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[366 Days of Monsters] Day 041/366 - Heir of Kong

Added 2020-02-10 18:02:01 +0000 UTC

The magic that courses through the veins of The Skeleton Key has had a strange effect on the flora and fauna indigenous to the island. Animals grow larger and are generally more intelligent. Plus, they seemingly possess a greater sense of self. Case in point: the Heirs of Kong. These 12-foot-tall apes inhabit the jungles and forests of the key. And until the Serpent Whisperers of Grihoo arrived, the heirs were the dominant guardians of the island.

Intelligent and psionically active, the heirs do not consider themselves servants of the Serpent Whisperers, rather joint custodians of the island. The heirs even have their own community separate of the Serpent Whisperers. In this community, they decide on matters important to both the island the heirs. Regardless, when the island is challenged, they almost always join forces with the Amazons. Individually, the apes and the warrior women are powerful. But together, they are an unstoppable force of nature.

The original Kong was rumored to be a 30-foot tall ape that lived in the nameless mountain range at the center of the island. However, no proof has emerged that such a creature ever existed. Regardless, the apes still happily carry the moniker.