Monlakin

"'The Monlakin individual is hardly an intelligent beast. The Monlakin swarm, however, is so mighty and indomitable that your own capacity for logic isn't going to save your capsized ship.'"- Donari Okobi, Novice's Guide to The Alokha

The Monlakin are a hive-minded species of aquatic beasts, originally land-dwelling beings whom had undergone mutation, stripped of their free will after pledging their lives and minds to Monla. The Monlakin progress through three stages of evolution, with each successive mutation driving their minds deeper and deeper into servitude, slowly morphing the being's natural physiology into that of a vaguely humanoid figure, bearing whale-like features, in the image of Monla herself.

The Monlakin are not a naturally-occurring species, and have no means of reproduction among themselves. Due to their eternal pledge to Monla, however, their bodies can naturally regenerate surface tissue, and age extremely slowly.