Shark_God

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For thousands of years the native people of the coastal and island settlements have lived in fear of the deep, in fear of what lurks below. And for good reason: standing at the edge of the shore is none other than the Shark God - an ancient sea spirit that inhabits the forms of great sharks. Every tribe has their own name for him, but it all means the same thing to them: death at the jaws of an ancient predator.
His kind used to rule the oceans, eating their fill and taking their pick among those who made their lives by and in the water, the victim's heads tucked low in submissive terror as the sharks selected their meals. Since humans have moved into his territory, the Shark God sees them as nothing more than another prey item - a mere annoyance to be eaten and disposed of.
Those braving the boundary between their world and his do so at great risk and often never return again. For this reason, the fishing communities that dot his range worship him as their deity, pleading clemency from him. When pleased, he drives schools of fish into their nets and grants them with a bountiful catch. But when wrathful, entire communities have found themselves in his stomach.
They offer sacrifices, living sacrifices. Often offer livestock, but will give him humans when he demands it. At times he would eat dozens of them in a single night, the pour souls being bound by seaweed and laid on a platter to be eaten by him at his leisure.

He doesn't eat merely because of hunger. A top predator like him hasn't felt hunger for centuries. He eats merely to rid the world of the weak and unworthy. His job is the disposal of the world's garbage in a way that they are not worthy: to be devoured by by a sleek and powerful god.

Being a mythic and supernatural creature, the Shark God is capable of a number of powers, but within strict limitations imposed by other gods and spirits. These powers include the ability to grow to immense sizes and even devour entire ships, to call and manipulate creatures and natural forces related to aquatic and intertidal biomes, and to teleport between bodies of water. He can shift between morphic shark forms, his legged upright form for when on land, and an intermediate, amphibious, reptile-like crawling form. He is also capable of devouring the souls of creatures, sucking them right out of their hosts bodies. His powers fade as he ventures further away from the sea.
When outside of his natural aquatic kingdom he must cut deals with local nature spirits to use powers or to even be present. Even within the ocean he has to negotiate with other aquatic spirits and mythical creatures. Such politics is a profound bane to his existence, but as a natural spirit he must abide.