A Paikea is just another term for the humpback whale (why in Baator did none of you judge people google the term?), so I'm not sure why you felt the need to use it; I could see trying to play off the mythological aspects (ala Whale Rider) but in practice you barely scratched the surface.
You've got a lot of potential inherent in the idea, and could have taken it pretty far (play up the religious aspects, make it more churchy and give it a bit more of a direction; it has a goddess behind it, after all), but it strikes me that you got the basic concept, got a bit of fluff, and then tried to coast through.
You've got my vote (when the site will accept it), but I know you can do better and I expected more from you.
