Description:
A horrible mix of crustacean, insect, and serpent, the chuul is an abomination that lurks submerged or partially submerged, awaiting intelligent prey to devour. Chuuls are known to collect trophies from their kills. Although unable to use weapons, armor or most other belongings, chulls keep these items in their lairs. If a victim has no interesting possessions, the chuul takes its skull.
Chuuls were created several hundred years ago by the archwizard and would-be emporer Ashranezr. A man of rare genius and ambition, he was also quite mad. As the culmination of decades of research and experimentation, Ashranezr bred the first chuuls to serve as terrifying warriors in the army of conquest he dreamed of creating. Eventually, he was slain in a magical onslaught, but the six hundred immortal Chuuls he loosed on the world were still wreaking havoc as ordered.
Perhaps two hundred have survived the centuries since their creator's destruction. Each one of these survivors is extraordinarily large, strong, clever, and cruel. Generations of younger chuuls have spawned, although they are mortal, living little more than 100 years...
Reference: 3E Monster Manual I, Pg. 36, Lords of Madness Pg. 9
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