Charybdis
“She drinks the ocean and spits out ships.”
A Whirlpool legend of Monsters & Beasts
2 known connections · an open question
The living story
The story so far
Charybdis stole Heracles's cattle — or Zeus's, the songs vary — and was hurled into the sea as a whirlpool. Odysseus lost his last ship to her; he survived by clinging to a fig tree until she spat it back.
Happening now
She still turns three times a day, opposite Scylla. The fig tree is gone; the whirlpool remains.
What may come
The sea level is hers to command in her corner of the strait. Sailors say she is drinking faster lately, as if making up for lost time.
Connected
Monsters & Beasts
The children of gods and nightmares. Every one of them is someone's whole story — the hero was just passing through.
$5 · One of 400
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At a glance — details & stats
- Element
- Whirlpool
- Faction
- Monsters & Beasts — the dread ones
- Rarity
- Common
- Personality
- The whirlpool that swallows the sea three times a day — once a nymph, punished by Zeus for stealing his cattle.
- Edition
- One of 400
- Stats
- power 90 · speed 30 · charm 35