Daggermouth

"Thar she blows!"

- Captain A-Hab

Description
Daggermouth is a legendary Waste Worm said to stalk The Expanse. There are numerous tales of monstrously large Waste Worms devouring Skiffs in a single attack but Daggermouth is unique in that a Crew brought back evidence of it - a Captain A-hab returned to The Gold from a failed expedition on a barely functioning Skiff, most of his crew devoured and two enormous teeth the size of a man firmly sunk into the hull. Though he was immensely traumatised by the experience he described a pitch black worm, sheathed in thick sharp plates with a mouthful of those same immense teeth that burst out of the ground and chased them out of The Expanse. The three other Skiffs alongside them were lost with all hands.

While a Waste Worm growing to such a size is not unheard of, it is the ferocity and unique appearance of Daggermouth that has lent it so much to folklore. Many worms will attack Skiffs if they venture into their grounds but few actively hunt out and chase them - since A-Hab's voyage many other crews have reported being attacked by a Worm matching Daggermouth's description....usually on their last transmission before vanishing.