The Black Serpent

The Black Serpent is a mythical monster said to live in the western water continent of Ormir.

Myths
The Black Serpent is often talked about in the folk tales and bedtime stories of _________, a nightmare that lives in the (body of water north of Ravnor-continent)'s waters and in the holes and caves of _____'s coast. It can smell people miles away and will follow them from tunnel or sea in order to consume them. No one knows precisely how big it is, but it's said it can tear into the great sea monsters with ease.

A related myth is of the so-called "Blind Wyrm," a lengthy burrower with four legs, forelimbs hinged with heavy claws, thin snout aligned with pincer teeth and short, stubble-like whiskers.

Sailors familiar with that area call it 'Halifax', and consider it a wrecker of ships and eater of sailors. Many is the tale of the great serpent shadowing a boat for furlongs, only to disappear in search of better catch. The wide outcropping of rock off the _____ shore is called "Death's Gate" in honor of Halifax's love of scaring ships to enter it, only to break them there.

The Black Serpent
The typical description of the Black Serpent details it as a long, powerful snake at least ten feet around in circumference. It has thick, ridged, bumpy scales all along its body but being replaced by ridges and bumps near the crown of its head. Two tiny blind eyes sit at the forefront of its snout, and slitted nostrils sit beneath the eye ridges. There are multiple rows of crooked teeth in its mouth and it has a black, forked tongue. Most accounts say it has two back legs but other renditions lack this detail.

Halifax
A thick eel-like creature anywhere between sixty and one hundred thirty feet in length, Halifax has a ridged dorfal fin running the length of its body, layered scales, small eyes, a mouth full of needle sharp teeth and big chompers. Several sets of auxiliary