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Those who live near the ocean know quite well the territory where these creatures frequent. Shallow waters and tidal zones are a favorite, and their activity spikes during the warmer season. These shorelines where they live are often surrounded by crude fences and numerous warning signs. These precautions usually spare all but the stupid from stumbling into one of these beasts, but this does not always guarantee safety. When a tropical storm blows in, its powerful winds will blow and scatter them across the shoreline, the violent currents shoving them out of their usual territories. They do not mind this, but it is quite the problem when they wind up near the docks or on a popular beach. To avoid any issues, most locales close the beaches for a few days after a storm to give the creatures enough time to regain their bearings and slither back home. Unfortunately, this doesn't always happen, as sometimes one of these beasts will find that they quite like this new location they were dumped. So they will move right in and make themselves at home, regardless of who owned the land before them. When this happens, it is advised for the landowner or townspeople to slay it before it can get comfortable. Turns out that they don't live alone, or that fate just makes it that others of their kind come swarming in after one sets up shop. If a town is not fast enough to remove the original invader, the signal or marker will be set and more shall come. After that happens, it is hopeless to stop them, all one can hope for is another violent storm to shove them somewhere else.

When one of these creatures starts to settle down in an unwanted spot, word goes out for slayers and hunters. A rich landowner or a desperate town will pay good money for this beast to be removed, but this is no easy prize. The creature must be dispatched with haste, before it can release whatever marker or indicator that draws others to this favorable habitat. So the slow and steady method is out of the question, but rushing in swords swinging is also not the brightest idea. Though they look like serpents, stabbing them in the head is not a surefire way to kill them. It seems their mind and instincts are spread throughout their body, controlling their limbs long after they have been severed. Chopping them up just leads to more venomous pieces writhing about the shoreline, and its lopped off appendages can still strike like vipers. Every part of it is brimming with a powerful venom, freezing the muscles and stilling the organs of those it claims. Paralysis sets in within minutes, turning them into breathless statues. This sudden and terrible fate has scared off many would-be hunters, and even the professionals are not protected from making a single, but fatal, error. It is not an easy job, but someone has to do it, lest the town be overrun by its brethren...

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Was thinking about an eyeless gorgon, and then thought of the name "blind gorgon." Seemed like a fun name so I tried to come up with a fitting design for it. Just felt that such a creature would be a jellyfish, but then instead I went to the Portuguese Man O War (which is not a jellyfish). So here we are! A gorgon for Mermay! Does that really count? Well its a marine thingy and looks vaguely person-like, so I say YES!

Description
Those who live near the ocean know quite well the territory where these creatures frequent. Shallow waters and tidal zones are a favorite, and their activity spikes during the warmer season. These shorelines where they live are often surrounded by crude fences and numerous warning signs. These precautions usually spare all but the stupid from stumbling into one of these beasts, but this does not always guarantee safety. When a tropical storm blows in, its powerful winds will blow and scatter them across the shoreline, the violent currents shoving them out of their usual territories. They do not mind this, but it is quite the problem when they wind up near the docks or on a popular beach. To avoid any issues, most locales close the beaches for a few days after a storm to give the creatures enough time to regain their bearings and slither back home. Unfortunately, this doesn't always happen, as sometimes one of these beasts will find that they quite like this new location they were dumped. So they will move right in and make themselves at home, regardless of who owned the land before them. When this happens, it is advised for the landowner or townspeople to slay it before it can get comfortable. Turns out that they don't live alone, or that fate just makes it that others of their kind come swarming in after one sets up shop. If a town is not fast enough to remove the original invader, the signal or marker will be set and more shall come. After that happens, it is hopeless to stop them, all one can hope for is another violent storm to shove them somewhere else.

When one of these creatures starts to settle down in an unwanted spot, word goes out for slayers and hunters. A rich landowner or a desperate town will pay good money for this beast to be removed, but this is no easy prize. The creature must be dispatched with haste, before it can release whatever marker or indicator that draws others to this favorable habitat. So the slow and steady method is out of the question, but rushing in swords swinging is also not the brightest idea. Though they look like serpents, stabbing them in the head is not a surefire way to kill them. It seems their mind and instincts are spread throughout their body, controlling their limbs long after they have been severed. Chopping them up just leads to more venomous pieces writhing about the shoreline, and its lopped off appendages can still strike like vipers. Every part of it is brimming with a powerful venom, freezing the muscles and stilling the organs of those it claims. Paralysis sets in within minutes, turning them into breathless statues. This sudden and terrible fate has scared off many would-be hunters, and even the professionals are not protected from making a single, but fatal, error. It is not an easy job, but someone has to do it, lest the town be overrun by its brethren...

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Was thinking about an eyeless gorgon, and then thought of the name "blind gorgon." Seemed like a fun name so I tried to come up with a fitting design for it. Just felt that such a creature would be a jellyfish, but then instead I went to the Portuguese Man O War (which is not a jellyfish). So here we are! A gorgon for Mermay! Does that really count? Well its a marine thingy and looks vaguely person-like, so I say YES!