The Kraken is a legendary sea monster of giant proportions said to dwell in the Crystal Sea. It attacked an Eternian ship en route to Selkie Island carrying the Variable High-frequency Oscillator invented by Man-At-Arms. Mer-Man then captured both Teela and the machine and used the VHO to control the Kraken and pit it against He-Man.
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While the Kraken is most commonly portrayed as a giant squid, the one that appears in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe instead appears to be a dragon-like creature with a bird-like beak, four arms, no legs and a fish tail.