The Hydra is an awnshegh that dwells in the Harrowmarsh on the border between the Eastern Marches of Anuire and the Saire Siendere of Khinasi.
The Hydra is thought by most scholars to have once been a simple crocodile, which became one of the awnsheghlien after committing bloodtheft on a scion of Azrai. Some (generally mocked) local scholars claim that the Hydra was one of the original great beasts of Azrai given godly power by the Shadow before the War of the Shadow to harry and weaken the human tribes whilst the Shadow conquered Aduria and marshaled his forces in the south.
Whichever is the case it is
unarguable that for at least a thousand years the Hydra has dwelt in the
boggy lands of the Harrowmarsh, that is possesses a number of heads -
one it is said for each blooded scion it has consumed - and that it
leaves behind it a bizarre trail of beings known as Hydrakin, of which
the Caracdir are most numerous.
Most scholars agree that the Hydra gives birth to these beings over time, and that they are formed from elements of whatever the Hydra has eaten lately. Some claim that the Hydrakin as they are known instead form from creatures injured in battle with the Hydra, those who tread in its footsteps or in some other way 'taste of its corruption' however little evidence supports these views.
Most scholars agree that the Hydra gives birth to these beings over time, and that they are formed from elements of whatever the Hydra has eaten lately. Some claim that the Hydrakin as they are known instead form from creatures injured in battle with the Hydra, those who tread in its footsteps or in some other way 'taste of its corruption' however little evidence supports these views.
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