Mokele-mbembe

Mokele-mbembe

(Creature)

2E1E

Uncommon

N

Huge

Animal

Level

9

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Images of mokele-mbembe

Source: Bestiary 3, pg(s). 171

Type

Animal

CR

9

Environment

Tropical lakes and rivers

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Adjective

Mokele-mbembe

Images of mokele-mbembe

Source: Mystery Monsters Revisited, pg(s). 22–27

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The mokele-mbembe is a gigantic reptilian predator that looks more like a herbivorous dinosaur. Known by many names—including water lion, nsanga, coye ya menia, jago-nini, and amali—it has a long, whip-like tail that makes up half of its total body length.

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Ecology

Mokele-mbembe are usually solitary animals, but when prey is abundant they may gather in groups of three to four males and one to two females. Females choose their mates based on their strength and size and on how much food they bring to them, and after mating lay clutches of five to six eggs; mated pairs raise their young together. The female guards the nest for the first month after hatching while the male brings back food, after which the young follow their parents on hunts until they are three or four months of age, at which point, they become largely independent.

Mokele-mbembe are powerful predators capable of hunting prey such as water buffalo and other predators such as leopards and crocodiles; they are especially known for their violent clashes with hippopotamuses.

Mokele-mbembe are usually solitary and great at stealth. Most information, like they are predators, come from tracking down were the creature has been. They are usually live in tropical jungles near bodies of water like lakes and rivers. They are assiduous about hiding from both civilization and large predators. Such care it can take from weeks to mother of searching to find footprints. Its rare to for a travaler to run into a Mokele-mbembe by accident, and those that survive afterwards are though of as very lucky.

On Golarion

Mokele-mbembe can be found within the jungle interior of remote tropical jungles of golarion, near rivers and lakes, like the ones across Garund.

The Mwangi believe them as embodiments of the strength and majesty of nature, with the rare sight being a sign of divine favor and omen of powerful natural forces.

The Julanga tribe of Zenj along the River Still not only hunt the creatures, but also pray to them and consider their hides and skulls sacred, and oppose any outsiders who hunt mokele-mbembe. Lizardfolk of the Shell-Bearer tribe near the Buunta Flow also protect a pack of mokele-mbembe from poaching by Aspis Consortium agents of Nightfall Station. A population of mokeles lives in the deep waters of Lake Ocota, which they share with numerous water orms, and their reclusive habits have led to the development of a number of myths about their nature.

References

Paizo published a detailed article on the mokele-mbembe in Mystery Monsters Revisited 22–27.

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External links

• Mokele-mbembe (real-world cryptid) on Wikipedia