Devouring Brittlestar (animal)
Devouring brittlestars are a family of giant, predatory brittlestars found in many shallow waters across Aeras. Though usually not exceeding the size of an adult human in diameter, they are nonetheless ferocious foes to face due to the wide variety of natural weapons and hunting tactics at their disposal - depending on the specific species, they are known to utilize razor-sharp spikes, powerful constricting tentacles, pack tactics, or any combination of the aforementioned to take down prey much larger than themselves.
Devouring brittlestars are not a particularly difficult marine predator to lure to shallow waters - even accidentally. Fishing villages often end up unwittingly attracting their attention, with packs of the creature becoming a major coastal menace to the locals.
After some searching, we have spotted a huge devouring brittlestar resting mere feet below water, apparently not having taken notice of us yet. It is difficult to see which exact species this specimen belongs to, so what natural weapons it possesses and whether we can expect more of them in the vicinity is something we cannot ascertain yet.