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SCOTTOBER DAY 21: The Pictish beast
A strange creature seen only on Pictish stones. The Pictish beast defies the appearance of any animal.

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2022-10-22

SCOTTOBER DAY 19: Selkie
The seal people of Scotland, selkies are creatures that can turn from human to seal by taking off their skin, getting stolen or lost.

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2022-10-20

SCOTTOBER DAY 13: Redcap
Redcaps are mine dwellers. Their hats and clothes are dyed in their preys blood so that the smell of copper can help them blend into their surroundings

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2022-10-14

SCOTTOBER DAY 10: Nuckalavee
The wickedest and most evil of all fairies. The Nuckalavee is an invincible beast which crawls out the sea and breathes a plague.

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2022-10-11

SCOTTOBER DAY 9: Assipattle Assipattle is the laziest and strongest of his siblings. He used his laziness to kill the stoor worm in the least exhausting way. Work smarter, not harder.

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2022-10-09

SCOTTOBER DAY 8: Trow
Music loving little men of Shetland and Orkney. Their love of music drives them to kidnap musicians and force them to perform.

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2022-10-09

SCOT-TOBER DAY 7: The Rhynie man
Found on an old Pictish stone. It’s unknown wether he is a god, a creature, a demon or a local figure. Whoever they are, they were fearsome.

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2022-10-08

SCOTTOBER DAY 6: Life and death
Life and death take the forms of a ram with colours in all the wrong places and an old man with 12 eye.

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2022-10-07

SCOT-TOBER Day 5: Blue men of the Minch.
The blue men challenge all sailors in their waters to a battle of rhymes. If the sailors prove witty enough, they are allowed to pass.

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2022-10-05

SCOT-TOBER DAY4 4: Kelpie
The Each-Uisgue, the water horse. Disguising itself as a mare, it lures people on its back. It then it drives into the water to enjoy its new, soggy meat.

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2022-10-05

NEUGLE

Fearsome water-horse from Scalloway. It had a green mane & weird wheel tail. Appearing saddled on the beach, tempting riders who'd be taken into the sea. Sometimes fatal... sometimes just for a good drenching.

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2018-05-19