[HoneyBadger]

You and DrPraetorius are both absolutely correct, Endoperez. The meaning of the word 'Marid' in Arabic is debatable, I've seen where it means bad, disease, sickness, poison, etc. Or 'giant'. Or 'rebellion' (from the Arabic word 'Maradah', apparently). Or it can just be somebody's first name (I've seen this twice so far). Apparently, it's hard to define. What I do agree with is that Marids are associated with water because of the 'Mar' (mer) part of their name being the Latin word for 'Ocean'

But, all that said, I've always liked the D&D version of Marid. And I don't believe we have any in the game. Also, I was trying to think of some powerful summons of more mythological, and less fishy, origins. I'm all for going with the mythically correct though, when it comes to Dom3.