Concept Drawing of a Sweel.
The sweel is an aquatic creature that is a cross between a Rat and an eel but was never implemented into the Thief universe.[1] In early concept sketches, it has the appearance of a very long-bodied rodent with large whiskers and tiny limbs.
Name[]
The name can be found in the Creature Type property in DromEd and on a concept art drawing.[2][3] It might be derived from the root eel, with the prefix "sw" as an abbreviation for sewer.
Development[]
Full Sewer Eel concept art with name
The design was apparently rejected very early in development and has no known mesh data or sound files. Some attempts have been made to create a usable sweel for Fan Missions and eventually the sweel was fully implemented.[4][5]
