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Season 2 chapter 7 35

Adult Kraken as seen in "Chapter 7: The Beast of Cauldron Island".

Kraken are gigantic, octopus-like creatures that live in oceans and other deep waters like fjords.

Appearance[]

Kraken have a rock-like shell that covers the entire upper-half of their body. They have a large mouth and multiple eyes (the adult kraken seen on the episode has at least 30 eyes) all over their lower half. They have six tentacles.

Young Kraken mainly live on wood. It is unknown if this is also true for adult kraken.

Adult Kraken can spend decades or even centuries sleeping, during which natural deposits of sand, rock and vegetation can turn their huge shells into islands that house plants and other creatures can inhabit, like the Lindworm. In "Chapter 7: The Beast of Cauldron Island"/"Hilda and the Ghost Ship", Cauldron Island is revealed to be a Kraken. According to Wood Man, this Kraken was supposed to sleep for at least another 175 years.

Behaviours[]

Kraken form a great risk to ships due to their immense size. A mother kraken will attack any ship that gets nearby to feed the wood to her children.

Role in the series[]

Krakens only appear at the end of "Chapter 6: The Old Bells of Trolberg" and in the "Chapter 7: The Beast of Cauldron Island". In the "Chapter 6: The Old Bells of Trolberg", the Kraken in the harbor of Trolberg is awakened early from her slumber when the Trolberg Safety Patrol tests a bell on the fjord floor. She immediately begins to attack nearby ships to feed them to her children. The sailors, who don't know there is a Kraken, blame the attack on the Lindworm that lives on Cauldron Island. Erik Ahlberg thus assembles a fleet to attack the island and the Lindworm. Hilda and Frida investigate and thus find the real culprit. When Ahlberg attacks with his fleet, the Kraken reveals herself and wrecks multiple boats. Hilda and Frida are eventually able to direct it's attention to a nearby ship graveyard, which the Kraken can use to feed her young without having to sink any ships.

These events are also incorporated into the book "Hilda and the Ghost Ship". In the book, Hilda compares Cauldron Island being a kraken to how the mountain next to her old house turned out to be Illus.


ve Characters
Main characters HildaJohannaFridaDavidAlfur AldricTwig
Humans
Sparrow Scouts Raven LeaderWillyLouiseJacobHarry
Trolberg Safety Patrol Erik AhlbergGerda GustavKeeper of the BellSelby
Witches KaisaMatilda PilqvistThe Committee of Three
Vikings Torgund's clan (TorgundOlafBjarnsenElofUliSolveig) • Knudsen clan (KnudsenGunnhildFergurdsenRedsdottirErrolHrothgar)
Other kids TrevorTrevor's friends (KellyBagsyAnders) • Halvor
Other adults AndersBearded sailorDavid's dadDavid's momEdmund AhlbergEmil GammelplassenFrida's dadFrida's momFarmerEnid HallgrimLinn JacobsenLloydPeter OstenfeldPrincipal MagnussonKelly's momPeg legged sailorVictoria Van GaleTrevor's momMulch ManagerSigrid SpenstigUnnamed ladyGil JonesWandaThe PolecatGuntherGarthHead of Marketing of JortsWhite haired sailorother
Creatures
Elves AdelineAldric FamilyAloysiusBarchBragga Family (Agnes BraggaBartell Bragga) • Elf KingElf Prime MinisterElf mayorGertrudePrime Minister's cavalryRupertTomasJester elfUlrikUnnamed Elves
Giants: Forest Giant (Hoarder Forest Giant) • JorgenIllusSigmundFjällmarrBjörgValfreyjaAldinnHárHalldórMyrkrKaldDribHeimskrThe KnolemIce ManBliðaBrekkus the ThunderwurmEinarrGertlJaðarrokk
Trolls AmmaBabaTryllaBaby trollFemale trollMale TrollTrundleTrundle's brotherTwo-Headed TrollMattress Collecting TrollCamera-wearing trollTroll in the castle ruinsother
Nisse Tontu (alpha)Tontu (beta)Victoria Van Gale's nisseDavid's houseFrida's house
Spirits: Water Spirits (books#1#2) • Weather Spirits (Baby Weather SpiritAngry weather spiritUnnamed Spirit)
Marra David's MarraKelly
Ghosts Abigail's dadCraigie WilliamsEngilbjort WilliamsGhost refereeDraugen (AbigailNicholasDraugen Captain) • Shoe-stealing ghost
Yule Lads KertasnikirPvorusleikirKetkrokurStekkjarsaurGluggagaegir
Vittra GeorgieYoung vittraUnnamed vittraList
Fairies AstridPhiniumLydiaThe Fairy Entity
Other creatures CedricDeer-foxes (Deer-Fox HerdTwig's parents) • Barghest (Jellybean) • GrylaThe House in the WoodsKrakenNittens (AngelinaPeppercorn) • Rat KingRock-Chewing SlugSwamp Men (Sigurd) • Salt-LionThunderbird (The Great Raven) • Tide MiceWalking Land Creatures (Loam) • Woffs (White WoffsBaby woffFemale wofflist) • Wood Folk (Wood Man) • LindwormTriffidEldridVoid of No ReturnTildy's monstersTime WormRed wolfStolen GoatEugeneThe Pookaother
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