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OSR and the sea

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Far west of TenKeep, long breezes blow on the Mistral Sea - you'll feel a calling from landward ways! Here are three songs or tales I heard - about giant sea monsters, mermaids, and the monster's summer break. *** The Sea Lizard First, a tale adapted from the Hawaiian Legend of the Mo'o . Out from Onekeep, it's said a giant sea lizard prowled the seacoast - near what's now called Squama - and slaughtered intruders.  From across the Mistral Sea, a vengeful warrior came, murdered the sea lizard, and heaved the pieces of its head across the bay.  All these years later, the lizard's body juts out into the surf, and the pieces of its head - now dry and heavy stone, form islands spanning North.  Some say the lizard had a golden eye. *** Mermaids [from a mural - Windward Oahu] Much can be said for Mistral sun and breezes. Mermen and mermaids sometimes swim-in. Few see them, and fewer still forget. I have seen them riding seaward on the waves Combing the white hair