Exalted: Ocean Lore

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The People of the Sea
There are some people in the west that have ancestry from some supposed - or possibly even mythological - "People of the Sea" that appears from time to time in their physiology as certain patterns of the skin, dark eyes and webbed digits. Khungwa, the head of the longshoremen of Marrull Vaar, is one such person. Are the original People of the Sea just a myth, though?

"Fish Men"
During their travels across the Cinder Isles the Solar Circle have encountered hints of some other aquatic race. An old woman at Ohemaku mentioned the Knights of Windland fought "fish men" at some point decades ago, and there's remains of some crustacean humanoid mounted to the walls of the drinking hall in Nulbaram that the town's mayor claims was slain out at sea. Are these Pelagothropes (aquatic mutants), beastfolk... or something else entirely?

The Coral Spear
The Dragon King Trenshe was seemingly killed with a coral spear, which Hephastia recognized as being used by underwater folk encountered amongst the western islands far out to sea, as one can't forge metal underwater. But who - or what - brought it this far south to wield it?

The Sunken City
Looking out across the bay with augmented sight, Tokumei saw the ruins of some gigantic structure in the depths of the Merido Trench. They seemed to be glowing with the after effects of a great amount of essence being spent - an explosion perhaps?

The Shape of the Cinder Isles
If one takes the Merido Trench as the central point of some hypothetical explosion, then that would explain the shape of the mountains of Baruntulga, Iliona and Kanilah as being the outer rim of some great crater, into which the ocean has filled. But did this happen? And if so, when?

The Great Ocean Road
An ancient road that runs along the length of the isle of Jheroth. Possibly dating back to the First Age (or earlier?) the road seems to serve no function on an island on the edge of the Cinder Isle archipelago, but it is revered and tied to the island's god Skyfather. A piece of it was taken to Marrull Vaar during the evacuation of Jheroth, with Skyfather ritually bound to it, and now resides on the top deck of the refugees' boat in the harbour of Marrull Vaar. It seems to be made of the same stone that appears in the Eastern Road on the mainland, the sea wall of Nulbaram and elsewhere in the Cinder Isles. What was it for, and who made it?

The Towers
The tower on Iliona was, as far as Reeds can tell, one of four watchtowers that would have stood at each corner of the sunken city. Otherwise inaccessible from the ground, there seemed to be some means of travelling from it to the city, which has long since been lost. The remaining three towers all seem to have been destroyed.

The Key
The circle found and took a strange rectangular object from the trinkets left in the tower. Some kind of key, seemingly, there was a word etched into it that none of the circle quite understands - Njorlona.

Aquatic Creatures
Aquatic creatures of the Wreckers' Coast, Cinder Isles and Southwestern Sea include:


 * Benthic Knifetooth Sharks - Deep sea sharks
 * Siaka - Big sharks. Big sharks.
 * Coelacanths
 * Plesiosaurs & Lipleurodon
 * 15ft Conger Eels
 * River Dragons
 * Clawshells - 12ft lobsters with 24ft legspans, omnivorous scavengers
 * "Sea Yeddim" - hairy walrus with long forward-pointing tusks
 * "Pelagic Dragons" - Sea Crocodiles of some kind
 * For more inland aquatic and semi-aquatic creatures, see Gods, Spirits and Animals