====== Turtles ======

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Rare or foreign-feeling reptiles in a northern campaign, best used around trade, warm coasts, magic, or imported curiosities.

===== In the North =====

Turtles are not a defining Scandinavian animal. They work best as foreign specimens, southern trade curiosities, magical familiars, or creatures of warmer wetlands reached by travel.

===== Myth and Folklore =====

Turtles have little place in Norse myth compared with serpents, [[creatures:wolves-and-wargs|wolves]], [[creatures:ravens|ravens]], and [[creatures:boars|boars]]. Their rarity can be useful: a turtle in a Viking hall should make people ask who brought it there and why.

===== Campaign Use =====

Use turtles as long-lived omen animals, wizard pets, southern trade goods, or signs that the campaign has crossed into foreign waters.

===== See Also =====

  * [[:creatures|Norse Creatures]]

===== Sources =====

  * Turtle: https://grokipedia.com/page/Turtle

===== Game Master Notes =====

DM-only encounter details, stat blocks, and running notes are kept at [[dm:creatures:turtles|Turtles (DM)]].