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(<i>Architeuthis megabathys</i>) The ninth, "unknown" species of giant squid.
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[[Image:Alecton.jpg|thumb|right|The French gunboat ''Alecton'' runs afoul of a kraken in 1861]]
 
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[[Image:Giantsquidphoto2.png|thumb|left|A recent sighting of ''A. megabathys'' off the coast of Japan]]
 
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There are eight commonly known species of the genus <i>Architeuthis</i>, but ancient members of <i>A. megabathys</i> are thought to have suffered from either exposure to [[Leakage, wizardly | wizardly leakage]] associated with the practice of [[Atlantis | Atlantean wizards]], or to proximity to the events associated with the terrible [[Drowned Song]] of approximately ten thousand years ago, and the ensuing destruction of the "Lost Continent."
 
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The resultant genetic and [[paragenetic]] damage has produced the kraken of the present era, a creature with all the dangerous characteristics of the standard giant squid, but also with a propensity for [[overshadowing]] and a sensitivity to wizardry in process that is a constant threat to wizards on errantry under water. Krakens are unnaturally aggressive, apparently attacking their prey for enjoyment as well as for sustenance, and sometimes also going after objects which other squid would never mistake for prey, such as sailing vessels and submarines. It seems likely that many of the more recent tales of "sea monsters" have krakens at their heart.
 
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{{KitAndNita}} run into numerous krakens during the events of [[DW]] -- understandable, since they have become deeply involved in the [[Twelve, Song of the | Song of the Twelve]]. Kit notes at one point that the krakens have broken their normal eleven-year breeding cycle and have been proliferating at an unusual rate, doubtless in a reaction to the upcoming Song. 
 
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In the wake of the events of [[DW]], it must be assumed that the unusual increase in the numbers of these creatures will continue to affect the ocean's ecology for some time. The recent dramatic increase in sightings (from almost none to one per year or so in recent years) would seem to offer some support for this assumption.  ([[DW]])
 
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(See also:  [[Twelve, Song of the]].)
 

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