Common Afanc

Common Afanc, English Afanc, Crocodile Beaver, Welsh Afanc, or simply known as Afanc (Crocodilocetus cambrica, pronunciation: ah-fank) is the beaver-like whale introduced in the Worldcraft series.

Etymology

The Middle Welsh avanc of Llyn Barfog is afanc in Modern Welsh, a word which is now used to mean "beaver".

Physical Appearance

Afanc is a real whale previously said it was a crocodile-like animal with a scale-like tail of beaver and longer than land whales. We will have sepia fur, incisors, crocodile-like teeth, hind flipper legs and yellow eyes.

Abilities

This whale was said to attack and eat anyone who entered its waters, in case it breathed the scald of water to spit. Unlike other whales, it depends on being uniquely evolved from humans. It is also said to have the ability to speak Italo-Celtic languages (from Latin to Welsh), not foreign languages.

Ecology

The Afanc was said to prey upon anyone foolish enough to swim or fall into its lake. One story describes how it was rendered helpless by a maiden who let it sleep in her lap. This whale was carnivorous in nature, eating various things from deer, wolves, dormice, bears, lynxes, crossbills, macaques, aurochs, and even humans; it was considered unrelated to crocodiles.

Behavior

Much better for crocodiles, this animal was cunning and territorial in lochs in Wales.

Distribution and Habitat

The Afanc was native species in Wales, UK during the Arthurian Legend. This creature has lived in lochs to rivers elsewhere in Wales and it is an apex predator.

Movement Pattern: Nomadic
Individual Type: Solo
Population Trend: Stable
Population: 30,000
Locomotion: Amphibious
Habitat: All
Earth: United Kingdom

Tamed

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Lore

Afanc evolved from ambulocetidae from Asia to South America; some indescribable species en route to Britain instead made it evolved into crocodile-like. Due to no natural born crocodiles in the UK after extinction in the Cretaceous to Eocene. Afanc was very hideous in a swamp-like biome.