Octofin
Lifespan: 80 – 90 years (female), 10 – 15 years (male)
Diet: Large fish, smaller sea dragons like Tide Gliders, but not opposed to attacking Scauldrons if the situation allows for a quick kill.
Fire type: Unknown as they stay far away from any danger as soon as they can sense it coming. Though, if attacked they will release a cloud of ink and either escape or strike lethally. Their jaws snapping down fast and hard enough to snap the neck of almost any dragon that might be attacking.
Closest relative: Shockjaw, Sliquifier
Predators: Females are not considered prey. Males get hunted down by other large sea dragons, great whites, bull sharks and sometimes even females if they stay in their territory too long when it’s not breeding season.
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Octofins were called Inkspews originally, named after the ink they produced which was harvested by people and used for writing and illuminating manuscripts and books. The females, being too large, were left alone, while males were hunted for their meat and ink sacs. Their population did not suffer greatly because of this as they reproduce quite often and have large clusters of eggs, also one ink sac lasts for years.
In modern times, Tom renames them to Octofins because of the eight prehensile tendrils at the end of their tail which resemble octopus tentacles.
Octofin females are exponentially larger than the males. But even so, the males are larger than a majority of sea life, largest ones reaching 2,5 meters.
Females are solitary, preferring large open seas with not much around. Males live in groups of maximum five individuals, staying around reefs and shallower water. Though they live in packs they do not hunt together. Each male going after their own prey.
Females have deeply saturated colors on their bodies, usually being a mix of blue, green and some yellows. Males are desaturated, their bodies almost white with only their “dorsal fins” being more colorful.
Males physically cannot become Titanwings. Females do, but their bodies do not change in many significant ways. Only their head tendrils/fins becoming split and longer, and their “tails” becoming bigger. The main difference is the Titanwings unwillingness to breed, attacking any male in the vicinity.
Females are only fertile for a month each 3 years. The male dies post mating either from energy exertion or because the female eats him. After a year and a half gestation period the female lays a clutch of about 20-30 male eggs and 1-2 female eggs. Not all of these eggs survive though and usually only 5-10 of the males end up surviving to the Broadwing stage.
