Wizard's Familars

 

 

I've been working on some some nautical-themed wizard's familiars for an upcoming Beholder Pie article.  Intermittently over the past few months I've been helping Will create a fantasy roleplay campaign world called  Drowned Kingdoms (you can see the maps and articles here if you like).  One of the locations in this world is a citadel sunk deep beneath the ocean which houses an academy for wizards.  In the game Dungeons & Dragons, wizards get to select a familiar which they form a magical bond with.  Familiars are pretty smart creatures and can communicate with their masters, even learning how to wield magic themselves.  These four, given their names by Will, are what I thought a typical wizard from the waters might choose!

I'd be very tempted by a gull, but ultimately I think I would go for a crab.  Murl looks like he'd be quite good at alchemy, holding bottles of bubbling potions in his big claws;  I could see us staying up into the wee hours chatting and mixing potions.  Which would you choose?