Old Gaiad/52

Rhipidistius the great was a survivor of the great destruction

Rhipidistius the great bore two sons Dipnos and Tetram

Dipnos became father of the lungfish

Dipnos Tetram turned his intestine linear, and so he could eat giant fish

All fish have nostrils, and Tetram was no exception, like all fish his nostrils came in four: one on each side for water to enter, and one on each side for water to leave

Koi Nostrils Tetram breathed not through his nostrils but through his ears

He breathed in with his ears, his otic notches. By this air, he gained the great power of Hausa

But breathing through his ears made him hard of hearing

Tetram begat Kenicthus

Kenicthus Kenicthus begat Tetracan and Rhizodon

Rhizodon Tetracan begat Tetramegas and Canowin

Tetramegas begat Eotetras and Megalicthus

Megalicthus Eotetras begat Tintetra and Tristichos

Tintetra begat Platelpis and Tiniraus

Platelpis begat Elpis and Platycephalus

Platycephalus had a great skull so strong his bite could knaw through anything

Platycephalus Elips wandered across the swamps and explored the entire world

Elpis begat Pandericthus

Pandericthus searched the lands for love

And he married Stega

And together they raised a son named Tictalicus

Tictalicus the great landwalker

Ticatalicus begat Elgin

Elgin Elgin begat Ventas

Ventas begat Acanthos

Acanthos Acanthos begat Icthyos

Icthyos stopped breathing through his ears, and started breathing through his nostrils, which he connected into his mouth

And so he could hear with great precision and smell whenever he wanted

Icthyos Icthyos begat Watcher

Watcher built no gills, for he needed none. As a child he lived in the water, and as an adult he lived on land

Watcher Watcher bore two sons who he raised in a pond

Crassigar and Tetrus

Crassigar went back to the sea, a tradition that would be repeated many times by his nieces and nephews for generations to come

Crassigar Tetrus became the ancestor of many who lived on the land with two or four or sometimes no legs

He became a great father of many nations