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[366 Days of Monsters] Days 103-104/366 - Serpent Whisperer Snakes

Added 2020-04-26 16:29:21 +0000 UTC

The Serpent Whisperers of Grihoo have a natural kinship with serpents. Through simple gestures and hissing sounds, they can communicate with snakes and direct them to perform simple tasks.

In addition to the anacondas, cobras, and other snake varieties that exist on The Skeleton Key, the island is also home to two unique serpents: lava cobras and needleblast boas.

Lava Cobra

Although the nameless mountain's three volcanoes haven't erupted in centuries, magma still courses through The Skeleton Key's veins. Slithering out of the Key's magma tubes are lava cobras, 12-foot-long serpents that can breathe fire as well as any Aegreyan half-blood.

Needleblast Boa

Named for the dense copse of spikes that jut from just below their jaw lines, needleblast boas are a common sight in Grihoo Village. Combining some of the most dangerous elements of the island's most poisonous snakes as well as its largest constrictors, a needleblast boa's bite is capable of blinding and incapacitating most humanoids.

The boas who live among the Serpent Whisperers subsist on a steady diet of goats, chickens, and the occasional violator of the Serpent Whisperers' code of law.