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[366 Days of Monsters] Day 12/366 - El Cadejo

Added 2020-01-13 00:25:42 +0000 UTC

Along the Leash, the long road that hugs the Weysevain Coast, the Phantoms tell tales of the mysterious cadejos who quietly stalk drunken and farmers sailors returning home from nights of debauchery. Where one would think that a cadejo—who looks like a shadowy, black dog with red eyes and chains around its neck—is a malicious creature, they are actually protectors. The cadejos protect their quarry, ensuring that they get home safely.

Cadejos are real and they are celestials. Where Hearth once had its enigmatic couatls, Omeria had its cadejos. The similarities between the two guardian creatures is so great, some even assume that cadejos are nothing more than coualts in disguise. This isn't true, of course, although, there have been tales of Hearthan couatls who have taken on the appearance of cadejos while touring Omeria.

Although celestials are rare, cadejos are still very much active along the Leash and the Weysevain. During trying times, Weysevain locals—particularly Arruquetans—have attempted to summon and utilize the black dogs of the Leash.

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