Sahagin (Revenant Wings)

The original Final Fantasy game featured a monster called "SAHAG" ("Sahuagin" in the original Japanese version of the game) that appeared as a sort of fish-man similar in appearance to Hollywood's Creature from the Black Lagoon. It is common in video games to have many variations of the same basic enemy, such as several different types of imps or goblins. A variation of the hag enemy was called the Sand Hag. Because of the success of the Final Fantasy games, many aspects of the games were copied over to other series. By Final Fantasy IV the name had been restored to the original "Sea Hag" and "Sand Hag" but retained their fish-man appearance. However, by this time the Sahag enemy had already appeared in numerous other RPG series. Even in these other games they usually kept the merman-like appearance, staying more true to their Final Fantasy counterparts than the original European legend. Over time the name was lengthened to Sahagin.