Sea Beast

These creatures borrow their forms from surface mammals, from cats and cows to elephants and beyond. What sets them apart are the scales running along their hides, fins and a tail fin replacing legs, and the apparent ability to breathe water through gills. Most reach gigantic proportions rivaling a kraken, and even their young can be huge, though a few kinds such as the Sea Squirrel stay only a little bigger than a person.

Though less savagely carnivorous than Sea Kings, which actually prey on them, most Sea Beasts will lash out at smaller creatures, humans and merfolk alike. They are far easier to cow and tame, however, and near Fish-Man Island skilled pirates routinely harness them for underwater travel; the New Fish-Man Pirates famously kept a whole pack. Some types show enough intelligence to build their own underwater towns, even staffed with their own law enforcement.

The class spans a wide menagerie of named variants. Sea Cows like Momoo resemble cattle yet bristle with sharp teeth, armor-hard scales, and retractable bone claws, and uniquely can move on land. Sea Cats are revered and protected in Arabasta, Sea Monkeys whip up tidal waves with their flippers, and others include the Sea Lion, Sea Bear, Sea Boar, Sea Rabbit, Sea Hippo, Sea Pig, Sea Dog, and the shapeshifting Sea Raccoon. Many more, such as Sea Giraffes and Sea Elephants, served as mounts for the New Fish-Man Pirates. A select group was even cyberized by Vegapunk into the Sea Beast Weapons guarding Egghead. The Japanese term Kaiju is the same word used in real life for ordinary marine mammals.