flavorText: "Before my eyes was a horrible monster, worthy to figure in the legends of the marvellous. . . . Its eight arms, or rather feet, fixed to its head . . . were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair."\n—Jules Verne, *Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea*, trans. Lewis
name: Giant Octopus
printings: 7ED, 8ED, 9ED, POR, S00, S99
type: Creature — Octopus