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There is one creature older than the rest, more powerful, more dreaded than any other. The dire whale is the true king of

the deep, so rarely seen that even in the old days it was only known from tales. Their song is mournful and chilling, and

it is said that to hear the song of the dire whale is to receive an omen of a great catastrophe coming. Merfolk may sit on

the throne of the Water Kingdom, but the dire whales are stewards of everything beneath the waves, and their powers transcend

those of any other creature on land or water.