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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sans" data-source="post: 3031869" data-attributes="member: 42554">Pfft the OctopusConceptPfft is an awakened transmuter-domain wizard octopus who is carried around inside his water elemental familiar.Background:It is said that the great salt currents flowing through the Sea of Fire and Ice originate from Alkaline Sea. And it is in Alkaline sea, off the shores of a tiny atoll, where Pfft hatched from a rubbery, translucent egg and wiggled his eight tentacles for the first time.The tiny atoll was home to the small human village of New Coconut. It's inhabitants fished the nearby coral reef where Pfft lived. Through some fluke of learned behavior, Pfft became the protector of that reef. Whenever the villagers started to over-fish, or when their divers took to many shellfish, or trapped too many lobsters, competition for the remaining food resources became fierce among the reefs natural inhabitants. During these times, for food, Pfft would start to eat the bait off hooks, tear nets to get at some of the contents, and bust open lobster traps to do the same. When desperate, he would even attack some of the shellfish divers. The end result being that Pfft helped insure a minimum level of sea-life diversity which ultimately guaranteed the continued survival of the coral reef.All this was studied with great wonder and appreciation by an aquatic-elf druid.Seasons passed and the druid returned frequently to watch with a smile as Pfft continued to inadvertently preserved the balance of life on the reef. After a while, the druid noticed Pfft was growing very old. The life-span of an octopus was very short. This saddened the druid greatly. So much so that he decided to awaken Pfft as a sort of reward for dedicating his entire life (all ten months of it) to the defense of nature.The awakening went very well, and Pfft suddenly possessed an intelligence greater than most humanoids. Needless to say, this was very disorienting for old Pfft. But like a child, he yearned to for experiences. He wanted to learn everything there was to learn about everything in general (and everything in specific as well). The druid, whose name Pfft learned was Sy-nilo, was glad to hear Pfft's curiosity so he took Pfft with him on many adventures. Joining them was Sy-nilo's shark companion as well as a beautiful young mermaid name Innitha, who happened to be a wizard. Pfft was fascinated by Innitha's magic and much to everyone's surprise, Pfft proved to be a quick learner of the arcane arts.The group traveled together for several years. Under the tutelage of Innitha, Pfft become an accomplished wizard. One day, Sy-nilo realized that Pfft was far older than any octopus on record, but such was the power, magic and wonder of nature. They all celebrated.The third year after his awakening, Pfft took leave of his companions and journeyed back to the coral reef which he defended. To his shock and sadness, he found the reef had been destroyed. The village was long abandoned and the coral, once awash in color and teeming with creatures, was now bone white and lifeless. Turning a dull shade of brown, Pfft swam slowly away, never to return again.</blockquote>

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