Speech
A power, one of the traits figures share. All traits.
Utility
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Two abilities are consistently attached to the type: extraordinary speed, sufficient to cover an enormous distance — described in terms of many thousands of li — in a single day, and the capacity for human speech or the understanding of human language, unusual among animals in the tradition.
Some accounts suggest that the Sea Monk possesses an otherworldly intelligence, attempting to communicate with humans through gestures or eerie, hollow sounds that resemble Gregorian chants.
They possess an uncanny ability to understand human speech and intentions, often anticipating their companion's needs before they are expressed.
They are described as highly intelligent, possessing the ability to speak and reason.
It is said to understand human speech and even speak itself, often using this ability to deceive or manipulate humans.
This ability to communicate through both speech and song makes Arion not just a mount, but a trusted confidant and advisor to those fortunate enough to earn its loyalty.
These may include the ability to speak human languages, walk on their hind legs, manipulate objects with their paws as if they were hands, and even raise the dead by jumping over corpses.
The creature retains the ability to fly and communicate with other birds, but it can also walk upright and speak in human tongues.
Its intelligence is said to rival that of humans, and in some tales, it is capable of speech and reason.
over which it is said to grow into a small human child, tiny in stature but reportedly capable of speech, movement, and even precocious intelligence.
Vindictive when wronged, merciless when winning, charming throughout, he embodies wit as a survival organ.