Tide-Shadow Leviathan - COTW(wk 2-May '26)
Legend says these creatures are whales that refused to return to the deep when the moon first pulled the tides. Instead, they "swim" onto the shore, their bodies adapting to glide through mist and sand as easily as salt water. They are silent hunters, stalking coastal villages to feed on the "echoes" of dreams or literal prey, vanishing into the surf at the first light of dawn.