Wave Brood

“Open fire!” the Uman captain cried, bringing her trident down in a sweep gesture.

The ship's cannons boomed, and a salvo of round shot exploded from them, flying through the air toward the Chaos Legion's armada. Their aim was true. They would slam into the closest of the enemy's ships, leaving the vessels dead in the water.

In the distance, a robed figure on the deck of one of the Legion's ships raised his arms, and the water between the Azmare's fleet and the Chaos Legion's bulged. Its color changed from a deep blue to a harsh white and coalesced into a massive, towering figure with churning limbs and a nightmarish visage of glowing eyes and gaping maw.

A wave Brood.

The cannonballs slammed into the creature's expansive chest, the water churning. Then, they hurtled back out, directly at the Uman captain's ship.

“Take cover!” she cried. The iron balls tore through the ship's hull in a thunderous splintering of wood. One cut through the mast, and it fell sideways, sail and all, to land in the ocean with a splash.

The Wave Brood churned toward the wounded ship, its chest where the cannonballs had struck it already healed. The Uman captain raised her trident in a futile gesture of defiance. Her crew scrambled for cover around her.

Then the Wave Brood crashed down upon them. A Wave Brood is a corrupted water elemental twisted by the Chaos Legion. Summoners distort the magic used to create the elemental, making it a chaotic and fearsome creature. Wave Broods are completely devoted to their summoner and are often used in naval warfare, sinking ships and guarding the Legion's fleets and forces.