‘Aquatié hurnanoids with the upper bedyofa thurnaa and the lower body of a fish, merfolk. ‘adorn their skin and Seales with shell decorations. Mesfolk tribes and kingdoms span the world, ‘and their people are as varied in color, culture, and outlook as the human races of the surface. Land folk and merfolk rarely meet except by chanee, though stareyed mariners tell tales of romance with these creatures along the shoals of Faraway islanes, Mesfolk lack the materials an practical ‘means to forge weapons beneath the waves, to write books and keep lore, or to shape stone to raise buildings and cities. Asa result, most live {in-small hunter-gatherer tribes each of which, hols unique values and ereeds. Only ‘ceasionally do merfoll unite under the rule of a single leader. They do so to face a common threat or to complete « conquest. Such rations can be the beginning of undersea kingdoms with dynasties lasting hundreds of. years. MERFOLK SETTLEMENTS ‘Merfolk build their settlements in vast undersea caverns, mazes of coral, the ruins of sunken cities, or structures they carve from the rocky seabed. They live in water shallow enough that the passage of time can be marked by the glesmn ‘nd fado of sunlight through the water In the reefs and trenches near their settlements, ‘merfolk harvest coral and farm the seabed, shepherding schools of fish as lanc-based farmers tend sheep. Only rarely do merfolk. Venture into the darkest depths of the ocean, In uch depths and i their undersea caverns, ‘esto rely on the fight of biolunuinescent flora and fauna, such as jellyfish, whose slow pulsing movernents lend merfolk settlements an otherworldly aesthetic. Merfolk defend their communities with spears Crafted from whatever materials they can salvage from shipwrecks, beaches, and dead undersea creatures. ELVEN DESCENDANT tis rumored that merfolk ance were elves. ‘Some coastal elves lived of the seas for ages, slowly (urning into what we now know as the ‘aquatic eves. However some weren't statsited With their way of living and longed for the water, longing for the unknown depths of the oceans These elves swam more arid touched the land Tess and less. This caused their bodies to slowly ‘adapt to their aquatic lifestyle, getting id of the logs and turning them into tals instez. Merrouk NaMEs Merfolk usually only go by their personal names, however when wanting to further explain who they are they use the names of their clans or tribes. However this usually is left out upon ‘iniroduction unless they deem itas necessary ‘such as when dealing with other clans. je Names: Avil, Kilmie, Korra, Ire, forea, Nosac, Portia, Vesta, Yisea, Zegana Male Names: Alem, Avris, Kran, Korma, Kost Kyron, Midus, Porsa, Salas, Talrand, Typhon Clan Names: Coraleraftes, Shimmershell, Herringherder, Wreckworker