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Lorelei
- #2086
European (culture)
Aquatic (attribute)
Humanoid (attribute)
Seductive (attribute)
Deadly (behaviour)
Merfolk (common type)
A Mermaid, water Nymph of German legend. She was once a girl who drowned herself becoming a water Nymph who from then on snag while combing her hair luring sailors towards her who would then die. Similar to Siren.
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