grown Adrichem Pike is most common in the depths of the Great Lake, but hunger will drive the creature to hunt in the shallows. Some have been seen as far upriver as Oss,
Geographic Distribution
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