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-  Small, pale green water demons with horns

-  3-5' tall

-  XX – can be kept for short time

-  Live in lakes in Great Britain and Ireland

-  Dark Creatures – b/c they eat humans – not for a long time

-  Feed mostly on fish and algae

-  Will feed on fish more in high stress environment

-  More in freshwater

-  Typically negative response toward humans

-  Keeping

     o  Large tank needed

     o  Plenty of foliage, for hiding

     o  Lots of fish, keep them neutral towards you

     o  Important to keep them neutral to you

-  Typically positive towards merpeople; live in same environment and coexist

-  Little known about habits

     o  Assumed active during day, rest at night

-  Mating – assumed like mammals with live birth

    o  Always twins

    o  Either a boy, one girl, or two girls

         §  With two girls, only one fertile

    o  Babies called grindas (wizards) or beba (merpeople)

         §  Feed on algae until 3 months, then add fish

         §  Most stay with family

-  Have magic

    o  Create sparks (yellow-white)

         §  Used to kill fish and distract humans

         §  Warning symbol

    o  Move objects

    o  Don't use often

    o  Use handmade spears or other weapons to kill fish

    o  Use when extremely angry or agitated

-  History

    o  Dark creatures – beast that does something considered disturbing (ie eat humans)

    o  Dark magic does not mean dark creature

    o  Grindylows have no dark magic association

    o  Last grindylow mauling 1679

         §  Wizard continually harassed the colony, even after warning sparks

    o  Most famous Grindylow mauling - Uric the Oddball in the Middle ages

        §  Fwooper's cries made him crazy

        §  Fell into lake

        §  Floated into Grindylow colony who hadn't had meat in quite some time b/c fish shortage