Swims-the-Small-Seas
Biography
Swims-the-Small-Seas is a cub shark, capable of swimming in fresh and salt water. An especially aggressive Dimwater, he would often swim upriver in many continents, looking for Qyrlings that might escape the notice of the Rokea. One day, he followed a small cargo ship into South America along the Amazon river. The ship was crawling with Qyrlings, and he realized that the ship's cargo was probably tainted as well. When the ship docked, Swims-the-Small-Seas found himself in a war camp, full of humans dressed identically, carrying odd, foul-smelling weapons. He didn't know quite what was happening, but he understood some Spanish and caught the words guerra (war) and lobo (wolf). Investigating further, he discovered that these men were tearing apart the jungles and that their efforts were slowly but steadily tainting the river. Swims-the-Small-Seas decided he couldn't allow this, and, staying in the jungle, he attacked and killed many of the men. But there were always more, arriving by boat, and eventually they began sending deformed, disgusting monsters as well. And Swims-the-Small-Seas kept meaning to go back to Sea, but there was always more work to do in the jungle....
Time went by, and one day, months after he had arrived, Swims-the-Small-Seas changed to Gladius form again to battle the despoilers. After tearing them apart, he heard people coming. He knew from their language that they were natives, not soldiers, so he tried to change to Homid form so as not to frighten them unduly ... and found he could not.
The Rokea had lost his shapeshifting powers forever, having stayed away from Sea for too long. His ability to survive in fresh water allowed him to keep his Gnosis, but he could not longer assume Swimming Jaws, his natural form. Terrified and a little unhinged, he crashed into the jungle, vowing that if Sea wished him to stay here, he would, and he would kill any human who dared despoil the Small Sea. The war rages on in the Amazon, and sometimes the Garou come upon bodies torn apart by a shapeshifter with jaws like they have never seen. Most Garou blame the Mokolé, but some tell stories of a monster come from the river to take revenge upon Pentex... and they don't know how right they are.