The Bestiary
The creatures that haunt the pages of Shadows In The Trade Winds. Each one drawn from centuries of Caribbean oral tradition.
Soucouyant
By day, an old woman. By night, she sheds her skin and flies as a ball of fire, hunting the living for their blood.
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A beautiful woman in a wide-brimmed hat, hiding a cloven hoof beneath her long skirt. She lures men into the forest, never to return.
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Spirits of children who died before baptism. Their feet face backwards, and they wander the forests calling children by name.
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A shape-shifting creature that roams at midnight. Half-man, half-beast, dragging chains through empty village roads.
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The old man of the forest. Guardian of the animals, protector of the woods. Cross him, and you may never find your way home.
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A massive spectral bull with blazing red eyes and rattling chains, haunting the roads of the Caribbean after dark.
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Half-woman, half-anaconda. She rules the rivers and waterfalls, and drowns those who poison her waters or take her fish without asking.
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The spirits of the dead who refuse to leave. They haunt the living from jealousy, revenge, or simply because they don't know they're dead.
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A practitioner of Caribbean folk magic who brews potions, casts hexes, and walks between the world of the living and the dead.
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A mischievous and malevolent creature from Guyanese folklore, said to be kept by its owner for wealth and power in exchange for a terrible price.
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A fearsome predator with glowing red eyes that drains the blood of livestock — and anything else that crosses its path after nightfall.
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An ancient ocean entity of immense size and intelligence, who surfaces only on moonlit nights to communicate with those brave enough to row out to meet her.
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A mournful spirit who wanders waterways and mangrove swamps, weeping endlessly for her lost children — and luring others to join them.
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Three ancient spirits bound together, keepers of fate and memory across the Caribbean islands, who offer wisdom at a price no one can fully pay.
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A real historical figure executed for witchcraft she never practiced, whose restless spirit still haunts the cobblestone streets of St. George, Bermuda — a ghost born not of evil, but of injustice.
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A tall figure in black who roams the Caribbean night collecting human hearts — the gruesome currency of a soul bargain struck for wealth. The innocent hearts of children are considered the most prized offering.
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The spectral figure of a Catholic priest beheaded for his sins, cursed to wander the Caribbean night forever — his phantom screams echoing through empty streets as he searches for his severed head.
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