Werecrocodile
Werecrocodiles were lycanthropes whose animal form was that of a crocodile. Werecrocodiles might also assume a hybrid form with the head of a crocodile and the body of a muscular human. They were powerful hunters and were feared throughout many lands.
Basic Information
Growth Rate & Stages
Werecrocodiles were born live and gained the ability to shapeshift once they matured.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Like true crocodiles, werecrocodiles consumed anything that they could catch. One of their favorite foods were the flesh of wererats. They had a particular taste for human flesh. They had few natural predators but were the enemies of evil lycanthropes, primarily the werewolves of which they commonly shared territory with, but also wererats.
Additional Information
Social Structure
Werecrocodiles lived in small family groups usually led by their mother, or else they lived alone. They would spend most of their day hunting in crocodile form, then return to crude mud huts near rivers or swamps and assume human form to sleep during the night.
While they tend to dislike others of their kind, multiple werecrocodiles might hunt in the same area, and a werecrocodile that hunts particularly well might share its spoils with other werecrocodiles.
Average Intelligence
While not exactlyhighly- intelligent, they are cunning and will use their environment to their advantage in combat.
These lycanthropes were very territorial, and they willing to defend them to the deaths.
Civilization and Culture
History
Werecrocodiles may have originated as vengeful humans transformed into lycanthropes by Umberlee or Malar during the Time of Troubles. Some believed they originated from these gods choosing to grant them power, while others believed that humans that survived crocodile attacks somehow gained the ability to shapechange into one of the creatures.
Lifespan
70 – 100 years
Average Height
6 ft (1.8 m) (human form)
Average Weight
1,043–1,089 kg (2,300–2,400 lb) (crocodile form)
60-70 kg (132.2-154.3 lb) (human form)
Average Length
6.45 m (21 ft 2 in) (crocodile form)
Average Physique
In their human forms, werecrocodiles resembled tall, thin humans (typically of Shaladar ethnicity) with thin faces, sharp features, defined cheekbones and chin.
Originally, werecrocodiles could only assume the forms of either humans or massive crocodiles, but at some point, they gained the ability to assume a hybrid form resembling a humanoid crocodile.
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