The Watcher in the Water (and other aquatic monsters of Arda)
The Watcher in the water lurked near the entrance to the Mines of Moria. It is a mysterious creature who’s species, origin, or history is never specified. The Silmarillion states that all of Morgoth's servants hated the water and wouldn’t even approach the sea unless necessary. We can only guess how many other creatures still roam these lands and waters
addition to this: I always imagined Angband as having a complex system of tunnels far underneath the fortress and this likely included underwater caves
it’s possible that this could have been far enough out of the reach of Ulmo for dark creatures to remain, even if they weren’t created by Morgoth himself, they might have remained underneath the fortress and in the surrounding lands (and occasionally used to feed elves to and other horrific things like in my story)
this post here has some more of my monster headcanons! but this is a topic that is super exciting and happy making to me so I’m probably missing some and I will also continue to talk about it!
Art: Watcher in the Water by John Howe
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