River hydra

River hydra (both singular and plural) are rare creatures that solely live in the rivers of the Juddaur peninsula. In times before the Great Collapse they lived in almost every river on the Nuimucandi continent. In the past, people have hunted them for their sturdy scales, as these were used to reinforce armor. Nowadays they only live in small herds within the Juddaur Greatwood, which is a completely inhospitable wilderness in some places (the reason for their survival).

Physical attributes
River hydra can have various different colors. The most common is a pearly kind of pink-white. Other variations can have scales of the following colors: light-blue, ruddy, moss green, grey and lilac. A very rare specimen is the albino river hydra. They have all been poached, but one has allegedly been spotted in the south of the Juddaur forests around 978 AGC.