Name: Echidna
Species: Lamia, Nymph
Type: Reptile, Hybrid, Sprite/Fairy, Shapeshifter
Elemental Affinity: None
Combat Specialty: Magical (Long Range; Debilitation, Traps)
Sociability: Lustful, Sinister, Cunning, Tactful, Vicious, Mischievous
Threat Level: Very High
Habitats: Omen Marsh (Rare), Black Swamp (Rare), Sage's Paradise (Rare), Misty Jungle (Rare), Cave of Wonders (Rare), Mysterious Estuary (Rare)
Weaknesses: None
Immunities: All Status Ailments
Item Dropped: Various
Additional Info: Can change into and use powers of other creatures.
Weapons
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Natural/Signature Abilities
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Echidna Info
The goddess fierce Echidna who is half a nymph with glancing eyes and fair cheeks, and half again a huge snake, great and awful, with speckled skin, eating raw flesh beneath the secret parts of the holy earth. And there she has a cave deep down under a hollow rock far from the deathless gods and mortal men. There, then, did the gods appoint her a glorious house to dwell in beneath the earth, grim Echidna, a nymph who dies not nor grows old all her days.
Known as the famed 'Mother of All Monsters' and to some, the 'Queen Lamia,' the Echidna seems to be the highest form of Lamia that there is. Like all Lamia, she has the upper half of a human with the lower half of a snake. With her special ability, her first born child is of her own race; a Lamia, or even more specifically, an Echidna. However, the rest of her children will be numerous other monsters, spawned at random, from any given type, species or classification. The stronger her mate is, the stronger her children are. Rumor has it that the former Fire Guardian, Marilith, was an Echidna.
Cunning miscreants by nature, their lust guides them due to them finding it necessary to procreate to keep their very rare, but powerful race alive. As such, she is able to take on any monster, any species, any class or race with just as much lust as the other. Her seductive ways and charming allure can draw in any male before she coils around him and uses him for her will. If she finds her mate to be unsatisfactory, he will typically become her food, and on rare cases, her servant.
They love to lurk and live in the deepest recesses of the earth, unknown to most. Rarely dwelling outside on the human plane, when they do, they tend to spend their time in the swamps to tempt unsuspecting men and drag them under into the Unknown. Because they typically spawn from the Black Swamp, it is believed that they live in the Zero World and have a hand in the creation of other beings when populations are too low. Thus, even an extinct being has a chance of being reproduced by an Echidna, if one is to be found in the deepest recesses of the earth... But you'd better be able to fight your way out, lest she keep you prisoner or consume you.
On the assumption that the person who finds them is powerful enough to not only harbor their child, but escape their clutches alive (or sometimes, even on good terms), the Echidna scatters treasures about caves and places they lurk to lure people into the center of their home. With her incredibly powerful magic, she is able to take on different forms of other creatures, as well as completely overtake the minds of even the most powerful who are within her magical influence. Thus, there are few mighty enough to escape, and even when they think they have, the person at their side will be the Echidna.
