Dragon Turtle

Dragon Turtles are immense, armored beasts that inhabit the coastal waters and deep ocean around Bilgewater and along the coastlines of Runeterra. They combine the shell of a titanic turtle with the features of a dragon, bearing heavy horns and breathing fire. That fusion of forms makes them among the most formidable aquatic creatures anywhere in the world, protected by a massive shell and armed with a fiery breath. Dragon Turtles are fiercely territorial. A vessel that strays into the waters one has claimed risks being attacked, and the creature's sheer size and strength make it a genuine danger to any ship crossing its domain. That reputation has earned the Dragon Turtle a lasting place among the perils that Bilgewater's people tell of when they speak of the sea. In Bilgewater, where so much of what lives in the water becomes the stuff of legend, the Dragon Turtle has stories of its own. Some tales claim the creatures guard sunken treasure in the depths they patrol, keeping watch over riches lost beneath the waves. True or not, the Dragon Turtle sits at the meeting point of draconic and aquatic myth, a fixture of the maritime mythology that gives Bilgewater much of its character.