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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8337977" data-attributes="member: 30538">Moby Dyck<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-KWCghFs/0/f4cd9f6f/M/mobydick11-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Between 1810 and 1838, throughout the Pacific Ocean, whalers sought to prey upon and frequently themselves became the prey of an ancient albino whale dubbed Mocha Dick, after the Chilean island near where he was first sighted. A few years after the white whale ultimately fell to his hunters, a sailor from New York heard stories about his activities, most notably an account which claimed that a certain Quaker whaling captain had been so distraught that Mocha Dick had been slain by someone else that he committed suicide, and remembered these tales for a decade. In time, these stories, and reports that Mocha Dick was still at large in 1849, would inspire one of the world's greatest novels.Mocha Dick had in fact died in 1838, but during his long life he'd had many offspring, some of whom inherited his albinism. It was one of these whales which was sighted in 1849, and yet a different one who was killed in 1902. And sometime in the 19th century, another of Mocha Dick's brood, accompanied by a harem of females, found his way to Dread Island. There, feeding on gigalodons and kraken, and exposed to other strange phenomena in the vicinity of the Island, the whales grew to enormous size and remarkable power. When, in 1956, this whale -- or leviathan, as he might more accurately be dubbed -- was first sighted by human visitors to the island, there was really only one name that he could be called.Much like their forebear, leviathans in general are not, and Moby Dyck in particular is not, hostile towards or fearful of humans. They are still not particularly safe to be around, as they can easily and accidentally capsize most human vessels, and easily misinterpret accidental contact as an attack. Even if they will ignore humans in the water as too small to be a meaningful threat, that is very cold comfort to the drowning human who is also at risk from the other, much less passive animal life in the seas around Dread Island.During Kthulu's third rising, in 2013, when the Great Old One used the kaiju of Dread Island as an army, several leviathans fell under its sway. Moby Dyck did not, and attempted to prevent his children from their destructive activities, demonstrating the ability that has been dubbed 'iceberging' by gigantologists. Through some unknown means, the daikaiju is able to transform sea water into a substance not unlike the 'infrawater' employed by Meddows-type freeze guns and expel it through his blowhole to create confining ice structures. However, he can only do this a limited number of times before his supply of this infrawater-like substance is exhausted.At the time, having observed this, Snowfall imitated Moby Dyck's 'iceberging' to similarly confine the enraged leviathans, putting herself in some danger when the great whale seemed to misinterpret her actions as an attack on his progeny. Before he could harm the heroine, however, he apparently realized what had actually happened, and broke off the attack, taking advantage of the opportunity to replenish his supply. In the aftermath, the leviathans returned to Dread Island with their chief leading them, but Moby Dyck seemed to pause and regard Snowfall with what Nereus described as 'approval' ... or possibly awareness of a potential rival.Leviathan -- PL 11Abilities:STR 14 | STA 16 | AGL -2 | DEX 0 | FGT 4 | INT -3 | AWE 3 | PRE -2Powers:Aquatic: Immunity 2 (pressure); Immunity 2 (suffocation, Limited to half effect); Swimming 9 (250 MPH) - 10 pointsBite: Strength-based Damage 1 - 1 pointGargantuan Size: Permanent Growth 14 (Strength +14, Stamina +14, Dodge -7, Parry -7, Intimidation +6, Stealth -14, Swimming +2); Impervious Toughness 12 - 52 pointsEnergy Absorption: Immunity 10 (cold effects); Regeneration 10, Source (cold) - 20 pointsSenses: Senses 6 (extended accurate ultrahearing, extended low-light vision) - 6 pointsAdvantages:Diehard, Extraordinary Effort, Fast Grab, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Hold, Power AttackSkills:Close Combat: Unarmed 3 (+7), Intimidation 3 (+7), Perception 4 (+7)Offense:Initiative -2Unarmed +7 (Close Damage 14)Bite +7 (Close Damage 15)Defense:Dodge 2, Parry 4, Fortitude 17, Toughness 16, Will 5Totals:Abilities 4 + Powers 89 + Advantages 6 + Skills 5 + Defenses 21 = 125 pointsComplications:Survival--Motivation. Physical (no ground move, no sense of smell, no manipulators, can't talk to humans.)Moby Dyck (Daikaiju Leviathan) -- PL 15Abilities:STR 16 | STA 18 | AGL -2 | DEX 0 | FGT 6 | INT -2 | AWE 5 | PRE -1Powers:Aquatic: Immunity 2 (pressure); Immunity 2 (suffocation, Limited to half effect); Swimming 9 (250 MPH) - 10 pointsBite: Strength-based Damage 1 - 1 pointColossal Size: Permanent Growth 16 (Strength +16, Stamina +16, Dodge -8, Parry -8, Intimidation +8, Stealth -16, Swimming +2); Impervious Toughness 16 - 64 pointsEnergy Absorption: Immunity 10 (cold effects); Regeneration 20, Source (cold) - 20 pointsIceberging: Ranged Cumulative Burst Area 4 Affliction 15 (Resisted by Dodge, Overcome by Damage; Hindered & Vulnerable, Defenseless & Immobile), Extra Condition, Limited Degree, Unreliable - 90 pointsSenses: Senses 6 (extended accurate ultrahearing, extended low-light vision) - 6 pointsAdvantages:Diehard, Extraordinary Effort, Fast Grab, Improved Critical 2 (bite), Improved Hold, Improved Initiative, Power AttackSkills:Close Combat: Unarmed 3 (+9), Intimidation 3 (+10), Perception 6 (+11)Offense:Initiative +2Unarmed +9 (Close Damage 16)Bite +9 (Close Damage 17, Crit 18-20)Defense:Dodge 2, Parry 4, Fortitude 20, Toughness 18, Will 8Totals:Abilities 32 + Powers 191 + Advantages 7 + Skills 6 + Defenses 23 = 260 pointsComplications:Survival--Motivation. Physical (no ground move, no sense of smell, no manipulators, can't talk to humans.) Responsibility (leviathans.)</blockquote>

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