diff --git a/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj b/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj
index 7840f615f..f840aa579 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj
+++ b/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj
@@ -348,6 +348,13 @@
     <Content Include="Content\BackgroundSprites\vegetation2.png">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
+    <Content Include="Content\Characters\Charybdis\charybdis.png">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+    <Content Include="Content\Characters\Charybdis\charybdis.xml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
     <Content Include="Content\Characters\Coelanth\coelanth.png">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
@@ -1035,6 +1042,9 @@
     <None Include="Content\blurshader.xnb">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
+    <None Include="Content\Characters\Charybdis\charybdisattack.ogg">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
     <None Include="Content\Characters\Crawler\attack1.ogg">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdis.png b/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdis.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef2796ae1
Binary files /dev/null and b/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdis.png differ
diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdis.xml b/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdis.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1574b013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdis.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<Character name ="charybdis" humanoid="false" health="1000.0" bleedingdecreasespeed="0.2">
+  
+  <sound file="Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdisattack.ogg" state="Attack" range="8000" />
+  
+  <ragdoll waveamplitude="150.0" wavelength="10000" swimspeed="4.0" scale="1.5" canentersubmarine="false">
+
+    <!-- body -->
+    <limb id = "0" radius="100" height="470" type="Torso" steerforce="1.0" pullpos="0,250">
+      <sprite texture="Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdis.png" sourcerect="160,0,242,688" depth="0.015" origin="0.5,0.5"/>
+    </limb>
+    
+    <!-- lower yaw -->
+    <limb id = "1" radius="70" height="100" impacttolerance="50.0">
+      <sprite texture="Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdis.png" sourcerect="416,0,192,256" depth="0.025" origin="0.65,0.5"/>
+      <attack range="300" duration="0.5" damage="5.00" bleedingdamage="50" structuredamage="500" damagetype="slash" torque="200" targetforce="-50"/>
+    </limb>
+
+    <!-- front fins -->    
+    <limb id = "2" radius="60" height="430">
+      <sprite texture="Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdis.png" sourcerect="432,272,128,560" depth="0.008" origin="0.5,0.5"/>
+    </limb>
+
+    <!-- tail -->
+    <limb id = "3" radius="80" height="580" type="Tail">
+      <sprite texture="Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdis.png" sourcerect="0,0,160,752" depth="0.02" origin="0.5,0.5"/>
+    </limb>
+    
+    <!-- body to lower yaw -->
+    <joint limb1="0" limb1anchor="48,128" limb2="1" limb2anchor="-30,-90" lowerlimit="-10" upperlimit="30"/>  
+    <!-- body to front fin -->
+    <joint limb1="0" limb1anchor="32,-32" limb2="2" limb2anchor="-32,260" lowerlimit="-50" upperlimit="0"/>
+    <!-- body to tail -->
+    <joint limb1="0" limb1anchor="0,-270" limb2="3" limb2anchor="0,280" lowerlimit="-20" upperlimit="20"/>    
+    
+  </ragdoll>
+
+  <ai attackhumans="100.0" attackrooms="50.0" attackweaker="50" attackstronger="-30" sight="0.5" hearing="1.0"/>
+</Character>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdisattack.ogg b/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdisattack.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e33bfa43
Binary files /dev/null and b/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdisattack.ogg differ
diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Crawler/crawler.xml b/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Crawler/crawler.xml
index 40f74f270..709b2fb1b 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Crawler/crawler.xml
+++ b/Subsurface/Content/Characters/Crawler/crawler.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <sound file="Content/Characters/Crawler/idle2.ogg" state="None" range="500"/>
 
   <ragdoll headposition="50" headangle="-70" 
-           waveamplitude="50.0" wavelength="2500" 
+           waveamplitude="5.0" wavelength="5000" 
            swimspeed="2.0" walkspeed="2.0"
            stepsize ="15.0,20.0"           
            legtorque="10"
diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/randomevents.xml b/Subsurface/Content/randomevents.xml
index 1fbbdd3da..249d2835f 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Content/randomevents.xml
+++ b/Subsurface/Content/randomevents.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
     spawntype="mainpath"
     musictype="monster"/>
 
+  <MonsterEvent name="Under attack" description=""
+    characterfile="Content/Characters/Charybdis/charybdis.xml"
+    spawndeep="true"
+    commonness="3"
+    difficulty="5"
+    minamount="1" maxamount="1"
+    spawntype="deep"
+    musictype="monster"/>
+  
   <MonsterEvent name="Under attack" description=""
     characterfile="Content/Characters/Endworm/endworm.xml"
     spawndeep="true"
diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/Characters/Animation/FishAnimController.cs b/Subsurface/Source/Characters/Animation/FishAnimController.cs
index 66ab02c90..3d9fee235 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/Characters/Animation/FishAnimController.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/Characters/Animation/FishAnimController.cs
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             else
             {
                 Limb head = GetLimb(LimbType.Head);
+                if (head == null) head = GetLimb(LimbType.Torso);
+
                 float rotation = MathUtils.WrapAngleTwoPi(head.Rotation);
                 rotation = MathHelper.ToDegrees(rotation);
 
@@ -147,11 +149,9 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             {
                 walkPos -= movement.Length();
 
-                float waveRotation = (float)Math.Sin(walkPos / waveLength) * waveAmplitude;
-                
-                float angle = MathUtils.GetShortestAngle(tail.body.Rotation, movementAngle + waveRotation);
+                float waveRotation = (float)Math.Sin(walkPos / waveLength);
 
-                tail.body.ApplyTorque(angle * tail.Mass);
+                tail.body.ApplyTorque(waveRotation * tail.Mass * 100.0f * waveAmplitude);
                 
                 //limbs[tailIndex].body.ApplyTorque((Math.Sign(angle) + Math.Max(Math.Min(angle * 10.0f, 10.0f), -10.0f)) * limbs[tailIndex].body.Mass);
                 //limbs[tailIndex].body.ApplyTorque(-limbs[tailIndex].body.AngularVelocity * 0.5f * limbs[tailIndex].body.Mass);
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             Vector2 steerForce = Vector2.Zero;
 
             Limb head = GetLimb(LimbType.Head);
+            if (head == null) head = GetLimb(LimbType.Torso);
+
             if (head != null)
             {
                 float angle = (rotateTowardsMovement) ?
@@ -196,8 +198,12 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             for (int i = 0; i < Limbs.Count(); i++)
             {
                 if (steerForce != Vector2.Zero)
-                    Limbs[i].body.ApplyForce(steerForce * Limbs[i].SteerForce * Limbs[i].Mass);
+                {
+                    Vector2 pullPos = Limbs[i].pullJoint == null ? Limbs[i].SimPosition : Limbs[i].pullJoint.WorldAnchorA;
+                    Limbs[i].body.ApplyForce(steerForce * Limbs[i].SteerForce * Limbs[i].Mass, pullPos);
 
+                }
+                    
                 if (Limbs[i].type != LimbType.Torso) continue;
 
                 float dist = (Limbs[0].SimPosition - Limbs[i].SimPosition).Length();